Monday Bullets

• Will the Chevy Volt make it through GM’s restructuring? WSJ Blog: "The new owners–the government and taxpayers–will have to come to terms with this tension. GM can focus on making mass-market cars that sell well and abandon the Volt. Or it can carry on with the Volt and hope either costs come down or consumers suddenly change their habits and run out to buy a $40,000 compact sedan."
  
  
• Negotiating with China on climate change in Copenhagen. Sen. Edward J. Markey (Yes, that Markey): “This is going to be on one of the most complex diplomatic negotiations in the history of the world.”
  
  
• Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan estimates that global warming kills 300,000 people a year and causes $125 bn in economic losses. How he came to these numbers is unclear.
  
  
• The EU has managed to reduce greenhouse gases for three years in a row.
  
  
• Solar rebates fail in Texas. Last week, Florida’s green energy plans died on the vine as well.