Reposted from edmhdotme Summary: 2018 using Renewable Energy Foundation data In 2018 UK Weather dependent renewables generated some 7.7 Gigawatts of power from an installed fleet of ~34 Gigawatts achieving a satisfactory overall capacity factor for Renewables of ~23%. The installed fleet cost ~84£billion in capital costs with average costs of ~11£billion/Gigawatt produced in capital…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to the EIU, climate change will cause tremendous economic harm, but the USA and Europe will be least affected. The Asian economy will be 2.6% smaller by 2050 due to lack of climate resilience Wednesday 20 November 2019 The Asia-Pacific economy will be 2.6 per cent smaller in 2050…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Sweden’s Central Bank is selling off holdings in Australian and Canadian bonds, because the financial stability of Australia and Canada is at risk if the world agrees to stronger action on climate change. Sweden sells off Canada, Australia bonds over climate change Kelsey JohnsonNov 14, 2019 — 12.14pm Ottawa |…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Obligatory ride sharing, less living space, more facility sharing, less ownership of goods, no car, far less privacy. This is what 2030 could look like if we win the war on climate change 31 Oct 2019Ida Auken Member of Parliament, Parliament of Denmark (Folketinget) By 2030, your CO2 emissions will…
Instead of cutting forests and burning dung and charcoal, shouldn’t Africa have cheap electricity? Duggan Flanakin China, India, Vietnam and other nations are using more and more oil, natural gas and coal every year to electrify and modernize their nations, create jobs, and improve their people’s health, living standards and life spans. Why in this…
from Reuters BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union government leaders declined on Friday to set tougher targets for fighting climate change, dashing hopes they would inject momentum into a United Nations climate conference in Chile in December. At a two-day EU summit in Brussels, which was largely dominated by Brexit, discussion on climate was relegated to…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Shocking – its almost like company boards and many of their shareholders have decided climate change does not pose a threat to their operations. Investors struggle to make US companies change tack on climate change Number of shareholder-backed environmental proposals tumbles Chris Flood Barely a dozen proposals on environmental issues…
Guest post by Dr Paul Rossiter Following my earlier two essays that looked at the new grand narrative of the green/left and the corruption of the cause, I now turn to the main engine driving the climate movement from day to day: the money. I became quite despondent while putting this together as I started…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart; President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Greta Thunberg’s climate crusade, suggesting she has no idea of the cost of what she is demanding. “I may disappoint you but I do not share everyone’s enthusiasm about Greta Thunberg’s speech [to the UN]. You know, the fact that young people, teenagers…
Reader Mumbles McGuirk sent this in. I received an email from the American Meteorological Society announcing that their dues will now be based on the member’s income! But it will be voluntary, you choose what income level you say you have. What could go wrong with that! So social engineering comes to the scientific community.Here…