Three years ago a friend of mine who’s a District Court Judge asked me if I would be guest speaker at the annual DCJ shindig, scheduled that year for the Hilton in Taupo. Despite a feeling of significant intellectual inferiority, I accepted on the condition that all I would talk about were personal experiences from…
PETER WILLIAMS: Supreme Court decision astounding
PETER WILLIAMS: Supreme Court decision astounding
09 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate activists
Jury finds in favor of Michael Mann in defamation lawsuit against Mark Steyn, Rand Simberg
09 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: defamation, free speech, regressive left
The jury awarded Mann $1 in compensatory damages from each plaintiff. It also awarded $1,000 in punitive damages from Simberg and $1 million from Steyn.
Jury finds in favor of Michael Mann in defamation lawsuit against Mark Steyn, Rand Simberg
UK’s Wind Industry Will Pocket £3 Billion In Subsidies For Producing Nothing At All
08 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: wind power
The ‘constraint payments’ paid to wind power outfits are commercial extortion, where the (occasional) producer claims a fee for producing absolutely nothing, at all. The honourable kidnapper at least hands over his victim when he gets the cash and there’s something to show for the exchange. In this case, the victims are unwitting taxpayers and […]
UK’s Wind Industry Will Pocket £3 Billion In Subsidies For Producing Nothing At All
The Govt’s Version Of EV Facts
08 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood Yesterday’s BBC article about the Lords bemoaning “misinformation” about EVs mentioned this govt website, which supposedly offers us the truth. In fact it is pure gaslighting, trying to convince people that the facts say something which they don’t: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electric-vehicles-costs-charging-and-infrastructure/electric-vehicles-costs-charging-and-infrastructure Let’s run through some of the Q & As:
The Govt’s Version Of EV Facts
Wood Pellets Aren’t CO2 Neutral, Emit More Than Coal… Double Of Natural Gas
08 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Wood emits double the CO2 that natural gas does. Never mind the particulates burning wood entails.
Wood Pellets Aren’t CO2 Neutral, Emit More Than Coal… Double Of Natural Gas
Germany’s dream of building a fleet of hydrogen-fired power plants is faltering
08 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Germany
“If these turbines are only supposed to run when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing, then they will be extremely expensive,” he added.
Germany’s dream of building a fleet of hydrogen-fired power plants is faltering
RE Reverse: 2024 Marks Beginning Of The End For Wind & Solar Transition
07 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: renewable energy, solar power, wind power
The closer countries get to the wind and solar transition, the faster they retreat from it. Across Europe, renewable energy targets have been ditched and replaced with policies built around always-on nuclear power. Finland, Sweden, France and Britain, for starters. Wind turbine and solar panel manufacturers are bleeding cash and their share values have been […]
RE Reverse: 2024 Marks Beginning Of The End For Wind & Solar Transition
The West’s humiliating electric car climbdown has begun
07 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood Ambitious plans for an electrification-led industrial revolution are in full-scale retreat France’s President Macron had a plan to make millions of electric vehicles a year. Chancellor Scholz planned to put 15 million on Germany’s roads by 2030. President Biden trumped the lot with a $174bn (£138bn) plan to make […]
The West’s humiliating electric car climbdown has begun
EU mulls emergency aid for collapsing solar producers
05 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: European Union, solar power
By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler New Green Jobs Update! BRUSSELS — The European Commission is in early-stage talks on emergency measures to buoy drowning EU solar manufacturers who say Chinese subsidies are suffocating the industry, according to two people familiar with the matter. On Monday, the Commission will make a […]
EU mulls emergency aid for collapsing solar producers
Net Zero Not Only Inhuman, It’s Also Ecocidal
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
Environmental Laws That Impeded Pipelines For Years Could Trip Up Biden’s Sprint Toward Offshore Wind
04 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
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
UPDATE: Australians March On Canberra For Reliable Power – 6 February 2024
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
Two model-observation comparisons confirm: CMIP6 models run too hot
03 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
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
Prosperity Essentials: Why Coal, Oil & Gas Keep Delivering Heaven on Earth
31 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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
Renewables Targets Scrapped: Britain Joins French Nuclear Power Generation Renaissance
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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