Heat Pumps: Efficient on paper, complicated in reality

Heat pumps are efficient machines, sure, but whether they actually contribute to an efficient, secure, and sustainable energy system depends on too many elements around them. One thing is for…

Open Thread

A place for discussion.

New Study: Canada’s New Brunswick Was 1°C Warmer Than Today During the Medieval Warm Period

This new research also identifies a higher frequency of natural forest fires during the LIA cooling period than the warmer MCA.

India Builds a Fossil Future One Coal Plant at a Time

The “Fossil Future” is being built by India one coal plant at a time, along with myriad contracts for oil and natural gas development.

Aussie Senator: US Social Media Reluctance to Censor Climate Skeptics – “This is the Problem”

Apparently free speech is OK, as long as the Australian Government thinks what you are saying is true.

Post Brexit Britain Still isn’t Dredging Canals to Stop the Floods

Joined up thinking doesn’t appear to be a feature of post Brexit waterway management.

Climate Change is Not Going to Cost Colorado Billions, Colorado Sun

A recent Colorado Sun article claims that climate change could cost the state up to $37 billion due to high temperature extremes and drought. This is false, built almost entirely on speculative…

“The Customer Has Spoken”: Car Industry Faces Up to Catastrophic EV Collapse

“I think the customer has spoken. That’s the punchline,” said Jim Farley, the Chief Executive of Ford, as he unveiled a $5 billion annual loss – joining the wider car…

California Importing Foreign Fuel After Running Refineries Out Of Town

California imported a record amount of gasoline in November after major refinery closures tied to years of Golden State leaders imposing strict regulations, Bloomberg News reported Sunday.

Yes, Republicans Support Solar and the Environment. My City Is Living Proof.

Of course, truly mitigating environmental dangers and building a robust energy future will require federal, state, and private sector actions to address root causes, ideally through market signals that mobilize…

EPA’s elegant arguments for endangerment repeal

EPA’s arguments for repealing the Obama endangerment finding are simple, clear, and strong. So, they have a likely chance of winning in the Supreme Court (SCOTUS), which is where the…

The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 Part 4: Narrative Management, Public Opinion, and the Politics of “Misperception”

Charles Rotter This is Part IV of a multipart, systematic refutation of the University of Exeter’s Global Tipping Points Report 2025. Part I examined the catastrophe framing and the gap…

LIVE at 1PM EST – Unlearning Climate Alarmism – The Climate Realism Show #191

An encouraging trend is growing. Bright young people who were convinced of the truth of climate alarmist dogma open their eyes and mind to the actual data on the climate.

The Cult | A Net Zero Watch Short Film

The brilliant Colin Brazier returns for our second short film on the cult of Net Zero and how it protects ‘green’ policies from being questioned by stifling debate and cracking…

The Madness of Miliband

With apologies to Stanley Kubrick

Germany’s “Energy Transition” Hits the Ice: LNG Crisis Exposes the Costs of Shunning Nuclear and Baseload Power

Baseload power sources — whether nuclear or coal — were dismissed prematurely with pie-in-the-sky magical-thinking that a renewables-centric system could replace them quickly. But the reality of an industrialized society…

Astroturf Alert: $2 Billion in Foreign Cash Behind America’s “Grassroots” Climate Movement?

If a comparable sum had flowed from domestic oil companies into policy think tanks questioning renewable mandates, it would dominate headlines for months. Congressional hearings would be scheduled before the…

Claim: 99.999% of Climate Scientists Agree Australia was Cooler in the 1890s

Senator Malcolm Roberts schooling the green Aussie Senate Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change Inquiry on the evidence.

The Neoglacial Period

Solar variability did contribute to climate change over the past 1,000 years.

The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 Part 3: Positive Tipping Points and Industrial Policy Engineering

Charles Rotter This is Part III of a multipart, systematic refutation of the University of Exeter’s Global Tipping Points Report 2025. Part I examined the catastrophe framing and the tension…