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…
Category: Climate Economics
Understanding the Climate Movement Part 3: Follow the Money
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…
Putin Dismisses Climate Messiah Greta Thunberg: “Poorly Informed Teenager”
President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Greta Thunberg’s climate crusade, suggesting she has no idea of the cost of what she is demanding.
Climate Change Economist Commits Suicide Nearly A Year After Not Winning Nobel Prize
From The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter September 05, 2019 1:32 PM ET Climate economist Martin Weitzman died Aug. 27 from a suicide about a year after being passed…
Developing nations latest decade of energy & emissions growth torpedoes alarmist global emissions control scam
Guest essay by Larry Hamlin The UN has been pursuing global emissions policy for decades that are intended to provide for the establishment of global government schemes allowing it to…
Wind Farm Back-of-the-Envelope Economic Analysis
Guest post by Larry F. Brown, PhD We visited a wind farm in southern Utah recently. I’ve always been curious about the costs, profitability, and physical size of these things…
UCI study blithely calls for $100 trillion shutdown of fossil plants to meet Paris climate goals
Guest essay by Larry Hamlin The Los Angeles Times cavalierly suggests based upon a UCI study published in the journal Nature that the world needs to retire its fossil fuel…
MMT could be used to pay for the Green New Deal
guest post by Joel O’Bryan PhD NPR news is running this story on Green New Deal financing by writer Scott Horsley: When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rolled out her “Green New…
The cost of this net zero madness? Even a trillion is an underestimate
From The Conservative Woman BY Andrew Montford June 14, 2019 THE £1trillion figure is propaganda, not analysis; you can pluck any number you want.’ So said Adair Turner, the former…
Bitcoin causing CO2 emissions comparable to Hamburg
Hardware and IP addresses analyzed to assess the carbon footprint of the cryptocurrency Technical University of Munich (TUM) The use of Bitcoin causes around 22 megatons in CO2 emissions annually…
Young people blame climate change for their small 401(k) balances
from Market Watch By Kari Paul Published: May 23, 2019 9:46 a.m. ET Many young people today think civilization may not exist when they’re of retirement age. Here are ways…
Illinois Could Raise EV Registration Fee To $1,000, Hike Gas Tax
From OILPRICE.com By Tsvetana Paraskova – May 13, 2019, 12:30 PM CDT A bill at the Illinois legislature proposes to raise the annual registration fee for electric vehicles (EV) from…
Research sheds light on UK’s new unsustainable viewing habits
A new study looks behind closed doors to reveal how UK viewing habits are shifting away from traditional broadcasting with more data-intensive streaming options now the default for many. Lancaster…
UN Chief António Guterres, Citing Climate Worries, Says He Only Eats At Steak Houses Once Every 3 Months
From The Daily Caller United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said he’s cut back eating out at steak houses because of his concern over global warming. Guterres said he “used to…
Decarbonisation and the Command Economy
From The GWPF Date: 08/05/19 Professor Michael Kelly, University of Cambridge The costs of retrofitting exiting domestic buildings to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions, compared with the savings…
“Climate Change Costs Are Starting to Bite Business”… How Not To Conjugate Verbs
Guest eye rolling by David Middleton From the Sierra Club… Climate Change Costs Are Starting to Bite BusinessCorporate America wants a stable business climate, and climate chaos is anything but…
The World Bank’s Misguided Green Energy Policies To Persist
From Forbes Tilak Doshi Energy I analyze energy economics and related public policy issues. President Trump’s nominee to head the World Bank, David Malpass, was formally approved by a unanimous…
Sanity and humanity return to the World Bank?
Extreme greens grouse, but African and other poor families see hope in David Malpass Paul Driessen President Obama infamously told Africans they should focus on their “bountiful” wind, solar and…
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