By Paul Homewood London, 5 March – In the run-up to Budget Day (6 March), a new paper by a former World Bank economist and published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation warns that the UK’s current decarbonisation timeframe is unrealistic and threatens to be economically and socially unsustainable.
Former World Bank economist warns of energy transition’s fiscal risks
Former World Bank economist warns of energy transition’s fiscal risks
08 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Population is Not Being Told the True Cost of Net Zero, Warns Former World Bank Economist
07 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
The insanity of Net Zero becomes clearer by the day.
Population is Not Being Told the True Cost of Net Zero, Warns Former World Bank Economist
France’s Economy Minister slams EU’s ‘no longer wanted’ renewable targets
07 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: France, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
So-called climate targets are once more proving to be a recipe for trouble wherever they appear. With a large nuclear fleet for its electricity generation, France is calling EU demands “the Europe we no longer want” and ignoring its directives, incurring the wagging finger of warning from Brussels. – – – The EU’s renewable energy […]
France’s Economy Minister slams EU’s ‘no longer wanted’ renewable targets
‘Very Bizarre’: Scientists Expose Major Problems With Climate Change Data
06 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
“Climate activism has become the new religion of the 21st century – heretics are not welcome and not allowed to ask questions,” says astrophysicist Willie Soon. But data manipulation, or tampering, is rife. Most climate models over-predict warming, while natural variations continue. – – – Temperature records used by climate scientists and governments to build […]
‘Very Bizarre’: Scientists Expose Major Problems With Climate Change Data
Electric Power vs. Green Goals
06 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, electric cars, wind power
From MasterResource By Steve Goreham “The green movement calls for a shutdown of coal and gas power plants. At the same time, it demands a switch to electric vehicles, electric home appliances, and green hydrogen produced by power-intensive electrolyzers. This and the AI revolution portend a breakdown of the so-called energy transition.” Twenty-three states have […]
Electric Power vs. Green Goals
#globalwarming
05 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate activists, climate alarmism
The Climate Fix Summarized in 10 Minutes
05 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Political Power Shift: More Voters Refuse to Swallow Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Lie
04 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: climate activists, solar power, wind power
Opening a crushing power bill while sitting freezing (or boiling) in the dark focuses attention on the obvious and only cause: heavily subsidised and hopelessly intermittent wind and solar. Delivered according to the whims of mother nature rather than the demands of human industry, activity and endeavour, wind and solar power were never going to […]
Political Power Shift: More Voters Refuse to Swallow Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Lie
Climate alarmism
04 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics Tags: air pollution, climate alarmism, indoor air pollution, life expectancies
Germany’s Unstable Power Grid…Coal Plants Will Be Needed “For A Very Long Time”
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: coal power, Germany, wind power
At the end of the article, Haferburg comes to the conclusion that we will continue to see coal-fired power plants in operation for a very long time.
Germany’s Unstable Power Grid…Coal Plants Will Be Needed “For A Very Long Time”
The Uncompetitive Urban Land Markets Theory of Everything
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, regulation, rentseeking, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning
The Housing Theory of Everything has one of those wonderful self-explanatory titles. A good title matters. The recent and thorough essay explains how the anglosphere’s unnecessarily expensive housing affects, well, everything. Or at least almost everything.Zoning makes it too hard to build houses where people want to build. Urban containment policies block new subdivisions, so…
The Uncompetitive Urban Land Markets Theory of Everything
Europe’s Consensus on Climate Is Crumbling
03 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
What is happening all over Europe is the first organized revolt against the green agenda.
Europe’s Consensus on Climate Is Crumbling
IPCC’s New “Hockey Stick” Temperature Graph
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their latest assessment report (AR6) in 2021. In 2023, the Clintel Foundation published a report which criticizes AR6.
IPCC’s New “Hockey Stick” Temperature Graph
New York AG Sues Beef Producer
02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, greenwashing
This is the latest in an increasing series of Greenwashing suits around the world. Some notable examples.
New York AG Sues Beef Producer
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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