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in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, wind power
By Paul Homewood FES 2024 As well as the problem of not having enough wind power at times, there is also the issue of having too much at other times. Consequently we have to pay generators to switch off. The National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios this year estimated that 42.5 TWh would have […]
The Problem Of Too Much Wind
12 Sep 2024 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, fisheries economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, resource economics Tags: nuisance suits
Notably, oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico is less carbon-intensive than oil produced elsewhere; one May 2023 analysis commissioned by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) found that oil extracted offshore in the Gulf of Mexico is 46% less carbon-intensive than the global average excluding the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s How One Biden-Appointed Judge’s Ruling Could Bring Drilling in Gulf of Mexico to A Halt
11 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election, solar power, wind power
KamalaHarris hasn’t “moderated” on climate issues. She doubles down on “climate crisis” narrative, still supports net-zero energy policies that will harm grid stability, agriculture, and all energy-related sectors. Nor does she regret her IRA vote.
VP Harris hasn’t ‘moderated’ on climate issues – She doubles down on ‘climate crisis’ narrative, still supports net-zero policies that will harm grids, U.S. farming, and domestic energy
07 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in environmentalism, politics - New Zealand, transport economics
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in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby Volvo has ditched plans to sell only electric cars by 2030 amid waning demand for battery powered vehicles. The Swedish carmaker blamed the move on changing market conditions, amid fears many of the public continue to prefer petrol and diesel models. It comes as major […]
Volvo ditches electric car plans
15 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics Tags: climate activists
If NGOs or collection campaigns don’t help out, the climate-blocking criminal could end up in prison as a substitute. How many years would that amount to?
Globe-Trotting Climate Activist Fined 100,000 Euros After Blocking Frankfurt Airport
15 Aug 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: British politics, climate activists, Internet
By Paul Homewood Guido has news on the batch of SpAds advising the clueless Ed Miliband. Their extreme backgrounds are s concerning as Miliband’s own. The fact that he has picked these says it all.
Ed Miliband’s Hard Left Policy Team
13 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: anti-GMOs movement, Anti-Science left, regressive left
Judith Collins announced: The Government is ending New Zealand’s nearly 30-year ban on gene technology outside the lab in a move which will bring health, productivity and climate gains for New Zealanders. Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins today announced legislation ending the ban and implementing a dedicated regulator to oversee applications to use […]
Finally sanity on GE
12 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism Tags: green washing
“… Organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund are laundering the meat industry’s propaganda. …”
Climate Activists Eating Their Own? Vox Accuses WWF of Greenwashing the Meat Industry
08 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
Meanwhile petrol and diesel engine car sales have risen 24% and 20% respectively.
Germany Green Transition Collapse: Electric Vehicle Sales Plummet 47% In First Half of This Year!
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in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
Roger Pielke Jr. explains at his blog Why Climate Misinformation Persists. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. H/T John Ray Noble Lies, Conventional Wisdom, and Luxury Beliefs In 2001, I participated in a roundtable discussion hosted at the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with a group of U.S. Senators, […]
Roots of Climate Change Distortions
06 Aug 2024 1 Comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, environmentalism, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, urban economics
New Zealand citizen, Peter Thiel, who is one of the world’s richest men, and business associate of Elon Musk, has had his house application in Wanaka rejected on appeal by the Environment Court. Theil was the first investor in Shane Legg’s company, Deep Mind, which started the Artificial Intelligence revolution. Legg is a former student…
Did a Christchurch Environment Judge called Prudence just end NZ’s Dreams of higher tech-based productivity growth that would’ve fixed our health system & ended poverty?
06 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: solar power, wind power
The question is whether those people can be awakened before the blackouts hit.
Weighing N.Y.’s Climate Statute
04 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: civil disobedience, climate activists, climate alarmism, crime and punishment, law and order
American voters who have bought tote bags decorated with pictures of Mrs Clinton or sweatshirts promoting abortion rights have inadvertently funded disruption in the UK.
Exposing the Financial Web: Clinton-Run Organizations Funding Climate Activists
03 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
According to Wikipedia: ‘The 100,000-year problem refers to the lack of an obvious explanation for the periodicity of ice ages at roughly 100,000 years for the past million years, but not before, when the dominant periodicity corresponded to 41,000 years. The unexplained transition between the two periodicity regimes is known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, dated […]
Mid-Pleistocene climate transition (aka the 100,000 year problem) triggered by Antarctic Ice Sheet growth, say researchers
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