Wednesday, 20 November 2024

WEATHER ATTRIBUTION ALCHEMY

Event attribution research is a form of tactical science — research performed explicitly to serve legal and political ends. Key motives in conducting such studies is, “increasing the ‘immediacy’ of climate change, thereby increasing support for mitigation. Otto and others have been very forthright that the main function of such studies is to create a defensible scientific basis in support of lawsuits against fossil fuel companies — She explains the strategy in detail in this interview, From Extreme Event Attribution to Climate Litigation.

In other words it is a type of propaganda.

 Weather Attribution Alchemy - by Roger Pielke Jr.

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

DUTCH CLIMATE CASE WON BY REALISTS - BUT ACTIVISTS STILL TAKING LEGAL ACTION

The Hague Court of Appeal was not impressed by FoE’s “go green or go extinct” rhetoric and rejected its case that Shell must reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030.  Nevertheless, the Court of Appeal’s ruling leaves much to be desired and did not eliminate the threat of activist NGOs launching climate cases to effect “system change” in the future. 

 Climate case of the century won, but threat remains  - Clintel

Monday, 18 November 2024

BIG SET BACK FOR CLIMATE ZEALOTS

Following on from yesterday's post, here is an interesting take on COP 29 and Starmer's climate policy from Richard North. Here is a flavour of it:

"We are now seemingly entering the end game where the pursuit of the impossible is about to hit the rocks of reality and demonstrate for all time that the targets are a chimera, fraught with dangers as the inevitable consequence will be economic degradation and the certainty of prolonged and damaging power cuts." Read it all here:

 Climate change: poised to fail | Turbulent Times

Sunday, 17 November 2024

TRUMP'S NEW ENERGY SECRETARY HAS INTERESTING VIEWS

I think we are about to see an even starker contrast between the USA energy policy and that of the UK. They will be reducing energy prices while ours will be increasing even more steeply. Of course Ed Miliband claims our electricity prices will drop as a result of increased wind, but I am very doubtful. Time will tell! 

Trump’s New Energy Secretary | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

Saturday, 16 November 2024

TRUE COST OF RENEWABLES

Lord Frost,who was our chief negotiator for Brexit under Boris Johnson's government, has proved to be a formidable speaker in favour of honesty on the cost of renewables. You can see his 14 minute speech in the link below where he makes a powerful case for a thorough debate to establish the truth about renewable energy costs, taking into account the cost of back up for when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining.

 Lord Frost opens the debate on the cost of renewables

Friday, 15 November 2024

COP 29 DISASTER UNFOLDS

Although we are often told from surveys that the majority of people believe that increased CO2 is causing a 'climate emergency', their willingness to pay to do something about it is a totally different thing. Of course if someone else is paying the bill they are quite willing to let them. 

What is happening at the latest climate conference (COP29) is that a lot of poor countries are demanding payments of large sums of money from the wealthier countries to help them to cope with the so-called emergency. The sums being asked for are so big that they have no hope of reaching them, but, no doubt this is simply to get a lesser sum, which they hope we will think is a 'good deal' in comparison. Here is a good video exposing the unfolding disaster

The Three idiots of COP 29

Thursday, 14 November 2024

UN COP MEETING - IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF IT WASN'T CAUSING US SO MUCH PAIN

These climate conferences are simply ignored by most of the UK population as seeming to be quite irrelevant to us - but they should not be, as they have dramatic consequences for our finances, as we will soon find out if Starmer and Miliband get their way. This piece from Jo Nova gives an insight into the insane demands of so-called developing nations on us. Read it and wonder!

 World’s largest coal user wants $1.3T from rich nations to save the climate, (or launch more rockets) « JoNova

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

WIND ENERGY FALLS TO NEAR ZERO AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES ACROSS EUROPE

Power restrictions get a bit nearer as the wind drops across Europe. Luckily we still have some fossil fuel generation at present. Once this is reduced below a critical level the inevitable result will be disaster, when the people will at once wake up to the lies that they have been told by their political leaders.  

Green Blues…As Fog Persists For Days In Germany, Green Energy Output Falls To Near Zero!

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

WAVE HEIGHT, STORM SURGE CHANGES TOO SMALL TO MEASURE

That is according to a new paper about the changes over the past 30 years. So the threat from sea on our coasts remains the same as it has always been. The coast still needs protecting and that is where we should be spending the money. Instead it is being wasted on a pointless quest for net zero which will have zero effect on the weather, climate or temperature.

 New Paper: Wave Height, Storm Surge Changes Over Past 30 Years Too Small For Measurable Impact!

Monday, 11 November 2024

UK FERTILISER TAX IS ANOTHER BLOW TO FARMERS AND FOOD PRICES

The new UK Labour government's obsession with net zero has led them to impose yet another tax on farmers on top of the inheritance tax on farms valued above £1 million. This time it is a tax on fertiliser which is likely to lead to lower crop yields and an increase in prices and imported food. Read more details here:  

 Farmers warn Labour’s net zero ‘fertiliser tax’ will push up food prices | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

Sunday, 10 November 2024

ANOTHER CLIMATE CHANGE SCARE DEBUNKED

This time it is about York Minster being damaged by "climate change". What they really are referring to is that it has been exposed to the weather for over 600 years and so requires a lot of repair to undo the damage caused. Nothing to do with any recent change in the climate because, as the linked article shows, there has not been any change in the climate. But how many readers would look up the data to check that? 

York Minster Sell Its Soul For Solar Panels | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

Saturday, 9 November 2024

ENERGY PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT - A BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARE

I used to be a landlord about 20 years ago and I had to have my properties inspected by the local council to see if they conformed to the fire regulations and they were in a fit state of repair. Since I sold them there has been a steady increase in the demands placed on landlords, including the requirement to have an Energy Performance Certificate giving a rating from A to F. Now they have been told that they must reach a level C or above, but as you can see from the link below it is a bit of a lottery to achieve this. I expect a number of landlords will be quitting the business. Things will get a lot worse in the mad pursuit of net zero!

 Getting building energy performance right is essential for net zero - part I - Watt-Logic

Friday, 8 November 2024

WILL THE CLIMATE IDEOLOGY SURVIVE A NEW TRUMP TERM?

 In 2017 President Trump announced the US would pull out of the Paris climate agreement, the most important UN process to tackle climate change. The agreement saw almost all the world's nations - for the first time - agree to cut the greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming.

But the shock of Trump's decision was limited. The treaty's rules meant the US was not able to withdraw until November 2020, a few months before he left office.

If Trump withdraws again, he will only have to wait a year before the US is completely out. That would give him three years to chart his own course without any need to report to the UN or be bound by its rules.

While President Joe Biden's negotiators will be at next week's COP talks in Azerbaijan, nothing they agree to will be binding for the Trump administration. 

So, if Trump cuts off funding and simply ignores the UN it will be interesting to see what happens.

Thursday, 7 November 2024

WORLD BANK LOSES £41BILLION ON CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTS

 This story has not been given much publicity at all here in the UK, which is odd since normally such a thing would be headline news. It is yet another example of the way in which the media appear to not want to draw the public's attention to anything which runs contrary to the ideology of climate change. How can £41 billion not be accounted for? This money has come from our taxes and shovelled into the World Bank and then disappeared. Watch the excellent Paul Burgess video linked below to see the whole story.

How to Lose $41 Billion (and go unnoticed)

Will the Western governments now think twice before putting any more money into this black hole? I bet Donald Trump will be more careful when he takes over the USA presidency next January! The voters are fed up with this kind of ridiculous nonsense, which is one reason why they voted for Trump.

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

ELECTRICITY RATIONING LOOKING MORE LIKELY

The report, by the National Energy System Operator (NESO), says there will need to be ‘significant growth’ in schemes which allow people to lower their energy use at peak times. Around 4,500km of undersea cables will have to be installed along with 1,000km of new power lines, including pylons - doubling the total amount built in the past ten years.  Labour’s plans could see the countryside blighted by wind farms and pylons.

About £40billion of investment will be needed annually by the end of the decade, the report states, which will be passed onto taxpayers in the form of higher bills. Read it all here:

 Households could be forced to restrict when they boil the kettle to help Labour achieve 2030 clean energy targets | Daily Mail Online

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

MET OFFICE CATALOGUE OF OMISSIONS AND FAILINGS (NEW REPORT)

The letter in the link below highlights a catalogue of omissions and failings by the Met Office in relation to temperature measuring stations in the UK. These failings are quite extraordinary for any professional organisation to be charged with, but when the data they produce is being used as a basis for billions of pounds of government expenditure it is even worse. The conclusion that can be drawn is that the very foundation of global warming is based on unreliable evidence.

The letter is quite long, but well worth reading in full.

 Letter to Peter Kyle MP – Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology. | Tallbloke's Talkshop

Monday, 4 November 2024

ENVIRONMENTAL LEVIES TO COST £4000 PER FAMILY BY 2030

Here's another thing the new Labour government didn't mention before the election. They promised us cheaper electricity, but it looks very unlikely as you can see at this link: 

Environmental Levies To Cost £108 Billion By 2029/30 | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

Sunday, 3 November 2024

PROBLEMS WITH WIND FARMS RARELY MENTIONED

 The problems affecting people by living close to wind farms is something which seems to have gained little publicity. With more onshore wind farms being put forward these issues are going to be more prominent. This new video from Paul Burgess gives the details:

The Danger of Windfarms - The danger of Infrasound

Saturday, 2 November 2024

VW SUFFERING FINANCIAL WOE

After its politically driven foray into electric vehicles, Volkswagen is facing significant financial challenges…plans to close at least three of its German factories…unprecedented move in the company’s history…. tens of thousands of jobs will be lost! 

How did a company so successful for a century get into this position so quickly. You can read some details in the link below:

 Don’t Feel Sorry For VW… Liberal Arts College Dropout, Anti-Auto-Activist On Supervisory Board!

Friday, 1 November 2024

HYDROGEN STOCKS TAKE A TUMBLE

 High project costs, regulatory uncertainty, and weak demand have led to a roll back of investment in this supposed replacement for fossil fuels. You can read more details here:

 Hydrogen Stocks Crash as Hype Faces Reality Check | OilPrice.com

Thursday, 31 October 2024

DEFY LABOUR'S GREEN LUNACY, SAYS DAILY MAIL ARTICLE

I seem to detect a shift in the media here in the UK, or at least in the part that has traditionally been right leaning. This article is encouraging the continuation in the extraction of fossil fuels - not something I have seen in recent times, but welcome none the less. This is an admission that these fossil fuels are essential for our survival as a modern nation, and that renewables are simply not up to the job of supplying the reliable economical power that is needed. The penny has dropped, but I doubt it will penetrate the cloth ears of our new Labour government.

 Why BP and the other oil giants should defy Labour's green lunacy - and give Britain the power up it needs | Daily Mail Online

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK FROM THE IEA - VERY UNCERTAIN

 The International Energy Agency (IEA) shared some good news last week—clean energy is gaining ground, fossil fuel use is peaking, and carbon reductions look achievable.

But dig into the numbers, and a different picture emerges. The IEA’s forecast rests on shaky assumptions, wishful thinking, and contradictions that cast serious doubt on the credibility of its projections. 

Coal use—the largest source of global carbon emissions—will decline by just 0.5% per year through 2030, and only 0.8% annually from 2030 to 2050. Oil consumption will increase by 0.75% annually and natural gas use will grow at 1.6% per year over the same period. Clearly there will be a major role for fossil fuels for decades to come. Renewables have a part to play but they will not be a replacement for reliable energy.

Read more here:  IEA Optimism vs. Reality: The Contradictions in the Energy Transition | Art Berman


Tuesday, 29 October 2024

GULF STREAM CLAIMED TO BE "ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSING"

This story was featured in the Daily Mail, one of the UKs best selling newspapers. There is no way to verify it, as the article does not actually give any reference to the source, instead it  simply states that it came from "leading climate change scientists". It then goes on to lists the horrors that might happen. I must say that even if this did happen there is nothing whatever that we can do about it. We simply would have to adapt to the climate we get. That means we would need more cheap energy to heat our homes. The government would have to abandon net zero and get fracking.

Interestingly I have not seen this story on the BBC, which seems a bit odd.

 The Gulf Stream is on the verge of COLLAPSING, leading climate change scientists warn - plunging the UK into a new ice age | Daily Mail Online

Monday, 28 October 2024

TRUE COST OF NET ZERO REVEALED

The new calculation reveals that the cost is likely to be around six times the previous estimate. which was £50,000 per household. So now it is £300,000 per household. That is an eye-watering sum even thought it is spread over 25 years. Where will it come from? How will it be raised? We will soon start to find out from the budget next week. This is not just a black hole, it is a vast cavern. People who have taken no notice of climate change until now will begin to realise that the cost will affect them in a big way and we will see how keen they are to support it.

 Net Zero could cost £300,000 per household

Sunday, 27 October 2024

TEN QUESTIONS TO ASK CLIMATE ALARMISTS

Here is another great video from Paul Burgess. This one looks at ten difficult questions to put anyone who claims that we are facing a "climate emergency" due to human CO2 emissions. Just the sort of thing to throw out when you meet someone who thinks they know they are right! 

Ten Questions To Ask Climate Alarmists

Saturday, 26 October 2024

CLIMATE: THE MOVIE

Have another look at this brilliant film if you have already seen it. If you have not seen it yet, then you really should. 

 Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth) Updated 4K version

HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE THE CLIMATE AGENDA

This debate was moved by Lord Lilley:  "That this House takes note of the impact of His Majesty’s Government’s climate agenda on jobs, growth and prosperity." 

This gets to the heart of what our government should be about. Looking at the effect of their policy on the British people.

There are several realists among the many alarmist speakers. Here is an excellent contribution by Lord Strathcarron:

"The main impact of the Government’s climate agenda is to import pollution and to export jobs, growth and prosperity, and the two are directly linked.

Turning first to importing pollution, since 1990 our share of CO2 emissions embedded in imports has risen from just over 10% to nearly 50%. The very fact that we import half our emissions should give us pause for thought, but, unfortunately, we are moving in the opposite direction. The decision to cease all new oil and gas licences can only mean that, in future, we will need to import even more oil and gas to make up for our own self-induced shortfalls.

Whether we like it or not, fossil fuels are here to stay for the foreseeable future. Even the Government’s own assessment suggests that, by 2040, the demand for natural gas will decrease by only 4%. This simply means that any domestic reduction in emissions will be made possible only by offshoring the production, and of course the jobs, to other countries. Furthermore, the imported fuels will need to be liquefied—itself a polluting process, alongside the emissions caused by shipping them here—and then there is further pollution from processing them after they have landed here.

While Ministers may be able to stand up at international conferences and proudly proclaim that our domestic emissions have reduced, these same policies have in fact only contributed to increasing global emissions. One might say that, as we produce only 1% of the world’s emissions, it does not really matter and that the gesture is more important than the reality. However, it is a mighty counterproductive gesture with a direct, negative impact on our standard of living and quality of life.

Turning to jobs, growth and prosperity, as has been well publicised, the UK now has the highest industrial electricity prices in the developed world, which is directly caused by artificially penalising industrial and domestic consumers with subsidies for renewable energy, carbon pricing and the extra infrastructure costs as a direct result of the policy. The OBR suggests that subsidies for renewables will add £12 billion to our bills for this year alone—and it will only get worse as we factor in future renewable subsidies and the £100 billion grid upgrade needed for decarbonisation.

To give an indication of the wishful thinking by net-zero advocates, in 2014 the current Secretary of State for Energy promised 1 million new green jobs. The outcome is somewhat less impressive. Since then, official government data shows an increase in employment in the low-carbon sector of just 40,000. Against this must be offset the manufacturing jobs we have already lost in other sectors. Moreover, there will surely be many more to come, not least in the steel and oil and gas sectors. We now have the worst of all worlds: high taxes to pay for job losses.

The other great beneficiary of all this wishful thinking is China. It is now the world leader in two seemingly contradictory energy policies: green energy, by securing the global supply and demand lines for lithium-ion batteries, solar panels and wind farm components; and brown energy, by building the equivalent of two coal-powered power stations a week. However, the Chinese famously take much a longer-term view of events than we do. They would agree that, due to recent advances in paleoclimate science, we know that over the last 400 million years the earth’s climate has been changing constantly and often dramatically. Relatively speaking, we are now in one of its cooler periods—the late Cenozoic ice age—meaning that we are at the tail-end of a 50-million-year cooling period.

On our own continent, even very recently we can see climate change in action. In Roman times, it was far warmer than it is now, followed by a brutal cold period in the Dark Ages. Then came the medieval warm period, when vines were growing even in Scotland. That was followed most recently by an especially cold period called the “little ice age”, the coldest period in the last 10,000 years. The statement we heard today that 2023 was the hottest year on record is quite simply not true—far from it.

This long-term view of the earth’s climate changes puts the whole net-zero delusion into a much greater perspective. It suggests that we are taxing and bankrupting ourselves domestically for absolutely minimal global benefit, if any. This whole worldview of climate change should be the subject of another debate, and a very fruitful one it would be too."

 Climate Agenda - Hansard - UK Parliament

Friday, 25 October 2024

WIND FARMS AND DEAD WHALES AND DOLPHINS

For some reason more than a thousand whales, dolphins and porpoises died around the UK’s coastline every year for the last eight years. This is roughly twice as many as in the 25 years before that. What could it be? 

 The big environmental pressure groups like Greenpeace – which in its early years, remember, ran a Save the Whales campaign – don’t believe in waiting for evidence. They revere the ‘precautionary principle’, the whole point of which is that industries should be assumed to be guilty until proved innocent. Lack of definitive evidence must never be used to excuse a potentially devastating environmental vandal.

Fifty years ago environmentalists would have raised hell about a thousand dead whales and dolphins. Today they are a part of the cover up.

 The mystery of a thousand dead whales and dolphins « JoNova

Thursday, 24 October 2024

RISE IN METHANE DUE TO MICROBES NOT FOSSIL FUELS

Researchers have found that between 2020 and 2022, the drastic increase in atmospheric methane was driven almost entirely by microbial sources. Since 2007, scientists have observed microbes playing a significant role in methane emissions, but their contribution has surged to over 90% starting in 2020. Methane from fossil fuels has a higher carbon-13 ratio, but even though fossil fuel use was rising, the carbon-13 levels of atmospheric methane was dropping.  So it could not be due to fossil fuels after all! 

 Mysterious record methane surge since 2020 was not fossil fuels but “90% due to microbes” « JoNova

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

THE CASE AGAINST NET ZERO

The linked essay with comprehensive back up articles makes a powerful case for abandoning net zero. It should be compulsory reading for our politicians.

 The Case Against Net Zero – A Seventh Update – Climate Scepticism

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

BACK TO THE FUTURE? "THE COMING ICE AGE"

The video linked below has an old documentary in it from 1977 called "The Coming Ice Age". It is very interesting to listen to the commentary and hear how the data is used to persuade the viewer to believe the narrative of cooling having been occurring for the previous 30 years. In another decade it became clear that cooling was no longer happening and so there was a switch to a warming scare and so the old data no longer fitted with this. The video looks at how this was done in a completely shameless way.   

To the heart of Climate Deception

Monday, 21 October 2024

NO SURGE IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURES SAYS NEW REPORT

This new report says there have been a number of plausible explanations given for the recent temperature spike, with attention focused on the massive Hunga Tonga submarine volcano adding 13% extra water vapour to the stratosphere, a strong El Niño and even the reduction in atmospheric particulates caused by recent changes in shipping vessel fuel. Several “changepoints” were used by the mathematicians and it was found that “a warming surge could not be reliably detected any time after 1970”.

 Scientists Find No Change in Global Warming Rate Since 1970 Despite “Hottest Year Ever” in 2023 – Watts Up With That?

Sunday, 20 October 2024

EX MP POINTS OUT THE UTTER FAILURE OF UK NET ZERO POLICY

Along with other realists I have been saying for years that a unilateral net zero policy would simply lead to our own industries becoming uncompetitive causing to us to import the products we used to make, while the CO2 emissions simply carried on being made abroad. Our jobs are being exported.

 Former Conservative MP, Miriam Cates has now openly criticised the net zero policy. This is welcome news, but a pity she was not more vocal when they were in power. The problem then was that her party was pursuing the same policies. It is much easier to criticise the other party, easier still when you are not even an MP.  As the inconsistency between the aims and the actual results become more apparent we will soon get an open debate which may just burst the net zero bubble and reveal the hopelessness of the climate alarmists dreams.

Miriam Cates slams Net Zero targets as map shows Britain’s carbon emissions farce | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Saturday, 19 October 2024

GERMANY - A LESSON IN ECONOMIC DECLINE WITH CLIMATE POLICIES

You can read it all in the article below. The Germans are on the same path as we are in the UK, only a little further ahead. So why can't the UK government learn some lessons from this? 

Green New Deal Accelerates Germany’s Economic Decline…Growth Forecast Revised Downward (notrickszone.com)

Thursday, 17 October 2024

ARE WE FINALLY GETTING A POLITICAL LEADER WHO IS PREPARED TO CHALLENGE THE CLIMATE EXTREMISTS

It is interesting that no leader of any major UK party (other than Reform) has challenged the orthodox position on climate change, that we must reach net zero by 2050 no matter what the cost, until now. If you read the link, below, you will see that Robert Jenrick is not exactly abandoning net zero, but he is clear that we must not keep to a timetable which ruins the economy. That there is a real possibility of ruining the economy is an admission that has not been made before, though I am sure it has been in the minds of our other leaders. A shift in the timetable would be an important start towards abandoning it. It will, no doubt cause an outcry from those wedded to this ideology, and a huge sigh of relief from the rest of us! 

A new dawn for Net Zero policy? (netzerowatch.com)

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

ROAD PRICING PER MILE DRIVEN IS INEVITABLE IN THE UK

Get ready to pay for every mile you drive on Britain's roads. That is certain to come according to senior government advisors. Big brother will be watching us all and recording every mile we drive. 

Pay-Per-Mile Road Pricing is "Inevitable", Drivers Warned – The Daily Sceptic

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

CARBON CAPTURE - THE DRAWBACKS

"CCS divides a green movement riven with disagreements as its climate crisis grift starts to fall apart in the face of reality. Capturing CO2 and burying it in the ground has been described by one influential green think tank as a “colossal waste of money

 Earthquakes, Leakage, Expense, Death by Asphyxiation – Is There No Beginning to the Advantages of Carbon Capture? – The Daily Sceptic

Monday, 14 October 2024

HOW DOES THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT WORK?

 Many people have difficulty in understanding the Greenhouse Effect, which is why the idea that CO2 controls the Earth's temperature is so hard to refute. Sabine Hossenfelder has produced a large number of videos on physics which have helped people to understand a range of concepts. However Sabine admits herself that she finds understanding the Greenhouse Effect difficult which she has explained in a video. The article linked below explains the problems and has links to her video within it. In fact she still has a little confusion in her understanding and the scientists at Clintel explain the finer points.

Some comments on the Sabine Hossenfelder video - Clintel

Once the Greenhouse Effect is fully understood it becomes clear that CO2 is not the major source of our planet's heating. While it is vital that there is CO2 in our atmosphere at the sort of concentrations that exist at present, adding a little more (even doubling it!) will make very little difference to the temperature of the atmosphere. That is a fact that politicians need to understand.

Sunday, 13 October 2024

GLOBAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS HAVE SYSTEMATIC ERROR

According to a new study the method used to measure the temperature of the air is subject to a systematic error which leads to them being higher than they should by 42%. I bet this never makes the main news!

 New Study: Systematic Error In 1880-2020 Global Temperature Measurements Inflates Warming By 42% (notrickszone.com)

Saturday, 12 October 2024

USA GOVERNOR SHOWS DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE ON HURRICANES

Ron De Santis, the Governor of Florida has given a reporter a lesson on the history of hurricanes that have landed in Florida. We could do with some UK politicians who would do the same to our reporters when they ask spurious questions about climate change. The clip starts about 4 minute in to the video: 

 “Ouch!” DeSantis Savages Reporter Who Questions If Hurricanes Are Tied To Global Warming | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Friday, 11 October 2024

IF ONLY THE IPCC WOULD LINK EXTREME WEATHER TO CARBON EMISSIONS

If they did it would give credence to the claims of the media who continue to make these links based on extremely dodgy press releases.

It is probably only a matter of time before they change their minds, but at this moment in time they still do not claim that there is any clear evidence that increased CO2 has caused an increase in the quantity or severity of storms, droughts, or floods.

 Climate Activists Frustrated by IPCC's Refusal to Link Extreme Weather With Carbon Emissions – The Daily Sceptic

Paul Burgess has made some videos on this:

The Met Office Exposed! What is the Agenda? (youtube.com) 

Debunking Weather Event Alarmism (youtube.com) 

Thursday, 10 October 2024

Wednesday, 9 October 2024

SOLAR FARMS ARE TAKING US BACK TO THE DARK AGES, SAYS MATT RIDLEY

"It is debatable whether we need home-grown electricity more desperately than home-grown food these days: reliance on imports of both are increasing sharply. But you cannot currently make bread or lambs any other way than by using land; the same is not true of electricity." Read the full article here:

 Solar farms are taking us back to the dark ages - Matt Ridley

Tuesday, 8 October 2024

ICE CORE RECORDS SHOW GREENLAND WAS WARMER THAN TODAY MANY TIMES

Reconstructions of past temperatures are a vital piece of data to help us to understand whether today's climate is unusual or even unprecedented as some alarmists try to make out. The graph in the link below shows a reconstruction from an ice core from Greenland, taken as part of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP) which covers the past 10000 years. This ice core temperature reconstruction is viewed as a gold standard when it comes to proxy data-based reconstructions, unlike other proxy data reconstructions based on dubious  tree ring analyses.  

Not About CO2…Greenland Still Much Colder Today Than Much Of The Past 10,000 Years (notrickszone.com)

Monday, 7 October 2024

HOW CLIMATE PROPAGANDA HAS SUBTLY ALTERED THE DATA TO FIT WITH THE CURRENT HYPOTHESIS

The video link below is to one which shows an old TV science programme from the 1970's when scientists were predicting the coming of a new ice age. There is no doubt that this was a genuine concern and interestingly the film shows how the data pointed to this. Now, of course, the narrative is one of dangerous warming and so the data from the 1970's simply does not fit, and so what has happened is that the current scientists who are pushing this have actually altered the old data. 

It can be seen quite clearly, but only by looking at historical films and manuscripts, which, fortunately, have been preserved. This revised temperature data has resulted in temperatures now showing quite cool times in the 1930's, when historical accounts show that it was exceptionally hot. George Orwell could not have predicted it better!

 (1) To the heart of Climate Deception - YouTube

Another excellent video on this theme is linked below:

1986 - The Movie A Tribute to Insulate Britain Heroes and the basis of their protests. (youtube.com) 

Sunday, 6 October 2024

UK WEATHER STATIONS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE?

 I am shocked by the findings of Ray Sanders on the subject of UK weather stations ability to provide accurate data on the temperature of the location in which they are situated. Here is a recent post by Ray:

Cavendish DCNN 3122-Anatomy of an ongoing challenge – Crop Circling? | Tallbloke's Talkshop (wordpress.com)

There is a lot of interesting information in his article, but one thing particularly caught my attention, which was the claim that the Met Office thermometers were capable of recording the temperature to no less than five decimal places! Here is a short quote about a table supplied by the Met Office:

"This shows that over a period from 12:33 at 25.48038°C the temperature rose to 26.41959°C i.e. 0.93921°C in just 4 minutes to then reduce by almost as much in the following 4 minutes." 

What is extraordinary is that the site itself has been assessed by the Met Office as class 4, which is defined as being accurate to within +/- 2 degrees C. It is a schoolboy mistake to give a measurement which claims to be more accurate than the margins of error. The correct way to report the reading would be to include the margins of error. 26+/-2 


Saturday, 5 October 2024

TIDAL ENERGY IS NOT THE ANSWER TO OUR ELECTRICITY NEEDS

Many people have suggested to me that we ought to harness the power of the tides to get a reliable source of electricity, but there are many problems to doing so, including the corrosive environment of salt water. But there is a more fundamental problem, which is that it is very expensive and does not produce enough nor is it constant. See the details in this new video from Paul Burgess:

The Delusions of Tidal Energy (youtube.com)

Friday, 4 October 2024

NEW GOVERNMENT BLACK HOLE ANNOUNCED

Considering the new Labour Government claimed there was a £20 Billion black hole left by the previous government, it is a strange coincidence that they have managed to find £22 billion to spend on schemes to capture and store CO2. These are highly controversial schemes, as we know down here on the South coast in the New Forest, where a similar scheme proposed by Exxon has suddenly been dropped after attracting some opposition from local people, including the local Green party. What we are starting to see, is that there is now a debate on the effectiveness of the policies to reach net zero, even if there is still very little debate on whether there is a need to reach it in the first place. 

 Govt To Waste £22bn On Unproven Carbon Capture | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Thursday, 3 October 2024

SO MUCH FOR WIND PRODUCING CHEAP ELECTRICITY

Kincardine produced 144 GWh last year, so the total cost equates to £562/MWh. I wonder what point is there for producing electricity at such inflated prices. Far better to continue using methane and wait and prepare for the extreme weather, which has always happened anyway.

 Floating Wind Farm Lost £30m Last Year | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

WILL FRACKING BE THE KEY ELECTION ISSUE IN THE USA?

It is interesting to read the way Kamala Harris has reversed her policy on fracking from wanting to ban it to claiming to support it. How can such a change be credible?

 Fracking and the Election: It’s Not About Pennsylvania – Watts Up With That?

Monday, 30 September 2024

STOP OIL FANATICS GIVEN PRISON SENTENCES AT LAST!

Finally judges are starting to get tough with these fanatics. It has been a long wait and in the mean time we have endured no end of inconvenience while the law appears to have indulged them. Of course the problem is that they are almost talking the same talk as the government, who are themselves inflicting pain and poverty on the people claiming it is for our own good.

 Phoebe Plummer of Just Stop Oil Sentenced to Two Years–JSO Sad – Watts Up With That?

Sunday, 29 September 2024

THE SEA LEVEL FACTS VERSUS PREDICTIONS

Tony Heller takes a look a the predictions made by the USA  scientists at NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and finds them to be completely wrong.

 Real Climate Science | "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman

Saturday, 28 September 2024

UNILATERAL DECARBONISATION WON'T WORK

 The UK has been following a policy of unilateral decarbonisation which, like nuclear disarmament will not achieve a goal of changing the world. but it is capable of inflicting misery and poverty on the British people. At last the trade union leaders are understanding this and speaking out, as this piece linked below explains: 

Britain faces ‘huge social and economic scars’ under net zero, warns top union boss | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Friday, 27 September 2024

UK ENERGY FOR INDUSTRY NOW THE DEAREST IN THE WORLD

 British companies are paying the highest electricity prices of anywhere in the developed world, official data has shown.

The cost of power for industrial businesses has jumped 124pc in just five years, according to the Government’s figures, catapulting the UK to the top of international league tables.

It is now about 50pc more expensive than in Germany and France, and four times as expensive as in the US.

The figures will fuel concerns about the future of UK industry amid warnings that high energy prices are crippling domestic manufacturers.

Read more here:

Britain paying highest electricity prices in the world | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)


Thursday, 26 September 2024

THE DANGER OF IMPORTED BATTERIES BEING USED AS WEAPONS

The danger of rechargeable batteries has been highlighted by the Israeli military using pagers as small bombs to kill or injure members of Hezbollah. It could be a serious concern as the following linked article explains: 

 What if a foreign hacker could turn home batteries into “pager-bombs” but 7,500 times bigger? « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

UK INDUSTRY FACING DISASTER AS NET ZERO POLICIES BITE

With the foolish policy to achieve net zero it makes sense to allow UK industry to close and then to import the products from abroad, as it reduces our CO2 emissions. Success in achieving net zero means poverty for those who lose their jobs and a transfer of wealth to foreign countries. Sadly the voters are convinced that we will get all these "green jobs". The question is - when?

 While TATA Shut Port Talbot’s Blast Furnace, They Have Commissioned One Twice The Size In India | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

UK GOVERNMENT SHOWN TO BE MAKING MASSIVE ERRORS ON COST OF NET ZERO

A letter has just been written to the UK government showing how they have made massive errors in calculating the cost of reaching net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. In the short video, linked below Paul Burgess looks at the contents of the letter and explains what each point refers to. The department DESNZ is mentioned in the letter and this stands for Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.

 The Letter NET ZERO - THE END? (youtube.com)

Sunday, 22 September 2024

SEA LEVEL - NO CHANGE IN RATE OF RISE SAY TIDE GAUGES

 This new video from Tony Heller looks at the latest claims from NASA that there has been a dramatic rise in sea level since 1995. He shows it is just another scare story which does not fit the data.

NASA Sea Level | Real Climate Science

Saturday, 21 September 2024

WHY NET ZERO IS IMPOSSIBLE

The following video explains clearly why the policy of trying to reach net zero CO2 emissions is incompatible with life in a modern country. This is regardless of whether it is necessary in order to affect the climate. It is a simple truth which, like the king's new clothes being not there, is never stated. 

When the wind stops 7 Is anybody doing the maths? (youtube.com)

Here is another video covering the same area, made in the past few days:

DELUSIONS OF ENERGY STORAGE (youtube.com)

Friday, 20 September 2024

HURRICANES PREDICTION- IS IT YET ANOTHER FAILURE?

We are used to doom and gloom predictions from the climate alarmist fraternity. Usually they like to make them for a long time ahead, but this time they have been very gung-ho and gone for broke. So far they appear to have got it spectacularly wrong.

 2024 hurricane season: the worst climate prediction ever? (netzerowatch.com)

Thursday, 19 September 2024

JOHN REDWOOD LETS RIP AGAINST LABOUR'S NET ZERO MADNESS

The video in the link below includes ex Tory MP Sir John Redwood explaining in no uncertain words exactly why the net zero policy is foolish. If only more current Conservatives would speak out in this way. 

 Starmer’s Labour Slammed Over Net Zero And ‘Freezing Pensioners’ | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

TRUMP CAUSING UNCERTAINTY IN THE CLIMATE POLITICAL ZONE

The months of lead-up sessions to COP29, which is being hosted this year in Azerbaijan, have been painfully slow even by the plodding standards of global climate diplomacy, participants say.

With just two months to go, there still isn’t an agreed definition of “climate finance” let alone how much should be paid, which countries should receive it and how, and who should be on the hook for it.

Some developing countries are demanding north of $1 trillion annually, a 10-fold increase on existing pledges.

If elected, Trump could slash funding for the climate and Ukraine, leaving the EU — which saw swings to the right in elections this year — footing the bill.

Such is the aura: Citizen Trump stymies the UN climate talks without even trying « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)


Tuesday, 17 September 2024

CO2 CAN ONLY CAUSE 0.02 DEG. C PER YEAR SAYS PROF ROY SPENCER

 in a warming world due to increasing CO2 there will be a statistical increase in “unusually warm” years. But assuming the warming is entirely due to steadily increasing CO2 causing a slight (currently ~1%) energy imbalance in the climate system, then the warming that results is about ~0.02 deg. C per year.

Anything different from that small 0.02 deg. C per year warming is due to natural climate variability. 

An unusually warm year or two cannot be blamed on climate change « Roy Spencer, PhD (drroyspencer.com)

Monday, 16 September 2024

RECENT WARMING CAUSED BY DECLINING CLOUD COVER, NOT CO2, SAYS NEW RESEARCH

 Satellite Observations Confirm 2000-’22 Warming Has Been Due To An Increasing Solar Radiation Trend (notrickszone.com)

Satellite observations from CERES (Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System) indicate cloud cover has been declining since 2000. Declining cloud cover has meant less shortwave radiation has been reflected to space, resulting in an increase in the solar radiation absorbed by the Earth’s surface (ocean).

Sunday, 15 September 2024

Saturday, 14 September 2024

POLITICIANS MAKING A FORTUNE OUT OF NET ZERO

Quite a few politicians seem to get away with a conflict of interest in the area of climate change. In some cases it seems quite blatant, as can be seen in the following article: 

The Baroness making a fortune from Net Zero | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Friday, 13 September 2024

DIRECT AIR CO2 CAPTURE PLANT BEING BUILT IN UK

Now we are starting to extract CO2 out of the air, but at what cost? Who is paying for this and how is it funded? £3 million from the government is small change compared with the £ billions that are being spent on other climate change projects. 

 Lowestoft project pioneers climate change technology | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Thursday, 12 September 2024

HAS GEORGE MONBIOT SEEN THE LIGHT?

 Nearly every single carbon reduction scheme is a useless make-work machination that creates the illusion that the government is doing something.

 96% of climate policies are a waste of money says Science paper « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

CLIMATE CHANGE DOGMA CHALLENGED

The Isle of Man parliament is recorded and their speeches on climate change policy are dissected by Paul Burgess in this hour long video. Interestingly one MP is actually brave enough to disagree with the consensus and makes a lot of sensible points. He stands out like an atheist at a religious convention. 

 Uncovering Layers of Ignorance in the Isle of Man Parliament (youtube.com)

Tuesday, 10 September 2024

WHY THE QUIET HURRICANE SEASON?

See below article:

 5 reasons behind the historic absence of tropical storms this hurricane season (accuweather.com)

Here's one:

Water across nearly all of the Atlantic hurricane basin is incredibly warm, which can fuel any tropical system that does develop. However, one area just off the west coast of Africa is much cooler, a phenomenon known as "Atlantic Niña."

Research has shown Atlantic Niñas can potentially lead to less tropical activity in the Atlantic. The reasoning behind this cooling in the Atlantic is still a bit unclear.

Sunday, 8 September 2024

CAN CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE SAVE US FROM A "CLIMATE EMERGENCY"?

Not according to this study (linked article below) using computer models. 

 Study finds limits to rate of storing CO₂ underground, exposing huge over-optimism of climate change ‘combatants’ | Tallbloke's Talkshop (wordpress.com)

There is a lot of interesting information in the comments beneath the article. Among the comments was a link to this government paper:

The UK Carbon Capture Usage and Storage deployment pathway: an action plan (publishing.service.gov.uk) Here is a quote from page 16 of the report:

A CCUS project, incorporating capture, transport and storage infrastructure, takes between five and eight years from commencing detailed engineering work to operation. Therefore to support meeting our ambition of having the option of deploying CCUS at scale during the 2030s, subject to costs coming down sufficiently, we can use the 2020s to test and develop CCUS in the UK context.

A successful proposition will be one that is supported by local and regional communities, authorities and businesses. It will need to be consistent with the market based framework set out by Government and include the wider industrial and economic benefts of establishing CCUS in the place. (Page 30)

To help industry decarbonise, we have launched an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, worth up to £315 million. This will provide funding for transformative decarbonisation investments, potentially including fuel switching and carbon capture. (Page 33)

BEIS analysis shows that the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for a frstof-a-kind combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) with post-combustion carbon capture and storage could be around £75/MWh, for a plant commissioning in 2025. The LCOE of a plant of this type was previously estimated to be £110/MWh52 (Page 36)

The question that sticks in my mind is - how could any manufacture be made cheaper by adding a whole extra plant to it? To see the cost of wind turbine electricity have a look at yesterday's link to the video by Paul Burgess. It is close to £100/MWh. I would be very sceptical about the figure of £75/MWh quoted by the government.

Friday, 6 September 2024

TRUE COST OF WIND ENERGY EXPOSED

In this new video from Paul Burgess he looks at the true cost of wind energy. A short and interesting video which includes a clash in the UK parliament between a Reform MP and Labour on the topic.  

Richard Tice Clash with Ed Milliband - Delusions Exposed, Lies Uncovered (youtube.com)

MILIBAND'S EMPTY ENERGY PROMISE

An excellent piece from Ross Clark, author of the best seller Not Zero.

 Miliband’s empty energy promise | The Spectator

Thursday, 5 September 2024

GERMAN ECONOMY - A LESSON IN CLIMATE POLICY FAILURE

There is something very important to learn from the way that the German economy is going as a result of adopting energy policies to try to reach net zero. We should learn not to copy them!

 Renewable Fiasco: If Germany just kept nuclear power, it could have saved $600b and cut emissions by 73% « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

Wednesday, 4 September 2024

CLIMATE CHANGE STORIES TAKE US FOR FOOLS

Yet another ridiculous headline, this one from the USA, is trying to make us believe that the climate is causing bridges to wear out more quickly. The inference is that any infrastructure is now wearing out more quickly than before. As if the climate was perfect and now it is suddenly much worse.  

Climate Science goes full-bore witchcraft: Your beefsteak makes bridges fall like Tinker-Toys « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

Monday, 2 September 2024

GREENLAND ICE SHEET NOT ON TRACK TO MELT AWAY


According to the latest figures, the Greenland ice sheet is not giving rise to any alarm. This will, of course, not lead to any report in the main news.    

Greenland Icecap Carries On As Normal | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Sunday, 1 September 2024

DANISH ENERGY EXPERT'S ARGUMENTS SHOWN UP AS NOT CREDIBLE IN RADIO PHONE-IN

 We live in a world of "experts" when it comes to energy and climate, and most of the time these "experts" are able to speak to us via the media virtually unchallenged. Most of the public do not have the knowledge and ability to give a coherent challenge, but in the link below of a radio interview in the Isle of Man there was an exceptionally well-informed member of the public. The interview is dissected by Paul Burgess to give more background context.

An Appeal to Common Sense in the Isle of Man (youtube.com) 

Friday, 30 August 2024

SEA LEVEL SCARE DEBUNKED AGAIN

Rising sea levels is one of the biggest scare stories in the climate alarmists play book, even though it has been debunked so many times. Here it is again: 

The oceans are overflowing, give us a trillion, says UN witchdoctor Guterres « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

Thursday, 29 August 2024

WORLD BANK POURS BILLIONS INTO "WAR ON AGRICULTURE"

Created to alleviate global poverty, the World Bank has decided the “manmade climate crisis” is a far greater threat to impoverished families than contaminated water, malaria, and other killer diseases, hunger, or even two billion people still burning wood and dung because they don’t have reliable, affordable electricity. It has unilaterally decreed that 45% of its funds – an extra $9 billion in FY2024 – will be shifted to helping the poor “better withstand the devastation of climate change.” Read the rest of it here: 

Who is directing the war on agriculture and nutrition? – CFACT

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

US CLIMATE REFERENCE NETWORK - PRISTINE DATA

Here is an interesting data set. It comes from 114 first class weather stations which are in locations that are as far as possible from any contamination from stray sources of heat, such as tarmac. concrete, buildings, traffic, aircraft, etc. What a great idea! Such a pity that our own Met Office has not tried to do the same. Surprisingly, for those who believe temperatures are rapidly increasing, the data has, so far, not shown any rising trend. As the data has only been going for 19 years, it is not long enough to show a meaningful trend, but if it continues for 30 years or more it will start to be more significant. 

Unfortunately, NOAA never reports this data in their monthly or yearly “state of the climate report.” And, mainstream media either is entirely unaware of the existence of this data set or has chosen not to report on this U.S. temperature record. 

 U.S Surface Temperature – Watts Up With That?

Tuesday, 27 August 2024

USA ELECTION - DEMOCRATS KEEPING QUIET ABOUT CLIMATE POLICY

Just as in the recent UK election, there as been no mention of costly climate policies in the US election by the Democrats. The difference in the USA is that the other party, the Republicans, do have a different policy and they should mention it and not fear the Green Blob. We will see in the coming weeks if Trump has the courage to speak up. 

Election Deception: Democrats won’t mention the climate, but The Greens are happy anyway « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

Monday, 26 August 2024

ATLANTIC WARMING AND COOLING, NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN WHY

For over a year, surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean hit new highs, but that trend has reversed at record speed over the past few months, and nobody knows why. NOAA data shows Atlantic sea surface temperatures have cooled at a surprising rate since May. Since June began, temperatures have been a degree or two Fahrenheit colder than normal for this time of year. That means El Niño will likely be replaced by its counterpart, La Niña. 

Scientists have no idea why the Atlantic has suddenly got colder, but they think they know that global warming made it hotter in the first place, even though there is no scientific explanation for the claim that a slightly warmer atmosphere can make any measurable difference to ocean temperatures! 

The Atlantic Is Cooling at a Mysteriously Fast Rate After Record Warmth | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Sunday, 25 August 2024

Saturday, 24 August 2024

WHAT IS THE COST OF CARBON CAPTURE UTILISATION AND STORAGE?

 CCUS applications do not all have the same cost. Looking specifically at carbon capture, the cost can vary greatly by CO2 source, from a range of USD 15-25/t CO2 for industrial processes producing “pure” or highly concentrated CO2 streams (such as ethanol production or natural gas processing) to USD 40-120/t CO2 for processes with “dilute” gas streams, such as cement production and power generation. Capturing CO2 directly from the air is currently the most expensive approach.

Moving on to the cost of transport and storage, this can also vary greatly on a case-by-case basis, depending mainly on CO2 volumes, transport distances and storage conditions. In the United States, for example, the cost of onshore pipeline transport is in the range of USD 2-14/t CO2, while the cost of onshore storage shows an even wider spread. However, more than half of onshore storage capacity is estimated to be available below USD 10/t CO2

Is carbon capture too expensive? – Analysis - IEA

The following video looks at the problems with this as well as stating its importance, assuming that capturing and storing CO2 is necessary.

How does carbon capture and storage actually work? | ABC News (youtube.com)

All this begs the question - do we need to do this at all? The answer to that depends on whether you believe the planet is facing a looming disaster caused by CO2. If we don't ( and I believe the evidence is very doubtful) then we certainly do not have to spend billions of dollars capturing and burying it.