Emeritus Professor of Engineering Mike Kelly has published a paper estimating the costs to New Zealand to achieve net zero emissions. He says three major projects would need to be completed: And this has to be done within the next 26 years. The electricity sector would need to grow from 155 PJ to 425 PJ. […]
The cost of net zero
The cost of net zero
21 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: climate alarmism
Aussie Security Committee Madness: Spy Agency Chiefs Kicked Out, Replaced by Climate Head
20 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
Imagine if the CIA and FBI were disinvited from the US National Security Council, and replaced by the head of the EPA. Because this is the grotesque level of government incompetence Aussies are enduring.
Aussie Security Committee Madness: Spy Agency Chiefs Kicked Out, Replaced by Climate Head
Aussie Green Party Leader Used Private Jets, Expensed $1 Million to Taxpayers
13 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: climate alarmism
Aussie Greens Leader Adam Bandt flew a private jet to give a speech on the evils of fossil fuel.
Aussie Green Party Leader Used Private Jets, Expensed $1 Million to Taxpayers
Environmentalism Perverted by Climatism
08 Mar 2024 1 Comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of climate change, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, growth miracles, law and economics, liberalism, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, property rights Tags: climate alarmism, free speech, regressive left, The Great Enrichment
J. Scott Turner explains how the roots of environmental stewardship were poisoned, resulting in the perverted modern decarbonization movement. His Spectator Australia article is Environmentalism: from concern about clean air to throwing soup at the Mona Lisa. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. H/T John Ray Garrett Hardin was a professor of biology […]
Environmentalism Perverted by Climatism
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
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
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
‘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
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05 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate activists, climate alarmism
Climate alarmism
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in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics Tags: air pollution, climate alarmism, indoor air pollution, life expectancies
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
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02 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Climatists Mistake Means for Ends
21 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Roy Gilbert exposes the fundamental mistaken thinking regarded global warming/climate change. His Spectator Australia article is Conceptual Error in Climate Change Analysis. H/T John Ray Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. It is often said that the ‘science is in on climate change’. Is it? We should always adhere to the principle […]
Climatists Mistake Means for Ends
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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