Joe Kaeser said strict zero-emission targets had crippled manufacturing and heavy industry in Germany and beyond. He called on the German Government to work on a more “economically feasible plan”…
Al Gore Wants to Pay Farmers to Grow Less Food to Fight Climate Change
“If a billion people stop eating meat, I tell you, it has a big impact. Not only does it have a big impact on the current food system, but it…
Do Renewables Make for Cheaper Electricity?
Do they or don’t they? It’s the perennial argument, and I claim that it shouldn’t be difficult to show that they do not. However, I have to admit that there…
The Grid Will Hold – Maybe – But the Bill Will Rise
The grid will likely get through this winter storm. Operators are competent. Procedures are in place. The system will bend, not break. But bending has a price.
All of the above, please
Wind and solar industry lobbyists are appealing to conservatives in a last-ditch effort to promote wind and solar power as a reliable energy source. They are rallying around the slogan,…
Chinese Professor Demands Politicians Shut Down Rich Country High Carbon Industries
“… If industries resist, strict regulations may be required to enforce change or even force noncompliant companies to shut shop. …”
Trump’s Withdrawal from Collapsing Climate Narrative
The curtain is falling on the world’s most expensive soap opera. For decades, a cast of unelected bureaucrats and subsidized academics fought to keep the production alive, but the audience…
“Storm” Chandra
While the US struggles with some really stormy weather, the increasingly pathetic Met Office try to whip up hysteria with so-called “Strom Chandra”.
Storm Ferm: Remember Uri (centrally planned electricity ‘transition’ in Texas)
Central planning for a forced energy transformation produced the debacle of debacles two years ago in Texas. It is time for a new era for U.S. electricity policy premised on…
Mann v. Steyn: Finally Ready for Appeal?
As far as I can tell, this Order resolves the last remaining issues in this case at the trial court level. At Steyn’s website, the comment is “Next stop in…
Changing Sunlight, Weather & Climate
Accumulation of ice at altitude in high latitudes is an early indicator for the eventual ice accumulation down slope and at lower latitudes. Greenland’s largest and most productive glacier, Jacobshavn,…
Money to ‘Decarbonize’ as Useless as Gym Memberships and Extended Warranties
The $20 trillion investment in “decarbonization” in the U.S. and Europe has been an abject failure. It would be a wiser expenditure of tax dollars for governments to subsidize lifetime…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #676
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” — Mark Twain
Germany’s Natural Gas Crisis Escalates … One Storage Site Near Empty …Government Silent
Germany desperately needs to pray for a warm February miracle if the country is to avoid an energy disaster and a state of emergency.
Ross McKitrick on Climate Models, Economic Impacts, and the DOE Report
In this in-depth interview, economist and statistician Ross McKitrick discusses climate models, uncertainty, and whether the public climate debate is as scientifically balanced as often claimed. He also reflects on…
Are Green Energy Subsidies Driving California’s Plan to Expropriate the Wealthy?
Soaring energy bills, a political crisis, and an insane plan to expropriate wealth creators who drive the Californian Economy.
Australians to Receive Free Midday Grid Solar Power – But Don’t Charge your EV
Happy exploding transformer day: “… very high levels of consumption during the free-power period … may lead to increases in network costs. …”
Wrong, Mainstream Media, A Brief 1.4°C Global Temperature Spike Isn’t Evidence of ‘Climate Doom’
By portraying a model-reconstructed temperature figure as proof that the world is on the brink of irreversible climate danger, both Politico and NPR are grossly misleading their readers by flatly…
Data centers are the physical internet
Building new data centers has become highly controversial. This massive public debate suffers from a major confusion in that what data centers do is seldom mentioned, except that they do…