Starmer’s Surrender To Brussels Will Force Up Energy Bills

By Paul Homewood   I have been warning about this for a while:   From The Telegraph:     Tying carbon credits scheme to one used by Brussels will push up cost of electricity, say critics Sir Keir Starmer is to join a European Union net zero scheme as soon as next month in a […]

Starmer’s Surrender To Brussels Will Force Up Energy Bills

Climate Change Weekly # 540 — ‘Cheap’ Wind and Solar Raise Electricity Prices

Multiple studies have demonstrated wind and solar power remain more expensive than historically traditional sources of electricity, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydropower, and Energy Information Administration data back that up—disproving claims by renewable energy profiteers and their lobbying groups. As coal plants have been prematurely retired and replaced by wind and solar, prices have risen and reliability has declined. The greater the forced (through renewable mandates) or incentivized (through subsidies, tax breaks, and tax credits) incursion of wind and solar into a state’s electric power supply, the higher and faster the costs rise.

Climate Change Weekly # 540 — ‘Cheap’ Wind and Solar Raise Electricity Prices

Norway’s Political Earthquake: A Backstop No More

After decades of quietly footing the bill for Europe’s grand energy experiments, it appears Norway has finally decided to walk off the stage — or at the very least, slam the door shut on a few cross-border power cables on the way out.

Norway’s Political Earthquake: A Backstop No More

Climate Crisis Talk Obscures Reality

Edward Ring writes at American Greatness Challenging the Climate Crisis Narrative.  Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The climate crisis narrative ignores real issues like poor infrastructure and overpopulation, pushing costly policies that hurt economies while failing to improve resilience. According to the United Nations, “Climate change is a global emergency that […]

Climate Crisis Talk Obscures Reality

‘Just Stop Oil’ … Stops

“Little doubt that civil disobedience makes the perpetrator feel virtuous. But the anti-CO2, anti-industrialization movement is at war with society, reality, and itself. This fringe is urged to question a false cause with study and reflection … Real environmentalism please!”

‘Just Stop Oil’ … Stops

Fast Track to Poverty: Green Energy

At his blog, Matt Ridley explains How the Green Energy Transition Makes You Poorer. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. Crony capitalism at work A leaked government analysis has found that Net Zero could crash the economy, reducing GDP by a massive 10% by 2030. Yet the spectacular thing about this analysis […]

Fast Track to Poverty: Green Energy

UK Car Industry At Risk From EV Mandates

By Paul Homewood The Telegraph report:   Overly ambitious sales targets and new taxes on electric vehicles (EVs) are putting more UK car plants at risk of closure, manufacturers have warned.

UK Car Industry At Risk From EV Mandates

UK report: Wind won’t work without storage 

As if we didn’t know…’A large increase in energy storage will be critical to ensuring a clean power system by 2030′ – ELN summary. Two problems there: it’s unaffordable and impractical. Using words like ‘must’ and ‘critical’ is just foot-stamping, leading nowhere. Where would all the storage come from in that timescale, or any timescale […]

UK report: Wind won’t work without storage 

Trump’s Energy Secretary Offers Africa Freedom from Biden’s Climate Imperialism

“It’s a paternalistic post-colonial attitude that I just can’t stand,” Wright said of the climate evangelism that sought to force others to abandon fossil fuels and adopt largely useless technologies like solar and wind energy.

Trump’s Energy Secretary Offers Africa Freedom from Biden’s Climate Imperialism

Climate change can teach children about race, national curriculum review told

By Paul Homewood   h/t Ian Cunningham   Proof that the climate agenda was never really about climate:   From the Telegraph:     Climate change can be used to teach children about race, a national curriculum review has been told. Global warming should be used to allow teachers and pupils to “explore conversations about […]

Climate change can teach children about race, national curriculum review told

The Eyewatering Cost Of Heat Pumps

By Paul Homewood     h/t Ian Cunningham     Heat pumps were supposed to coming down in price, we were told. Instead the opposite has occurred. The Telegraph report: “The cost of fitting a heat pump has risen by a third in six years despite generous government grants – leading critics to accuse installers […]

The Eyewatering Cost Of Heat Pumps

US Supreme Court Rejects Long Running Youth Climate Lawsuit

Bye bye Juliana v. United States.

US Supreme Court Rejects Long Running Youth Climate Lawsuit

Medieval Warm Period Undeniable, Pronounced In Antarctica And Poland, 2 New Studies Show

The two new studies from Antarctica and Poland indicate that the natural climate factors still need to be much better understood in order to be able to incorporate them faithfully into climate models. Currently, the simulations do not attribute a major role to natural climate events, which is a serious mistake.

Medieval Warm Period Undeniable, Pronounced In Antarctica And Poland, 2 New Studies Show

Beware: Flawed Energy Assumptions Incite Delusional Scenarios

Mark P. Mills and Neil Atkinson blow the whistle on projections written in International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest report, the World Energy Outlook.  Below is the announcement of the report findings, key exhibits and Executive summary, excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. Link to full study at the end. Overview Industry players […]

Beware: Flawed Energy Assumptions Incite Delusional Scenarios

Mann loses 99.5% of his damages

Climate scientist Michael Mann won $1 million in a defamation lawsuit against writer Mark Steyn. However the damages have been reduced to $5,000 due to false claims by Mann about lost grants. Some extracts from the recent court ruling: It seems Dr Mann has done more damage to his own reputation through this lawsuit, than […]

Mann loses 99.5% of his damages

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