The un-named storms over the UK are more serious. Stationary and increasing in strength. Financial, energy, cultural and social policy. A captain and his officers staring at the anometer and barometer wondering whether storms of this level are compatible with something they call International Law, and calling anyone who wants to take any effective action ‘far right’.
Meanwhile in the lower decks people who really are far right are organizing themselves. And on May 7 (the local elections the Government tried and failed to cancel) we may see them put their heads around the door for the first time.
It doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes, and what it rhymes with is Weimar.
The results speak for themselves. The European Union more than doubled its solar generation between 2021 and 2025. Wind grew at a more modest 24% over that time period, but it was already providing a higher share of the bloc’s electricity generation. Meanwhile, fossil fuel–generated electricity declined. For the first time ever, in 2025 the EU produced more electricity from wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels.
Final analysis of 2025 Iberian blackout: Policies left Spain at risk That said, there is one area where potential problems were clearly assigned to one form of renewable generation: rooftop solar. The problem there is less that the hardware wasn’t following policy and more that there’s no real policy being followed. Red Eléctrica, the Spanish grid operator, estimates that it has about 6.5 GW of small-scale (< 1 MW) solar on the grid, with 75 percent (4.9 GW) connected to low-voltage, consumer-level grids. The committee got data from two inverter manufacturers, which collectively track the performance of about 15 percent of that capacity.
Europe gets very little energy from wind and solar.
The VAST bulk of energy comes from Oil, Coal and Gas, plus some Hydro and Nuclear.
Energy use has declined in the EU because European industry is collapsing because it cannot afford the high prices caused by erratic electricity supplies.
We haven’t had a huge blizzard around here in a while, but I observed that EVs disproportionately represent a bulk of the cars on the side of the road in such storms.
And, despite the false “fact check bots”, outside the cities some of the recharging stations have been detected using diesel generators to recharge EVs! “Backups” for a couple of solar panels.
Eventually, EVs might represent good consumer value. In some circumstances today that might be the case, for example one might purchase a late model EV for pennies on the dollar.
Overall, EVs are essentially disposable and expensive. They’re becoming a burden to landfills. Truth be told, they don’t last long enough to achieve any reduction in emissions over their life. Fundamentally, they actually use more energy because of their proportionally greater mass. Ironically, they burn through tires.
There will be incremental tech improvements, but more demand on electricity will constrain supply of the energy they consume. ICE technology will not stand still either. It would be best if governments would stop forcing consumers to choose one over another.
I think everything Trump does is great!
He is The Man. Our hero. The Only One, the Saviour who leads us to the Promised Land.
We just have to bite the bullet and suffer some short term pain for long term gain.
We have to support him in his efforts and wipe out the evil nay- sayers.
He is our King. He should do more dictatory things and completely ignore boundaries, laws and customs. He is his own moral judger. Have Faith. He is fighting for us and against The System, the City of London. Together with Israel we will rule the world and tell everybody how it’s done.
It’s Marshall Law from now on. Comply or die!! Might is Right.Put up or shut up.
No, it’s an excellent photo definition of Sycophants, Sociopaths & Psychopaths.
Who in that picture ticks most on the following list ??
Some of the personality traits and tendencies associated with psychopathy include:
Superficial charm
*Emotional detachment
*Lack of empathy
*Impulsivity
Chronic, uncontrolled anger
*Low tolerance for boredom
*Intense craving for excitement, novelty, and reward
*Pathological lying
*Fearlessness
*Dominance
*Self-centeredness
*Entitlement
*Arrogance
Psychopathy is also often characterised by specific patterns of behaviour, including:
* Disregard for rules, norms, consequences, and the law
Physical aggression
* Willingness to manipulate, con, and exploit others for personal gain
*Criminal behaviour, including theft, fraud, and severe acts of violence
*History of legal problems
Abuse of animals or children
* Multiple short-term relationships, divorces, and/or custody disputes
*Lack of close personal connections
* Low marital satisfaction
Substance abuse
Ooops . . . .those down-voters are right! I did forget to point out that the above photo doesn’t accurately reflect all the obscene guilding the king has placed throughout the Oval Office.
That photo one day then says this the next… “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one … Open the fucken Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell – just watch! Praise be to Allah.” I wonder how these suck up Christians feel about this? On the other hand, you could never accuse him of hiding his hypocrisy.
Simon, like most liberals, has conveniently forgotten the meaning of “Black Rain” and that the reason for the ban on nuclear testing is because radioactive iodine, strontium, and carbon were showing up in the bodies of children around the world. That is the behavior of sophists who are more interested in winning an argument than seeking the truth.
“President Trump has called for the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing, instructing the Department of War (Defense) to begin testing on an ‘equal basis’ with rivals like Russia and China. Trump argues this is necessary because other nations are testing while the US is not.”
Hmmm . . . it appears at least one high-order politician has “. . . conveniently forgotten the meaning of ‘Black Rain’ and that the reason for the ban on nuclear testing is . . .”
Immediately was 6 months ago. From your link, “For both technical and political reasons, the United States is unlikely to return to nuclear explosive testing any time soon;”
Los Alamos is installing AI on at least one of its supercomputers to analyze the decades of empirical data gathered from above and below-ground testing.
I take it that you have never read Sun Tsu’s ‘The Art of War.’
“I take it that you have never read Sun Tsu’s ‘The Art of War.’ “
Oh, I did read Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”, but that was decades ago, and I only considered it to be important to military planners and sophists who are more interested in winning an argument than seeking the truth.
So what, radioactive iodine and strontium and carbon have been in all the bodies of bugs, plants and animals since the beginning of life on earth.
Despite that, the human population is over 8 billion and vast numbers of species on land and sea are thriving.
Radioactivity is a totally natural part of the universe and of the earth.
If one subscribes to the Linear-No Threshold (LNT) theory then increasing amounts of bioactive, radioactive isotopes should lead to increased cellular damage and proportional death rates. If, alternatively, one rejects LNT, and believes that there is a threshold above the background level for which the body cannot repair the damage, then additions from nuclear fission pushes one ever closer to that unspecified critical threshold.
Either way, additions to the biosphere from nuclear fission byproducts, which haven’t been abundant for nearly 2 billion years (look up “Oklo Phenomenon”), are not desirable.
You might also want to educate yourself about “Pascal’s Wager” to understand the role it plays in assessing the concern about fission byproducts, which are different from the ‘natural’ radioactive isotopes that have very long half-lives.
“You might also want to educate yourself about ‘Pascal’s Wager’ to understand the role it plays in assessing the concern about fission byproducts, which are different from the ‘natural’ radioactive isotopes that have very long half-lives.“
(my bold emphasis added)
Hah . . . let’s see . . . long half-life nuclear fission byproducts of fission bomb explosions include: Technetium-99, half-life of approximately 211,000 years, Carbon-14, half-life of approximately 5,730 years, Americium-241, half-life of approximately 432 years.
These radioactive isotopes also occur naturally through the spontaneous fission of naturally-occurring uranium (predominately U-238 and U-234) or when cosmologically-originated neutrons or neutrons from Earth’s naturally-occurring radioactive material decay interact with other substances on Earth.
Of course, such radioactive isotopes don’t carry a “tag” indicating the source of their origin.
…, such radioactive isotopes don’t carry a “tag” indicating the source of their origin.
But the abundance of the various radioactive isotopes in the environment, and particularly those with short half-lives as compared to the probability distribution of isotopes regressing around the mid-range atomic weight of fissionable isotopes, gives us clues whether something is the result of recent fissioning or whether the material is residual primordial material. Are you under the misperception that U235 doesn’t exist naturally?
However, not surprisingly, you missed the whole point about Pascal’s Wager with respect to the existential risk of fission byproducts released into the air. Typical of a sophist to be more concerned about winning an argument than being concerned about the risk of a nuclear exchange.
Actually Trumps support is falling spart,
and even the convenient death of Charlie Kirk(with him alive the Iran war couldn’t have happened with a then resulting 90% disapproval) won’t change this in the long run.
And losing several planes just after declaring Air-Supremacy over Iran will increase.
But as usual you focus on the wrong(show)-hand of the Wizard,
instead of the hidden hand and real Agenda (2030) behind this though
just yesterday the next stage of the great narrative got started :
“The consequences of this war will be worse than Covid”
Blackrocknig Friedrich Merz,
“The longterm effects are beyond what we can imagine”
Clinto Katamite Christine Lagarde, pseudo ECB Boss and CBDC pusher.
Now if you believe that this war wouldn’t have happened with Kamala, who is married to the mob, then I have an Aircraft Carrier with a burning laundry room to sell you.
The only differences would have been a massive escalition in Ukraine first, and then Iran – but with significantly less negative coverage and full European participation.
Imposing a sales tax on the people.
Releasing a record number of violent and fraudulent criminals from prison.
Starting a war he said he wouldn’t start.
Destroying NATO.
What you are calling a “sales tax” was intended to encourage a return of manufacturing to the USA. Our manufacturing capability is what saved the UK during the WWII.
And it saved Russia which got from America:
from Google
Through the Lend-Lease program, the U.S. provided over $11 billion (approx. $250 billion today) in aid to the Soviet Union. Key resources included over 400,000 trucks and jeeps, 14,000 aircraft, 13,000 tanks, 4.5 million tons of food, and significant industrial materials like aviation fuel, aluminum, and railroad equipment, sustaining the Soviet war effort.
[“What you are calling a “sales tax” was intended to encourage a return of manufacturing to the USA.“]
Well, that plan didn’t work !!
Trump has defended the tariffs as necessary to address the trade deficit and revive the nation’s industrial base, but 100,000 factory jobs have been lost since January 2025.
The trade gap increased 4.9% to $57.3 billion in January, rising to $61.0 billion in February 26. Copyright Thomson Reuters 2026.
Largely because appointed, liberal federal judges have sabotaged campaign promises of an elected president. If unelected obstructionists can interfere with running the country, democracy is in dire straits.
“In March 2026, the U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%.”
Only children pay attention to politician’s promises. NATO self destructed by not even allowing a fly over of American military and by leaching off the American taxpayers for 80 years. You probably didn’t notice or care.
Amazing how people here think that eliminating USAID, the Dep. of Education and the endangerment finding is good for the general population. Some high level war is peace propaganda going on here.
Yes, getting rid of the idiotic anti-science endangerment finding will be of massive benefit to society, as will getting rid of of the fraud and misuse of money under the leftist scams of USAID and the DoE
The left live in a word built on LIES and DECEPTION.
Hmmm. The Epstein thing is at -40 for Trump. Seems I’m not the only one interested in getting to the truth. Now, let’s get Pam “Gonedi’s” arse in the seat and ask her questions under oath.
Second, if the unreleased Epstein files currently in the possession of DOJ are not evidence, even exculpatory evidence, did you ever think to ask yourself “Why is the DOJ reluctant to release this material to the public, even with heavy redactions of names and addresses?”
I was asking for evidence from someone making a claim (implied, I’ll grant) about Trump (I noticed he has not provided any). You responded that it might be in unreleased files. That’s speculation. There is no factual basis for such a claim.
“Why is the DOJ reluctant to release this material”
Again, that’s speculation.
And have you ever asked yourself why the Biden Administration did NOT do anything if there were any evidence implicating Trump in those files?
“And have you ever asked yourself why the Biden Administration did NOT do anything if there were any evidence implicating Trump in those files?”
No, that was then and this in now. But since you have surfaced this issue, I will now speculate that there was/is likely “embarrassing” data, including photos and video, about fellow Democrat and 40-year friend Bill Clinton in the Epstein files as existed back then during Biden’s Presidency, which obviously Joe Biden would not want to risk being revealed (hint: such would have been extremely damaging to the Democratic Party) if his Administration revealed the full content of the Epstein files.
We seem to go through this a lot around here: The one making a claim must supply evidence of the claim. I called out someone making a claim without evidence.
I claim that unicorn fish exist. You just haven’t seen them because we haven’t explored the entirety of the ocean and they’re really good at hiding. There is no evidence AGAINST their existence. One can only wonder what other magical creatures there are in the depths.
As for your speculation about Biden – I didn’t say release, I said do something – as in, prosecute. Biden’s DOJ could have prosecuted Trump and still kept the files sealed. But they didn’t.
I’m not going to base anything, about Trump or anyone else, on speculation and “wondering”. Give me actual evidence, otherwise it’s hot air.
Unless you or someone else can answer my request for actual evidence, I’m done here.
Here you go. Now we will probably never know whether she was telling the truth, but the FBI interviewed her four times. That would indicate she had a story to tell.
Simon, that’s not evidence, it’s a claim, an accusation. One that has holes in it: for one, she claimed it was 1983-1985. The earliest we can verify Trump & Epstein knowing each other is 1992, and the earliest based on people’s statements is LATE 80’s, so her timeline is questionable at best. Also, from the DOJ reports, the FBI asked for details that she declined to provide. She also seemed to flip-flop on things several times (such as presence of counsel)
So far, all of the allegations in the files that I’ve seen follow a similar pattern at best, and they have no real substance. But we know you’re going to believe it regardless.
How long did you hold on to the “fine people” myth despite evidence it wasn’t true?
“for one, she claimed it was 1983-1985. ”
Do you have a reference for those dates because I have just checked and the accusation date is 1994?
“1994: The year the alleged abuse occurred. Johnson claimed she was 13 years old at the time and was assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at Epstein’s Manhattan residence.”
“How long did you hold on to the “fine people” myth despite evidence it wasn’t true?”
About a minute, till I read the full transcript.
I’m wondering whether in the light of the correction of the dates above, you will take Katie Johnsons accusations more seriously now?
The “Katie Johnson” you’re referring to is not the person in the interviews in your linked article. She is the one who filed and eventually withdrew a civil suit.
So two different people, two different cases. One implausible, one withdrawn.
I’m pretty sure I remember you still claiming the “fine people” thing as recently as 2 years ago, but I’ll admit it’s quite possible I may be mixing you up with someone else, and will withdraw that.
Fair enough re the first girl… but the withdrawn thing is really no indication what she said was not real. Do you really think a young girl would feel comfortable accusing a rich, wealthy and powerful man like Trump. I certainly don’t.
But, I agree, we will never know if she was or was not telling the truth. Too long ago, but in the dirty world that is the Epstein cess pool, is no place for a president to have his name circulating…. Trump or Clinton.
“I’m pretty sure I remember you still claiming the “fine people” thing as recently as 2 years ago,”
I clearly remember it coming up and it being pointed out that I should read the full transcript… and I did and I am happy to say that Trump was misquoted on that.
The withdrawn case was first dismissed for legal insufficiency, then she withdrew it instead of correcting the problem.
Do you really think a young girl would feel comfortable accusing a rich, wealthy and powerful man like Trump
umm – she DID. And subsequently withdrew it. And there are plenty of other examples of “a young girl accusing a rich, wealthy and powerful man” so it’s certainly not unprecedented.
By the way, you were still maintaining the “fine people” thing as of August 27, 2024 – LONG after it was debunked. And claimed that you had watched the clip. Mark BLR gave you several links in response, I’m guessing that’s when you finally read the transcript. Seven years later. And I know you were told several times prior that it was false.
I raise that as an example of your proclivity to believe negative things about Trump because of your bias, as opposed to the facts. I’ll deal in facts.
Just like the latest accusations against Swalwell – I would like to see something supporting the claims before believing them, as much as my own bias would like to see him go down. Supposedly there were NDA’s – well, let’s see them. Until that (or something similarly probative) happens, it’s nothing but accusations.
“I raise that as an example of your proclivity to believe negative things about Trump because of your bias, as opposed to the facts.”
If you think my bias is based on no evidence, then I got a bridge to sell you. There is sooo much evidence that Trump is the most corrupt president in US history. He lies daily (way more than any other president). He’s been done for fraud and sexual crimes. He would have been convicted of many more had they not been dropped because he was president.
He has released so many convicted felons it is unbelievable. Some of these he excuses with flippant comments like “I heard he’s a good guy.”
An example:The latest one was the aged home owner who plead guilty to fraud. Then it turns out he donated over 1 million to right wing lobbyists with connection in the White house. And guess what…. he gets a pardon. None of his victims got anything. Just another of the many.
Even your response is filled with bias, although you don’t recognize it. But as it’s now the end of the week, I think we’ve beat this thread to death so I’m not going to go into them this time around. (not avoiding discussion, I mean exactly what I said)
Well, TYS, I was talking to Simon in that parenthetical. And my responses to him were NOT invalidated by the other quote from me, as anyone capable of understanding context can see.
Pam “Gonedi” . . or Pam “Gondas-i”? In any event, easily thrown under the bus by DJT once she proved no longer useful despite her female attractiveness to the President.
Islam & Christianity are both rooted in the Hebrew traditions …
The Jewish Talmud teaches that a girl of ‘three years and one day’ could be betrothed through an act of sexual intercourse.”
Old Testament – Numbers 31:17-18 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones (taph), and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the female children (taph), that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
(the word ‘taph’, only refers to pre-pubescent girls and boys🙂
When will it get through all the thick heads that Epstein was a high-class madam?
There are many of them that are women. Calling them paedophiles is irrational, illogical, counter-factual misdirection.
While ever females opt to sell sex, there will be pimps and madams.
Eliminating any semblance whatsoever of limits on the federal debt.
Failing totally with his sham DOGE.
Attempting successfully to override the separation of powers as defined in the US Constitution.
Eliminating his once favorable polling numbers amoung ALL US voters.
Leading the US into three or four wars/conflicts (depending on definition of such) with foreign nations in just the first 15 months of his second term as US President.
Totally alienating the US relationship with NATO.
Totally sucking up to the internationally-recognized war criminal Vladimir Putin.
My post was sarcastic. There are actually people here who believe this shite.
Trump is doing his best making the coming transition to nearly full control come sooner. This escalation in Iran indeed gives ‘leaders’ the levers for more control. It actually gives the Greens and every liberal the opportunity for more central control. Because this de-stabilisation brings the fear factor higher. So we get Covid like control mechanisms, digital IDs, CBDCs and ‘stable’coins even sooner.
Job well done, King T..
Im sure he has made his handlers, i mean backers very happy. It is going as planned.
But, you see, with democracy, you vote for one side or the other. Given that you have a severe, near fatal case of TDS, stands to reason that if you were an American, you would have voted for Demented Joe.
I am from Holland so no chance to vote. But it seems clear that many who voted for Trump because of all the woke and Climate Alarmism nonsense now feel duped because of all the geo political madness. Instead of stability he creates chaos. That would be acceptable if it resulted in progress but it clearly doesn’t. It is the opposite.
Just breaking eggs and creating destruction is no way to build trust and strong foundations. You want people on yr side voluntarily and build cooperation because in the end you can’t sustain excessive force, especially on a global scale. That is why he will ultimately fail.
However, there are people who actually benefit from all the mayhem.
But it’s not going to be you or me.
“it seems clear that many who voted for Trump because of all the woke and Climate Alarmism nonsense now feel duped”
that’s a might big presumption- it’s your dream of course
You have a better solution to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons or you foolishly believe that they have no intention?
You might be better focusing on the problem of Moslems in your nation. Let’s not forget the one who murdered a Van Gough and slaughtered everyone in that office because of a cartoon. No wonder European national leaders are cowards, just as Trump said.
Holland is close enough for the medium range Iranian missiles.
You should be thanking Trump. !
If you ever think the mad mullahs would be on “your side”, that you could “build cooperation”, then you are even more delusional and naïve than everyone thinks you are.
“But, you see, with democracy, you vote for one side or the other”. That is essentially what is wrong with democracy. The two sides in democracy should only be for or against in a vote. That vote should always be driven individual conscience rather than party power plays. Were it so there would be wars.
Not sure I understand what you’re trying to say. As for political parties, George Washington was against them. But it seems it’s a natural thing for people to align with others who share common beliefs.
The sharing of common beliefs should not require the subjugation of free conscience in order to present a power play. I get it that understanding moral concepts in a political environment is hard. George was not afraid of afraid of having a minority view. Nor am I.
“But, you see, with democracy, you vote for one side or the other.”
Good grief . . . no, not at all!
Under democracy, citizens are permitted the option to NOT vote. Under democracy, citizens are NOT forced to vote at any time, on any issue or for/against any candidate.
Your conclusion is YOURS. Most people who support Trump do not worship him or think he’s infallible because they are not the morons/deplorables that wokesters claim. Ergo, they have a right to use the term TDS for those who have a profound hatred of Trump.
[ There Are ] Two Forms of TDS [ Trump Derangement Syndrome ]
Those who believe Trump can do no right
Those who believe Trump can do no wrong
Various CNN, WaPo, CNBC, and New York Times commentators fall into group 1.
People who accuse others of TDS if [or] when [they] say the slightest thing against Trump fall into group 2.
Indeed. Thanks..
Group 2, many of whom are on this platform will deny it.
But i havent heared ANY form of criticism of Trump by them. That is an indicator.
I play a game: i go to an anti Trump site/ camp and pose some positives that Trump has done. Huge backlash and total rejection.
I go to a pro Trump site ( like i think this one) and i get the same treatment.
These people are basically the same.
The french have a beautiful expressionthat covers it: ‘ les extremes ce touches’. Ie, if you go far enough the extremes eventually touch each other and display exactly the same propensities/ properties. And they BOTH will deny it and foam at the mouth.
It is interesting to watch the process..
The perverts are all in your and Trump’s camp. You both seek entertainment out of other people’s misery.
‘Bomb them back to the stone age….where they belong’.
That’s yr President.
Pathetic liar and chief war monger. The opposite of what he promised.
Now it’s: money to the military. The money that was supposed to support the american people.
“The money that was supposed to support the American people.”
How much did Biden and Obama gift to Ukraine and the Islamic state ??
How much money has been siphoned off by the far-left to support things like gay and trans where-ever, Somali warlords, and degenerate causes around the world.
If the Democrat led fraud can be stopped, the USA can get a balanced budget. !
When you accuse “my” camp of being one of perverts, I take that as an unfounded accusation and a personal insult. Walk carefully, and think about what you are saying, to the extent that you are capable.
One feature of a “propagandist” is the following notion :
“Absolutely everybody whose opinions I agree with is a saint, while absolutely everybody whose opinions I disagree with is the devil incarnate (/ a pervert / …).”
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There is an “obvious” … to me, at least … parallel between people afflicted by TDS and activist environmentalists.
Something “bad” happens, e.g. geopolitically or economically :
Type I : “It’s all Donald Trump’s fault ! ! !”
Type II : “It’s all due to Joe Biden (/ Kamala Harris / …) ! ! !”
An “extreme” weather event occurs :
“It was caused by (anthropogenic) climate change ! ! !”
Well, sorta. You left out phrases like “This will be great!” . . . “the greatest you’ve ever seen” . . . “like nothing else before” . . . and, my favorite, “I can do anything I want!”
“. . . his policies, on the other hand, are good for America.”
Retail regular-grade automobile gasoline above $4.00 per gallon average across the US and above $5.60 per gallon average across California is “good for America”.
The major reason for the high gas prices in California are the high taxes, supporting the socialist agenda. Most of California doesn’t even have to worry about salting roads and annually repairing pot holes from freeze/thaw events.
So, are you saying that the social programs that increase the cost of California gas are not good for the state?
“So, are you saying that the social programs that increase the cost of California gas are not good for the state?”
No, I am saying that causing the price of regular-grade automobile gasoline to rise above $4.00 per gallon average across the US is not “a good thing”, something bnice2000 and you choose to ignore.
And I’m sure that price increase cannot be blamed on the bicameral Congress, or on the US Supreme Court, or on the combined action of 49 states.
P.S. The excessive gas taxes imposed in California have never been designated for use in California social programs. Instead, California gasoline tax revenues are constitutionally restricted to funding transportation-related infrastructure, primarily highway maintenance, road repairs, and public transit. The majority of funds, including those from Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), support the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA), local streets, and transit projects. (see https://lao.ca.gov/Transportation/FAQs )
Poe’s Law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.
When was the last time an actual “king” (not someone who is a king in name only) had a royal decree nullified by some obscure, appointed judicial bureaucrat who was found by shopping for a liberal who was hostile to the duly elected person being called a “king?” As is typical, liberals show little regard for truth and use the term “king” as a pejorative insult for a president in a country that has long had disdain for royalty. Calling President Trump a “king” is simply dishonest sophistry where the intent is to tarnish his reputation simply because they can. I have no respect for sophists.
Ok. It is used as an insult because he acts like one. Like Henry the 8th. Well, Let’s just call him dictator shall we?
He is turning into one…and you like it!
It is unheard of that a dictator can be over-ruled by some minor bureaucratic functionary. You continue to use insults that are detached from reality. What does that say about you?
“. . . a royal decree nullified by some obscure, appointed judicial bureaucrat who was found by shopping for a liberal who was hostile to the duly elected person being called a ‘king’?”
The atmosphere is dynamically energized throughout its depth. The kinetic energy per unit mass in the bulk flow at each pressure level, in Joules per kg, is readily computed from the horizontal wind velocities. The highly variable wind speeds generally increase with altitude. Air density diminishes, but on a mass basis the kinetic energy increases as the square of the velocity. So kinetic energy per unit mass can take on very high values at high altitudes.
In this Google Drive folder there are plots of hourly kinetic energy values at a pressure altitude of 100 hPa for latitudes 45N and 45S for all of 2024 at all longitudes. The kinetic energy is computed from the ERA5 parameters “u” (east wind speed in m/s) and “v” (north wind speed in m/s). The vertical scale goes from zero to 2000 J/kg. 1000 J/kg corresponds to a wind speed of 161 kph or 100 mph, but the median values of kinetic energy are 132 J/kg for 45N and 278 J/kg for 45S.
The point here is that the delivery of absorbed energy from low altitudes to high in the atmosphere is primarily by dynamic means, not radiative. The existence of strong variable winds and the resulting highly variable values of kinetic energy per unit mass above the troposphere at 100 hPa help us understand this. Kinetic energy is thus made available at high altitudes for conversion to internal energy and emission to space as longwave radiation.
Put this together with the concepts of energy conversion and overturning circulation from three weeks ago. There is no compelling reason to expect the energy involved in the increased IR absorbing power of incremental CO2 to end up accumulating down here as sensible heat on land, in the oceans, and in the lower atmosphere to any perceptible extent.
“The point here is that the delivery of absorbed energy from low altitudes to high in the atmosphere is primarily by dynamic means, not radiative.”
Agreed, the average energy budget diagram shows, at surface about 160 watts of absorbed sunlight heating the surface, and cooling the surface is 80 watts of evaporation, 20 watts of “thermals”, and about 60 watts of radiant heat from surface to sky. So roughly 2/3 of the surface cooling is “dynamic, not radiative”. One question somebody skeptical of your work will ask….so I’ll ask it first….based on your numbers, why isn’t that “dynamic” number a lot more than 2/3 ?
I’ll leave off the Sankey diagram cuz it triggers SB-law-challenged commenters.
Thanks for your reply. In the statement you quoted, I am just talking about the energy that is absorbed by the atmosphere, whether by IR coupling to the surface or by direct absorption from incoming sunlight. It’s not about reconciling the elements of a surface energy balance. I tend not to think in those terms. Rather, the proper framing of the matter of GHG’s, in my view, is about whether incremental CO2 must be expected to suppress the totalized longwave emission to space, everything else being equal, because of the slight improvement in IR absorption. One cannot address that question using a static framing with averaged numbers. Instead, one evaluates the magnitude of the proposed suppression (i.e. “forcing” effect) in the context of dynamic energy conversion that is plainly happening throughout the depth of the troposphere. In that context, the maximum influence on the entire climate state response, including skin temperatures, surface air temperatures, and OLR, is readily assessed to be indistinguishable from zero, i.e., negligible.
So perhaps I have not satisfactorily answered your question. It’s not evasion but re-framing.
My question was “why isn’t the “dynamic” number more than a mere 2/3 of the heat leaving the surface when your numbers….?”
I think the answer is simply that 2/3 is a pretty big number especially if you consider that a lot of sunlight makes it directly to the surface unless reflected by clouds, the atmospheric window is important for letting lots of heat escape at earthly radiative temperatures directly to outer space, also unless the window is blocked by clouds.
CO2 is actually another issue….doubling CO2 only results in about 4 watts “forcing”at TOA. This number has been calculated many times over and accepted by IPCC in Mhyre’s paper, confirmed by Harde line-by-line, confirmed by van Wijngaarden and Happer also absorption line by line, is a standard assignment if you are learning to use Modtran or Hitran in your higher meteorology classes…these programs can also be used to calculate the “water vapor amplification” that is often mentioned by climate caterwaulers.
But bottom line is….the approximately 1.2 degrees of warming caused by CO2 doubling is phenomena that is rapidly displaced to a cooler part of the planet…and since 4 watts is only 4/160=0.025 of absorbed solar even if you go to the extreme of assuming the entire 4 watts is absorbed by the surface…all that really happens is that the amount of planetary surface that will average 1 degree warmer by the vagaries of what we call “ weather” will be a little bit bigger until that .025 extra has been radiated to outer space…again from many altitudes, not just down where at surface where we have both weather and climate…due to the climate dynamics you have pointed out are shown by ERA5.
Thanks for your further reply. Yes, I knew what your question was. 🙂
About CO2, I have no issue with the computations of the IR absorbing power for the 2XCO2 case in a static atmosphere. Does it end up operating as a “forcing” so as to drive sensible heat gain down here? That result is not possible to establish from the radiative computations. From 1938, the comments by Simpson and Brunt on Callendar’s study are pertinent on this point.
I agree with your sense that even if there is a non-zero “forcing” operating vertically, the advection involved in weather spreads the energy around down here very effectively.
It must be considered as a weak forcing, with emphasis on “weak”
FYI an article on VKE of atmospheric rivers has some interesting graphs of vertical and horizontal components. Convective seems high. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53369-0
“Atmospheric rivers” are indeed a strong indicator that the so-called “forcing” from incremental GHGs is vanishingly weak – i.e., indistinguishable from zero – in the end result.
Thank you, David, for laying out your calculations in such a clear manner. I agree completely with your conclusion that CO2 is anything but a Climate Control Knob, even under the constrained conditions of your calculations. I’m sure that we agree that latent energy transport is orders of magnitude more significant than dry air GHG (2-4% humidity vs 0.02% dry GHG), but, for the moment we can stick to dry-air calculations. I am forced to take exception to your columnar calculations of energy exchange among potential (gravity), internal (heat) and kinetic (velocity) energies.
Let’s imagine that we could paint each molecule of a cubic meter of hot, dry, equatorial, air blue before we released it. We would notice that the blue volume expands as internal energy (temperature and pressure) is exchanged for potential, and also that it drifts to the west as it rises. This is not the result of some mysterious “wind” force out of the east, but merely that the kinetic energy (velocity) that it had in contact with the rotating surface is inadequate to maintain its position as the altitude increases. (Not counting for the possibility that some of this kinetic energy may have contributed to the change in potential energy.) You may remember that our friend Willis observed that clouds formed in the daylight tropics “drift slowly to the West”. My experience is that a rocket launched with only vertical thrust will disappear over the western horizon. The Earth really does rotate. When doing an energy balance, it is useful to remember that kinetic energy depends on the square of the velocity. An energy exchange of 0-10 kph from an extraneous source is not the same as an internal 100- 90 kph exchange. The amount of kinetic energy available in any exchange calculation depends, of course, on the latitude.
OK, now lets turn again to latent energy. I don’t blame the thermometer-reading Climate-Model makers for doing their best to avoid the entire water cycle and cloud formation/dissipation conundrum, it is deucedly difficult to describe, especially “If the only tool you have is a thermometer…” We are used to thinking of latent energy as the energy involved in the isothermal processes of evaporation and condensation, those being the same but of opposite sign. However, as any traveling cook will discover, latent energy is quite dependent on temperature and pressure. (Probably humidity, too, but we’ll ignore that, for now.) The amount of energy necessary to evaporate water varies directly with pressure, and inversely with temperature. The energy released by condensation, contrarily, varies inversely with pressure and directly with temperature. No problem if you complete the cycle under the same conditions, however Ghea is not so cooperative, the water cycle typically starts at surface level, but both T and P reduce at altitude, so latent energy may very well change between evap and cloud formation. If latent energy changes with altitude, then it may also very well contribute to the energy balance among potential, internal and kinetic energies that the simple dry-air calculation did not account for.
So, T and P are both reducing with altitude, and the rising humid air column is looking for an atmospheric condition where it can condense isothermally by balancing pressure reduction (gas to liquid) with energy discharge. We know that nature finds these conditions everywhere from sea level (fog) to several kilometers up (ice). We also know that while surface pressure is relatively constant over the Earth, surface temperature varies by 1/3 from tropic noon (~300K) to polar midnight (~200K), so the T/P profile varies constantly over the surface. And the thermometer-readers propose to represent this effectively by calculating the Anomaly of the GAT. Good luck with that!
Nice to hear from you again, hiskorr. Thank you for taking the time to reply.
“The Earth really does rotate.” No kidding. So does the coordinate reference system used by modelers of the general circulation, with terms added in the computations to compensate for the differences to an inertial frame.
About latent energy, no disagreement about its power and significance. But that’s not under discussion in my post here.
Just thought it useful to occasionally remind you and your readers that the folks who add terms in the GCM “to compensate for the differences” are the same folks who focus on calculating the Anomaly of the GAT.
I appreciate your continuing interest in my posts.
You say, “…the folks who add terms in the GCM “to compensate for the differences” are the same folks who focus on calculating the Anomaly of the GAT.”
This is incorrect. The recent obsession with GAT is an aberration that is entirely separate from the much earlier choice of the rotating reference frame for purposes of meteorological computation.
Grok explains:
“Lewis Fry Richardson’s 1922 book Weather Prediction by Numerical Process (Cambridge University Press) is the authoritative early reference. In it, Richardson explicitly proposes (and manually attempts) the first numerical weather prediction by integrating the governing equations of atmospheric motion—specifically, the Navier–Stokes equations formulated in the rotating reference frame attached to the Earth—along with the continuity equation and the first law of thermodynamics. He treats the atmosphere as a fluid on a “revolving sphere,” incorporating the effects of Earth’s rotation (the Coriolis and related terms) directly into the dynamical equations of motion. This was a deliberate practical choice for computation: an Earth-fixed (rotating) coordinate system keeps the computational grid stationary relative to the surface and observations, avoiding the extreme complications of tracking a spinning Earth in an inertial frame over forecast timescales. Richardson’s grid (horizontal checkerboard with vertical layers) and finite-difference scheme were designed around these rotating-frame equations.”
The National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado shows the current Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent to be in relatively good shape right now, mostly on the North American side of the Arctic. That’s where low pressure was holding out for most of the winter:
Yep, I’ve been following this quite closely for several years. The main regions of sea ice deficit this Spring are the Okhotsk and Barents Seas. The N American Arctic is in good shape with a pronounced positive Anomaly off SW Alaska (Bristol Bay)but a small negative anomaly in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
But there’s a reality check to keep in mind as well. The net sea ice so far this year is the second lowest on the satellite record, with both this year and last recording the 2 lowest on the record.
Both years have been very similar, as the freeze plateaued off much earlier than is normal, despite UAH recording slightly lower than average Arctic region temperatures for both February and March.
Persistent warm sea surface temperatures in the deficit regions are probably the main reason for the lack of sea ice. What drives those warmer SSTs in those areas is probably a bone of contention. Standard mainstream opinion has it that persistent warm pools are the result of warmer ocean currents, due to global warming, causing warmer waters to become trapped by sea bed hollows, etc. Others contend that both the main deficit regions lie very close to active geological fault lines. Very little seems to be known about the latter. Might be worth some serious research?
The alchemists had a problem with the greedy dilettantes who insist on getting underfoot… and have found a great way of encouraging those to eliminate themselves.
The graph shamans don’t seem to be doing anything more meaningful, and while the crowd looking over their shoulders is similar… alas, it inflicts harm on the others rather than themselves.
Scissor
April 5, 2026 5:07 am
The weather for this time of year along the Front Range of Colorado is reverting to more normal conditions. We received a smattering of precipitation and it’s cooled from an especially warm March.
My beloved Eldora Ski Resort’s season ends today. I hope to get in a few turns.
Thank God. I was dreading what might happen if the Iranians found him first. His training in the event of being shot down in enemy territory obviously paid off.
It’s good news.
But do pay attention to the way the war is going.
Every little victory like this is good, but it just pulls us a little closer to where we were before the war started.
If we could get another victory and open the Straits of Hormuz the USA would claim the war had been a success. But we would only be back where we started.
There is no reason to start a war if you can get just as good a result by not starting the war.
The US is losing this war. Everyone can see that.
And your President begging Europe, Australia, Japan… even China to come and bail him out is a sign of desperation. And undignified.
It’s good news that the man was rescued.
But it should never have happened in the first place.
It would be refreshing to have you and the others suffering from TDS to offer some constructive suggestions and not just reflexively denigrate everything the president tries to do.
Just for the record, I’m not happy with everything that the president does. In fact, I didn’t actually vote FOR him, I voted AGAINST the do nothing Biden regime. I was content to let the person who won the democracy process to demonstrate that I didn’t thoroughly understand his proposals. Unfortunately, the very same people who claim that Trump is a threat to democracy, are unwilling to let the process work as intended, and are obstructing him at every opportunity. I consider partisan obstructionism to be a greater threat to the Republic than an attempt to go around an ineffective Congress to fix numerous problems.
That is a false claim. Before such a claim can be made legitimately, there must be a generally accepted definition of winning the war and that must come after reaching agreement on the reason for the war. I would suggest that the central focus has been to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear capability because they will almost certainly use it to attack Israel. I don’t have any faith that the Iranians will show the restraint that the Israelis have shown.
It is clear to me that while there have been some casualties on the American side, overall what the Iranians have experienced is more akin to Monty Python’s Black Knight, who was in denial about what King Arthur had done to him. Just as a venomous snake that has been beheaded can still be dangerous, the USA is not immune to reprisals from what is left of the Iranian military.
Ideally, what the American and Israeli forces have done would prevent Iran from ever achieving nuclear capability. However, with ‘Mad Mullahs’ at the helm and huge amounts of oil to exchange for replacement enrichment equipment, it is unlikely that that particular goal is achievable. With nuclear capability delayed, there is the potential for negotiations to achieve a long-term solution, although I’m not hopeful without a regime change. I think it is more likely that the Israelis will have to periodically engage in ‘grass mowing,’ and the Iranians will eventually see the futility of squandering their petroleum resources.
It doesn’t help when Christian obstructionists and pacifists are in denial about the consequences of a significant exchange of nuclear weapons. Those of us who were raised during the ‘duck and cover’ period of the Cold War still remember why Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (SALT) and nuclear test ban treaties were negotiated.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” — George Santayana
Good question. A genuine challenge to my point that Iran is in a stronger position now than it was before the assassinations and school bombings.
Iran has less potential military power it can use now. Blowing things up is bad for the people getting bombed.
But Iran is deploying more military power now than it was before your brave warriors dismembered those schoolgirls.
So effectively, Iran is actually more militarily powerful now than it was before the USA launched Operation Epstein Fury. It is using more actual power.
This explains why the USA is claiming that victory would be to get back to where they were before they started.
BTW Clyde Spencer at April 5, 2026 9:51 pm thought that the war was designed to stop Iran’s nuclear programme. But, once again, that was achieved before the war started, by ongoing diplomacy and a bombing campaign last year that the USA claimed had obliterated it.
The world watches the war and can see the USA is losing. The only claims that the USA is holding its own depend on believing the USA was telling untruths a year ago but has suddenly started telling truths now… that are, coincidentally, denied by reality.
I was reading through the comments on another post, and a comment was made about the US48 about a low temp record from around 2010. Curiously I brought up the latest USA48 and I found the warm January and February, that the majority of the US experienced, showed up nicely, a testament to the accuracy of the dataset. So, I plotted a stack of Mauna Loa Transmission, which is how clear the air is in the middle of the Pacific, plus, the Lower Stratosphere, the Tropopause and the Lower Troposphere.
And it appears that this warming event is a result of a direct change to the radiative properties of the atmosphere. And that is because the changes over the last couple of years in the Lower Stratosphere are almost inversely proportional to the changes in the Lower Tropshere (Surface).
Such inverse symmetry between the LS and LT has not occurred during the UAH period, perhaps a case could be made for segments of the El-Chichon and or Pinatubo influence.
I wish you a happy Easter! Although I’m not a Christian at all, I’m glad that, for many people, this day marks the return of Christ.
I may not be a Christian, but I’m an eternal devotee of the Church of the Blues. So here is Roy Buchanan playing his brilliant piece The Messiah Will Come Again.
There are 8 continents. The USA covers half a continent.
Less than half the people in USA vote and only half voted in each POTUS
That means that globally it is one out of thirty two parts of the world.
It has produced two interesting leaders, Ronald Regan and Donald Trump and both were well known outside their own backyards.
So, what about a lot of you Americans just STFU?
Face it, you are a very small minority of the human race.
Phillip Chalmers
April 6, 2026 5:34 pm
Anthony Watts or Charles Rotter – hail brothers, well met!
This is a very interesting experiment and I am looking forward to your assessment of the outcome and any plans of change for the future of comments on this site.
After falling barometer readings, a blowy night in the UK…the latest “named storm” has animated the MSM for a short while…
The un-named storms over the UK are more serious. Stationary and increasing in strength. Financial, energy, cultural and social policy. A captain and his officers staring at the anometer and barometer wondering whether storms of this level are compatible with something they call International Law, and calling anyone who wants to take any effective action ‘far right’.
Meanwhile in the lower decks people who really are far right are organizing themselves. And on May 7 (the local elections the Government tried and failed to cancel) we may see them put their heads around the door for the first time.
It doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes, and what it rhymes with is Weimar.
Iran war could spur Europe to double down on renewables — again
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/iran-war-could-spur-europe-to-double-down-on-renewables-again
Car Yards Empty As EV Sales Surge in Australia
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/04/car-yards-empty-as-ev-sales-surge-in-australia/
Final analysis of 2025 Iberian blackout: Policies left Spain at risk
That said, there is one area where potential problems were clearly assigned to one form of renewable generation: rooftop solar. The problem there is less that the hardware wasn’t following policy and more that there’s no real policy being followed. Red Eléctrica, the Spanish grid operator, estimates that it has about 6.5 GW of small-scale (< 1 MW) solar on the grid, with 75 percent (4.9 GW) connected to low-voltage, consumer-level grids. The committee got data from two inverter manufacturers, which collectively track the performance of about 15 percent of that capacity.
You read somewhere, that coal burning will be the answer in several countries?
Europe gets very little energy from wind and solar.
The VAST bulk of energy comes from Oil, Coal and Gas, plus some Hydro and Nuclear.
Energy use has declined in the EU because European industry is collapsing because it cannot afford the high prices caused by erratic electricity supplies.
EVs represent only about 2% of cars on Australia roads
We haven’t had a huge blizzard around here in a while, but I observed that EVs disproportionately represent a bulk of the cars on the side of the road in such storms.
EVs tend to be heavy vehicles and for some reason a lot of them are Rear Wheel Drive. Not a great combination on slippery roads.
including hybrids?
here’s what I found the AU vehicles sales for 2025 comprised –
and those new sales are only cities and suburbia
And, despite the false “fact check bots”, outside the cities some of the recharging stations have been detected using diesel generators to recharge EVs! “Backups” for a couple of solar panels.
Good, the less Europe wants/buys fossil fuels, the more for the rest of us.
Eventually, EVs might represent good consumer value. In some circumstances today that might be the case, for example one might purchase a late model EV for pennies on the dollar.
Overall, EVs are essentially disposable and expensive. They’re becoming a burden to landfills. Truth be told, they don’t last long enough to achieve any reduction in emissions over their life. Fundamentally, they actually use more energy because of their proportionally greater mass. Ironically, they burn through tires.
There will be incremental tech improvements, but more demand on electricity will constrain supply of the energy they consume. ICE technology will not stand still either. It would be best if governments would stop forcing consumers to choose one over another.
I think everything Trump does is great!
He is The Man. Our hero. The Only One, the Saviour who leads us to the Promised Land.
We just have to bite the bullet and suffer some short term pain for long term gain.
We have to support him in his efforts and wipe out the evil nay- sayers.
He is our King. He should do more dictatory things and completely ignore boundaries, laws and customs. He is his own moral judger. Have Faith. He is fighting for us and against The System, the City of London. Together with Israel we will rule the world and tell everybody how it’s done.
It’s Marshall Law from now on. Comply or die!! Might is Right.Put up or shut up.
Am i doing this right?
Please help me. .😃
Can I Get a Hallelujah?
It’s an excellent photo definition of sycophants.
No, it’s an excellent photo definition of Sycophants, Sociopaths & Psychopaths.
Who in that picture ticks most on the following list ??
Some of the personality traits and tendencies associated with psychopathy include:
Superficial charm
*Emotional detachment
*Lack of empathy
*Impulsivity
Chronic, uncontrolled anger
*Low tolerance for boredom
*Intense craving for excitement, novelty, and reward
*Pathological lying
*Fearlessness
*Dominance
*Self-centeredness
*Entitlement
*Arrogance
Psychopathy is also often characterised by specific patterns of behaviour, including:
* Disregard for rules, norms, consequences, and the law
Physical aggression
* Willingness to manipulate, con, and exploit others for personal gain
*Criminal behaviour, including theft, fraud, and severe acts of violence
*History of legal problems
Abuse of animals or children
* Multiple short-term relationships, divorces, and/or custody disputes
*Lack of close personal connections
* Low marital satisfaction
Substance abuse
From ... https://www.verywellhealth.com/psychopath-5235293
I reckon ** Trump scores 18 out of 23 … see, he is a winner after all.
Ooops . . . .those down-voters are right! I did forget to point out that the above photo doesn’t accurately reflect all the obscene guilding the king has placed throughout the Oval Office.
That photo one day then says this the next… “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one … Open the fucken Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell – just watch! Praise be to Allah.”
I wonder how these suck up Christians feel about this? On the other hand, you could never accuse him of hiding his hypocrisy.
Simon we all know your game…collusion anyone ?
Old news. Trump done far worse since then.
You loved how the NY Times won a Pulitzer for their fake news story. Now the NY Times doesn’t even know what NATO stands for…lol
You 2 are perfect for each others…liars
Simon, like most liberals, has conveniently forgotten the meaning of “Black Rain” and that the reason for the ban on nuclear testing is because radioactive iodine, strontium, and carbon were showing up in the bodies of children around the world. That is the behavior of sophists who are more interested in winning an argument than seeking the truth.
One only has to look at all the things leftists support to realise they are truly the dregs of human society.
And this is only a start of the degeneracy they have brought to society.
From the the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), https://www.csis.org/analysis/can-united-states-immediately-return-nuclear-testing. :
“President Trump has called for the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing, instructing the Department of War (Defense) to begin testing on an ‘equal basis’ with rivals like Russia and China. Trump argues this is necessary because other nations are testing while the US is not.”
Hmmm . . . it appears at least one high-order politician has “. . . conveniently forgotten the meaning of ‘Black Rain’ and that the reason for the ban on nuclear testing is . . .”
Immediately was 6 months ago. From your link, “For both technical and political reasons, the United States is unlikely to return to nuclear explosive testing any time soon;”
Los Alamos is installing AI on at least one of its supercomputers to analyze the decades of empirical data gathered from above and below-ground testing.
I take it that you have never read Sun Tsu’s ‘The Art of War.’
Oh, I did read Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”, but that was decades ago, and I only considered it to be important to military planners and sophists who are more interested in winning an argument than seeking the truth.
Yeah, right . . . I think it was you that subsequently commented—specifically at April 5, 2026 5:28 pm, as recorded below under your name:
“When you start claiming to know what I think and feel, you have demonstrated that you don’t think.”
As they saying goes, turnabout is fair play. Hah!
I see that there is something else that you are unsure about.
No, not at all, as I gave the specific date and time of your post.
You see, I think before I post.
So what, radioactive iodine and strontium and carbon have been in all the bodies of bugs, plants and animals since the beginning of life on earth.
Despite that, the human population is over 8 billion and vast numbers of species on land and sea are thriving.
Radioactivity is a totally natural part of the universe and of the earth.
If one subscribes to the Linear-No Threshold (LNT) theory then increasing amounts of bioactive, radioactive isotopes should lead to increased cellular damage and proportional death rates. If, alternatively, one rejects LNT, and believes that there is a threshold above the background level for which the body cannot repair the damage, then additions from nuclear fission pushes one ever closer to that unspecified critical threshold.
Either way, additions to the biosphere from nuclear fission byproducts, which haven’t been abundant for nearly 2 billion years (look up “Oklo Phenomenon”), are not desirable.
You might also want to educate yourself about “Pascal’s Wager” to understand the role it plays in assessing the concern about fission byproducts, which are different from the ‘natural’ radioactive isotopes that have very long half-lives.
(my bold emphasis added)
Hah . . . let’s see . . . long half-life nuclear fission byproducts of fission bomb explosions include:
Technetium-99, half-life of approximately 211,000 years,
Carbon-14, half-life of approximately 5,730 years,
Americium-241, half-life of approximately 432 years.
These radioactive isotopes also occur naturally through the spontaneous fission of naturally-occurring uranium (predominately U-238 and U-234) or when cosmologically-originated neutrons or neutrons from Earth’s naturally-occurring radioactive material decay interact with other substances on Earth.
Of course, such radioactive isotopes don’t carry a “tag” indicating the source of their origin.
But the abundance of the various radioactive isotopes in the environment, and particularly those with short half-lives as compared to the probability distribution of isotopes regressing around the mid-range atomic weight of fissionable isotopes, gives us clues whether something is the result of recent fissioning or whether the material is residual primordial material. Are you under the misperception that U235 doesn’t exist naturally?
However, not surprisingly, you missed the whole point about Pascal’s Wager with respect to the existential risk of fission byproducts released into the air. Typical of a sophist to be more concerned about winning an argument than being concerned about the risk of a nuclear exchange.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQa3JvF7GKU&list=RDlQa3JvF7GKU&start_radio=1
Probably one verse too long, but makes a great point re religion and war.
Not a “hallelujah”, but instead a “Yes, your majesty!”
Actually Trumps support is falling spart,
and even the convenient death of Charlie Kirk(with him alive the Iran war couldn’t have happened with a then resulting 90% disapproval) won’t change this in the long run.
And losing several planes just after declaring Air-Supremacy over Iran will increase.
But as usual you focus on the wrong(show)-hand of the Wizard,
instead of the hidden hand and real Agenda (2030) behind this though
just yesterday the next stage of the great narrative got started :
“The consequences of this war will be worse than Covid”
Blackrocknig Friedrich Merz,
“The longterm effects are beyond what we can imagine”
Clinto Katamite Christine Lagarde, pseudo ECB Boss and CBDC pusher.
Now if you believe that this war wouldn’t have happened with Kamala, who is married to the mob, then I have an Aircraft Carrier with a burning laundry room to sell you.
The only differences would have been a massive escalition in Ukraine first, and then Iran – but with significantly less negative coverage and full European participation.
Trump’s domestic policy for energy…lessening subsidies on unreliables, adding more fossil fuels and lessening some stupid regulations on nuclear
Along with closing the border to illegals
Along with kicking out illegals. Nobody is above the law.
Along with getting former dudes out of girls and women sports
Along with stopping gender reassignment surgeries and drugs for kids….
makes him a KING 😉
Eliminating USAID
Eliminating the Dept of “Education”
eliminating the endangerment finding
And setting a “Gold Standard” for science in the federal government.
Imposing a sales tax on the people.
Releasing a record number of violent and fraudulent criminals from prison.
Starting a war he said he wouldn’t start.
Destroying NATO.
What you are calling a “sales tax” was intended to encourage a return of manufacturing to the USA. Our manufacturing capability is what saved the UK during the WWII.
And it saved Russia which got from America:
from Google
[“What you are calling a “sales tax” was intended to encourage a return of manufacturing to the USA.“]
Well, that plan didn’t work !!
Trump has defended the tariffs as necessary to address the trade deficit and revive the nation’s industrial base, but 100,000 factory jobs have been lost since January 2025.
The trade gap increased 4.9% to $57.3 billion in January, rising to $61.0 billion in February 26.
Copyright Thomson Reuters 2026.
Go Trump … please just GO !!
Largely because appointed, liberal federal judges have sabotaged campaign promises of an elected president. If unelected obstructionists can interfere with running the country, democracy is in dire straits.
“In March 2026, the U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%.”
Only children pay attention to politician’s promises. NATO self destructed by not even allowing a fly over of American military and by leaching off the American taxpayers for 80 years. You probably didn’t notice or care.
Amazing how people here think that eliminating USAID, the Dep. of Education and the endangerment finding is good for the general population. Some high level war is peace propaganda going on here.
Worthless bureaucracies…worthless
Well, looks like you graduated from TDS University.
Yes, getting rid of the idiotic anti-science endangerment finding will be of massive benefit to society, as will getting rid of of the fraud and misuse of money under the leftist scams of USAID and the DoE
The left live in a word built on LIES and DECEPTION.
“Nobody is above the law.”
Kills me every time the supporters of the pedo president say that.
Seriously you’re still on that Simon?
What evidence?
Hmmm. The Epstein thing is at -40 for Trump. Seems I’m not the only one interested in getting to the truth. Now, let’s get Pam “Gonedi’s” arse in the seat and ask her questions under oath.
Epstein hated Trump.. because Trump barred him from Mar-a-Lago, and was instrumental in starting the investigation into what Epstein was up to.
“The Epstein thing is at -40 for Trump”
WTF does that even mean?
Also, I notice that you didn’t even attempt to answer my question. What evidence?
Oh, you know, the remaning 50% of DOJ Epstein documents that have not yet been released to the public.
TYS, so accusations based on speculation. That’s not evidence. Not even remotely so.
“TYS, so accusations based on speculation.”
First, I made no accusations.
Second, if the unreleased Epstein files currently in the possession of DOJ are not evidence, even exculpatory evidence, did you ever think to ask yourself “Why is the DOJ reluctant to release this material to the public, even with heavy redactions of names and addresses?”
First, I made no accusations.
I was asking for evidence from someone making a claim (implied, I’ll grant) about Trump (I noticed he has not provided any). You responded that it might be in unreleased files. That’s speculation. There is no factual basis for such a claim.
“Why is the DOJ reluctant to release this material”
Again, that’s speculation.
And have you ever asked yourself why the Biden Administration did NOT do anything if there were any evidence implicating Trump in those files?
Nor any factual basis against such a claim.
No, it is a question.
No, that was then and this in now. But since you have surfaced this issue, I will now speculate that there was/is likely “embarrassing” data, including photos and video, about fellow Democrat and 40-year friend Bill Clinton in the Epstein files as existed back then during Biden’s Presidency, which obviously Joe Biden would not want to risk being revealed (hint: such would have been extremely damaging to the Democratic Party) if his Administration revealed the full content of the Epstein files.
See some of such embarrassment, that has now occurred in the just the first 50% or so of the total files released within the last year, at
https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2025/12/20/photos-of-bill-clinton-included-in-newly-released-epstein-files/.
and at
https://people.com/bill-clinton-explains-viral-hot-tub-photo-released-in-epstein-files-during-deposition-11917819
and at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfc2FuMwN8I.
Regarding the last reference, the YouTube video, methinks the lady doth protest too much. Hah!
One can only wonder what more is contained—regarding both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump—in the remaining 50% or so of the “Epstein files”.
Nor any factual basis against such a claim.
We seem to go through this a lot around here: The one making a claim must supply evidence of the claim. I called out someone making a claim without evidence.
I claim that unicorn fish exist. You just haven’t seen them because we haven’t explored the entirety of the ocean and they’re really good at hiding. There is no evidence AGAINST their existence. One can only wonder what other magical creatures there are in the depths.
As for your speculation about Biden – I didn’t say release, I said do something – as in, prosecute. Biden’s DOJ could have prosecuted Trump and still kept the files sealed. But they didn’t.
I’m not going to base anything, about Trump or anyone else, on speculation and “wondering”. Give me actual evidence, otherwise it’s hot air.
Unless you or someone else can answer my request for actual evidence, I’m done here.
Here you go. Now we will probably never know whether she was telling the truth, but the FBI interviewed her four times. That would indicate she had a story to tell.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/donald-trump-epstein-files-allegations-00816123
Simon, that’s not evidence, it’s a claim, an accusation. One that has holes in it: for one, she claimed it was 1983-1985. The earliest we can verify Trump & Epstein knowing each other is 1992, and the earliest based on people’s statements is LATE 80’s, so her timeline is questionable at best. Also, from the DOJ reports, the FBI asked for details that she declined to provide. She also seemed to flip-flop on things several times (such as presence of counsel)
So far, all of the allegations in the files that I’ve seen follow a similar pattern at best, and they have no real substance. But we know you’re going to believe it regardless.
How long did you hold on to the “fine people” myth despite evidence it wasn’t true?
“for one, she claimed it was 1983-1985. ”
Do you have a reference for those dates because I have just checked and the accusation date is 1994?
“1994: The year the alleged abuse occurred. Johnson claimed she was 13 years old at the time and was assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at Epstein’s Manhattan residence.”
“How long did you hold on to the “fine people” myth despite evidence it wasn’t true?”
About a minute, till I read the full transcript.
I’m wondering whether in the light of the correction of the dates above, you will take Katie Johnsons accusations more seriously now?
The “Katie Johnson” you’re referring to is not the person in the interviews in your linked article. She is the one who filed and eventually withdrew a civil suit.
The person in the politico article is a different person who said Trump assaulted her in the 80’s: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/doj-releases-epstein-files-containing-sexual-assault-allegations-against-trump (per your politico link: “the woman, whose name is redacted”)
So two different people, two different cases. One implausible, one withdrawn.
I’m pretty sure I remember you still claiming the “fine people” thing as recently as 2 years ago, but I’ll admit it’s quite possible I may be mixing you up with someone else, and will withdraw that.
Fair enough re the first girl… but the withdrawn thing is really no indication what she said was not real. Do you really think a young girl would feel comfortable accusing a rich, wealthy and powerful man like Trump. I certainly don’t.
But, I agree, we will never know if she was or was not telling the truth. Too long ago, but in the dirty world that is the Epstein cess pool, is no place for a president to have his name circulating…. Trump or Clinton.
“I’m pretty sure I remember you still claiming the “fine people” thing as recently as 2 years ago,”
I clearly remember it coming up and it being pointed out that I should read the full transcript… and I did and I am happy to say that Trump was misquoted on that.
The withdrawn case was first dismissed for legal insufficiency, then she withdrew it instead of correcting the problem.
Do you really think a young girl would feel comfortable accusing a rich, wealthy and powerful man like Trump
umm – she DID. And subsequently withdrew it. And there are plenty of other examples of “a young girl accusing a rich, wealthy and powerful man” so it’s certainly not unprecedented.
By the way, you were still maintaining the “fine people” thing as of August 27, 2024 – LONG after it was debunked. And claimed that you had watched the clip. Mark BLR gave you several links in response, I’m guessing that’s when you finally read the transcript. Seven years later. And I know you were told several times prior that it was false.
I raise that as an example of your proclivity to believe negative things about Trump because of your bias, as opposed to the facts. I’ll deal in facts.
Just like the latest accusations against Swalwell – I would like to see something supporting the claims before believing them, as much as my own bias would like to see him go down. Supposedly there were NDA’s – well, let’s see them. Until that (or something similarly probative) happens, it’s nothing but accusations.
“I raise that as an example of your proclivity to believe negative things about Trump because of your bias, as opposed to the facts.”
If you think my bias is based on no evidence, then I got a bridge to sell you. There is sooo much evidence that Trump is the most corrupt president in US history. He lies daily (way more than any other president). He’s been done for fraud and sexual crimes. He would have been convicted of many more had they not been dropped because he was president.
He has released so many convicted felons it is unbelievable. Some of these he excuses with flippant comments like “I heard he’s a good guy.”
An example:The latest one was the aged home owner who plead guilty to fraud. Then it turns out he donated over 1 million to right wing lobbyists with connection in the White house. And guess what…. he gets a pardon. None of his victims got anything. Just another of the many.
https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients
Even your response is filled with bias, although you don’t recognize it. But as it’s now the end of the week, I think we’ve beat this thread to death so I’m not going to go into them this time around. (not avoiding discussion, I mean exactly what I said)
Really? You previously posted at April 7, 2026 12:59 pm:
“Unless you or someone else can answer my request for actual evidence, I’m done here.”
Well, TYS, I was talking to Simon in that parenthetical. And my responses to him were NOT invalidated by the other quote from me, as anyone capable of understanding context can see.
Pam “Gonedi” . . or Pam “Gondas-i”? In any event, easily thrown under the bus by DJT once she proved no longer useful despite her female attractiveness to the President.
“You’re fired” rolls of his tongue so easily.
What is a “pedo?” Someone like Prince Edward?
Exactly like Prince Edward
Yet you support a religion and a Islamic terrorist regime that allows marriage to 9 year old.. Has pfdlia built into its very religion.
Trump isn’t the one sniffing little girl’s hair. !!
[“Has pfdlia built into its very religion.“]
Islam & Christianity are both rooted in the Hebrew traditions …
The Jewish Talmud teaches that a girl of ‘three years and one day’ could be betrothed through an act of sexual intercourse.”
Old Testament – Numbers 31:17-18
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones (taph), and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the female children (taph), that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
(the word ‘taph’, only refers to pre-pubescent girls and boys🙂
Are you advocating unquestioningly following ‘holy’ scriptures regardless of the public mores?
Or copping a feel of a little girl, right in front of a camera even.
Epstein was a major donor to the Democrat party..
That is where his “friends” are.
You sir are an idiot. I do not support any religion…. all bad as far as I am concerned.
“Trump isn’t the one sniffing little girl’s hair. !!”
No just pushing their heads down into his pubic hair.
When will it get through all the thick heads that Epstein was a high-class madam?
There are many of them that are women. Calling them paedophiles is irrational, illogical, counter-factual misdirection.
While ever females opt to sell sex, there will be pimps and madams.
They were still underage. That makes the abusers of these girls pedophiles.
Eliminating any semblance whatsoever of limits on the federal debt.
Failing totally with his sham DOGE.
Attempting successfully to override the separation of powers as defined in the US Constitution.
Eliminating his once favorable polling numbers amoung ALL US voters.
Leading the US into three or four wars/conflicts (depending on definition of such) with foreign nations in just the first 15 months of his second term as US President.
Totally alienating the US relationship with NATO.
Totally sucking up to the internationally-recognized war criminal Vladimir Putin.
Wow, what a guy!
My post was sarcastic. There are actually people here who believe this shite.
Trump is doing his best making the coming transition to nearly full control come sooner. This escalation in Iran indeed gives ‘leaders’ the levers for more control. It actually gives the Greens and every liberal the opportunity for more central control. Because this de-stabilisation brings the fear factor higher. So we get Covid like control mechanisms, digital IDs, CBDCs and ‘stable’coins even sooner.
Job well done, King T..
Im sure he has made his handlers, i mean backers very happy. It is going as planned.
were you one of those who thought Biden was mentally fit 😉
No..im on neither team.
But, you see, with democracy, you vote for one side or the other. Given that you have a severe, near fatal case of TDS, stands to reason that if you were an American, you would have voted for Demented Joe.
If voting could change anything, it would be illegal (twain??)
I am from Holland so no chance to vote. But it seems clear that many who voted for Trump because of all the woke and Climate Alarmism nonsense now feel duped because of all the geo political madness. Instead of stability he creates chaos. That would be acceptable if it resulted in progress but it clearly doesn’t. It is the opposite.
Just breaking eggs and creating destruction is no way to build trust and strong foundations. You want people on yr side voluntarily and build cooperation because in the end you can’t sustain excessive force, especially on a global scale. That is why he will ultimately fail.
However, there are people who actually benefit from all the mayhem.
But it’s not going to be you or me.
“it seems clear that many who voted for Trump because of all the woke and Climate Alarmism nonsense now feel duped”
that’s a might big presumption- it’s your dream of course
You have a better solution to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons or you foolishly believe that they have no intention?
You might be better focusing on the problem of Moslems in your nation. Let’s not forget the one who murdered a Van Gough and slaughtered everyone in that office because of a cartoon. No wonder European national leaders are cowards, just as Trump said.
Actually , there was a very recent survey shown, on CNN of all places, that Trump’s approval with the MAGA base is 100%
Holland is close enough for the medium range Iranian missiles.
You should be thanking Trump. !
If you ever think the mad mullahs would be on “your side”, that you could “build cooperation”, then you are even more delusional and naïve than everyone thinks you are.
“But, you see, with democracy, you vote for one side or the other”. That is essentially what is wrong with democracy. The two sides in democracy should only be for or against in a vote. That vote should always be driven individual conscience rather than party power plays. Were it so there would be wars.
Not sure I understand what you’re trying to say. As for political parties, George Washington was against them. But it seems it’s a natural thing for people to align with others who share common beliefs.
The sharing of common beliefs should not require the subjugation of free conscience in order to present a power play. I get it that understanding moral concepts in a political environment is hard. George was not afraid of afraid of having a minority view. Nor am I.
Good grief . . . no, not at all!
Under democracy, citizens are permitted the option to NOT vote. Under democracy, citizens are NOT forced to vote at any time, on any issue or for/against any candidate.
I am sure of that
[ set “Sense of humour mode” = “Disabled” ]
[ set “Cynicism level” = “Very, very high” ]
I am neither a “bot” nor an “AI agent” … honest !
After … erm … “analysis” your comment appears to be a parody of what Mike Shedlock, AKA “Mish”, has labelled “TDS Type II” for a very long time.
My response to your query is adapted from the start of a post of his made just over 6 years ago.
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[ There Are ] Two Forms of TDS [ Trump Derangement Syndrome ]
Various CNN, WaPo, CNBC, and New York Times commentators fall into group 1.
People who accuse others of TDS if [or] when [they] say the slightest thing against Trump fall into group 2.
Your conclusion is YOURS. Most people who support Trump do not worship him or think he’s infallible because they are not the morons/deplorables that wokesters claim. Ergo, they have a right to use the term TDS for those who have a profound hatred of Trump.
[ There Are ] Two Forms of TDS [ Trump Derangement Syndrome ]
Those who believe Trump can do no right
Those who believe Trump can do no wrong
Various CNN, WaPo, CNBC, and New York Times commentators fall into group 1.
People who accuse others of TDS if [or] when [they] say the slightest thing against Trump fall into group 2.
Indeed. Thanks..
Group 2, many of whom are on this platform will deny it.
But i havent heared ANY form of criticism of Trump by them. That is an indicator.
I play a game: i go to an anti Trump site/ camp and pose some positives that Trump has done. Huge backlash and total rejection.
I go to a pro Trump site ( like i think this one) and i get the same treatment.
These people are basically the same.
The french have a beautiful expressionthat covers it: ‘ les extremes ce touches’. Ie, if you go far enough the extremes eventually touch each other and display exactly the same propensities/ properties. And they BOTH will deny it and foam at the mouth.
It is interesting to watch the process..
How many decades has Trump suffered this Derangement Syndrome ??
You have a perverted sense of humor if that is how you seek out entertainment.
The perverts are all in your and Trump’s camp. You both seek entertainment out of other people’s misery.
‘Bomb them back to the stone age….where they belong’.
That’s yr President.
Pathetic liar and chief war monger. The opposite of what he promised.
Now it’s: money to the military. The money that was supposed to support the american people.
Yet it is leftist that live in a perpetual state of misery..
As you have just shown.
Trump hasn’t started any new wars..
He is trying to end one that the Islamic terrorists started 47 years ago, and no-one else has had the guts to try to stop.
“The money that was supposed to support the American people.”
How much did Biden and Obama gift to Ukraine and the Islamic state ??
How much money has been siphoned off by the far-left to support things like gay and trans where-ever, Somali warlords, and degenerate causes around the world.
If the Democrat led fraud can be stopped, the USA can get a balanced budget. !
When you accuse “my” camp of being one of perverts, I take that as an unfounded accusation and a personal insult. Walk carefully, and think about what you are saying, to the extent that you are capable.
“The perverts are all in your and Trump’s camp.”
One feature of a “propagandist” is the following notion :
“Absolutely everybody whose opinions I agree with is a saint, while absolutely everybody whose opinions I disagree with is the devil incarnate (/ a pervert / …).”
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There is an “obvious” … to me, at least … parallel between people afflicted by TDS and activist environmentalists.
Something “bad” happens, e.g. geopolitically or economically :
Type I : “It’s all Donald Trump’s fault ! ! !”
Type II : “It’s all due to Joe Biden (/ Kamala Harris / …) ! ! !”
An “extreme” weather event occurs :
“It was caused by (anthropogenic) climate change ! ! !”
Real life is slightly more nuanced than that.
Says the professor of TDS, Mr. Belly Nelly.
I think your TDS is beyond help, mate.
Well, sorta. You left out phrases like “This will be great!” . . . “the greatest you’ve ever seen” . . . “like nothing else before” . . . and, my favorite, “I can do anything I want!”
Those are Trumps words…his policies, on the other hand, are good for America.
Retail regular-grade automobile gasoline above $4.00 per gallon average across the US and above $5.60 per gallon average across California is “good for America”.
Right . . . sure it is.
ROTFL!
$5.60 in California… and you call it Trump’s fault… that’s hilarious. !!
The major reason for the high gas prices in California are the high taxes, supporting the socialist agenda. Most of California doesn’t even have to worry about salting roads and annually repairing pot holes from freeze/thaw events.
So, are you saying that the social programs that increase the cost of California gas are not good for the state?
No, I am saying that causing the price of regular-grade automobile gasoline to rise above $4.00 per gallon average across the US is not “a good thing”, something bnice2000 and you choose to ignore.
And I’m sure that price increase cannot be blamed on the bicameral Congress, or on the US Supreme Court, or on the combined action of 49 states.
P.S. The excessive gas taxes imposed in California have never been designated for use in California social programs. Instead, California gasoline tax revenues are constitutionally restricted to funding transportation-related infrastructure, primarily highway maintenance, road repairs, and public transit. The majority of funds, including those from Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), support the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA), local streets, and transit projects. (see https://lao.ca.gov/Transportation/FAQs )
Facts matter.
Poe’s Law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.
Uhhh . . . what’s the intent of your phrase “can be mistaken by some readers”?
When was the last time an actual “king” (not someone who is a king in name only) had a royal decree nullified by some obscure, appointed judicial bureaucrat who was found by shopping for a liberal who was hostile to the duly elected person being called a “king?” As is typical, liberals show little regard for truth and use the term “king” as a pejorative insult for a president in a country that has long had disdain for royalty. Calling President Trump a “king” is simply dishonest sophistry where the intent is to tarnish his reputation simply because they can. I have no respect for sophists.
Ok. It is used as an insult because he acts like one. Like Henry the 8th. Well, Let’s just call him dictator shall we?
He is turning into one…and you like it!
The Dutch know all about kings.. 😉
Home | Royal House of the Netherlands
Whey you start claiming to know what I think and feel, you have demonstrated that you don’t think.
Born stupid or did you work at it?
It is unheard of that a dictator can be over-ruled by some minor bureaucratic functionary. You continue to use insults that are detached from reality. What does that say about you?
[“Let’s just call him dictator shall we?
He is turning into one…and you like it!”]
Well, Trump’s turned out to be a Dick … so he’s partway there. !!
Yeah . . . it goes this way: “Why does DJT love Viagra? . . . It helps him grow taller!”
One definition of sophist: “one who offers instructions on how to argue a case, no matter its merit.” (see https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sophist )
Ahem . . .
Do you ever aim higher than all this fish in the barrel?
First one has to kill all the piranhas..
Democrats and other leftists are hard to get rid of. !
Like cockroaches.
I would liken them to an incurable venereal disease.
Nou ja
Despite all the wars and negative news;
Our Friend and Father survived death!
Happy Easter to you all!
He has risen.
The atmosphere is dynamically energized throughout its depth. The kinetic energy per unit mass in the bulk flow at each pressure level, in Joules per kg, is readily computed from the horizontal wind velocities. The highly variable wind speeds generally increase with altitude. Air density diminishes, but on a mass basis the kinetic energy increases as the square of the velocity. So kinetic energy per unit mass can take on very high values at high altitudes.
In this Google Drive folder there are plots of hourly kinetic energy values at a pressure altitude of 100 hPa for latitudes 45N and 45S for all of 2024 at all longitudes. The kinetic energy is computed from the ERA5 parameters “u” (east wind speed in m/s) and “v” (north wind speed in m/s). The vertical scale goes from zero to 2000 J/kg. 1000 J/kg corresponds to a wind speed of 161 kph or 100 mph, but the median values of kinetic energy are 132 J/kg for 45N and 278 J/kg for 45S.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15hybW_Yr6MCqw4hWQ2KkkW1ecjI7wPli?usp=sharing
The point here is that the delivery of absorbed energy from low altitudes to high in the atmosphere is primarily by dynamic means, not radiative. The existence of strong variable winds and the resulting highly variable values of kinetic energy per unit mass above the troposphere at 100 hPa help us understand this. Kinetic energy is thus made available at high altitudes for conversion to internal energy and emission to space as longwave radiation.
Put this together with the concepts of energy conversion and overturning circulation from three weeks ago. There is no compelling reason to expect the energy involved in the increased IR absorbing power of incremental CO2 to end up accumulating down here as sensible heat on land, in the oceans, and in the lower atmosphere to any perceptible extent.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/03/15/open-thread-181/#comment-4174555
And here again is the Google Drive folder with a more complete explanation of dynamic energy conversion within the general circulation.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PDJP3F3rteoP99lR53YKp2fzuaza7Niz?usp=drive_link
Thank you for your patience on these points.
“The point here is that the delivery of absorbed energy from low altitudes to high in the atmosphere is primarily by dynamic means, not radiative.”
Agreed, the average energy budget diagram shows, at surface about 160 watts of absorbed sunlight heating the surface, and cooling the surface is 80 watts of evaporation, 20 watts of “thermals”, and about 60 watts of radiant heat from surface to sky. So roughly 2/3 of the surface cooling is “dynamic, not radiative”. One question somebody skeptical of your work will ask….so I’ll ask it first….based on your numbers, why isn’t that “dynamic” number a lot more than 2/3 ?
I’ll leave off the Sankey diagram cuz it triggers SB-law-challenged commenters.
Thanks for your reply. In the statement you quoted, I am just talking about the energy that is absorbed by the atmosphere, whether by IR coupling to the surface or by direct absorption from incoming sunlight. It’s not about reconciling the elements of a surface energy balance. I tend not to think in those terms. Rather, the proper framing of the matter of GHG’s, in my view, is about whether incremental CO2 must be expected to suppress the totalized longwave emission to space, everything else being equal, because of the slight improvement in IR absorption. One cannot address that question using a static framing with averaged numbers. Instead, one evaluates the magnitude of the proposed suppression (i.e. “forcing” effect) in the context of dynamic energy conversion that is plainly happening throughout the depth of the troposphere. In that context, the maximum influence on the entire climate state response, including skin temperatures, surface air temperatures, and OLR, is readily assessed to be indistinguishable from zero, i.e., negligible.
So perhaps I have not satisfactorily answered your question. It’s not evasion but re-framing.
“One cannot address that question using a static framing with averaged numbers.”
Especially when the average is miscalculated by assuming a linear function instead of an exponential function.
My question was “why isn’t the “dynamic” number more than a mere 2/3 of the heat leaving the surface when your numbers….?”
I think the answer is simply that 2/3 is a pretty big number especially if you consider that a lot of sunlight makes it directly to the surface unless reflected by clouds, the atmospheric window is important for letting lots of heat escape at earthly radiative temperatures directly to outer space, also unless the window is blocked by clouds.
CO2 is actually another issue….doubling CO2 only results in about 4 watts “forcing”at TOA. This number has been calculated many times over and accepted by IPCC in Mhyre’s paper, confirmed by Harde line-by-line, confirmed by van Wijngaarden and Happer also absorption line by line, is a standard assignment if you are learning to use Modtran or Hitran in your higher meteorology classes…these programs can also be used to calculate the “water vapor amplification” that is often mentioned by climate caterwaulers.
But bottom line is….the approximately 1.2 degrees of warming caused by CO2 doubling is phenomena that is rapidly displaced to a cooler part of the planet…and since 4 watts is only 4/160=0.025 of absorbed solar even if you go to the extreme of assuming the entire 4 watts is absorbed by the surface…all that really happens is that the amount of planetary surface that will average 1 degree warmer by the vagaries of what we call “ weather” will be a little bit bigger until that .025 extra has been radiated to outer space…again from many altitudes, not just down where at surface where we have both weather and climate…due to the climate dynamics you have pointed out are shown by ERA5.
Thanks for your further reply. Yes, I knew what your question was. 🙂
About CO2, I have no issue with the computations of the IR absorbing power for the 2XCO2 case in a static atmosphere. Does it end up operating as a “forcing” so as to drive sensible heat gain down here? That result is not possible to establish from the radiative computations. From 1938, the comments by Simpson and Brunt on Callendar’s study are pertinent on this point.
I agree with your sense that even if there is a non-zero “forcing” operating vertically, the advection involved in weather spreads the energy around down here very effectively.
It must be considered as a weak forcing, with emphasis on “weak”
FYI an article on VKE of atmospheric rivers has some interesting graphs of vertical and horizontal components. Convective seems high.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53369-0
Wow, thanks for that link. Very interesting.
“Atmospheric rivers” are indeed a strong indicator that the so-called “forcing” from incremental GHGs is vanishingly weak – i.e., indistinguishable from zero – in the end result.
Thank you, David, for laying out your calculations in such a clear manner. I agree completely with your conclusion that CO2 is anything but a Climate Control Knob, even under the constrained conditions of your calculations. I’m sure that we agree that latent energy transport is orders of magnitude more significant than dry air GHG (2-4% humidity vs 0.02% dry GHG), but, for the moment we can stick to dry-air calculations. I am forced to take exception to your columnar calculations of energy exchange among potential (gravity), internal (heat) and kinetic (velocity) energies.
Let’s imagine that we could paint each molecule of a cubic meter of hot, dry, equatorial, air blue before we released it. We would notice that the blue volume expands as internal energy (temperature and pressure) is exchanged for potential, and also that it drifts to the west as it rises. This is not the result of some mysterious “wind” force out of the east, but merely that the kinetic energy (velocity) that it had in contact with the rotating surface is inadequate to maintain its position as the altitude increases. (Not counting for the possibility that some of this kinetic energy may have contributed to the change in potential energy.) You may remember that our friend Willis observed that clouds formed in the daylight tropics “drift slowly to the West”. My experience is that a rocket launched with only vertical thrust will disappear over the western horizon. The Earth really does rotate. When doing an energy balance, it is useful to remember that kinetic energy depends on the square of the velocity. An energy exchange of 0-10 kph from an extraneous source is not the same as an internal 100- 90 kph exchange. The amount of kinetic energy available in any exchange calculation depends, of course, on the latitude.
OK, now lets turn again to latent energy. I don’t blame the thermometer-reading Climate-Model makers for doing their best to avoid the entire water cycle and cloud formation/dissipation conundrum, it is deucedly difficult to describe, especially “If the only tool you have is a thermometer…” We are used to thinking of latent energy as the energy involved in the isothermal processes of evaporation and condensation, those being the same but of opposite sign. However, as any traveling cook will discover, latent energy is quite dependent on temperature and pressure. (Probably humidity, too, but we’ll ignore that, for now.) The amount of energy necessary to evaporate water varies directly with pressure, and inversely with temperature. The energy released by condensation, contrarily, varies inversely with pressure and directly with temperature. No problem if you complete the cycle under the same conditions, however Ghea is not so cooperative, the water cycle typically starts at surface level, but both T and P reduce at altitude, so latent energy may very well change between evap and cloud formation. If latent energy changes with altitude, then it may also very well contribute to the energy balance among potential, internal and kinetic energies that the simple dry-air calculation did not account for.
So, T and P are both reducing with altitude, and the rising humid air column is looking for an atmospheric condition where it can condense isothermally by balancing pressure reduction (gas to liquid) with energy discharge. We know that nature finds these conditions everywhere from sea level (fog) to several kilometers up (ice). We also know that while surface pressure is relatively constant over the Earth, surface temperature varies by 1/3 from tropic noon (~300K) to polar midnight (~200K), so the T/P profile varies constantly over the surface. And the thermometer-readers propose to represent this effectively by calculating the Anomaly of the GAT. Good luck with that!
Nice to hear from you again, hiskorr. Thank you for taking the time to reply.
“The Earth really does rotate.” No kidding. So does the coordinate reference system used by modelers of the general circulation, with terms added in the computations to compensate for the differences to an inertial frame.
About latent energy, no disagreement about its power and significance. But that’s not under discussion in my post here.
Be well.
Just thought it useful to occasionally remind you and your readers that the folks who add terms in the GCM “to compensate for the differences” are the same folks who focus on calculating the Anomaly of the GAT.
I enjoy your posts.
I appreciate your continuing interest in my posts.
You say, “…the folks who add terms in the GCM “to compensate for the differences” are the same folks who focus on calculating the Anomaly of the GAT.”
This is incorrect. The recent obsession with GAT is an aberration that is entirely separate from the much earlier choice of the rotating reference frame for purposes of meteorological computation.
Grok explains:
“Lewis Fry Richardson’s 1922 book Weather Prediction by Numerical Process (Cambridge University Press) is the authoritative early reference.
In it, Richardson explicitly proposes (and manually attempts) the first numerical weather prediction by integrating the governing equations of atmospheric motion—specifically, the Navier–Stokes equations formulated in the rotating reference frame attached to the Earth—along with the continuity equation and the first law of thermodynamics. He treats the atmosphere as a fluid on a “revolving sphere,” incorporating the effects of Earth’s rotation (the Coriolis and related terms) directly into the dynamical equations of motion.
This was a deliberate practical choice for computation: an Earth-fixed (rotating) coordinate system keeps the computational grid stationary relative to the surface and observations, avoiding the extreme complications of tracking a spinning Earth in an inertial frame over forecast timescales. Richardson’s grid (horizontal checkerboard with vertical layers) and finite-difference scheme were designed around these rotating-frame equations.”
Also see here, where Richardson’s work is summarized..
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167610502002611
I wish you well.
The National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado shows the current Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent to be in relatively good shape right now, mostly on the North American side of the Arctic. That’s where low pressure was holding out for most of the winter:
https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today
Yep, I’ve been following this quite closely for several years. The main regions of sea ice deficit this Spring are the Okhotsk and Barents Seas. The N American Arctic is in good shape with a pronounced positive Anomaly off SW Alaska (Bristol Bay)but a small negative anomaly in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
But there’s a reality check to keep in mind as well. The net sea ice so far this year is the second lowest on the satellite record, with both this year and last recording the 2 lowest on the record.
Both years have been very similar, as the freeze plateaued off much earlier than is normal, despite UAH recording slightly lower than average Arctic region temperatures for both February and March.
Persistent warm sea surface temperatures in the deficit regions are probably the main reason for the lack of sea ice. What drives those warmer SSTs in those areas is probably a bone of contention. Standard mainstream opinion has it that persistent warm pools are the result of warmer ocean currents, due to global warming, causing warmer waters to become trapped by sea bed hollows, etc. Others contend that both the main deficit regions lie very close to active geological fault lines. Very little seems to be known about the latter. Might be worth some serious research?
CLIMATE MODELERS ARE TODAY’S ALCHEMISTS
The alchemists had a problem with the greedy dilettantes who insist on getting underfoot… and have found a great way of encouraging those to eliminate themselves.
The graph shamans don’t seem to be doing anything more meaningful, and while the crowd looking over their shoulders is similar… alas, it inflicts harm on the others rather than themselves.
The weather for this time of year along the Front Range of Colorado is reverting to more normal conditions. We received a smattering of precipitation and it’s cooled from an especially warm March.
My beloved Eldora Ski Resort’s season ends today. I hope to get in a few turns.
An Easter miracle for which to be thankful.
Thank God. I was dreading what might happen if the Iranians found him first. His training in the event of being shot down in enemy territory obviously paid off.
It’s good news.
But do pay attention to the way the war is going.
Every little victory like this is good, but it just pulls us a little closer to where we were before the war started.
If we could get another victory and open the Straits of Hormuz the USA would claim the war had been a success. But we would only be back where we started.
There is no reason to start a war if you can get just as good a result by not starting the war.
The US is losing this war. Everyone can see that.
And your President begging Europe, Australia, Japan… even China to come and bail him out is a sign of desperation. And undignified.
It’s good news that the man was rescued.
But it should never have happened in the first place.
He is NOT begging other countries for help..
Just saying that if they want the oil, they should come and help get it.
And I don’t blame him being annoyed that NATO countries are blocking refuelling access to bases the USA supports and blocking fly-over rights.
Those countries are not the sort of allies anyone would want.
Hey, don’t worry. Ben Shapiro has got your back. The US should control the strait of Hormuz. Then everything will be fine..guaranteed!😆
It would be refreshing to have you and the others suffering from TDS to offer some constructive suggestions and not just reflexively denigrate everything the president tries to do.
Just for the record, I’m not happy with everything that the president does. In fact, I didn’t actually vote FOR him, I voted AGAINST the do nothing Biden regime. I was content to let the person who won the democracy process to demonstrate that I didn’t thoroughly understand his proposals. Unfortunately, the very same people who claim that Trump is a threat to democracy, are unwilling to let the process work as intended, and are obstructing him at every opportunity. I consider partisan obstructionism to be a greater threat to the Republic than an attempt to go around an ineffective Congress to fix numerous problems.
If you like your mullah, you can keep your mullah.
The way your homeland is headed, you may experience just such a “win” someday.
Maybe he really does like and want Islamic fundamentalism….
… being totally ignorant what that would mean for his existence.
That is a false claim. Before such a claim can be made legitimately, there must be a generally accepted definition of winning the war and that must come after reaching agreement on the reason for the war. I would suggest that the central focus has been to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear capability because they will almost certainly use it to attack Israel. I don’t have any faith that the Iranians will show the restraint that the Israelis have shown.
It is clear to me that while there have been some casualties on the American side, overall what the Iranians have experienced is more akin to Monty Python’s Black Knight, who was in denial about what King Arthur had done to him. Just as a venomous snake that has been beheaded can still be dangerous, the USA is not immune to reprisals from what is left of the Iranian military.
Ideally, what the American and Israeli forces have done would prevent Iran from ever achieving nuclear capability. However, with ‘Mad Mullahs’ at the helm and huge amounts of oil to exchange for replacement enrichment equipment, it is unlikely that that particular goal is achievable. With nuclear capability delayed, there is the potential for negotiations to achieve a long-term solution, although I’m not hopeful without a regime change. I think it is more likely that the Israelis will have to periodically engage in ‘grass mowing,’ and the Iranians will eventually see the futility of squandering their petroleum resources.
It doesn’t help when Christian obstructionists and pacifists are in denial about the consequences of a significant exchange of nuclear weapons. Those of us who were raised during the ‘duck and cover’ period of the Cold War still remember why Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (SALT) and nuclear test ban treaties were negotiated.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” — George Santayana
So you’re saying that Iran’s military capabilities haven’t been severely crippled? That Iran is militarily in no worse shape than before?
Good question. A genuine challenge to my point that Iran is in a stronger position now than it was before the assassinations and school bombings.
Iran has less potential military power it can use now. Blowing things up is bad for the people getting bombed.
But Iran is deploying more military power now than it was before your brave warriors dismembered those schoolgirls.
So effectively, Iran is actually more militarily powerful now than it was before the USA launched Operation Epstein Fury. It is using more actual power.
This explains why the USA is claiming that victory would be to get back to where they were before they started.
BTW Clyde Spencer at April 5, 2026 9:51 pm thought that the war was designed to stop Iran’s nuclear programme. But, once again, that was achieved before the war started, by ongoing diplomacy and a bombing campaign last year that the USA claimed had obliterated it.
The world watches the war and can see the USA is losing. The only claims that the USA is holding its own depend on believing the USA was telling untruths a year ago but has suddenly started telling truths now… that are, coincidentally, denied by reality.
Iranian can’t even find an American airman in their own country 🙂
I was reading through the comments on another post, and a comment was made about the US48 about a low temp record from around 2010. Curiously I brought up the latest USA48 and I found the warm January and February, that the majority of the US experienced, showed up nicely, a testament to the accuracy of the dataset. So, I plotted a stack of Mauna Loa Transmission, which is how clear the air is in the middle of the Pacific, plus, the Lower Stratosphere, the Tropopause and the Lower Troposphere.
And it appears that this warming event is a result of a direct change to the radiative properties of the atmosphere. And that is because the changes over the last couple of years in the Lower Stratosphere are almost inversely proportional to the changes in the Lower Tropshere (Surface).
Such inverse symmetry between the LS and LT has not occurred during the UAH period, perhaps a case could be made for segments of the El-Chichon and or Pinatubo influence.
What could it be?
Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well.
I wish you a happy Easter! Although I’m not a Christian at all, I’m glad that, for many people, this day marks the return of Christ.
I may not be a Christian, but I’m an eternal devotee of the Church of the Blues. So here is Roy Buchanan playing his brilliant piece The Messiah Will Come Again.
As you say, it’s a ‘brilliant piece’, thanks.
There are 8 continents. The USA covers half a continent.
Less than half the people in USA vote and only half voted in each POTUS
That means that globally it is one out of thirty two parts of the world.
It has produced two interesting leaders, Ronald Regan and Donald Trump and both were well known outside their own backyards.
So, what about a lot of you Americans just STFU?
Face it, you are a very small minority of the human race.
Anthony Watts or Charles Rotter – hail brothers, well met!
This is a very interesting experiment and I am looking forward to your assessment of the outcome and any plans of change for the future of comments on this site.