Source: The Burning Platform

Source:  CO2 Science

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Reference
Yang, Q. and Chen, G.Q. 2012. Nonrenewable energy cost of corn-ethanol in China. Energy Policy 41: 340-347.

Background
The authors write that “interest in bio-ethanol as a substitute energy supply for nonrenewable fossil fuels has been growing since [the] 1990s in China,” and they say that “after Brazil and the US, China has recently become the third largest ethanol producer and consumer.” In this regard, however, they note that after it was suggested by Chambers et al. (1979) that the production of corn-ethanol might use more energy than it delivers, “numerous studies of the net-energy value of the bio-ethanol have been reported in many countries,” and they cite a group of 26 reports that “provide very different results, with net energy values ranging from highly positive to negative.” (more…)

Source:  CCR

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Reference

Zhang et al. (2011) used tree-ring data to infer extreme drought conditions in the Qilan Mountain region of the Tibetan Plateau in Northwest China. A network of 12 moisture-sensitive tree ring series was used to develop a regional ring-width index series. The study yielded a total of 98 drought years over the 306-year period from 1700-2005. Of these drought years, 78 were classified as moderate events, 15 as severe, and 6 as extreme drought events. The spatial patterns of moisture conditions in central and eastern China corresponding to 19 major droughts were grouped into three clusters, with one particular pattern showing droughts of nation-wide impact during the years 1721, 1928 and 1966. The authors further find that the multi-year event during the late 1920s and early 1930s was the longest drought in the past 306 years. (more…)

Source:  Townhall

When it comes China, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Speech last month was nothing more than a rhetorical exercise from the political pied piper, who, along with his supporters, believes his own words magically alter reality. He is oblivious to his own hypocrisy and frighteningly disconnected from the consequences of his policies. The Chinese probably love him for it.

Obama spoke of “American energy,” but his policies encourage reliance on unpredictable regimes like China and turn away from friendly trading partners.

Obama spoke of fairness, criticizing China for subsidized manufacturing while his policy is to heavily subsidize industry with money borrowed from China.

His references to China appeared weak in the wake of China’s strategy to influence U.S. economic and military policy and to control the world’s energy resources. (more…)

Source:  CO2 Science

Global Warming: The View from China

“Global climate change,” in the words of Fang et al. (2011), “is one of the biggest challenges to human society in the 21st century.” And noting that “carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion and land use change are considered the main factors causing global warming,” plus the fact that “carbon emissions affect social and economic development,” they correctly state that “climate change has been shifted from an academic topic to an international political, economic, and diplomatic issue.” (more…)

China on ‘harmonious mission’ in the Caribbean to show it’s a responsible power — MercoPress

A Chinese navy hospital ship has landed dozens of doctors and nurses in Jamaica on a humanitarian mission to treat the needy on the Caribbean island. The mission is part of a global campaign by Beijing to portray its rapidly growing military as a responsible power.

The People’s Liberation Army’s “Peace Ark” ship carries more than 100 medical volunteers who are providing free surgery, CAT scans, eye care and other procedures. (more…)

Source: WSJ

China Is Now Top Gold Bug

Chinese investors are snapping up gold bars and coins, buying more than ever before in the first quarter of 2011 and overtaking Indian buyers as the world’s biggest purchasers of the metal.

China’s investment demand for gold more than doubled to 90.9 metric tons in the first three months of the year, outpacing India’s modest rise to 85.6 tons, the World Gold Council said in its quarterly report on Thursday. China now accounts for 25% of gold investment demand, compared with India’s 23%.

The report underscores the rising appetite for gold among the growing middle-class in China. Fears of the country’s soaring inflation, as well as a search for new investments, is luring investors to gold, and marketing of the precious metal has also increased in recent months. (more…)

Source:  http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/admiral-says-chinese-carrier-killer-miss

USS George Washington arrives in Busan, South Korea, on July 21, 2010, ahead of large-scale joint military exercises aimed at deterring North Korean aggression. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Charles Oki)

Admiral Says Chinese ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile Won’t Change U.S. Navy Operations

By Eric Talmadge, Associated Press

Yokosuka, Japan (AP) - A new “carrier killer” missile that has become a symbol of China’s rising military might will not force the U.S. Navy to change the way it operates in the Pacific, a senior Navy commander told The Associated Press.

Defense analysts say the Dong Feng 21D missile could upend the balance of power in Asia, where U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups have ruled the waves since the end of World War II.

However, Vice Adm. Scott van Buskirk, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, told the AP in an interview that the Navy does not see the much-feared weapon as creating any insurmountable vulnerability for the U.S. carriers — the Navy’s crown jewels. (more…)

Opinion

Source:  NAI

President Obama’s comments on Wednesday in a joint press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao, misinformed the public about potential changes in foreign exchange rates and their effects on U.S. citizens. Obama on Wednesday said that he would like to see the Chinese yuan appreciate faster in value. While Hu indicated that China is committed to allowing the free market to better dictate the value of the yuan, Obama said China is implementing their steps to allow the yuan to appreciate “not as fast as we’d like.”

For years, the U.S. has been criticizing China by calling them “currency manipulators”. The fact is, the Federal Reserve is the real currency manipulator because their actions will soon lead to a U.S. Hyperinflationary Great Depression that destroys the lives of all Americans who aren’t prepared for life with a worthless U.S. dollar. All China is doing is pegging the yuan to the U.S. dollar so that their product manufacturers and exporters can maintain some level of stability. However, the U.S. is using this as an excuse to explain its rapidly deteriorating export market. (more…)

Source: American Thinker

by Dennis Ambler

Those who have studied the UN process on “Global Warming” aka Climate Change, know full well that it is little to do with climate but everything to do with advancing the interests of global corporations and international financiers. The WikiLeaks revelations detailed in the Guardian demonstrate the accuracy of that assessment.

The Great Myth revealed in the leaks, is the long held and deliberately promoted belief that the US is opposed to any measures designed to “control climate.” Nothing could be further from the truth because behind the scenes it has been promoting and engineering the process for many years, driven by NGO’s and their funders, the “eco” billionaires.

The other Great Myth is that the be-all and end-all for climate negotiation is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), when in fact there are numerous private and pseudo-governmental operations taking place all the time, particularly in terms of gaining a foothold in the vast energy markets of China and India. (more…)

Source: Uncoverage

By Jane Jamison

The  truth can be turned upside down, inside out and kept out of sight when liberals have money to make for their “cause.” Heavens and earth shall be moved if “they” determine to wrong a right.  So try to envision the many layers of hypocrisy going on right now in Cancun, Mexico, where every liberal or liberal “pet project” has converged for another United Nations Climate Change Summit.   Billions of dollars are potentially available.  “They” aren’t giving up.  Pay close attention.  It’s YOUR money “they” want.

Last year, many of the very same  environmental nutjob elites of the world were stuck in a blizzard in Copenhagen, Denmark as they conducted the 2009 United Nations “summit” on global warming.  Nothing was accomplished.   It would be laughable, except that these radicals and third-world chieftains were trying desperately to get a treaty signed that would sign billions of OUR dollars over to THEM for our “crime” of being industrialized. (more…)

Source:  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101101/sc_afp/indiaenergyoilpolitics

Source:  UK Telegraph

by Charles Moore

The Coalition is tackling Brown’s deficit – it now needs to tackle his energy policies, says Charles Moore.

The Beinn An Tuirc wind farm on the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland