Greenpeace activists invade a Shell refinery in Denmark dressed in oil-based Polar Bear party costumes

Greenpeace activists dressed as polar bears have invaded a Shell refinery in Denmark this morning:

Shell’s oil refinery in the Jutland city of Fredericia was invaded by about 40 Greenpeace activists dressed up like polar bears early this morning.
The activists forced entry to the Dutch oil giant’s refinery just after 6am and a group of them immediately began climbing up one of the refinery’s large silos , where they hung a banner featuring an image of the well-known yellow and red Shell logo juxtaposed with a polar bear's face. --

The activist group in Fredericia includes Danes as well as individuals from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy, Germany and Latvia.


The Greenpeace polar bear squad:

Greenpeace activists from at least seven countries dressed in fancy Polar Bear party costumes made of oil derivatives. By the way,
did Greenpeace count the huge carbon footprints of the activists who took high carbon emission flights to Denmark?
(image by Greenpeace)

The greenies pretend to be saving the Arctic, but the only ones benefiting from their PR stunt are the  manufacturers (Chinese?) of their cheap Polar Bear dresses. The Greenpeace outfit is strikingly similar to this "Polar-Bear-Mascot-Costume-Fancy-Dress" sold by MadeInChina.com:

1.The deluxe costume is including head,body suit,gloves,shoes(a real boot,not only a cover)

2.It can fit 5'2"(160cm) to 6' feet (180cm)Weighing up to 180lbs.$30usd more if you need a larger size.

3.The body of this outfit is machine washable. The head can be Dry cleaned.

4.Discount accepted if you buy multiple costumes.

The "polyfoam material" used for the Greenpeace costumes is based on crude oil derivatives. The dresses could in fact be based on raw material from the Shell refinery in front of which the greenies are parading!

At least Greenpeace got a good discount for ordering "multiple costumes"! But did the Greenpeace purchasing department check that the costumes are not made by Chinese slave labor or children?

PS

If  Greenpeace "activists" still insist on wearing fancy party dresses, here is a much nicer Polar Bear dress for the next PR stunt:

U.S. senator Tom Coburn: "I am a global warming denier"

Thank God there are people like Tom Coburn in the U.S. Senate:

“I am a global warming denier. I don’t deny that.”

The climate is changing, and has been as long as there has been a climate, he said

As a physician and a man of science, Coburn said he thinks the evidence points that the Earth is moving into a “mini-ice age.”

Read the entire article here

Germany's Bundeswehr will not take part in any action against the forces of criminal dictator Assad

Only yesterday it appeared that the US "ally" Germany was supporting a military strike against Syrian dictator Assad's forces:

Westerwelle emphasized that if the use of chemical weapons "was confirmed, then the world community would have to act. Then Germany would be among those who would support consequences."

However, this morning Die Welt reports that Germany refuses to participate in any military action in Syria. The foreign policy spokesperson for the ruling CDU party, Philipp Mißfelder, has explained that the Bundeswehr is already overstretched, which is why it cannot take part in any action.

The rich Germans never seem to run out reasons for non-action. Hopefully they will at least support US strikes, and not again side with Putin's Russia ...

The latest political gimmick: Francois Hollande and other European leaders say goodbye to extended vacations

Europe's leaders are cutting their holidays, according to this Bloomberg news article:

European leaders are saying goodbye to the extended vacations that were a continental norm until the global crisis broke out in high summer six years ago.
As the region’s economy labors to solidify its recovery, French President Francois Hollande has barely taken any time off and ordered his cabinet members to stay within commuting distance of Paris. Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta ensured that either he or his deputy would be in Rome all through August. And in Greece, the epicenter of the euro crisis, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras took just four days off and even then found time to fire the head of the state asset sales fund. --

Even though this summer is the quietest for European crisis fighters in six years, rising unemployment and the advent of social media such as Twitter nevertheless means that even those leaders still taking extended breaks may struggle to do so for much longer, said Dubois.
The unemployment rate across the 17-nation euro area is at 12.1 percent, with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicting the rates for Spain and Greece are set to rise to about 28 percent by the end of next year.
While the region exited its longest-ever recession in the second quarter, the European Central Bank predicts that the bloc’s economy will shrink 0.6 percent in all of 2013.

Of course this shortening of vacations is nothing but a pseudo activity in order to make voters believe that the elected leaders are a hard working bunch of people. In reality France - and most other countries - would benefit if Hollande and his European colleagues would instead opt for prolonged, or even permanent, vacations.                               

A huge NO from Norway to the EU

From the country that awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union:

In a fresh poll, seven out of ten say they are opposed to Norwegian membership in the EU.
 
There is a majority against EU membership in all parts of the country, in all age groups and educationallevels. Neither is there a majority for EU in any of the political parties.
Most positive to EU are those who vote for the Conservative Party (Høyre). In this group, 60.8 per cent say they are opposed. Nearly a third would favour EU membership.

Read the entire article here

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German columnist Henryk M. Broder: The European Union becoming a Soviet Union with a human face

What the German author and columnist Henryk M. Broder says about the European Union is spot on:

The belief in Europe has become a kind of secular religion, in which the first commandment is "Thou shalt accept everything that is proclaimed in Brussels!" If you do not agree, your are a heretic. You will not, as was the case during the Inquisition, be burned to death, but in the worst case you are invited to "hard but fair", where you are told that, if Europe goes down the drain, the detractors who have badmouthed Europe are to blame.

This is how all totalitarian systems work. They begin with the promise to make people happy; and if there are people who have a different view about happiness than the providers of happiness, then they must be re-educated, until  the last sceptic understands, that it is better to swim with the stream than against it.

The European Union is clearly becoming a Soviet Union with a human face.

Read the entire column here (in German).

The sad truth about wind energy: On still summer days wind farms have to "import" energy

This is the reality wind energy lobbyists and greenies do not want to talk about:

Data released by one of the largest green energy companies shows wind farms producing enough electricity only to boil two to three kettles at a time.

At one stage last week, three big wind farms even took electricity out of the National Grid - to run basic power supplies on site - rather than actually supplying electricity to households.

The wind farms’ owner said that in still conditions electricity “import” can occur for a few hours until the wind picks up. Such a phenomenon is known in the industry as “parasitic consumption”. --

While the snapshot analysed by the Telegraph shows how little electricity was produced by some wind farms on still, summer days, there have been other times in the past month when wind farm owners have been paid by the National Grid to shut down in order not to over load the electricity supply system.

Such payments - known as constraint payments - have reached £7.5 million for the first three weeks of August.

In other words, claim critics, there are times when turbines produce too much electricity and moments when they do not produce enough.

The Government has been keen to promote wind energy in its attempt to meet a European Union-wide target of providing 15 per cent of energy needs from renewable energy by 2020. The Labour government introduced a consumer subsidy, added on to electricity bills, to encourage the construction of wind farms.

That subsidy is predicted to rise to £6 billion by 2020.

John Constable, director of Renewable Energy Foundation, a think tank which has been critical of wind farms, said: “Professional analysts have long known that fluctuating wind turbine output is poorly correlated with demand, but RWE’s new website is a very valuable addition to the data available to the general public, and will encourage informed debate about the relative potential for different renewable technologies.

"The truth will be painful for some, but the facts have to be faced sooner or later.”

Dr Constable added: “The uncontrollably variable output of wind power already imposes significant grid and system management costs on the consumer, costs which are set to grow dramatically; we need to ask ourselves whether the EU renewables targets for 2020 are really affordable.”

Read the entire Telegraph article here

Also on cold winter days - when the wind does not blow - wind farms have to rely on "parasitic consumtion".