By Howard “Cork” Hayden, A few years ago, I learned of an article by Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi in the November 2009 issue of Scientific American called…
Month: August 2017
Another example of climate alarmism idiocy – Germany’s dieselgate
Guest essay by Larry Hamlin The Wall Street Journal published an excellent article further exposing the climate alarmist political idiocy behind Germany’s growing dieselgate scandal where diesel engine powered…
Hurricane Harvey Threatens Wind Farm Output
Guest essay by Eric Worrall At least one news outlet has noticed that renewable energy is exceptionally vulnerable to hurricanes and other extreme weather events. How will renewables power the…
Environmental impacts of food consumption by dogs and cats
From PLOS Gregory S. Okin Published: August 2, 2017 Abstract In the US, there are more than 163 million dogs and cats that consume, as a significant portion of their…
California Public Utility Commission SETS NEW TIME-OF-USE PERIODS FOR SDG&E TO REFLECT CHANGING ENERGY MARKET
By Roger Sowell In moves to change electricity rates in California to better reflect the impacts of solar power on the grid, CPUC has allowed San Diego Gas and Electric…
"Instant Replay" – Watch hurricane Harvey explode from a tropical depression to a Cat 4 hurricane
We live in unprecedented times. It used to be that satellite images were sent via WeFax…now, we can look at the “instant replay” in a matter of minutes after Harvey…
What is the Default Temperature for the Earth?
Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball The Earth’s atmosphere does not act like a greenhouse. The analogy was partially developed to help students understand the apparent disparity between energy coming in…
Comments on the Connolly’s Atmospheric Physics Papers
My links to comments did not survive, so I added more information to help find the original comments in the original post. The following comments are from Dr. Ronan Connolly…
Climate Censorship? Or Ongoing Public Waste?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A Department of Energy email allegedly sent to biologist Jennifer Bowen, instructing her to remove the word “climate change” from her proposal, is exciting accusations…
It's over – 4324 day major hurricane drought ends as Harvey makes landfall at Cat 4
(Edited/updated) From NHC: …EYE OF CATEGORY 4 HARVEY MAKES LANDFALL BETWEEN PORT ARANSAS AND PORT O’CONNOR TEXAS… …CATASTROPHIC FLOODING EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND STORM SURGE.. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR…
Ecojustice – Competition Bureau Inquiry The Competition Bureau has discontinued the inquiry into Friends of Science Society that Ecojustice publicly called for on Dec. 3, 2015.
Just received this. Nice comprehensive piece. ~ctm [UPDATE 11:18 PM PDT] VIDEO TRANSCRIPT AND RELATED LINKS Some people have requested a transcript of the video. Here it is. Also, just…
Where the hell is Taralga? (Latitude -34.4048, Longitude 149.8197; BoM ID 94735)
Dr. Bill Johnston. (Former NSW natural resources research scientist.) Once a staging post on the track to Oberon and Bathurst, the delightful little village of Taralga is 44 km (27…
Friday Funny – Advice from another scientist to Neil DeGrasse Tyson @neiltyson – 'stick with eclipses'
From “the stupid, it burns” department. Earlier this week, WUWT carried a story about why we should trust climate scientists – because science is able to predict the eclipse years…
Hurricane Harvey: likely to be the next "Katrina" and "Sandy" for climate alarmists
First, here’s what is going on: Hurricane Harvey Advisory Number 21 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017 1000 AM CDT Fri Aug 25 2017 …OUTER RAINBAND FROM HARVEY SWIPING…
3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet rewrites the history of maths – and shows the Greeks did not develop trigonometry
From The Telegraph Sarah Knapton, Science Editor 24 August 2017 • 7:00pm A 3,700-year-old clay tablet has proven that the Babylonians developed trigonometry 1,500 years before the Greeks and were…
So What Happened to the Journalism?
John Ridgway “Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.” Edward R. Murrow Back in 2013 the UK’s Parliamentary Science and Technology Select Committee could be found holding an…
The 'Climate Change: Believe It Or Else' Prize from @AGU
This essay is from the Real Climatologists blog, by Dr. Duane Thresher. I strongly recommend their About Us page. HT/Science or Fiction August 21, 2017 The American Geophysical Union (AGU)…
STUDY: Al Gore Might Have Beaten Bush If There Had Been More Warming
Energy More Al Gore because [insert politically incorrect joke or blog policy violation here] ~ctm From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch Former Vice President Al Gore might have won the…
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