Common Sense Thinking is in such short supply

Rush has talked about this point often... the "law of unintended consequences." For example because corn is now being used for ethanol, the price of corn as a food product has gone up so fast that folks in poor countries can't afford to buy it anymore.

Then there's electric cars...and the fact that cold kills batteries....so in the winter people who need to go places are going to need that trusty gasoline-powered engine...

THen there's the Wind farms in the UK"

Story #4: Wind Farms in UK Generate Nothing in Cold Spell
RUSH: "Wind Farms Becalmed Just When Needed the Most." This is the UK Telegraph. "Wind farms in Britain generated practically no electricity during the recent cold spell, raising fresh concerns about whether they could be relied upon to meet the country’s energy needs. Despite high demand for electricity as people shivered at home over Christmas, most of the 3,000 wind turbines around Britain stood still due to a lack of wind. ... The failure of wind farms to function at full tilt during December forced energy suppliers to rely on coal-fired power stations to keep the lights on -- meaning more greenhouse gases were produced." That's the big concern, not that people don't die.

"Experts feared that as the Government moved towards a target of generating 30 per cent of electricity from wind -- while closing gas and coal-fired power stations -- cold, still winters could cause a problem in the future." Of course! You turn things like this over to the left, folks, and life expectancy plummets. It's just a shame. Try this. February 10th of last year, ABC News: "'Most of the jobs are going overseas,' said Russ Choma at the Investigative Reporting Workshop. He analyzed which foreign firms had accepted the most stimulus money. 'According to our estimates, about 6,000 jobs have been created overseas, and maybe a couple hundred have been created in the U.S.'" If you read through the story you'll find that $2 billion in stimulus money was spent on wind power in this country and it produced no jobs. It's a bust. All of this "green" technology stuff is a bust.