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Today I watched an interesting video critiquing man made global warming. It brings up some interesting ideas, and it's always a good idea to hear both sides of a debate.
A Critique of Man-Made Global Warming

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- The battle against global warming means big economic opportunities as well as challenges for the U.S., Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday, touting her energy proposals as she campaigned in Iowa.

"For this generation, climate change is our space race," said Clinton, speaking in a cavernous factory with giant wind turbines in the background.

OSLO (Reuters) - Nordic nations sounded the alarm on Wednesday about a quickening melt of Arctic ice and said the thaw might soon prove irreversible because of global warming.

Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland also urged all governments to agree before the end of 2009 a broader U.N. plan to curb greenhouse gases in succession to the Kyoto Protocol.

PARIS - A rocky outcrop found off the northern coast of Greenland could open up a new front in the looming battle for control of the Arctic and the North Pole.

The best candidate to date for the world's northernmost point of land, a mythical place sought by explorers for centuries, was spotted in July during an expedition led by Arctic veteran Dennis Schmitt.

If there is one place in this world where alternative energy should be a priority, it definitely is the Caribbean. Energy typically costs between $0.31-$0.38 per kWh (kiloWatt hour or “unit”), among the highest in the world. In the Caribbean, the trade winds and abundant sunshine provide ideal conditions for green energy.

While in many countries alternative energy needs subsidizing to be economically feasible, in the Caribbean it is already cheaper than burning diesel. Nevertheless, the use of green energy is far behind because of insufficient knowledge and lack of local financing.

Oil is 'the bloodstain of the earth's economy' and will soon trigger a global conflict that will cost millions of lives. That is the stark claim of a controversial new film, which says a crash in oil production is about to set off worldwide recession and economic collapse.

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, which opens in UK cinemas this week, shows stark images of rusting Texan and Venezuelan wells and fuel riots in Asia and Africa. Such scenes will be repeated thousands of times around the planet in the near future, argue the film's makers, who say the world is facing changes 'more frightening than a horror movie'.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's most powerful air force is seeking to wean itself from foreign oil and nearly zero out its carbon dioxide output as part of a sweeping alternative energy drive, a senior Pentagon official said on Friday.

By early 2011, the U.S. Air Force aims to make sure its entire fleet of bombers, fighters, transports and other aircraft can use a domestically produced 50-50 blend of synthetic and petroleum-based fuel.

FRANCE - Champagne-Ardenne regional and transportation authorities and Bombardier Transportation today inaugurated the first dual-mode and dual-voltage AGC (Autorail Grande Capacite, high-capacity railcar) in the presence of French National Railways (SNCF) CEO Anne-Marie Idrac.

This event is a world premiere in that the hybrid AGC combines certain operating features for the first time ever in a train.