Guest “how can he write this with straight face?” by David Middleton Even 50-year-old climate models correctly predicted global warmingBy Warren Cornwall Dec. 4, 2019 Climate change doubters have a favorite target: climate models. They claim that computer simulations conducted decades ago didn’t accurately predict current warming, so the public should be wary of the…
Guest “too fracking funny” by David Middleton Brookline passes bylaw banning future use of oil, gas in new buildings Nov 21, 2019 BROOKLINE, Mass. — A Massachusetts town overwhelmingly voted Wednesday night to ban the future installation of oil and gas pipes in future construction projects as well as in renovations of existing buildings. The…
Guest OMFG by David Middleton ‘Oh My F*cking God’: Tesla ‘Cybertruck’ Fractures During Demo Elon Musk’s Tesla has unveiled its latest vehicle, a bizarre pickup truck, to a largely skeptical public. The truck was touted as having “impact-resistant windows” that were promptly smashed inwards with a small metal ball during a live demonstration on Thursday.…
Guest “who gives a schist?” by David Middleton What’s green, employs ten times as many people as the “fossil fuel industry” and fake? The “green economy“. Hat tip to Kevin McNeill… US green economy has 10 times as many jobs as the fossil fuel industry ENVIRONMENT 15 October 2019 By Adam Vaughan The green economy…
Guest Ron White impression by David Middleton “You can’t fix stupid”… Activists call on BlackRock to divest from fossil fuels Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech 5 days ago Protesters also called for the company to invest its money into clean energy. Climate change activists blocked the entrance to BlackRock’s midtown headquarters early Tuesday morning during a protest of…
Guest explaining to the NYT explanatory reporter by David Middleton More abject nonsense from Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times climate reporter and “part of the team awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting”… Government Loophole Gave Oil Companies $18 Billion Windfall By Hiroko TabuchiPublished Oct. 24, 2019 The United States government has lost billions…
Guest “Explanatory Reporting” by David Middleton Hat tip to Kip Hansen for bringing this to my attention. Despite Their Promises, Giant Energy Companies Burn Away Vast Amounts of Natural Gas By Hiroko TabuchiOct. 16, 2019 When leaders from Exxon Mobil and BP gathered last month with other fossil-fuel executives to declare they were serious about…
Guest Yogi Berra-ism by David Middleton NEW YORK (AP) — Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday. Sea levels are rising at an ever-faster rate as ice and snow shrink, and oceans are getting more acidic…
Guest smack-down by David Middleton There was a time that I had a fair bit of respect for Dr. Novella. Climate Change Is AcceleratingPublished by Steven Novella under General Science Have you ever traveled with a large group of friends? When a group gets beyond a certain “critical mass” it becomes geometrically more difficult to make decisions. Even…
Guest “you can’t get there from here” by David Middleton 16 Sep 2019 | 14:45 GMTHow Inexpensive Must Energy Storage Be for Utilities to Switch to 100 Percent Renewables?MIT researchers list the energy storage technologies that could enable a 100 percent renewable grid By Prachi Patel […] Electricity and heat production are the largest sources of greenhouse…