Can someone tell me the strategy here? 

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/19/surprise-visit-by-bob-barr-at-netroots-conference/ 

Rush Limbaugh mentioned it this afternoon.  "Someone needs to tell Barr this is not a very Libertarian..."

I don't remember Barr official position on CO2, Global Warming, Etc.  It was not mentioned at the convention that I remember. 

Al Gore is completely insane.  Out in Northampton County the big issue right now is the "Not in my own back yard" mentality and local counties not allowing more power lines to be built.  We're staring at an energy crisis in the near future.  When the power companies de-regulate, the effect of these efforts to stop power companies from expanding and improving the gird is going to be enourmous.  Here in the Lehigh Valley we've seen a massive population explosion and so to in the northeast in general.  The end result of limiting power lines and not allowing for expansion will be a gigantic rise in prices.

We've seen this with regard to oil as well.  For as much posturing as environmentalists have done with going "carbon-free" and switching to windmills, et. al., it won't matter without an expanded grid and means to get the energy to where it needs to go.  The result of these actions has been a tremendous increase in the price of oil.  Windmills, solar, etc, are useless without a means to transfer it successfully.  The end result, with the dramatic increases in price, will destroy the middle class.  No one, is talking about domestic production, expanding capabilities and supply lies while changing energy sources responsibliy and in an economic friendly manner.  It's terrible.