Monthly Archives: May 2011

A new perspective on climate science and wind power

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

Reposted from Dr. Roger Pielke Senior’s blog: A New Perspective On Climate Science By L. Miller, F. Gans and A. Kleidon It is not often that a new perspective is proposed in climate science, however, a set of two 2011 papers have done that (h/t … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, wind power | Tagged , , , | 29 Comments

Back to basics: “Green Electric” becomes “General Electric” again

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

The president of General Electric slams his previous company green policy as being “too elitist”, vows to get back to “working”. Maybe this will mean no more “green sin week” on GE owned TV networks. His quote is similar to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, energy, politics | Tagged , , , | 91 Comments

One word: “plastics”

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

With apologies to Dustin Hoffman in “The Graduate” I can’t wait to hear the fish stories that will be told to the EU trying to scam money from this latest idea:

Posted in Government idiocy, ridiculae | 80 Comments

Guess the image

Posted on May 5, 2011 by
Posted in fun_stuff | 88 Comments

Desperate Measures, Indeed

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Guest post by Roger E. Sowell, Esq. With climate change regulation dead or nearly dead (except in kooky California with AB 32), the desperation of adherents of man-made climate catastrophe is apparent from this latest round of proposed lawsuits. Below … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 88 Comments

Monbiot smacks head first into reality

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

George Monbiot has published a story in the Guardian with a strong dose of reality: He goes on to say that maybe it’s time to give up “magical thinking”. I hope that by laying out the problem I can encourage … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Environment, Opinion | 121 Comments

Einstein proven right, again

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Stanford’s Gravity Probe B confirms two Einstein theories After 52 years of conceiving, testing and waiting, marked by scientific advances and disappointments, one of Stanford’s and NASA’s longest-running projects comes to a close with a greater understanding of the universe. … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | 313 Comments

More Arctic & sea level “worse than we thought” scare stories

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Yet, still the data doesn’t support it. As I reported two days ago, the sea level threat just isn’t there. Oh noes! Sea level rising three times faster than expected (again) and we’ve heard it before, right before the 2009 Copenhagen … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, sea level | 98 Comments

“Ant colony optimisation” for wind farms

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

I’m not sure where this is going, but the first thing I thought of was this old sci-fi movie “Them“: Via Eurekalert: Evolutionary lessons for wind farm efficiency Evolution is providing the inspiration for University of Adelaide computer science research … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, wind power | 100 Comments

NOAA tornado outbreak update: 305 tornadoes

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

NOAA’s preliminary estimate is that there were 305 tornadoes during the entire outbreak from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 25 to 8:00 a.m. April 28, 2011. NWS created a table to provide clearer insight into the number of tornadoes. Each of … Continue reading →

Posted in NOAA, tornadoes | 33 Comments

Australia’s carbon tax losing public opinion big time

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

It seems Australians are waking up to the folly of a carbon tax. I’m sure Mr. Flannery’s quote of the millenium helped bunches. However the sheer pig-headedness of PM Julia Gillard, who lied about not seeking a carbon tax to … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | Tagged , , | 99 Comments

Submissions needed

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

I know there are those of you that have hard drives full of potential submissions. Help me out here…

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How to make your PC run at 7.1 Gigahertz

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

As many know, I do some tinkering with computers. While this isn’t my doings, I enjoyed it and thought you might too. Here’s the screencap of the CPU speed program, note the red underline. I got a chuckle out of … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, Technology | Tagged , , , | 49 Comments

Quote of the week – climate catastrophe deja vu all over again

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

With apologies to the late great Yogi Berra, who surely would have something to say about this climate inanity, and via Bishop Hill, we have this reminder of the ghost of alarmism past: Sir John Houghton once famously said: Unless we … Continue reading →

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Johns Hopkins succumbs to heat wave mania

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

From Johns Hopkins/Bloomberg School of Health, where they apparently haven’t looked at this data before writing a worrying scare story. The simple fact is, record high temperatures are simply not on the increase. Lots more analysis on the extremes of … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health, heat wave, weather | Tagged , | 80 Comments

New Zealand tornado rips roof off of major shopping mall

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

From the Herald Sun: Fatalities after a tornado ripped through Auckland today, turning cars upside down and causing a shopping mall roof to collapse.

Posted in weather | Tagged , | 47 Comments

Oh noes! Sea level rising three times faster than expected (again)

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

UPDATE: The serial regurgitation has started. See the end of the article. Somehow, I just can’t get past the picture of the guy in the beret who seems to be saying to the cameraman “Look the island! It is disappearing … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae, sea level | Tagged , , | 127 Comments

Oh, thank heavens wind power will be safe

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

This academic pushing this PNAS paper thinks wind turbines don’t break, but get obsoleted in about 30 years. Boy is she in for a reality check. That and anyone who thinks they can accurately predict wind power density 30-50 years … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, ridiculae, wind power | Tagged , , , | 99 Comments

NOAA releases aerial imagery of Tuscaloosa, AL tornado damage

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Before and after imagery depicting tornado damage in the vicinity of the intersection of 15th St. E. and McFarland Blvd. E. in southeast Tuscaloosa, AL. The before imagery is courtesy of Google, the after imagery was acquired from an altitude … Continue reading →

Posted in tornadoes, weather | Tagged , , , | 20 Comments

Monday Mirthiness

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Josh last week came up with his own science kit as he was inspired by the chemistry set with no chemicals I posted on. Bishop Hill posted that original, but I thought we needed to see what is inside the … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | Tagged , | 34 Comments

Guess which newspaper does not have OBL on the front page?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

As WUWT commenter “Andrew30″ puts it, “the silence is telling”. The biggest story in the world today happens in their own backyard, and they don’t report it?

Posted in media | Tagged , , , | 113 Comments

Stunning discovery by USFS and AP: dead trees burn faster

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Yeegads. The serial regurgitation in media is impressive.  Here’s the money quote:

Posted in Obvious science | Tagged , , | 101 Comments

“Justice has been done” – UPDATE: Osama Bin Laden compound found on Google Earth

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

That quote from president Obama tonight. The story here “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet” – Afghan proverb UPDATE #3: Zeroing in on the compound. Threes a charm. Like anything in the fog of war, early reports can … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged , , , , | 327 Comments

Eruption of the Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

This is what it looks like from the ground April 29th This satellite view of the sulfur dioxide plume is quite vivid:

Posted in vulcanism | Tagged , | 29 Comments

Himalayan Sherpas as climate proxy

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

Bishop Hill writes: As if there weren’t enough problems with climate data already, the latest bright idea from CAGW subscribers is to use opinion polls to measure climate change. I kid you not… The journal Biology Letters this week reports … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae, Science | Tagged , , , , | 74 Comments