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Month: September 2024
Energy notes from the edge: EV industry on limp-home mode; Greenpeace’s firehose used against them and they’re not happy
Most consumers can see that that Total And Rapid EV Domination is not a particularly wise vision, even if governments have declared that that must happen within their dog’s lifespan.
Jet-Setting Academics Branded Hypocrites For Lecturing the Rest of us About Climate Change
“There is a level of hypocrisy: academics know that flying is bad for the environment,” said Professor Jonas De Vos of UCL, the lead author of the study. “But still,…
Michigan union members blame Biden electric-vehicle mandates for auto-industry layoffs: ‘Want to slit our throats’
Michigan autoworkers explained to The Post why Team Biden’s green-energy rules are at fault this time. United Auto Workers member Isaiah Gordon, 24, works on hybrid batteries at Ford’s Rawsonville plant and…
Ryan Maue on Climate Attribution
Note, just because the Earth is 1.3°C warmer than Little Ice Age in 1850 and atmosphere holds more water vapor does NOT mean a particular weather event was caused by…
Heat Pump Subsidies: Never Enough
DOE and its minions are running out of stuff to regulate under existing energy efficiency statutes within EPCA. A move to carbon efficiency regulation vastly expands their regulatory empire. The…
The UN and the Biden Administration Want Net Zero for the U.S.—While China Opts for Energy Realism
China does whatever advances China’s economic and ultimately its geopolitical interests. That is a lesson for America’s political leaders: if the United States wants to prevail in the geopolitical contest…
‘Inevitable And Foreseeable’: Grid Operators Beg Court To Nix EPA Rules To Save Electricity System From Collapse
Such inevitable and foreseeable premature retirement decisions resulting from the Rule’s timelines will substantially strain each of the Joint [independent system operators’] / [regional transmission organizations’] ability to maintain the…
Nuclear power stations can be a beautiful part of the environment.
Since nuclear is completely clean and green, emitting no gasses, liquids, or anything else, during normal operations, there is no reason why nuclear power stations must be viewed as ugly…
Climate Realism: A Sane Approach – You’re The Voice Ep. 42 with Prof. Steven Koonin
We touched on topics such as the use of the term ‘climate denier,’ bias in the energy industry, the challenges faced by young scientists who question the climate narrative, the…
Greens Blame President Trump for COP29 Lack of Progress
Nobody wants to move until they see whether the USA will pay for their green charade?
Green Lawfare Is Destroying British Jobs
The green agenda has been sold to us on a false prospectus. As I pointed out last week, the viciousness with which it has been advanced has been epitomised by…
Stick to the Weather, World Meteorological Organization, Africa’s GDP Is Not Declining
…it might behoove the AP to do some simple fact checking (it takes just a few minutes through the magic of the internet), looking at existing hard data on trends…
Why Are Renewable Equipment Companies Such Poor Investments?
This month, the RENIXX stood at 1,013 points, essentially zero value growth over the last 18 years. In comparison, the S&P 500 Index more than quadrupled over the same period.…
GROANER of the Week: Climate change-triggered landslide unleashes a 650-foot mega-tsunami
From the “anything and everything is caused by climate change” department comes this groaner of a press release from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The Earth’s Energy Imbalance: Part I
When I began this effort I expected to discover that my search for energy imbalance would find a very small number with a very large uncertainty. This is exactly what…
More Solar Silliness In The New York Times
The solar hype continued last month in the pages of the New York Times with an article by David Wallace-Wells headlined, “What Will We Do With Our Free Power?” The…
The battle over net zero has only just begun
Governments in the UK and across Europe face a mighty industrial battle over the coming years to push through net zero policies, in the teeth of trade union and popular…
Court Blocks Biden-Harris Methane Emissions Rule In Five States
We applaud the U.S. District Court judge’s decision to temporarily block @BLMNational from enforcing a natural gas venting and flaring rule published in April 2024.
LA Times: ‘It’s almost shameful to want to have children’ – ‘Climate Anxiety & the Kid Question’
“ I think I may not have children although I do want them,” she notes. “Just because, with all of the things we see going on in the world, it…
A Short Political History of Climate Change
When does the fantasy end for them? It doesn’t. They derive life’s meaning from this endeavor. They will try to implement evermore convoluted net zero schemes in the hope that…
Pope Francis’ Climate Crusade or the erosion of faith in God, a tale of two encyclicals
Hanekamp and Briggs conclude that the climate scientism Pope Francis peddles stands diametrically opposed to the Christian worldview. “Scientism of any stripe is incommensurable with not only the Christian faith…