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The Faults, Fallacies and Failures of Wind Power

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Guest essay by Viv Forbes Wind power is not free. All natural energy resources such as coal, wind and sun appear “free” – no one has to incur costs to create them. But turning a “free” resource into usable electricity … Continue reading →

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An update on my solar power project – results show why I got solar power for my home (hint: climate change is not a reason)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

UPDATE: I’ve answered questions from commenters below in the FAQs, and added additional diagrams – Anthony Much to the chagrin of people who are sure I’m evil, in the pocket of big oil, and highly carbon positive, I’m actually an … Continue reading →

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Life After Energy: What if fossil fuels disappeared tomorrow?

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

There is an anti-human TV program on the History Channel called Life After People, which portrays the aftermath of the imaginary scenario where all people on Earth suddenly vanished in a rapture-like event tomorrow. I’ve often seen it flipping channels, … Continue reading →

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Oooops! (at least they didn’t name it ‘robust’)

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

So much for Endurance… From Louise Gray at The Telegraph: Wind turbine collapses in high wind A controversial 115ft wind turbine has collapsed after being hit by heavy winds. The £250,000 tower, which stood as tall as a ten storey … Continue reading →

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How Green Was My Bankruptcy? “Roadmap for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands” Edition

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

The agency has already approved 17 large-scale solar energy projects on public lands that are expected to produce nearly 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 1.8 million homes. The department estimated the resource potential of the newly identified … Continue reading →

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Burning Food in Cars – an ‘anti-human ethos’

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That? 23rd July 2012 Nothing illustrates the anti-human ethos of the Greens better than their support for “biofuels”. That trendy name cannot hide the fact that encouraging and mandating the burning of food … Continue reading →

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The Global Renewable Energy Index is crashing

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

This is interesting, after watching the collapse in the last two years of entities like the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), which ended trading with a bag of charcoal briquettes being worth more than a ton of carbon futures, we have … Continue reading →

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My Pet Project – Producer Gas and my SUV

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Guest post by WUWT moderator Andi Cockroft This has little to do with my beliefs (or otherwise) in CAGW, but more to the fact that I am tight with money and this project offers the ability to run my 5 … Continue reading →

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An about face by China on solar power

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

From John Droz’s newsletter with a hat-tip to Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. for bringing it to my attention and via the “I can hear Joe Romm’s head exploding” department and Electric Light and Power comes this story: CHINA TO DROP … Continue reading →

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Recent solar flare seen bombarding Earth with gamma rays

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

From the “Oh noes it’s Radiation” department, Dr. Leif Svalgaard points out we all got a gamma ray bath on that recent big solar flare. I wonder how many Banana Equivalent Doses we all got?

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Saturday Silliness – Josh’s wind energy fact sheet – global wind power ‘to the nearest whole number’

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

Hi all! Following this week’s Twitter exchange between Matt Ridley and Mark Lynas I thought a helpful fact sheet about Wind Energy would be useful. People can print it out, send to their relatives, MPs, Senators etc etc. Thanks! Josh

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New contest for writing a skeptical essay

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

From the Spectator: Announcing the Matt Ridley Prize for Environmental Heresy by Fraser Nelson Matt Ridley has long deplored the wind farm delusion, and was appalled when a family trust was paid by a wind farm company in compensation for … Continue reading →

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Uh oh, North sea wind power a hopeless quest – it’s all about the foundations

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Bishop Hill points to an essay in the Spectator Matt Ridley: The Beginning Of The End Of Wind which is a summary of the arguments against wind power. He (and I) were not aware of this point: Putting the things … Continue reading →

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The Gas of Life

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

By Jim Goodridge  – former California State Climatologist Photosynthesis simply stated is 6CO2 + 6H2O + photons = C6H12O6+6O2. It is suggested by the relative abundances of atmospheric CO2 and O2, That CO2 is a quite active material and it … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Shocker: dirty electric cars

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville  comes this surprising bit of research. Taken in entirety, and electric vehicle has a greater impact on pollution than a comparable gasoline vehicle. Full disclosure – I own an electric car myself. I’m … Continue reading →

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New WUWT Feature – Scafetta’s forecast -vs- the IPCC forecast

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

I have a new feature page on WUWT that highlights the work of Nicola Scafetta and his solar-lunar cycle forecast model as it compares to the IPCC forecasts and global temperature reality using HadCRUT surface temperature data. Working with Dr. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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