“… productivity … has deluded far too many of the economics profession’s conventional thinkers.”
Month: May 2025
National suicide – a rejection or just a reprieve for the USA?
Here’s the inescapable reality. Wind, solar and grid-scale battery power are not clean, green, renewable or sustainable. These installations and transmission lines blanket scenic, cropland and habitats. They slaughter raptors…
Expert Assessment Warns Expansion Of Wind And Solar Energy Jeopardizing French Power Grid Stability
The French are finding out that combining nuclear power with unstable wind and sun is not a good idea and is a risk to the power grid. Spain recently had…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #642
Quote of the Week: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”— Albert Einstein
Britain Could Face Months-Long Blackouts Because of Net Zero
Britain’s rush to Net Zero could leave it vulnerable to months-long blackouts, as reliance on intermittent renewables strains the grid, escalating costs and jeopardising energy security. The Telegraph has more.
Sunnova Hype pre-Bankruptcy
Unprofitable companies try to chalk up moral victories, while hiding the bottom lines and the analysis behind them. Enron was great at that–so was Berger’s Sunnova.
Microsoft: We Need AI Save the World with Nuclear Fusion
Big tech pushing back on accusations of being AI obsessed climate wreckers.
Sec. Chris Wright Is Right to Be a Climate Realist, Colorado Public Radio
Much to the consternation of climate alarmist media, Wright seems to have a good grasp of the issues and is working in his capacity as Secretary of Energy to enact…
Nature Paper Claims to Pin Liability for ‘Climate Damages’ on Oil Companies
“Unlike every other branch of climate science or science in general, event attribution was originally suggested with the courts in mind.”
Sorry, Agence France-Presse, Clove Production Is Not Dropping Due to Climate Change
As Climate Realism has repeatedly shown before, here, here, and here, for example, AFP seems wedded to reporting the narrative that humans are causing dangerous climate change, even when the data repeatedly debunks such assertions.…
NOAA’s Forecast Model Has A Drop Out Problem
this dropout problem has been going on for years and has nothing to do with budget cutbacks, fired personnel, or some weather balloons not being launched.
STEVE MILLOY: What Exactly Have NIH Grants Got Us?
But the critical questions are: “What does NIH-funded research actually accomplish?” and “Are the accomplishments worth the money?” The answers, at least according to NIH itself, seem to be shockingly…
What Corporate Media Isn’t Telling You About Trump’s Cuts To Decades-Old Energy Efficiency Program
“With respect to all voluntary programs, companies do not need a federal government ribbon at the cost of taxpayers so that they can more easily sell products to consumers,” the…
Sun-Dimming Quango has £800 Million of Taxpayer Money to Blow – and a CEO on £450k
Aria has been given an eye-watering £800 million budget to play with, with little to show for it so far, except some off-the-wall ideas, and astronomically high wage bills.
Politico’s “Hit Piece” on Me (Roy Spencer) and Energy Secretary Wright
But, at best, today’s Politico article entitled, “Meet the 4 influencers shaping Chris Wright’s worldview” is a mix of truths, half-truths, and misleading innuendoes. The article is by Scott Waldman.…
Climate Change Weekly # 543 —Current Climate Conditions Aren’t Historically Extreme or Unusual, New Research Shows
Recently, a number of new studies and analyses have been published indicating what readers of CCW have long known: recent climate conditions are not historically unusual. An examination of long-term…
Net Zero Fades As the Deluded Cling to Its Fantasy
Perhaps the fundamental failure of Net Zero was political. Permission was never sought from taxpayers and consumers who would pay the costs and suffer the consequences of an always ill-fated…
Guardian: “… Urgent Theatre … the key to tackling climate change”
The climate movement once again delivering us from the hope that the world has reached peak insanity.
Without energy abundance, America loses the AI race
The soaring demand projections we’re seeing aren’t just statistics – they’re a clarion call that America’s energy future must be built on pragmatism, not ideological preferences that take options off…