LGA GW PROPAGANDA CONTINUES

The UK's Local Government Association, in its latest magazine for all councillors, has returned to its favourite topic - global warming (or climate change as they prefer to call it). Not content to print multiple articles in the magazine they have even sent us all an additional magazine, filled with exhortations to "tackle climate change". Any change it seems can be tackled - even showing a picture of winter snow to make the point.

ANOTHER POLL

Go to this link and cast your vote.

MODERN KING CANUTES

The leaders of the G8 developed nations played their own version of the famous monarch by declaring that they would "keep the world's temperature to no more than a 2 degree rise in temperature". This article in the WSJ gives the details of the latest summit where they pretend to solve the world's problems.

IMPORTANT POLL - VOTE NOW

Australia could have a very important influence on the political response to global warming. Today there is an on-line poll in a national newspaper in Oz where Al Gore is currently carrying out a number of engagements.

The poll can be reached via this link which goes to the article. There is no doubt that politicians are becoming very aware of public opinion and so polls are a very important way of geeting a message to them. - so get voting!!

UK FAMILIES PAYING FOR CO2 REDUCTION

This report in the Mail gives a preview of the government's latest measures to combat global warming (which has stopped ten years ago). Yet more pain for hard-pressed UK families in return for more wind turbines.

DEJA VU - ALL OVER AGAIN?

This report from the Times is from 2007, but apart from a few hot days at the end of June, this year seems remarkably similar, and the reason is the low position of the jet stream. I'm not pretending I can forecast the weather (I'll leave that to the Met Office), but it does seem to be a long way from the "hot dry summers" that are supposed to become the norm due to GW.

STATISTICS - HOW THEY CAN DECEIVE

Here is a very interesting article by a statistician which explains just how easy it is for statistics to be used to present results in a misleading way. Well worth a read.

BBC ARE BIASED OVER GW - PETER SISSONS

This Mail on Sunday article by Peter Sissons, a former senior BBC news presenter reveals how they are expected to give an easy ride to those propagating the man made climate change theory.

Of course this has been obvious for some time, but it is important to see it confirmed by someone who was at the heart of the organisation.

AL GORE INVOKES CHURCHILL

At the pretentiously named "World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment" in Oxford, Al Gore made a tub thumping appeal for world leaders to unite as they did against the nazis - see this article in the Mail. There was disappointement that not enough people attended to hear this one-sided bore, but why should people want to pay money to hear something they had heard a thousand times before?

Surely the whole point of a conference is to hear from all those who have a contribution to make.

UK TO HOLD CLIMATE WEEK

There is to be a climate conference here in the UK from Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October. It is to be held at the University of York by The Freedom Association (TFA) and is set to discuss all aspects of the climate debate and scrutinise the government's policies. Opportunities will be given to speakers from both sides to make their case. More details can be found on this official site.

OCEAN HEAT SUMS DON'T ADD UP TO CO2 THEORY

This report gives details of heat calculations which show that the heat taken in by the world's oceans is nowhere near enough to support the theory of global warming of the IPCC. Yet another piece of evidence that doesn't add up.

OCEAN TEMPERATURES - THE NEW LITMUS TEST

This article explains what is going on here. It seems that, despite attempts to fiddle the figure, the oceans are showing no signs of continuing to warm either.

ONE GREEN JOB FOR EVERY 2.2 LOST

Here is a very important post from the EU Referendum Blog. It highlights the experience in Spain from a recent report into so-called "green jobs" which President Obama is claiming will make up for the lost jobs from traditional industries which will be closed as a result of his CO2 emission reduction policies. The post makes grim reading for those who will be looking for work.

ROYAL SOCIETY, - WE NEED MUCH DEARER ENERGY

Not the most popular slogan, but this report shows the thinking in the latest report. I doubt if any political party will run on such a slogan, but will they repudiate it?

US CLIMATE BILL TO RAISE PRICES AND ENCOURAGE IMPORTS

This article explains how the bill will, in effect, tax home-refined fuel twice while imported fuel only once. This will destroy home jobs and drive up prices. Yet more unintended consequences of the hopeless quest to control climate.

BROWN IN BID TO "SAVE THE PLANET"

Yes, that's right, Gordon Brown is again poised to save us according to this article in the Telegraph. He plans to persuade the West to set up a fund of £100 billion of our hard-earned taxes and give it to the developing world. I hope you are feeling suitably grateful!

RUSSIA SETS SOFT CLIMATE GOALS

Russia has set soft CO2 reduction targets as this report explains. No wonder they pretend to support the new climate religion, when they can get off so lightly.

SCOTLAND TO CUT CO2 EMISSIONS BY 42% BY 2020

Yes, brave little Scotland has agreed, unilaterally, to double the target of the UK government in a bold, though futile, attempt to "save the planet". No doubt the Scottish people will be suitably grateful when the jobs disappear and the lights go out. You can read the details here.

MORE PROPAGANDA TO STOP NEW COAL POWER STATION

The World Development Movement (WDM - yet another well funded NGO which hardly anyone has heard of!) is holding a demonstration today at the Kingsnorth power station to protest against the proposal to build a new coal-fired power station on the site. You can read the claims they are making here. They are based on nothing more than guesswork using data which is itself completely unreliable, but the figures are obviously designed to sound scary. It is pure propaganda but where is the rebuttal? Unless these kind of things are rebutted then they will be believed by the gullible and uninformed. I bet there are no demonstrations in favour of building a new plant, yet without new plants the electricity supply will become unreliable and the lights will go out. Only then will the public wake up - when the damage has been done and it's too late.

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EXPERTS QUESTIONED OVER GW

This detailed report from the website of Australian Senator, Steve Fielding, gives a real insight into the thinking of governments on this vital issue. Read for yourself the very straightforward questions that Senator Fielding and his team of experts put to the Australian Climate Change Minister, Penny Wong, and her scientific advisers. I doubt that any other government minister would have given any very different answers. Once again this exchange highlights the very sketchy evidence of CO2 causing serious warming on which governments are prepared to push such costly measures on their peoples.

MORE ON THE MYSTIC MET OFFICE PREDICTIONS

Further to my earlier article on this,This article gives another account of the recent UK detailed climate predictions for the coming century. There is another take on it here. I think theses predictions will prove a step too far for the public to accept, as they are even more catastrophic than those from the IPCC. The difference between forecast and reality is becoming more apparent as each new forecast of apocalypse comes out.

US THREATENS TRADE WAR OVER EMISSIONS

This article explains the implications of imposing CO2 emissions policies. The result is a lose-lose situation. High prices and taxes at home and a trade war with nations abroad. For further common sense on this issue read this account.

WORST HOTEL - GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Here is an amusing article with a short video advert which portrays the lack of amenities as being positive for the environment. Amazingly the hotel is successful - presumably because it is very cheap! Or maybe it is full of eco-warriors.

UK GOVERNMENT IN MASSIVE LEAFLET CAMPAIGN ON GW

The UK government is about to distribute millions of leaflets to schools and libraries warning of the "projected" dangers of global warming. Catastrophic floods and droughts caused by climate change could be prevented simply by putting less water in the kettle, it advises.
The details are in this report in the Telegraph. Some cynics are saying this is part of a massive propaganda exercise to soften up the public into accepting the huge costs to be imposed to implement a new agreement at the forthcoming Copenhagen conference.

REAL CLIMATE SCIENCE IGNORED IN FAVOUR OF CO2 RELIGION

This article in the Australian explains how potentially useful science is sidelined simply because it does not fit in with the paradigm of CO2 causing the climate to change.

EXPERT SCIENTIST SIDE-LINED FOR CLIMATE VIEWS

Here is yet another story about a leading scientists being shunned for expressing views contrary to the one perpetuated by the UN's IPCC body. It is even more evidence that not only are they intolerant of any other views, but they do their utmost to suppress those views. In doing so they actually do their cause no favours, as more and more people discover their behaviour and so question the whole issue more closely.

ECO TERRORISM ON THE INCREASE

We should all be concerned at these reports. The same thing is happening in the USA, with the support of climate alarmist scientist, James Hansen, it would appear. Only tough action by the police and the courts will be enough to make these lunatics think again.

Latest update - Hansen arrested!

US CLIMATE BILL PASSES CONGRESS, JUST

Here is a link to the details, including a map showing where all the votes came from. Rebels on both sides meant that the result was far from clear-cut. Things may well go the other way in the all-important senate vote.

REAL CLIMATE DEBATE IN OZ AND USA

Politicians in Australia are having a real debate on the science of climate change. See this article for details. The reason for this is that, unlike in the UK, the politicians are very divided on the issue and so sceptics cannot be marginalised and ignored. Similar things are happening in the USA, as can be seen here.

It is in the USA and Australia that the whole emission trading business could finally hit the buffers - with any luck! This will leave the EU isolated and its governments facing an embarrassing u-turn.

PLOTS AND PROPAGANDA AT THE EPA

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reported to be in turmoil over its decision to declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant. This report explains what has been going on. You will not be surprised to learn of the way in which politics is taking precedence over science, as that is what is now happening in many nations. It is good to see the truth is emerging.

JOB VACANCY

Get your CV's dusted off

Advertised in yesterday's Australian Financial Review:
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Department of Climate change:

Chief Advisor International $206,000 - $242,000

You will assist the First Assistant Secretary / Ambassador for Climate Change.

(Candidates must be able to obtain a security classification of "Top Secret" for this role !!!!!)

Also required are several positions paying $168,000 - $197,000



How much does the First Assistant Secretary / Ambassador for Climate Change earn? Unbelievable!!

UK ENERGY BILLS GO UP 23% IN A YEAR

The previous post was a prediction of the future, but this one is for the last year. Consumers are already close to their limit, so the government has got some serious thinking to do.

THE TRUE COST OF "GREEN" JOBS

Regular readers may recall the recent piece by the chairman of CSC. Here is an excellent article on EU Referendum which looks at the same issue of creating new "green" jobs to replace the traditional jobs which will become redundant as a result of extra taxes on CO2 emissions and other schemes like emission trading schemes. The problem with these government interventions is that it will be almost impossible to turn the clock back once the jobs are gone. This is not a trial. Western governments are carrying out a massive experiment using their people as guinea pigs.

MASSIVE RISE IN UK FUEL BILLS

This report in the Express gives the details. The question is - when will the people wake up to this and what will they do about it? Although some of the rise is due to increases in the cost of fossil fuels, much of it is directly caused by government and EU policies to reduce CO2 emissions. With a general election less than a year away what will the parties say about this? What is more important to them - pretending to save the planet, or getting elected?

CLIMATE REALISTS FIGHT BACK IN USA

Across the Atlantic, in the USA, There is a real battle going on for the hearts and minds of the public. See this link to the Heartlands Institute. Sadly there is no organisation here in the UK to compare with the strong, well-funded Heartlands Institute. It is certainly time that there was. We have wealthy public-spirited people like Stuart Wheeler, but they act on their own. What is needed is someone like Stuart to set up an organisation in conjunction with others, or why not fund The Freedom Association which is already doing excellent work but lacks sufficient funding to do more?

STUDY SHOWS ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF STABLE

This article explains the study. Alarmists will be desparate to discredit this study. It will be interesting to see how they try to do it.

INDIA TO INCREASE COAL PRODUCTION, EU TO AGREE TO PAY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

This article explains how the Indian government has set out its priorities. Clearly they have no intention of cutting back to "save the planet" - they are leaving that to the West, which means you and me and the rest of us paying thousands in a hopeless quest to control the climate. How many people will be willing to pay this - the government are not going to ask us, as they know the answer! But, be in no doubt, pay it we will, as you can see from this article. The politicians have already agreed the principle, it's just the details that have to be agreed. Perhaps if politicians had to pay more of the bill themselves, they wouldn't be quite so keen to give our money away. They might even start looking more closely at the science.

UK PROTESTORS FAIL TO HALT POWER PLANT

This article gives details of an attempt by green activists to shut down Kings North power station in Kent. This is the same power station that was involved in a court case in which, ludicrously, the protestors were cleared of causing criminal damage. This stupid decision must be responsible for the further damage that is being done.

EXCELLENT WEBSITE

SKEPTICS CORNER is agreat website with lots of good links and material. Well worth a look. I will add it to my list of links down the right hand side of the blog.

INTERESTING LETTER TO POLITICIANS IN USA

This link takes you to a fact-packed letter written to a US representative about the latest Cap and Trade proposed legislation. It contains a lot of useful information.

WISE WORDS FROM CARBON SENSE COALITION CHAIRMAN

“The RAT Scheme will destroy jobs, jobs, jobs.”

A statement/letter by Mr Viv Forbes, Chairman of the Carbon Sense Coalition.

13 June 2009

Any politician interested in preserving Australian jobs must vote against “The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme”. It will not change the climate, it will do nothing useful for the planet and it will destroy real jobs faster than green jobs can be created.

This deceptively misnamed bill is not about “carbon” nor about “pollution reduction” – it is designed to Ration and Tax human production of carbon dioxide (CO2). It is correctly named “the Carbon Dioxide Ration and Tax Scheme” or “the RAT Scheme” for short.

There is no human activity or business that produces zero carbon dioxide – every activity (even sleeping on the job) produces CO2, either directly or indirectly. And for Australia’s chief industries, there is no feasible alternative on the horizon. Electricity generation, transport and tourism, agriculture and food processing, mining and mineral processing, infrastructure and construction, forestry and fishing, metals and cement, electronics and appliances – all depend for most of their energy on hydro-carbons – coal, oil and gas.

Even with a crash-through program of investment in alternative energy, the base load power will still be required, with boilers charged and staff on standby to cope with the many times when there is neither sun nor wind energy available. Given time and the political will, nuclear power could take up base-load power generation (at higher costs). But that looks unlikely to occur any time soon.

The first thing the RAT Scheme will do is establish a “cap” - a ration or limit on the production of CO2. (The exact level of the cap, and the base reference year will apparently be set using a roulette wheel in Penny Wong’s office.)

The whole purpose of the cap is to force Australia’s backbone industries to reduce production of CO2 (unless of course they are exempted, but that would make the whole exercise even more pointless and unfair than it is now). There are no real alternatives available in many applications (solar aircraft? wind powered trucks? geothermal fishing trawlers?) Thus the cap must thus reduce production.

This throttling of our key industries by way of Emission ration permits will cause the first round of job layoffs. Then comes the tax whammy.

Most industries will have to pay for their cap entitlement – ie they have to pay to do what they have previously been doing for free. Even after they have paid for production up to their rationed entitlement, any business which wishes to return to its pre-Rat scheme production levels (above the cap), must buy new ration permits in a speculative Emissions Permit market. This is another tax which has to be recovered from customers, other businesses or shareholders.

The first law of fiscal policy is this: “If you tax something, less of it will be produced.” This is the real aim of the RAT Scheme and it will achieve that aim.

There are always marginal businesses in all industries. An increase in taxes will cause a few of them to close their doors or move to a more enlightened country. And there are always nervous bankers ready to pull the plug because of the extra risk in the speculative carbon trading market.

In the green new world there is also no room for new projects or new jobs in traditional industries – any new project will need to force closure of an old project by buying its Ration permits on the market.

These new and uncertain taxes on existing production will cause the second round of job losses.

Even those businesses that survive the production cap, the ration fee and the excess carbon tax, will be forced to increase their prices to recoup the extra costs. This makes them less able to compete with imports in the Australian market, or with other exporters in the world market. Countries such as India, China, Brazil and South Africa, who have no intention of embracing the shackles of a RAT Scheme, will be the chief beneficiaries. Overseas is where the real new jobs will be created.

This unfair competition from foreign firms will cause the third round of jobs layoffs.

To date we have only looked at things from the perspective of existing industry.

There is also a whole gamut of global warming policies that will directly or indirectly subsidize regulators, inspectors, auditors, lawyers, bankers, carbon traders, international conferences, and the manufacture and operation of subsidised facilities such as wind farms, solar arrays, carbon forests and facilities granted exemptions from the costs everyone else must bear.

The second law of fiscal policy is this: “If you subsidise something, you will get more of it”.

We will thus get more of these costly subsidised things – the Climate Change Industry looks like becoming the biggest industry in the world. It will compete with real industry for materials, labour and rationed energy, but will not put cheaper food on our plate, cheaper or more reliable electricity into the grid or make a net contribution to tax revenue.

The growing costs of the Climate Change Industry must filter back to the real economy, causing more job layoffs.

Three places in the world have already tested the Green Job Creation Myth – Spain and Denmark with massive wind and solar power developments and California which tries to lead the world in everything green.

All three have seen loss of jobs as industries close or relocate because of costly or unreliable electricity supply. A recent study in Spain has concluded that more than 2 real jobs were destroyed for every green job created. In addition Spain has 17% unemployment, electricity shortages, and power costs up by from 30% (homes) to 100% (businesses). Denmark is selling unreliable wind power at a loss, and California’s climate madness has caused a huge loss of jobs and tax revenue.

Surely Australia can learn from the mistakes of others and refuse to pass this dangerous legislation.

Ends. 970 words.

For more information on Green Job destruction in Spain see:this link

Viv Forbes Chairman

The Carbon Sense Coalition

MS 23 Rosewood Qld Australia 4340

0754 640 533 info@carbon-sense.com

POLITICIANS MEET WITH OPPOSING CLIMATE SCIENTISTS IN OZ

Read the details of this meeting here on Jo Nova's blog. It may not change hearts, let alone minds, but at least there was a meeting at which opposing views were put. On reading the account, one thing seemed to emerge, and that is that the alarmists do not want to discuss the science - I wonder why???

BA CHIEF PROPOSES WORLD WIDE FLIGHT TAX

British Airways Chief Executive, Willie Walsh, has proposed a carbon tax on all flights world wide. This is a very noble gesture on his part, with the passengers picking up the unquantified bill. On the other hand he could be accused of gesture politics, as it seems unlikely that any world wide agreement is going to be reached. Typical of so many of our company chiefs today, trying to appear "green", while hoping it won't happen. The trouble with this policy is that it enhances the whole global warming nonsense ever further making it more difficult to make the alternative case that global warming is nothing to do with CO2. Read the report here.

BBC FAILS TO SCRUTINISE MINISTER ON CLIMATE DATA

Just listen to this feeble effort (scroll down to 8.15) at challenging the UK climate minister, Hilary Benn, on the new detailed forecasts of climate change for the UK over the next century. No mention whatsoever of the fact that these forecasts are made using computer climate models which have failed to predict the recent nine years of decline in average world temperatures, or of their failure to predict that the atmosphere would fail to warm more than the surface temperature. The failure of the BBC to probe these so-called predictions is lamentable, as well as being a dereliction of their duty.

At least there is more of an attempt to scrutinise this in Australia, see this link to read about a politician doing some investigations of his own.

UK CLIMATE PROPAGANDA TO BRAINWASH LOCAL GOVERNMENT

This is the latest event to ensure that local government remains "on message" regarding the global warming solution. No mention here of the facts; like the warming has ceased and the globe has been cooling for nine years. No mention of anything "inconvenient". Government can never be wrong can it?

THIS BLOG CLEARED - "IT'S NOT SPAM"

Readers will be pleased to note that the blog has been given the all-clear following being reported by someone as being a "spam blog". Maybe an alarmist has been playing games.

IPCC WRONG ABOUT MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD - NEW RESEARCH

This new research shows that the last IPCC report was wrong to conclude that evidence shows that the medieval warm period was not consistent over the globe. The new report says the evidence produced by the IPCC is not reliable. Further it says that if the Medieval Warm Period was real and must have occurred naturally, then the argument that the recent warming is man-made is also not reliable and scientists must admit that it could also be natural in origin. Yet another nail in the coffin of the alarmists.

"CHINA DOESN'T GIVE A STUFF ABOUT GW"

This article by James Delingpole sums up China's position in a nutshell - and the pathetic position of the West as a consequence.

MET OFFICE TO GIVE DETAILED FORECAST FOR REST OF THE CENTURY

Yes, it's true, the people who have difficulty predicting the weather for the next week are going to give the UK a detailed breakdown of the way they believe the climate is going to change over the next century, according to this report in the Telegraph.

Why are they doing this? One explanation is given in this quote by a spokesman, "Ordinary people will be able to see how critical climate change is..... It will hammer it home." (That is if they believe the forecasts, and also they believe the climate changes can be prevented by cutting CO2.)

Since the real climate is not giving us any evidence of catastrophic change, the alarmists are resorting to predictions in the vain hope that we will find these scary enough to make us support the government's very costly measures to cut CO2.

ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT NOW NORMAL!

This article from Jennifer Marohasy explains the facts. Just remember this when you see the next scare story on the main TV news.

THIS BLOG UNDER ATTACK?

Today on going into my blog to make a new post I found this notice:

"This blog has been locked due to possible Blogger Terms of Service violations. You may not publish new posts until your blog is reviewed and unlocked.

This blog will be deleted within 20 days unless you request a review."

I was then presented with one of those distorted writings to decipher, which I did and as you can see my post still came up. I have requested a review and hope all will be well. If the blog disappears, then readers will know the reason. I hope this is just a glitch and not an attack by climate alarmists.

AND BACK IN THE REAL WORLD........

This week's Booker Column explains how the recent downturn in temperatures has lead to a reduction in food production. While politicians throw billions at a non-problem the only too real problems are being ignored, or even made worse.

US CLIMATE SCEPTIC CONFERENCE

This report gives details of the latest Heartland Institute Climate Conference held in Washington. While this apparently receives limited media coverage, at least it is something. Here in the UK such conferences just don't happen. To read more on the conference go to this link.

POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Here is an excellent article by Benny Peiser which spells out exactly what is the likely outcome of the impending global warming talks. Meanwhile the costly and totally pointless measures taken by western governments to try to affect the climate will continue to damage our economies.

TALK ACTION - PROPAGANDA TRAINING

Here is a link to an organisation called "Talk Action". I get regularly bombarded with emails from them, as presumably other councillors do. Yet another example of the money being made out of global warming. As more people are taught to pass on the propaganda, this in turn should indoctrinate more to the belief, and so on. Compare all this with the tiny amount being done to put forward any contrary views and you can see why governments are still clinging to the policy of cutting CO2 emissions, although they are desparate not to do anything to adversely affect their economy. The biggest problem for Talk Action and all the other hangers on is the refusal of our weather to play ball and conform to the predictions of the alarmists.

DAVID ARCHIBALD VIDEOS - WHY THE CLIMATE MODELS ARE WRONG

The song says "a picture paints a thousand words", so it is good to view a video instead of reading an article occasionally. Here is a good one to try.

MORE PROPAGANDA AND DECEIT?

BBC radio programme Costing the Earth was recently broadcast claiming that the Cartaret Islands were being submerged by rising sea levels. This claim just does not fit the evidence, however. While there is no doubt that the islands are suffering by inundations of sea water, the reason for this is because the islands are SINKING as they sit on top of a subduction zone. Sea level monitoring records on either side of the islands show clearly that there has been no rise in sea level.

AUSSIE SENATOR APPROACHES GW WITH OPEN MIND!

Yes - a politician who actually looks at all the facts and then makes up his own mind on an issue! This article in the Australian Telegraph gives the details. Such politicians are so rare they are almost extinct, so let's hope he encourages a few others to open their eyes before it's too late.

WEATHER ROUND UP

This excellent round up on EU Referendum Blog reinforces the current downturn in temperatures; well worth a read.

GREEN KILL JOYS SHOW THEIR TRUE COLOURS

Here is an interesting story from The Australian in which you see that hardline greens want to do away with democracy in order to "save the planet". A very sinister development.

CANADA COOLING TO EMISSION CONTROLS

This article explains that Canada is now not going to act before the USA in controlling emissions of CO2. Of course not - why should they export their industry and give themselves grief.

A TALE OF TWO PLANETS - CHRISTOPHER BOOKER

Here is the latest column by Christopher Booker in which he explains the divergence between the real world and the one inhabited by those determined to forge ahead with new tough measures to "save the planet". Excellent stuff by Christopher who, almost alone, keeps readers of the Telegraph aware of what is happening in our name.

CAN YOU TRUST A SCIENTIST?

Further to an earlier post and after the recent revelations about MP's expenses, the question is - who can you trust? This article puts the spotlight on scientists with serious doubts emerging about their trustworthyness. The answer is that we should not give any group unquestioning trust. We must be sceptical of everything controversial and ask for evidence. If (like Michael Mann of Hockey-stick infamy!) they refuse to publish all their data then we must conclude that their results are not to be trusted at all.

GUESSWORK, EXAGGERATION,DECEIT AND LIES

On this site I have referred many times to the propaganda war that is going on to convince the populace that global warming is a catastrophic threat. This article examines the recent Global Humanitarian Forum report with contributions by the World Health Organisation into the number of deaths worldwide caused by global warming. The article is by Prof. Roger Pielke Jr. and he exposes the report for what it is - guesswork, exaggeration,deceit and lies. It beggars belief that any organisation that wants to be taken seriously could produce such blatant propaganda, and even worse that journalists and politicians would give such a report any credence whatsoever.

For a summary see this article in the Wall Street Journal.

PROF IAN PLIMER INTERVIEW

This interview with the foremost Australian geologist is well worth watching. Here is someone who is pre-eminent in his field who really should know what he is talking about and he is in no doubt.

CHINESE WHINGE AT "MEAN" USA ON GW

The Chinese government were obviously looking forward to receiving massive aid from the USA to help it cope with "climate change", but it is beginning to look as though Obama is not quite such a soft touch as they thought, as this article explains.

EU GETTING COLD FEET OVER EMISSIONS CUT COSTS

This article explains how the reality of what the EU emission reduction policy for European industry has begun to dawn on those responsible. Once the job losses start to gather pace there will be no where for them to hide.

UKRAINE TO SELL HOT AIR INDULGENCES TO WEST

If you think carbon trading schemes are still in the future, this article will lead you to realise that they are already up and running, and costing billions of pounds. Ultimately it is you and I that will be paying for it.

NEW MEANING TO "GLOBAL WARMING"?

Did you wonder what happens at all these "climate change" conferences? This article gives us a glimpse. It simply shows the true agenda of delegates to conferences; under all the hot air they have feet of clay. This is one international trade that is exempt from all the carbon footprint nonsense.

"STOP EATING LAMB & DRINKING BEER"

Climate alarmists are also puritans who want to micro-manage our lives. That is the conclusion from reading this article. The more I read this kill-joy stuff, the more I realise that it is important to publicise the very weak evidence for the theory of CO2 causing global warming.

ARCHBISHOP ON SIDE OF SCEPTICS

This article shows that sceptics can call on religious opinion as well as scientists to its side of the argument on global warming.

THE MASSIVE COST OF REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS

Christopher Booker in his Sunday Telegraph column counts up the colossal cost of trying to control climate. The numbers are truly scary and even when shared out make depressing reading. We are all being fleeced by our supine politicians.

NEW CLIMATE CHANGE BOOKLET BY ROGER HELMER MEP

This excellent booklet by Roger Helmer puts together all the important issues in the climate change debate. If only more politicians would listen to common sense and have the courage to speak out.

STRANDED GREENS RESCUED BY OIL TANKER

In an ironic twist two environmental activists who set off on a voyage in a boat fitted with solar cells and wind turbines found themselves in serious danger and this report explains how they were rescued by an oil tanker. Obviously not too proud to accept help from the "evil oil companies" they hopped on board!

"COAL IS OUR FUTURE "- US ENERGY SECRETARY

This report is yet more evidence of the underlying reality in the US. If "saving the planet" means wrecking the economy there is no contest!

US WATERS DOWN CLIMATE TARGETS

Reality came a step closer when the US climate envoy gave this talk to the BBC. It seems that no politician wants to admit they are not going to reach their targets, so this announcement was a little bit of fresh air.

Further evidence to show the so-called Cap 'n Trade is mostly trade can be seen here. "Plus ca change", as the French say!

NOT A CONSPIRACY - JUST GREED

This article in the Wall Street Journal points out the way big business has become the biggest supporter of "climate change" legislation to introduce a market for carbon. This is not a conspiracy but just simple straight forward opportunism on the part of business, who are making the assumption that since regulation is coming then they will try to use it to their advantage. Businessmen are not usually idealists, just opportunists.

A UK PHYSICS TEACHER'S LAMENT FOR HIS DUMBED DOWN SUBJECT

This open letter by a UK physics teacher highlights an important issue - the gradual dumbing down of "difficult" subjects. This seems to have now reached the point where the whole purpose of the subject is being lost. All very sad and damaging not only to the students, but ultimately to our society.

"SOOT CAUSES 20% OF GLOBAL WARMING"

This is the latest pronouncement from the global warming scientists as can be seen from this article. The extraordinary thing is that in the 2007 IPCC report this was not mentioned. At that time they attributed all the warming to greenhouse gases. This suggests to me that these computer climate models may prove to be a tad inaccurate, which is what sceptices have been saying for some time.

GLOBAL WARMING IS DEAD

This article sums up the state of the evidence as of today. However the message has still not reached the public, though it is gradually beginning to.

A NEW WORLD BUREAUCRACY URGED BY UK REPORT

This report in the Guardian alerts us to the ideas being considered by the UK government to enforce any new treaty on "climate change". Clearly this issue is being used to further an agenda towards a world government, or at least a huge bureaucracy which will no doubt lead to massive costs and corruption.

THE COMING BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARE

If you think that all the government talk is simply "hot air" and that in the real world life will go on as normal just look here and here and here to see the implications of the new UK "Carbon Reduction Commitment" legislation which will affect all large councils from April 2010. This bureaucratic labyrinth will be very expensive to administer, (a lot more expense than any projected savings, I bet!). This is just the start as business will be next, driving up costs and prices for all citizens of the UK, no matter what happens to the climate - and of course we all know that it will not have any measurable effect whatsoever on that. But with all the mushrooming organisations clamouring to get involved in the bureaucracy no one actually cares about the end result - other than that a lot of bureaucrats will make a good living out of it. If you still have doubts about what I am saying, take a look at this piece to see all the wonderful ways of making money out of carbon. You can be certain that all the profits are coming out of our pockets.

SCHOOL STUDENTS "BRAINWASHED" AGAIN

This article in the Mail on Sunday shows that students are again being influenced to take a particular point of view on controversial matters. This is exactly what is happening with respect to the global warming issue, as highlighted by the showing of the Al Gore polemic in UK schools.

If this survey of sixth formers is anything to go by, the brainwashing is still not effective enough. No doubt more will be provided.

COMMON SENSE ON "CARBON CAPTURE"

This submission to the New Zealand parliament is direct and to the point. I only wish we could see more of it to other governments (specially the UK!) Will "carbon capture" become an expensive white elephant?

CO2 THEORY FAILS THE OCEAN HEAT TEST

This compelling paper sets out a test by which the CO2 theory of global warming can be proven true or false. Here is one short extract from its findings:

"In brief, we know of no mechanism by which vast amounts of “missing” heat can be hidden, transferred, or absorbed within the earth’s system. The only reasonable conclusion-call it a null hypothesis-is that heat is no longer accumulating in the climate system and there is no longer a radiative imbalance caused by anthropogenic forcing. This not only demonstrates that the IPCC models are failing to accurately predict global warming, but also presents a serious challenge to the integrity of the AGW hypothesis."

POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE SCEPTICAL OF CO2 THEORY

This paper by the Polish Academy of Geological Science shows that in other countries scientists are more willing to express their doubts over the current global warming theory even at official levels.

AN IRRATIONAL FEAR OF CARBON

Here is an interesting piece that neatly sums up the argument about the carbon dioxide/ global warming theory.

TOP UK CLIMATE SCIENTIST BECOMES SCEPTIC

Yet another top climate scientist has changed his stance on the subject. This report sets out the situation. I cannot recall any top scientist going the other way, which is very interesting.

UNILATERAL EU ACTION ON GW IS "FUTILE" - NEW REPORT

At last the penny is starting to drop if this report is anything to go by. Any government that agrees to put its own people at a disadvantage as a result of "climate change" negotiations will find itself getting a lot of flack - quite deservedly!

INTERESTING WEBSITE

Climate Depot contains a host of interesting news and views from the sceptics viewpoint and is well worth a visit. I will add it as a new link.

ALARMISTS CAUGHT OUT BY CLIMATE

This article from Christopher Booker in the Telegraph sums up the problems of the climate alarmists in their desparate attempts to "save the planet" before it finally becomes too obvious that it doesn't need saving.

LAWN WILL BE A SIGN OF MORAL DECADENCE PREDICTION

I just love to read the predictions of so-called experts based on their utter certainty of their belief in the theory of global warming. This one is making a bold prediction about the change to UK gardens over the next decade. Their confidence is breathtaking, and I just hope someone will remember it if it all fails to materialise. After all it isn't as though we in the UK haven't had the occasional hot dry spells in the past.

WELCOME TO THE BLOG'S FOLLOWERS

I have just realised that the blog has some "followers". I have added a widget to the side to display your little images - so welcome aboard, and please feel free to contribute if you wish.

CAN YOU TRUST A SCIENTIST?

In the past scientists had the reputation for being thorough and honest, if perhaps a little dull! However all that reputation could be a thing of the past if the findings on this blog are anything to go by. The problem is that science is no longer the province of those with high ideals earnestly seeking out the truth. Like everything else it has become subject to big money. Today's scientists are forced to apply for lucrative research grants, and to attract such grants a scientist is expected to come up with the results their "masters" are wanting. Inevitably some are tempted to take shortcuts or even to falsify the results.

MET OFFICE FORECASTS A HOT DRY SUMMER!

Yes, get out the Bar-B and the sun lounger and be ready to water the garden, in case there isn't a hose-pipe ban. Here is the good news for the UK from the Met Office, though unlike their forecast for the next century (where they claim 90% certainty), this forecast is only 50% likely to be right. There is a 30% chance it will be average and even a 20% chance it will be cool or wet. Now that's more like the real odds for a weather forecast - you could do almost as well using a bit of seaweed and a fircone!

Mind you this is the third forecast in a row of a hot dry summer. Maybe they are repeating the same forecast in the hope that eventually they will be right. See this report on Watts up with that.

YOU CAN RIG A MARKET - BUT BEWARE THE RESULT!

This article explains the business decision made by a wind turbine manufacturer. Other manufacturers will reach the same decision. It is cheaper to make things in the developing world anyway, but when you add on all the extra costs of reducing carbon emissions it is even clearer. When will the western governments wake up and realise that "saving the planet" is a slogan to beat them with? The irony is that the CO2 theory is unproven - relying on deeply flawed computer models as the only thing that keeps them alive.

COMPUTER SAYS CUT CO2 NOW

When you read this report you realise that science is now carried out by feeding data into computers and then writing a paper on what comes out of it. The fact that such "modelling" as it is called is so readily accepted by our politicians and media is deeply worrying. Have they never heard of the saying "garbage in - garbage out"?

10 QUESTIONS TO ASK AL GORE (IF YOU GET THE CHANCE)

1. You are a partner in the venture capital firm of Kleiner-Perkins and a co-founder of the United Kingdom-based investment firm of Generation Investment Management, each of which stands to gain financially from greenhouse gas regulation. Please describe any other financial interests that you have in any other businesses that stand to profit from greenhouse gas regulation.

2. In October 2008, the New York Times Magazine featured a cover story on how Kleiner Perkins had invested $1 billion in 40 companies that would profit from new environmental and energy laws and regulations. What will be your share of any profits from these ventures?

3. How much of your own money have you contributed to Kleiner-Perkins, Generation Investment Management and other businesses that stand to profit from greenhouse gas regulation? If you have not contributed significant amounts of your own capital to these businesses, what, then, is your role in them? Are you a lobbyist? Are you the face of their public relations efforts? Is your job to run around scaring politicians and the public into enacting greenhouse gas regulation?

4. Is Kleiner-Perkins’ business plan to have you press for legislation and regulation favorable to its clients in order to make them more attractive and available for sale to the public, at which time Kleiner-Perkins would cash out, leaving the public invested in not-ready-for-prime-time companies that have dubious financial prospects and that are dependent on taxpayer subsidies?

5. Your co-founder with Generation Investment Management is former Goldman Sachs partner David Blood. Goldman Sachs is lobbying for global warming legislation and is a part owner of the Chicago Climate Exchange, where carbon credits from cap-and-trade legislation would be traded. Do you or Generation Investment Management stand to benefit in anyway from these relationships?

6. Generation Investment Management’s web site says the firm provides investment advice to clients. Who are Generation Investment Management’s clients and how do they stand to profit from upcoming environmental and energy legislation and regulation? Will these clients share their profits with you and/or Generation Investment Management?

7. When you left public service in January 2001, your personal net worth was perhaps $2 million. In 2007, your personal net worth was reported to be on the order of $100 million. How much of this fortune is related, directly or indirectly, to your advocacy of legislation to reduce “global warming”?

8. When you testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in January, why did you not disclose to the Committee and to the public your relationships with Kleiner-Perkins and Generation Investment Management? Generation Investment Management’s web site says, “Integrity and honesty are the bedrock of our business. We demand the highest ethical standards in our work and in our personal lives.” In light of this statement, how to you explain your failure to inform the Senate Committee of your financial conflicts of interest?

9. You travel all over the world in jets and limos, own a houseboat, use 20 times more electricity than the average American, and stand to make a fortune that most millionaires would envy. Yet you tell Americans to downsize their lives, such as by limiting their travel, using less heat and air conditioning, and drying their clothes outside on a clothesline. Describe for us, in detail, your personal “carbon footprint.”

10. If you are wrong about humans causing catastrophic global warming, will you give all the money you “earned” from your alarmism back?

AUSSIES POSTPONE EMISSIONS TRADING

Reality is setting in now that the reession is biting. This article explains that the Australian government is having second thoughts about clobbering its industry.

NEW PAPER REJECTS CO2 THEORY

This new paper looks at the evidence for and against the CO2 theory and rejects each point.

Note - new link to Dr. Weinstein's website has been added.