As an amateur psychologist, I know that humans are susceptible to manias. I also know that humans tend to focus on tiny slivers of time and on tiny slivers of geographical place when forming ideas and opinions. We are also extremely malleable and easily fooled, as was demonstrated in 2020 and 2021
Twelve Reasons Why I Don’t Believe There’s a Climate Emergency
Twelve Reasons Why I Don’t Believe There’s a Climate Emergency
18 Jun 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Nigel Farage on Net Zero: “The Whole Thing is about Charging Us More Money”
18 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics
Farage leads Reform UK, a party which recently pulled ahead of the governing Conservatives in the polls, and stands a real chance of becoming the second largest party in the next British parliament.
Nigel Farage on Net Zero: “The Whole Thing is about Charging Us More Money”
Study: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Could be Powered by Renewables
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
The diesel generator would only be needed for “backup”.
Study: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Could be Powered by Renewables
Germany May Sales Of Electric Cars Plummet 30.6% Compared To Year Earlier
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars, Germany
CO2 emissions of new German cars also rose 3.3%…indicating the green transition has stalled and is reversing.
Germany May Sales Of Electric Cars Plummet 30.6% Compared To Year Earlier
The Truth about Wind Power and the 2022 UK Gas Crisis
16 Jun 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: renewable energy, wind power
There is a pervasive belief among green policy adherents that wind power saved the UK hundreds of millions during the natural gas crisis brought on by the disruption of gas flow to Europe from Russia.
The Truth about Wind Power and the 2022 UK Gas Crisis
Fossil Fuels Remain The Future. VW To Invest 60 Billion Euros In Combustion Engines!
15 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars, Germany
…customers are tired of being told what to buy and what rules to follow.
Fossil Fuels Remain The Future. VW To Invest 60 Billion Euros In Combustion Engines!
Legal challenge made over ‘net zero’ power plant
15 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood One more reason why the Net Zero Act must be cancelled. The UK’s energy security is far too important to be put at the whim of a judge and an eco-nutjob, who is no doubt funded by far left eco groups. (It is an extremely expensive process going to judicial review, […]
Legal challenge made over ‘net zero’ power plant
Starmer risks losing support for fighting climate change
14 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics, solar power, wind power
By Paul Homewood The general election is now dominating our national life, generating wall-to-wall media coverage. But while dramas such as Nigel Farage’s decision to stand in Clacton, Rishi Sunak’s D-Day blunder and the first two television debates dominate the headlines, far less noticed was Labour’s energy policy announcement. Party leader Sir […]
Starmer risks losing support for fighting climate change
Windless nights make net zero impossible
13 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
It is very simple. The cost of storing electricity is so huge it makes getting through a single windless night under a net zero wind, solar, and storage plan economically impossible.
Windless nights make net zero impossible
New Report Reveals Massive Scale of Green Billionaire Funding of ‘Climate Emergency’ Reporting in Mainstream Media
13 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
…there might be some concern that another science-lite campaign could eventually lead to more grovelling public accountability, laughable scorn and diminished credibility.
New Report Reveals Massive Scale of Green Billionaire Funding of ‘Climate Emergency’ Reporting in Mainstream Media
How Jacinda Ardern left New Zealand on the brink of blackouts
13 Jun 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood Sir Keir Starmer is standing by a pledge to ban new drilling in the North Sea, despite New Zealand abandoning a similar policy amid blackout fears. Labour’s manifesto, due out on Thursday, will feature a pledge to block all new licensing for oil and gas as one of its key […]
How Jacinda Ardern left New Zealand on the brink of blackouts
Is Paris About to Leave the Paris Agreement?
12 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: France
President Macron has called a snap parliamentary election after devastating losses to right wing challenger Marine Le Penn in recent European elections.
Is Paris About to Leave the Paris Agreement?
Expert advice
11 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: carbon trading
There are a few things you’d hope would be common knowledge about the Emissions Trading Scheme.For example, the scheme caps net emissions. If emissions go down in one sector, another sector’s emitters can buy the slightly-cheaper NZUs and use them. The only thing that reduces net emissions in the covered sector is government auctioning or…
Expert advice
Net zero by 2050 is simply not happening
09 Jun 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby Few energy analysts enjoy the level of global respect accorded to Vaclav Smil, a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba and a best-selling author of 47 books. Whenever Smil publishes something new, people in the energy space pay attention. That’s certainly the case with […]
Net zero by 2050 is simply not happening
The rich will soon pay a heavy price for net zero
08 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood . Will net zero upend our lifestyles? Will we fly less, turn down our thermostats, become vegans? The British public are already feeling the effects – from the push to buy EVs and install heat pumps, to Ulez, low-traffic neighbourhoods and the endless restrictions on plastics. Although the UK became the first […]
The rich will soon pay a heavy price for net zero
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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