Pajamas media update: There have been some developments since this was published. The short version is that a series of coincidences led Gabriel Calzada to believe a package was a…
Category: Energy
Green Subsidies Wreak Havoc On German Economy
From Canada Free Press Germany’s support for renewable energy is “breaking” the nation’s ability to pay for power and threatens the competitiveness of electricity producers, Handelsblatt cited a former [green] industry…
Firms paid to shut down wind farms when the wind is blowing
Britain’s biggest wind farm companies are to be paid not to produce electricity when the wind is blowing. From The UK Telegraph. By Robert Mendick Published: 9:00PM BST 19 Jun 2010…
New Dogs; IPCC tricks
Looks like they took lessons from Briffa. From Fox News The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with offshore drilling safety after the Deepwater Horizon explosion are…
Does money grow in wind farms?
Wind turbines are a poor way to harness energy – but a very good way to generate public subsidies, says Andrew Gilligan. By Andrew Gilligan from The UK Telegraph Published:…
Wasted watts: Are we heating the Earth too much – with heat?
Guest post by Ron House As readers will know, I have been thinking about the hullabaloo about CO2 and global warming and I quickly concluded that CO2 is no threat,…
Lessons from the Gulf blowout
Learning (the right lessons, hopefully) from the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Also, a transcript of an radio call in of an eyewitness account (provided by geologist Jimmy Haigh) follows this…
The Gulf oil rig explosion – on the scene photos
Regular WUWT commenter Jimmy Haigh, a geologist by trade, sends along a PDF that is a compilation of on the scene photos taken right after the explosion and in the…
The insanity of greenery
First, let me say I’m a fan of solar power when done correctly and without financial carrots hung out for electricity generation that entice abuse of the system. I put…
Yale to greens: "abandon climate change, focus on energy"
This may be perhaps the first time I’ve embraced an article from the Yale Environment 360 forum, the opener reads: Environmentalists have long sought to use the threat of catastrophic…
2010 Earth Hour in California – just as ineffective as last year
Earth Hour has come and gone in California (8:30 to 9:30 PM PDT) for 2010 without so much as a blip. In fact the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) power…
Tracking Earth Hour in the Greenest State
Earth Hour comes to every time zone at 8:30 PM today. Will it make a difference? Their website says: On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people around the world…
Indianapolis wind power contract canceled
In a statement made last Friday by EDF Energies Nouvelles (French Green Power Company), a power purchase agreement was terminated without explanation by Indianapolis Power and Light Company regarding the…
Swapping my lights: fantastic!
No more twisty bulbs for me! I’ve installed a new LED lighting system for my home that beats twisty bulbs in every way. It has been awhile since I discussed…
NCAR's dirty little secret
by Anthony Watts WUWT readers of course have heard about the Met Office and their giant new supercomputer called “deep black” that they use for climate simulation and short term…
Carbon Dioxide Storage in East Coast U.S. Rocks
From Science Daily Scientists Target East Coast U.S. Rocks for Carbon Dioxide Storage ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2010) — Scientists say buried volcanic rocks along the heavily populated coasts of New…
Shades of Fahrenheit 451 – British retirees burning books to stay warm
Remember these chaps? This time they’ll be putting out the book fires rather than starting them. From Benny Peiser’s daily newsletter, it appears to be time for a revolt in…
Three Cheers for Holiday Lighting
Guest post by Robert Bradley of Master Resource House in Boston with 250,000 lights – see Boston Globe story here -Photo by Paul Keleher Environmentalists critical of electrified America must…
The Steel Greenhouse
Guest post by Willis Eschenbach There is a lot of misinformation floating around the web about how the greenhouse effect works. It is variously described as a “blanket” that keeps…
A tale of two overkills
The pyramid of aluminum shown in the photograph figures greatly in our nation’s history. This once rare metal was so prized that it was placed into a national monument by…
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