Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
04 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Roger Palmer speaks quietly, but with the force of knowledge and logic on the subject of global warming/climate change. Two expressions of his perspective are presented here: firstly a brief video and transcript, and secondly excerpts from his 2024 paper. Transcript in italics with my bolds and added images. H/T Raymond Inauen 1. Trust Climate […]
Net Zero Not Only Inhuman, It’s Also Ecocidal
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in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
Environmental rules and regulations that activists have used for years to drown disfavored infrastructure projects in litigation are now threatening a key pillar of President Joe Biden’s massive climate agenda.
Environmental Laws That Impeded Pipelines For Years Could Trip Up Biden’s Sprint Toward Offshore Wind
03 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Australia
On Tuesday next, thousands of Australian advocates for reliable and affordable power will march on the Nation’s capital, Canberra (the rally starts at 10am). One of the drivers of the March, Grant Piper recently gave this interview with Topher Field. Grant clearly knows the ground on which the battle has to be one: viz, attacking […]
UPDATE: Australians March On Canberra For Reliable Power – 6 February 2024
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in econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
By Frank Bosse and Nic Lewis A recent article by Roy Spencer was (strongly) criticized by Gavin Schmidt over at “Real Climate”. In the summary Gavin S. wrote: “Spencer’s shenanigans are designed to mislead readers about the likely sources of any discrepancies and to imply that climate modelers are uninterested in such comparisons – and…
Two model-observation comparisons confirm: CMIP6 models run too hot
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in development economics, economic history, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles Tags: life expectancies, The Great Enrichment
Coal, then oil and gas, have driven the mechanization and industrialisation responsible for lifting billions out of agrarian poverty, and all in the space of little more than a century. As a band of miserable misanthropes would have it, oil, coal and gas are an unadulterated evil to be driven back to the earthly depths […]
Prosperity Essentials: Why Coal, Oil & Gas Keep Delivering Heaven on Earth
28 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: atomic energy, celebrity technologies, wind power
The French are just the latest European power to ditch ludicrous wind and solar generation targets in favour of nuclear power. And Britain is lining up to do much the same. Both have adopted net zero carbon oxide gas emissions targets, and the only way of meeting them is safe, reliable and affordable nuclear power. […]
Renewables Targets Scrapped: Britain Joins French Nuclear Power Generation Renaissance
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in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Daniel W. Nebert writes at American Thinker Today’s ‘Climate Crisis’ Is a Fairy Tale. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. For the past 35 years, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned us that emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, predominantly carbon dioxide (CO2), are causing dangerous […]
Real Science Guy: Climate Crisis Imaginary
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: energy poverty
You’ll own nothing and be happy, and you’ll feel pure bliss, freezing or boiling in the dark. Well, that’s what the wind and solar transition mob would have you believe. However, the likelihood of feeling happy or grateful living in a world without reliable and affordable power is pretty low. Electricity is one of those […]
Transition to Miserable Poverty: Net Zero Targets Designed So You Live With Nothing
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: road safety
By Paul Homewood Another electric bus fire in London. This is Putney Bus Garage: https://twitter.com/ediz1975/status/1750116346606633023 The story has also been covered in the The Standard here.
Third Electric Bus Fire In London This Month
27 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood Roy Spencer has written a long, detailed critique of climate models: https://www.heritage.org/environment/report/global-warming-observations-vs-climate-models The full report is worth reading, but his key graph and conclusions are below:
Global Warming: Observations vs. Climate Models
27 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, Germany, wind power
The policies of (worst ever) Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Green Party) are leading the German economy to disaster.
Germany: “Renewable Energy Sector Facing The Abyss”…”On The Brink” …Economy Breaking Up
26 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
We need to know.
Andrew Montford: Does the Climate Change Committee understand the energy storage problem?
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in economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
24 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: electric bikes
They claimed 18 lives and caused 150 injuries, with fatalities increasing 200 per cent in 2023.
Electric bikes start record number of fires in New York
22 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic growth, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, macroeconomics Tags: climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby Even climatologists are beginning to realise that the emperor has no clothes! Economic growth as we know it is impossible if governments shift to 100 per cent renewable energy, a renowned French climatologist has said. Jean-Marc Jancovici, the author of World Without End, the […]
Shift to renewable energy would make economic growth impossible, says expert
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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