…the pontifical leap to decry climate skepticism smacks of misplaced priorities of fanaticism.
Pontifical Pronouncements: A Case Study in Climate Change Dogma
Pontifical Pronouncements: A Case Study in Climate Change Dogma
28 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Claim: Global Warming is Spreading Malaria and Dengue to Europe
27 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, environmental economics, global warming, health economics Tags: climate alarmism
Famous British playwright William Shakespeare wrote about endemic Malaria in Britain in the 1500s. Malaria was the scourge of Scandinavia and Russia right up until the 20th century. But this has not stopped greens falsely claiming Malaria is a disease of warm climates.
Claim: Global Warming is Spreading Malaria and Dengue to Europe
Wind Power Scarcity Data Analysis
27 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
By Paul Homewood One of my regular contacts has analysed wind power data over the last five years, using the official half-hourly National Grid data. The analysis highlights just how intermittent wind power can be: https://www.nationalgrideso.com/data-portal/historic-generation-mix/historic_gb_generation_mix
Wind Power Scarcity Data Analysis
The @billmckibben Integrity Test
27 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Almost without fail every time there is some oddball or unique weather event, climate alarmists immediately rushed to blame it on climate change whether or not there’s any facts to support it. Such is the case with Uber alarmist bill McKinnon founder of 350 dot org as well as “third act” and a supporter of […]
The @billmckibben Integrity Test
Grand Solar Power Rush Ends With Panels Being Used As Garden Fencing
26 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: solar power
A decade from now, the wind and solar transition will resemble Alice’s trip down the rabbit hole – a place inhabited by lunatics and where nothing makes sense. Massive and seemingly endless subsidies have perverted the ordinary signals that free and open markets deliver. In Europe, the grand wind and solar rush has come to […]
Grand Solar Power Rush Ends With Panels Being Used As Garden Fencing
Climate Models Not Scientific
25 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Paul Sutton explains in his Daily Sceptic article There’s Nothing “Scientific” About Climate Models. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. On Sunday’s BBC Politics, Luke Johnson asked for evidence that the recent Dubai flooding was due to climate change. Chris Packham glibly responded: “It comes from something called science.” This simply highlighted […]
Climate Models Not Scientific
Is Climate Change to Blame for Natural Disasters? The Science and Politics of Extreme Weather
25 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
The West’s electric car giants now risk destroying themselves
25 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness It’s nice to see that Ben Marlow has finally woken up to reality, after years of promoting Net Zero: For an industry built on the quiet purr of its expensive technology, the sound of the electric car market screeching to a halt is too loud not […]
The West’s electric car giants now risk destroying themselves
Bjorge brings calm to climate conversation
24 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Still no prudential regulation case around climate change
24 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, environmental economics, environmentalism, financial economics, global warming, industrial organisation, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: climate alarmism
Eric Crampton writes – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand desperately wants to find reasons to have workstreams in climate change. It makes little sense.
Still no prudential regulation case around climate change
The War On Cars
24 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, public economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars
In a fit of self-loathing, the European Union has begun to destroy the economic engine that pays its bills. Some of this is well known, but some is not, and it will astonish you.
The War On Cars
Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World
23 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, history of economic thought, income redistribution, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: anticapitalist mentality, capitalism and freedom
Eco-Loons War on Productive Working Class
22 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Brendan O’Neill writes at Spiked Greta’s class war. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The green ideology is the enemy of working people. It was like a case study in indifference. There was privileged Gen Zer Greta Thunberg and other Euro eco-brats smiling and flicking peace signs as they called on the […]
Eco-Loons War on Productive Working Class
Scotland to ditch key climate change target
21 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Scotland
By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public The Scottish government is to ditch its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.
Scotland to ditch key climate change target
Wash Post admits reality: ‘Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power’ – U.S. ‘power grid’ being pushed ‘to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up’ – ‘It is staggering’ – But WaPo frets energy shortage ‘threatens to stifle the transition to cleaner energy’
20 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA
It makes you scratch your head and wonder how we ended up in this situation.
Wash Post admits reality: ‘Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power’ – U.S. ‘power grid’ being pushed ‘to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up’ – ‘It is staggering’ – But WaPo frets energy shortage ‘threatens to stifle the transition to cleaner energy’
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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