Category Archives: energy

Crowdsourced Climate Complexity – Compiling the WUWT Potential Climatic Variables Reference Page

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments, which began on this thread on January, 15th 2011, and grew on January 22nd, 2011, February 10th, 2011, February 28th, 2011, June 30th, 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in AMO, Announcements, Antarctic, Arctic, Carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration, Citizen science, climate data, clouds, cosmic rays, dust storms, earth, education, energy, ENSO, Environment, feedbacks, flooding, forecasting, geothermal energy, global warming, hurricanes, Land use land cover change, lightning, measurement, Methane, modeling, oceans, PDO, Science, sea ice, snowfall, Temperature, tornadoes, UHI, weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 113 Comments

Wind power plug pulled in Illinois

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

End of tax credit a blow for wind power industry Up to 37,000 jobs, many in Illinois, could be lost as projects are halted or abandoned By Julie Wernau, Chicago Tribune reporter The wind power industry is predicting massive layoffs … Continue reading →

Posted in wind power | Tagged , , , , | 223 Comments

Windfarm noise – Renowned acoustician denounces double standards in noise regulations

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

UPDATE: Josh adds a cartoon and writes: An extraordinary quote from a Scottish Wind Farm Landowner. But with recent news that wind farms have been paid a secret £13 million compensation to shut down over the last few months it is no … Continue reading →

Posted in wind power | Tagged , , , , , | 106 Comments

Germany in skeptical turmoil on both Climate and Solar/Windfarms

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

I have two major stories out of Germany to report, one on the rise of Climate Skepticism into the mainstream, as Germany’s Top Environmentalist Turns Climate Sceptic, saying “I couldn’t take it any more. I had to write this book.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, energy, IPCC, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 230 Comments

Big Wind

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

  A wind farm is to be built near a nature preserve despite Osage Indian protests Guest post by Dale R. McIntyre A big-city corporation rams through industrial development on a pristine landscape against the wishes of the local Native … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , , | 125 Comments

The Simon-Erlich Wager at Seven Billion People

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton Back in 1980, the great libertarian economist, Julian Simon, and the prepetually wrong Malthusian biologist, Paul Erlich, entered into a little wager regarding population growth and resource scarcity. They decided on using the inflation-adjusted prices … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Curious things, economy-health, energy, Environment | Tagged , , , , , , , | 157 Comments

President Obama’s Very Dishonest Campaign Ad Regarding Energy

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton 19 January 2012 Obama clean energy ad airing in Va. A new ad from President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign that touts his energy and ethics record began airing in Virginia this week even as Republican … Continue reading →

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The Ridiculousness Continues – Climate Complexity Compiled

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments on this thread and several others documented within, I’ve been compiling a summary of all potential climatic variables in order to build a conceptual … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, AMO, Antarctic, Arctic, climate data, clouds, cosmic rays, dust storms, earth, Earthquakes, energy, ENSO, feedbacks, geothermal energy, Gravity, hurricanes, Methane, oceans, PDO, petroleum, Science, sea ice, snow, solar, solar power, thorium power, tornadoes, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 264 Comments

Perpetuum Mobile

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Since at least the days of Da Vinci, people have been fascinated by perpetual motion machines. One such “perpetuum mobile” designed around the time of the civil war is shown below. It wasn’t until the … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Gravity | Tagged , , , , | 911 Comments

Utility-Scale Energy Storage and Zinc-Air Batteries

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Apparently, this company (EOS) has overcome the recharge limitation that exists in conventional zinc-air batteries, and supposedly has several patents on the technology. If true, this technology would be a big boost for all sorts of battery powered technology, not … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, solar power, Technology, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , , | 113 Comments

Dallas earthquake not caused by fracking… And neither was the Ohio quake.

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton Wow! I woke up Friday morning to news that a 2.0 Md earthquake struck about a mile and a half from my office. I was sleeping at home, about 7 miles from the epicenter, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Current News, earth, Earthquakes, energy, petroleum | Tagged , , , , , , , | 85 Comments

There’s a reason the modern age moved on from windmills

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

In the UK, the CIVITAS group has just released an economic analysis of wind power. The scathing report confirms what we have been reporting for years here on WUWT: wind power is expensive, inefficient, does little or nothing to offset … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , , | 254 Comments

What we don’t know about Earth’s energy flow

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Roger Tattersall (aka Tallbloke) writes on his blog of a WUWT comment. Unfortunately WUWT gets so many comments a day that I can’t read them all (thank you moderators for the help). Since he elevated Dr. Robert Brown’s comment to … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | Tagged , , , , , , , | 236 Comments

Price-Driven US Energy Independence

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Guest post by David Archibald Mike Jonas’ recent post (http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/03/peak-oil-the-rp-ratio-re-visited/#more-54146) has prompted me to revisit the subject of US energy independence. The best report on the subject of peak oil was produced by the Australian Government and then suppressed by … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, petroleum | Tagged , , , , , , , | 128 Comments

Peak Oil – the R/P Ratio re-visited

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Guest post by Mike Jonas On Dec 13, Willis Eschenbach posted a convincing (and eloquent as always) argument “The R/P Ratio” against Peak Oil being imminent. I would like to present a different view. In fact I draw the opposite … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, petroleum | Tagged , , , , , , | 229 Comments

California low carbon fuel law blocked by federal judge

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Ow, that’s gotta hurt. CA’s 2006 Global Warming law – denied. Federal judge blocks California low-carbon fuels rule Chico Enterprise Record FRESNO — A federal judge moved today to block California from enforcing its first-in-the-nation mandate for cleaner, low-carbon fuels, … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon footprint, energy, petroleum | 51 Comments

Congress ends corn ethanol subsidy

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

Interesting timing, especially when some biomass companies are switching from wood chips to corn, because they couldn’t turn a profit on wood chips. Looks like all the wheels are coming off the bus now. To Survive, Some Biofuels Companies Give … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 426 Comments

Shutting down power plants: Imaginary benefits, extensive harm

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

EPA mercury rules for electricity generating units are based on false science and economics Guest post by Craig Rucker The Environmental Protection Agency claims its “final proposed” Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules will eliminate toxic pollution from electrical generating … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Environment, modeling | Tagged , , , , , , , | 200 Comments

Shocker: BP quits solar power industry

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

BP Exits the Solar Industry (via Planet Gore) By Greg Pollowitz Bloomberg: BP Plc, Europe’s second-largest oil company, will shut its solar power unit and quit the business entirely after 40 years because it’s become unprofitable. The company will wind down … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, solar power | Tagged , , , , , , , | 103 Comments

Wind energy subsidies to be discussed in Senate today–opportunity for input

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Guest post By John Droz The matter of how much, if any, federal subsidies that wind energy will get is being discussed (and maybe resolved) today. Here is a video of the Senate Finance Committee hearing this morning on this … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, politics, wind power | Tagged , , , | 54 Comments

National Academy of Sciences appointee caught “making up stuff” to win lawsuit, RICO lawsuit follows

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Watch the video below, it is quite something. Amazing that they were stupid enough to tape themselves saying this much less turn it into a documentary! UPDATE: The legal pleading has been added, link below, quite a read. ————- Excerpt … Continue reading →

Posted in petroleum | Tagged , , , , , , , | 154 Comments

Topsy-Turvey Carbon Footprints from Nature Climate Change

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein The lastest issue of Nature Climate Change to reach my mailbox has some startling news, particularly considering that it comes from a generally Warmist publication. One might say is is “topsy-turvy” (upside down) from a … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | Tagged , , , , , , , | 91 Comments

Windsplode in Scotland – plus some turbines can’t handle 50mph

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

I wonder what the incident frequency is for wind turbine fires versus say coal, hydro, or nuclear plants? From STV Scotland:

Posted in energy, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , , | 122 Comments

Coal – confirmed by NASA as getting cleaner

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Oh Dear, It’s another Joe Romm head exploder. The improvement is verified by satellite data and the results are peer reviewed. Yet the EPA still insists on closing coal plants nationwide. NASA Satellite Confirms Sharp Decline in Pollution from U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Environment | 92 Comments

Just in time for Durban – new green technology promises big fuel savings, lower emissions

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

People send me stuff. We’ve spent so much time on Climategate that other more important things have fallen by the wayside. We’ve seen a lot of claims on how green technology will reduce emissions and save the Earth. Often these … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, energy, satire, Technology | Tagged | 108 Comments