In fact, it was this same time of year back in 1859 when a super solar storm – now known as the “Carrington Event” – took place during another weak…
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This kind of solar storm could be devastating in today’s world…”The Carrington Event” of 1859
Guest post by Paul Dorian Overview The sun continues to be very quiet and it has been without sunspots this year 70% of the time as we approach what is…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #591
“My interest in science was always essentially limited to the study of principles … That I have published so little is due to this same circumstance, as the great need…
Climate Change Weekly #499: Is the Bell Tolling for EV Mania?
The question really is not whether the bell will toll to call an end of the government’s promotion of EVs, but how soon will it happen.
“The Shaping of Oil and Gas Law by Academics”(Four pioneers)
This tribute to the four leading professors among oil and gas law pioneers in academia was presented by the late Joseph W. Morris (obituary below) in 2001.
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #581
“The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.” – Bertrand Russell, “An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish”
Catastrophic and Frightening Solar Storms: Miyake Events
Miyake events are believed to be several orders of magnitude greater than the Carrington Event. It is not clear what causes the event. If a Miyake event equivalent to the…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #579
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so” – Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain
Where Is the Alleged Australian Warming?
Alarming trends are absent from the simple, raw data, presented here Therefore, horrifying trends alleged by others can arise only from manipulating, altering or ignoring the foundational data.
Tree Rings Reveal Largest Solar Storm EVAH!
Guest “Well, the largest yet identified,” by David Middleton NEWS RELEASE 9-OCT-2023 Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in ancient 14,300-year-old tree rings Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS An international team of…
The Energy Transition is Social Vandalism
Dr. Euan Mearns emphasizes that every energy transition in history has been additive, motivated by the benefits of improved power, energy density, efficiency, and cost. However, he criticizes current shifts…
UK’s Global Boiling Summer Was as Hot As 1857!
This is the fact that average summer temperatures continue to fail to beat 1976, even if hot summers have tended to become more common.
Electric vehicles catch fire after being exposed to saltwater from Hurricane Idalia
The Idalia vehicles were apparently flooded with salt water. My question – could salt spray from a windy day at the beach also trigger a deadly battery fire?
The March 1940 Superstorm: Geoelectromagnetic Hazards and Impacts on American Communication and Power Systems
In some places, geoelectric amplitudes induced during the March 1940 storm, Section 12, exceeded American electric-power-industry benchmarks.
CHECC Has Petitioned the DC Circuit for Rehearing as To Its Standing to Challenge the Endangerment Finding
…the Endangerment Finding forces an onslaught of federal regulations suppressing consumption of fossil fuels
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #557
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.”
How could the Aurora Borealis affect energy grids when renewables are added to the mix?
When you have solar, wind and battery storage, it has to be connected to the grid through what we call inverters, or solid-state power converters
Study finds sinking tundra surface unlikely to trigger runaway permafrost thaw
“Improved drainage results in a drier landscape over a decadal timescale, and the process then becomes self-limiting,” said Scott Painter, who leads the Watershed Systems Modeling group at ORNL.
New York Times prediction BUST: 1995 article cited climate ‘experts’ warning ‘most of the beaches on the East Coast of the U.S. could be gone in 25 years’
At the most likely rate of rise, some experts say, most of the beaches on the East Coast of the United States would be gone in 25 years.
BREAKING: Fracking ban will be scrapped in the UK
From the “ecos will experience wailing and gnashing of teeth” department comes this revelation from the Political Editor of the Daily Telegraph. If true, this represents a major about face…
The Sun-Climate Effect: The Winter Gatekeeper Hypothesis (I). The search for a solar signal
by Javier Vinós & Andy May “Probably no subfield of meteorology has had as much effort devoted to it as the effects of solar variability on weather and climate. And…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #508
“Social Engineering – The art of replacing what works with what sounds good.” – Thomas Sowell
Mapping a Magnetic Superstorm: March 1989 Geoelectric Hazards and Impacts on United States Power Systems
Geomagnetically induced currents realized during the magnetic storm of March 1989 caused a blackout in Québec, Canada, and, in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States, they caused operational interference for…
Do Gas Cook Stoves Cause Asthma?
Gas cooking stoves are blamed for children’s respiratory illnesses, like asthma, widely in the literature. Almost none of the studies actually measure the exposure of the child to the putative…