In COP 28, the moderates won, and the radical alarmists lost, wasting everybody’s time in the process. The actual negotiations got no press. It was noise all the way down.
COP 28: The radicals lose again
COP 28: The radicals lose again
15 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
COP28 Optics: Deal to “Transition Away” not “Phase Out” Fossil Fuels
14 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles
Once again equivocation rules climatists. After the uproar over demands to “phase out” hydrocarbon fuel, the wording was changed to say “transition away.” Thus the divide is papered over while alarmists claim agreement was reached to “leave it in the ground.” Others will point to language such as “transition away in a just, orderly and […]
COP28 Optics: Deal to “Transition Away” not “Phase Out” Fossil Fuels
‘Green Energy’ Dream Collides With Harsh Reality: Wind & Solar Just Don’t Work
13 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
When so-called ‘sustainable’ investment funds pull the plug on wind and solar, you know the party’s over. As 2023 closes out, ‘green’ energy investors are facing a brutal and harsh reality: wind and solar will never amount to meaningful power sources. Worse still, governments backing the grand wind and solar transition are having a hard […]
‘Green Energy’ Dream Collides With Harsh Reality: Wind & Solar Just Don’t Work
No, Media, ‘Catastrophic Climate Tipping Points’ are Nothing to Worry About
13 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
…the claimed dangers are based on climate model projections, not actual cause and effect connections demonstrated by data.
No, Media, ‘Catastrophic Climate Tipping Points’ are Nothing to Worry About
CNN: ‘It’s time to limit how often we can travel abroad – ‘Carbon Passports’ may be the answer’ – ‘Drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable’ – Suggests restrictions will be ‘forced’ upon public
12 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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Dear Citizen 1138, we regret to inform you that your request to travel has been denied as you have reached the limit of your carbon allowance for this period.
CNN: ‘It’s time to limit how often we can travel abroad – ‘Carbon Passports’ may be the answer’ – ‘Drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable’ – Suggests restrictions will be ‘forced’ upon public
Economic Euthanasia: Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Means Energy Poverty Everywhere
12 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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Once upon a time, the object was delivering power to everyone, everywhere, all the time. Not anymore. Chaotically delivered and heavily subsidised wind and solar have another object, and it is not one that their proponents dare speak of. If delivering reliable and affordable power were the object, then no one would be talking about […]
Economic Euthanasia: Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Means Energy Poverty Everywhere
Russia Reels From -60°C Cold Blast… And Munich Breaks December Snow Record
11 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
In early December, the Arctic practically spread to Russia (and Europe), see following chart:
Russia Reels From -60°C Cold Blast… And Munich Breaks December Snow Record
Unprecedented mass gain over the Antarctic ice sheet between 2021 and 2022 caused by large precipitation anomalies
11 Dec 2023 1 Comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
During this period, the mass gain over the East AIS and Antarctic Peninsula was unprecedented within the past two decades
Unprecedented mass gain over the Antarctic ice sheet between 2021 and 2022 caused by large precipitation anomalies
All very small and short ranged
11 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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COP28: Who Matters? — Follow-up
11 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
“China having a higher share of renewables each year, while also having a massive growth in overall electricity consumption. … What does this tell us about the type and amount of capacity they add each year?” and some discussion followed as to whether China was increasing coal faster than renewables or vice-versa.
COP28: Who Matters? — Follow-up
Big Climate, Internally Conflicted, Descending into Farce
10 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
e Raymond J. de Souza asksa good question at National Post: Is Big Climate over? That would be good for the environment. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. Backing away from absurd, grandiose policies would shift attention toward more practical measures Is the era of Big Climate over? It may be that […]
Big Climate, Internally Conflicted, Descending into Farce
Global CO2 Emissions Likely To Rise Through 2050–US EIA
09 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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By Paul Homewood By 2050, energy-related CO2 emissions vary between a 2% decrease and a 34% increase compared with 2022 in all cases we modeled. Growing populations and incomes increase fossil fuel consumption and emissions, particularly in the industrial and electric power sectors. These trends offset emissions reductions from improved energy efficiency, lower […]
Global CO2 Emissions Likely To Rise Through 2050–US EIA
The Oil Demand Outlook COP28 Leaders Would Hate
08 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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The 28th UN-sponsored attempt to reduce global ’emissions’, in line with its pet climate theories, stares its own failure in the face as emissions keep going up. The renewables industry is running fast to stand still in terms of making a global dent in oil usage, for example. Imposition of ‘net zero’ policies may impact […]
The Oil Demand Outlook COP28 Leaders Would Hate
Many Countries Don’t Accurately Report Emissions
08 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles
By Paul Homewood Electricity generation in China and India, and oil and gas production in the US, have produced the biggest increases in global greenhouse gas emissions since 2015, when the Paris climate agreement was signed, new data has shown. Emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, […]
Many Countries Don’t Accurately Report Emissions
Roundup of Non-Green Election Winners
08 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
The story is from Spectator Australia (pay walled) by way of John Ray’s blog ‘Dinosaurs’ rise from the ashes of green madness. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The science journal Nature has reacted badly to the Argentine president-elect’s pledge to take a chainsaw to public spending. Javier Milei, who describes global […]
Roundup of Non-Green Election Winners
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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