Elon Musk: Use Spanish Solar Panels to Solve Europe’s Energy Crisis

“Even solar plus batteries on a small section of Spain would solve EU energy needs.”

Daily Mail Turns to Nostradamus for Climate Change Advice

“For forty years the rainbow will not be seen. For forty years it will be seen every day.”

The Rise and Fall of Peer Review

For the last 60 years or so, science has been running an experiment on itself.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #534

“If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous conclusions.”

“We Quit”: Extinction Rebellion Announces an End to Disruption

Building bridges rather than blocking them? XR appear to have finally noticed nobody likes them.

Australia’s Voracious Termites Are Now “Driven by Climate Change”

Termites were well managed by our ancestors, but in the wake of banning powerful insecticides like DDT, they are now apparently a climate problem.

Home Insulation Makes Little Difference To Energy Consumption–New Study

An unusually frank piece from the Guardian!!

Meet the Climate Change Rapid Reaction World Weather Attribution Unit

Climate scientists have acted to ensure the world receives their narrative as quickly as possible, whenever a severe weather event strikes.

The Net Zero Road to Nowhere

So, barring some unforeseen miracle technology, “net zero by 2050” won’t happen.

New Year’s Open Thread