From the University of Oregon a wacky idea to refrigerate smokestacks. Cooled coal emissions would clean air and lower health and climate-change costs EUGENE, Ore. — (Aug. 27, 2012) —…
Category: Energy
McIntyre's talk in London – Plus, the UK's tilting at windmills may actually increase CO2 emissions over natural gas
At The Register, Andrew Orlowski attended the talk and has a news article describing Steve McIntyre’s talk at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, which was an event hosted…
The "Toxic Twenty": Keeping America's Lights On
Guest Post by David Middleton The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is out with their latest “Toxic Twenty” list… The NRDC’s report is standard green claptrap. Kentucky led the Toxic…
More "Fracking" Nonsense About Earthquakes
Are the science journalists ignorant of science? Or are they intentionally misleading the public? Earthquakes triggered by fluids injected deep underground, such as during the controversial practice of fracking, may…
Wind power not coming through for California – power alert issued by the CAISO
I called the media support line for this press release issues today, to ask a couple of questions, here are the answers: 1. Q: Besides the heat wave, what other…
In other news…"Ten Reasons Why Fracking is (not) Doomed"
Guest Post by David Middleton I ran across a really funny story on Real Clear Energy last Friday… Once you get past all of the nonsense about fracking polluting groundwater…
How Green Was My Bankruptcy? “Roadmap for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands” Edition
The agency has already approved 17 large-scale solar energy projects on public lands that are expected to produce nearly 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 1.8 million homes.…
Burning Food in Cars – an ‘anti-human ethos’
Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That? 23rd July 2012 Nothing illustrates the anti-human ethos of the Greens better than their support for “biofuels”. That trendy name cannot hide…
Hansen's Death Trains – now with extra scary 'coal fallout'
WUWT readers surely remember this: NASA’s Dr. James Hansen once again goes over the top. See his most recent article in the UK Guardian. Some excerpts: “The trains carrying coal…
Another boost for shale gas – less impact than coal
From the AGU Journal Highlights: Replacing coal with natural gas would reduce warming A debate has raged in the past couple of years as to whether natural gas is better…
From the IEEE: A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy
From the IEEE Spectrum Journal: A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy It takes several lifetimes to put a new energy system into place, and wishful thinking can’t speed things along…
USA CO2 emissions may drop to 1990 levels this year
I graphed the EIA data, shown below. What is most interesting is that this is market driven, not mandate driven. Amazing Shale: US CO2 Emissions Plummet Towards 1990 Levels by…
Sierra Club hires EPA official who wanted to 'crucify' EPA lawbreakers
The Hill reports: A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official who resigned earlier this year for comparing his work to crucifixion has found new employment with a leading green group.…
More climate idiocy from California
If the looming spectre of rising electricity prices due to CARB’s upcoming “cap and trade” isn’t enough, now the Department of Water resources has opted to be less efficient by…
Fracking the vote
People send me stuff. Today reader Eyal Porat sent a 1 minute video entered into this contest:
Bombshell: 'Gaia scientist' James Lovelock endorses fracking
Previously, you may recall that Lovelock threw global warming under the bus. Now, he’s got another zinger the greens will be none to happy to hear in the middle of…
In the Oil game, Russia has the longest suit to play
Guest post by David Archibald Logistic decline plots may be misleading when the production profile has been affected by political events. Nevertheless, Figure 1 shows a logistic decline plot for…
Book Review of “Super Fuel”
Guest Post by David Archibald There is a rich tradition of rational weathermen taking an interest in the potential of thorium-based nuclear power. Witness this video made by John Coleman:
River water temperature "crisis"
From the University of Washington press office, another modeled scenario suggesting that small 0.8C climate change signal will find its way into the rivers, overheat the water, and thus overheat…
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