It is ludicrous to set out soviet-style five-year plans at a sectoral level which specify where you plan to reduce carbon emissions. The state does not have sufficient understanding of…
Month: October 2024
Will wind and solar hammer hydro in Washington State?
There are lots of reasons to constrain the galloping growth of wind and solar. Issues like unreliability, excessive cost and environmental destruction. None of them is funny. But the idea…
Naturally Hot, Exaggeration Not
our results underscore the importance of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation in driving the occurrence of global warming spikes such as the one in 2023, without needing to invoke anthropogenic forcing,…
The Irrationality of Western Energy Policies
But it would be naïve to view the climate industrial complex as a vast conspiracy. Steve Koonin in his book Unsettled offers a more plausible explanation, seeing a “self-reinforcing alignment…
Natural Gas or Coal, do we have a choice?
Understanding more about gas and coal, their importance for our energy needs and daily products used, but also their environmental impact, helps us make smarter energy policy decisions. I see…
Green Blob-Funded Report Calls for Massive Frequent Flyer Levies That Would Devastate International Air Travel
A radical new plan to reduce international air travel from Europe to minimal levels over the next few years has been proposed by a group of Net Zero fanatics led by the…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #616
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” – Voltaire
‘Gaps And Inconsistencies’: Up To $41 Billion In World Bank Climate Handouts Unaccounted For, New Report Finds
Up to $41 billion of the funds distributed to climate causes by the World Bank between 2017 and 2023 are unaccounted for due to poor accounting standards, according to an…
The DEFR Follies — Cost Of Hydrogen Storage
I understand that there are people moving forward on setting up some of this hydrogen infrastructure, funded with government subsidies. It’s almost impossible to imagine how much subsidies it would…
1000 Year Rainfall Claims Are Poppycock
The whole objective is to frighten the public into believing that weather is any worse than it has always been: It is not just poor science, it is deliberate disinformation.
Siberia Mid-October Snow Extent Greater In 2024 Than In Past Years. Could Impact Europe’s Winter
Ventusky himself believes it could have an impact on the winter weather in Europe because such large areas are already covered in snow. A line was drawn at the westernmost…
Indonesia Dumps Climate Politics in Favor of Energy Security
“Despite challenges in 2023, Indonesia has demonstrated resilience to global shocks and an ever more diversified economic base is expected to mitigate adverse impacts,” says a spokesman for financial services…
The Energy Crisis Commission is Just Another Green Blob Front
Another day, another green report. This time, in response to rising energy prices, a report has been published by something calling itself the Energy Crisis Commission. But the report flies…
Climate Change Weekly #522: EV Owners Have Big Carbon Footprints
In this issue: EV Owners Have Big Carbon Footprints Green Equipment Companies Are Poor Investments
Our Energy Future: Conserve to Convert
So that begs the question: what is the ultimate technology in energy? What technology will our great grandchildren have settled on to keep the lights on, the wheels turning and…
Warming Climate Powers Canadian Agriculture
Canadian farmers are thankful for the longer growing season and the greater abundance of atmospheric carbon dioxide that better feeds plants. So should the rest of us. After all, Earth…
Wind vs. Ecology in Australia (Nick Cater reports)
“There are signs that we may be reaching peak madness as opposition to cowboy renewable-energy development grows in regional and rural Australia…. Anger about the rampant spread of solar, wind…
Scientists Find No Change in Global Warming Rate Since 1970 Despite “Hottest Year Ever” in 2023
A sensational science paper has blown holes in alarmist claims that global temperatures are surging. Just published results in Nature show “limited evidence” for a warming surge. “In most surface temperature time…
Oops! Lithium battery BURNS DOWN a FIRE STATION…! | MGUY Australia
And they didn’t install a fire alarm… in a FIRE STATION. Just let that sink in for a moment…
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