Sunday we all got a chuckle (or a scare depending on your world view) from the Superbowl Green Police commercial. Some thought it was fine satire, others thought it hit a little too close to reality.
After watching this report about Cathy Zoi in the Obama administration, perhaps the “too close to reality” worry has merit. In this report from John Stossel, she visualizes and vocalizes the need for “swat teams” in neighborhoods to enforce energy efficiency retrofits for homes and businesses.
Zoi, formerly of the “Alliance for Climate Protection”, formerly Al Gore’s point person for his “Repower America” nationwide campaign, now heads up Obama’s DOE energy efficiency/renewables division.
Cathy Zoi, center, Al Gore, at right. Photo via Flickr
Treehugger has a report on her move from GORE to DOE.
So why is John Stossel reporting about her? It seems some cronyism might be afoot related to company that’s been getting some government handouts as part of the “stimulus”. Watch John Stossel’s eye opening report below.
I should add that I’m all for energy efficiency, which I demonstrate with deeds, but I’m against “swat teams” forcing retrofits on homeowners. People are smart enough to make a change if it will save energy and thus money.
Henry (08:24:21) ……..you really have a negative comparison of Fox reporting to that of ABC’s? Really? While I won’t defend Fox and their obvious slant, I would like to note that as far as online news, I haven’t seen ABC say boo about any of the IPCC errant assertions, or e-mails, or changing historical temps, or ….well, you get my point.
Welcome to the era of the pull peddlers, where business success is not measured in terms of productive efficiency but in who you know so that you can tap into a government funding revenue stream.
This was posted elsewhere on WUWT a few days ago but belongs on this thread:
Obama is threatening a ‘Miliband’ on ‘deniers’ and ‘conpiracy theorists’ (that means some of us!):
http://climaterealists.com/index.php?id=5086
The Green Police Ad: My wife was horrified.
She’s a hardy type from New England, not much rattles her, but that one sure did.
The most distrubing aspect of all that was the target: Individuals.
It’s ok for the store or the restaurant to have styrofoam cups. It’s ok to manufacture and distribute them.
It’s the people at the end of the line who will pay dearly.
Off-topic: how do you release this energy of ‘neutron repulsion’?
I only have one word to say but it would get snipped… it starts with F and ends with K.
CORRECTED
Quote: Steve Schaper (09:35:57) :
“Off-topic: how do you release this energy of ‘neutron repulsion’?”
a.) Neutron-emission generates 60% of solar luminosity.
b.) Neutron-decay to H generates 5% of solar luminosity.
b’) Neutron-decay generates 100% of the Solar-Wind Hydrogen.
c.) Fusion of the n-decay product (H) generates 35% of solar luminosity.
c’) Fusion of the n-decay product (H) generates 100% of the solar neutrinos.
See: Journal of Fusion Energy 20, 197-201 (2003)
http://www.omatumr.com/abstracts2003/jfe-neutronrep.pdf
http://www.springerlink.com/content/x1n87370×6685079/
With kind regards,
Oliver K. Manuel
she visualizes and vocalizes the need for “swat teams” in neighborhoods to enforce energy efficiency retrofits for homes and businesses
You are done buddies!
Bad news!…no more popcorn!
Ive read Stossel’s book, it is a scary thing to read to be honest. A lot of top companies have gotten to the top via things like this. It never mattered whether it was a Republican or Democratic administration, it still happens. Stossel has been labelled a political pundit because of stories like this, by those that just want to keep the wool over peoples eyes on just how the United States actually works. There is NO such thing as the American Dream. There IS a kingship class that controls this country. It is in the kingship’s class best intrest that we keep fighting like dogs over whos a republican or democrat. It keeps us peasants too occupied on each other to realize we are slaves to the elite class.
Yes, you may still be a wealthy slave and may indeed have a chance to have a good life, but at the end of it all, you are still a slave. Outside of the elite class that makes the real decisons in life. You are still prone to deal with what they decide. Just because you may of prospered in their environment does not take away from the fact that you are still owned by them. This is the way the United States works.
Steve Schaper (09:35:57) :
Off-topic: how do you release this energy of ‘neutron repulsion’?
Just increasing probability of encounter among them.
More than a neighbour will become a “friendly” whistle blower like it happens in Cuba or in Venezuela.
Ther is no such thing as croney capatalism. This is a contradiction in terms. Capatalism is based on the profit motive, not who your friends are. There is another word to describe this process and it also begins with ‘c’. I was about to write the matter off as just that until I followed the link that Sam kindly provided. The integration of state and private companies is a hallmark of the fascist state.
Henry (08:24:21) : “…to put this up like it is true and meaningful is below this site.”
Should have read :”…to put this up AS IF IT WERE true and meaningful is below this site.”
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Grammar Police SWAT Team
[Nota bene: For those of you whose sense of humor has been burnt out by reading too much warmist willie propaganda, the foregoing is a joke.]
Meanwhile, Treas. Sec. Geithner has breakfast with this crew:
http://www.us-cap.org/
The pdf on the above website about their goals is rather interesting too.
Nice color choice for that outfit she’s wearing. Does she have matching green jack-boots to go with?
Grumpy Old man (10:02:11) :
When a Country is ran like a company, the People need to Unionize because the Government is an Autocracy.
@JonesII (09:59:30)
“More than a neighbour will become a “friendly” whistle blower like it happens in Cuba or in Venezuela.”
..or DDR
Das Leben der Anderen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others
Sonic, she is wrong on several levels. First government does not “give” money. As we saw with GM, Chrysler and TARP, they merely buy interests in companies.
Second, a business goes to a bank to borrow money to ramp up production and pays a fee on that money. That is called the cost of doing business and everyone must pay it or the nation gets accused of dumping (subsizding products).
Third – Government Stimulus would be to then allow consumers to buy the product – if it is worth their money! How? Let consumers keep more so they have more to spend on what they deem worth their money.
I understand that the quote was from Madcow, but she is not smart enough to understand simple economics so it would be wasted on her.
Erik The Viking (10:27:02) : “The life of the others”…well, let’s be positive: While conspirers conspire nature conspires its own way.
After cuba or venezuela dictators grew in power they became more and more prisoners of their own revolutions…silly business, isn’t it?
It is just a matter of waiting: “Just wait at the door of your house and you’ ll see the corpse of you enemy passing by” (Confusius), so…
Let’s buy more popcorn!
Swat team task #1 get Al Gore to get rid of two of his three residences. It is obvious that one person can be in one place at only one time. I suppose you could get into quantum entanglement and not know where he is until you see him and then you will know his state at the other two locations, but BIG AL is of sufficiently large mass that quantum effects can be safely discarded.
Sunfighter,
“. . .This is the way the United States works.”
It’s the way the whole world works.
IMAPOPULISTNOW (08:43:27) :Don’t forget related ISO standards. Old american standards have no value now. From metric system to the light bulbs you will buy, everything was planned before without your participation.
That guy at the right of the picture, wearing a blue shirt, is it His Sainthood himself or a genetically modified CLON?
The SWAT team idea scares the crap out of me, however, living in the UK I think we’ll probably pioneer the actualisation of this idea. You’ve probably already picked up on the fact that we’re pretty much ruled by thus eco-fascism.
Something I know about, double glazing. I’ll be fixing a cutting machine tomorrow.
Double glazing is much of a muchness these days. Low metal plain glass to allow as much IR as possible in, hard coat low ‘E’ coating to allow toughening. As yet I know of no low metal coated glass but it can’t be far off. Soft coat is more effective but I don’t at the moment know of a soft coat that can be toughened. Everest in Northampton used to cut, toughen then coat.
The technology is available to cut, auto-breakout, rack waiting for the pairs to be matched & feed into an automatic unit maker.
Computer control can also feed pieces to auto edging lines for toughened units.
Spacer 16 to 20mm depending on glass thickness & the frame. Over 20mm spacing hits diminishing returns due to convection. The spacer itself will have a thermal break to prevent conduction from the inner pane to the outer.
Frame. µPVC
DaveE.
Hey check out my re-edit of the green police video, I’ve made it reflect reality better!