The payment is to compensate for damages and losses from protests in 2015 and 2016 that damaged and delayed the North Dakota Access Pipeline. The protests were so large and so out of control, the clean up bill cost North Dakota $38 million dollars. So finally the oil companies have turned the tide in the USA.
Greenpeace ordered to pay oil company $660m which may wipe them out in the US « JoNova
The price of fitting an air-source heat pump increased by 33pc, from £9,686 to £12,951 in the six years to January 2025, according to Telegraph analysis of data from the trade standards body, MCS. This is hardly going to encourage many to change from gas to heat pumps, so what form of persuasion will they try next?
The Eyewatering Cost Of Heat Pumps | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
This looks like a poor life expectancy, and hence a high cost.
Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm To Be Dismantled After Just 15 Years Of Operation
Watch the speech live at the link below.
This is a new departure from the Leader of the Conservative Party and is bound to lead to much debate over the coming months.
We live in a world of "spin" or in other worlds propaganda, and the idea of attributing extreme weather events to climate change is pure gold to those who want to push this ideology into the populations. This video in the article linked below is by a very popular You Tube scientist called Sabine Hossenfelder. She has a reputation for knowing what she is talking about and she has spotted that the results of the study have such large error bars that they are not statistically significant. Yet the media still blindly carry on reporting this stuff
Scientists Misreport Climate Cause of LA Wildfires | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
If you want to know what is going on with the health of the Great Barrier Reef then listen to the expert who has studied it closely and was sacked for speaking the truth the climate extremists did not want you to hear. That man is Dr Peter Ridd.
That is the view of the tech giants, Its as if the scales have at last fallen from their eyes and the penny has dropped. Renewables were never likely to be a cost-effective solution when reliability was a vital element of our electricity requirements. The only surprise is how long it has taken to reach this conclusion. Those nations which are slow to change tack will end up in the slow lane for growth. It will be the USA which leads the way with the UK still fiddling with wind and solar. Read it here:
Tech Giants quietly drop renewables and sign pledge to triple Nuclear Power « JoNova
This interview between Paul Burgess and a young man called Tuk Travis reminds me of the story of David and Goliath. We all know that David slayed the giant Goliath with a well-aimed stone. Tuk has an even bigger challenge, but he should be admired for taking it on nevertheless. Clearly this climate ideology will not end because of one person, but it may cause a few more people to think and realise that the narrative they are being told is not the whole truth. There are many reasons to doubt much of it. Yes there has been some warming, but beyond that there is a huge amount of exaggeration in order to reach the "climate crisis" which is being pushed as a certainty. Watch the interview here:
This time it's called global weirding. It seems the media cannot get enough of this sort of scare story. A new “study” warns us that the most populated cities on Earth have a distinct trend towards, wait for it, a wetter or drier weather. Read it all here:
News media love to come up with an apocalyptic headline, like the one in this article. They should usually be taken with a very large pinch of salt"
Almost Unanimous Consensus Of Scientists | Real Climate Science
Some climate alarmists use the scare tactic of trying to make out that companies who trade in fossil fuels will be left with stranded assets as the world stops using them. This argument falls down in many ways. For a start most of the world is not stopping using them and also these companies have very strong balance sheets with plenty of cash. In fact ideal companies to invest in! The following article explains:
As more renewable energy is added to the grid so the costs increase and the reliability gets less. This new video by Paul Burgess explains what is happening:
This is bad news for those who have invested in renewables, but according to this article they are losing money and likely to continue to do so. I have never invested in this sector, so I cannot speak from experience. Time to invest in the weapons industry, my BAE shares are at an all time high!
Green Hedge Fund executive says the whole Clean Energy Sector Is Dead « JoNova
This video by Paul Burgess looks at the extreme policies advocated for us all to follow in order to reach the holy grail of net zero. Most of it will comes as quite a shock to the public.
Mann, the scientist behind the debunked hockey stick graph purporting to show the present time as the hottest for millions of years, has had his defamation win reduced from a $ million to just $ 5000 according to this report. He has also been told to pay large court costs. Some justice for Mark Steyn, the defendant in the libel case.
Professor Hughes is arguably the UK’s pre-eminent energy economist, and he has calculated that Ed Miliband’s Clean Power 2030 plan will add at least £25 billion per year to the cost of the electricity system. This will cause prices to soar, hitting every household in the UK with a cost-of-living increase of over £900.
When reading the article, the term DSR stands for demand side response, in other words getting customers to switch off to balance the grid. This can only be done by paying them, so yet another cost to be added to our bills. If not enough DSR is agreed then it goes without saying that the production side will have to cut some customers off. That is the state we will be in in the near future.
CCC’s Carbon Budget Does Not Add Up | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
"Solar and wind power have grown to a mere 3.5% of primary energy production. The levelised cost of renewable energy – which measures the net present value of electricity produced over a plant’s lifetime – has declined sharply over the years. But this has not resulted in lower electricity prices. In fact, as the share of the energy mix provided by renewables has risen, electricity prices have tended to increase. That’s because wind and solar power are intermittent. Since storing energy in batteries is uneconomic, traditional sources of power are still needed as backup, which is expensive".
The tide seems to be turning according to this article in the Mail:
The campaigning organisation says that the spending estimates are unaffordable, and are lowballed, because they are based on figures that bear no resemblance to anything seen in the real world.
The Climate Change Committee, which prepares the budget, says that capital expenditure on Net Zero projects will have to rise from around £18 billion today to over £40 billion by 2029, a level of expenditure that will then have to be sustained for a decade.
A good new video by Paul Burgess
Proving That CO2 Does NOT Control The Climate in Five Minutes
This is a seismic U-turn, one that should take the oil giant firmly away from its fancy Beyond Petroleum slogans and even more fanciful attempts to become a renewables group.
Five years ago, BP set some of the most absurd targets among its peers to cut production of oil and gas by 40 per cent by 2030, while ramping up investment in renewables.
Now Auchincloss is doing the reverse: looking to increase investments in fossil fuels by 20 per cent to £8billion by 2027 while cutting spending on renewables to around £1.2billion a year, more than £4billion less than planned.
SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (Reuters) – China started construction on 94.5 gigawatts of coal-fired power in 2024, the highest volume of new builds since 2015, hampering the country’s transition away from fossil fuels, researchers said
China is so committed to Net Zero last year it started building 95 Gigawatts of coal plants « JoNova
"It is beyond doubt that if we continue on the Net Zero path we will return to the long-term upwards trend until the economy and/or society melt down entirely."
It is now becoming clear that altering the temperature records is something which is widespread among those nations which are heavily invested in the climate crisis narrative and net zero CO2 emissions targets. The surprising thing is that no one seems willing or able to call them to account.
Tampering With Temperature Records In Netherlands | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Trump in his second term has learnt a lot on how to get things done in a hurry. Just read what he has achieved already and then imagine what he will achieve in four years! If he succeeds the USA will power ahead and the Republicans could remain in power for decades.
Trump is unravelling the Climate Blob at full speed « JoNova
Here is further evidence of a clear shift in policy on net zero. It is still only a partial retreat, but either you have a net zero by 2050 policy or you don't. Once the mask has slipped there is no going back. They can see the mess the government is getting into and so they are slowly distancing themselves.
The Tories set the UK net zero target. Now they are dumping it – POLITICO
In his latest short video Paul Burgess suggests posing a simple question to a climate alarmist as in this 2 minute video. He says to point out to them what effect all the measures have had on the level of CO2 emissions world-wide over the past 20 years and showing a graph which indicates no effect at all apart from the major recessions and covid. He makes a very good point, but the alarmist will, of course come back with "but we have got to do far more", and then reel off the extreme weather events which they claim to be linked to climate change. Arguing with a climate alarmist is a bit like arguing with a Jehovah's Witness - it;s very time consuming and you don't get anywhere!
(1) The Simplest Response to A Climate Alarmist - in 2 minutes - YouTube
Trump’s reversals of the Biden administration’s “all-of-government” policy agenda focused on “combatting climate change” and “environmental justice" and replace it with a new policy to set free America’s capacity for capitalist growth and human flourishing.
Trump's energy agenda: beware of government overreach - Clintel
The findings may seem counterintuitive, but frequent low-lying surface fires often maintain balance in forests by reducing fuel sources across large areas, says Phys.org. They show modern-day fires are much less frequent than they were in past centuries, despite recent record-breaking fire years, such as 2020. The results also reveal that much of the continent is in a substantial “fire deficit,” experiencing about 20% as much fire as in the past. Read more details here:
That is the title of this short video by Sabine Hossenfelder, who produces science videos and has a large following. In this video she looks at how the big institutions and companies have backed out of costly pledges. All this was predictable. Fortunately the evidence suggests that the effect of CO2 has been shown to be much less than alarmists were predicting. At the end of the video she mentions a wildlife charity which does good work to try and help to save endangered species. Something that most people would agree is worthwhile. Definitely worth watching, though I find her German accent a bit off-putting.
Everyone is Giving Up On Climate Goals - Except the UK Labour government!
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the UK parliament is a powerful body which looks at whether the government is getting good value for money on various projects. This new report does not make good reading for the government.
PAC Slam Miliband’s Carbon Capture Plans | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Considering that the world is supposed to be facing a "climate crisis" it does seem odd that so many of the political leaders have not even made a new climate target, unless they don't really believe there is one. The UK are the class swots and are one of the few to hand their homework in on time - but will they keep their promises or are they just empty words?
Nations are struggling to increase CO2 emission cuts and so are promising smaller cuts. This is only to be expected as these cuts are starting to hurt the economy and be felt in people's pockets.
New Zealand plans to barely cut emissions between 2030 and 2035
This short video looks at the fall in the share price of a number of wind farm manufacturing companies. Why is this happening?
Will this production calm the fears of vulnerable teenagers who have become totally brainwashed by the constant propaganda?
Bringing the Outside In | Mayflower Below is part of the intro:
"Amber is alone. She’s not turned up for the first day of her final year of sixth form. She’s terrified of the climate crisis, and everyone knows it. Enter Yerna – a three thousand year old “giant” she accidentally summons, who turns her stuffy flat into a forest oasis!.
Of course they don't give away the whole story, but perhaps it might end something like this:
Suddenly Yerna emerges from behind a plant pot along with a whole mass of greenery. "Where has all this come from?" asks Amber.
Yerna explains, "You see the plants are my friends and they love CO2 and warmth, so your flat was just right for them. The CO2 levels in here are much higher than outside. That is why they pump CO2 into greenhouses".
Amber looked surprised. "But I thought CO2 was bad and that we were all going to die?"
Yerna spoke quietly and calmly, "I am 3000 years old and that is not true. The climate is a bit warmer, about 1.5 degrees C. It was just as warm during the Medieval Warm Period, around 1000 years ago. It was a really good time, just like the Roman Optimum about 2000 years ago. The worst climate was the Little Ice Age which only ended in about 1850. Just think, if we hadn't warmed up by that 1.5 degrees C. we would still be in it today!"
Amber smiled and gave a sigh of relief. "I am so glad you came", she said. "Now I know the truth I will go back to college and tell all my friends".
Amber took a load of selfies with Yerma and put them on Facebook with a short video of Yerma explaining things which soon went viral. After that she became a massive celebrity and President Trump invited her to the White House where she explained what had happened to the American public.
Satellites show that global temperatures have been in freefall in recent months. Since September 2024, they have fallen by a full half a degree Celsius, and yet the BBC claims that last month was the world’s warmest January on record. So what is going on?
Hottest January? Latest BBC Lies! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
UPDATE:
See from the chart in this link that January 2024 global temperature anomaly is 0.80 degrees C. compared with the anomaly for January 2025 which is 0.46 degrees C.
UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for December, 2024: +0.62 deg. C « Roy Spencer, PhD
It is refreshing to see scientists admit that they cannot explain some things. So often they bluster and pretend they have all the answers.
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) deals with pollution in the USA and exceeded its powers by claiming that CO2 was a pollutant and was a danger to health. This then allowed it to bring in a whole raft of controls without needing the government to pass any legislation. If Trump is able to overturn this then a huge raft of legislation will fall away. The article below explains how it could be done:
How To Rescind The Endangerment Finding In A Way That Will Stick — Manhattan Contrarian
How is the Trump administration doing in its efforts to remove and replace all the pro-climate change propaganda on USA government websites? It has been a good start but there is still a lot to do according to this article;
It's Time To Purge The Climate Scam From The Federal Websites — Manhattan Contrarian
A short while ago a researcher, Ray Sanders, reported on some very poor practices going on at the UK Met Office. This received a lot of coverage in the online climate science blogs and also the online news outlet, the Daily Sceptic. Clearly this has come to the attention of the Met Office, which has led to an attempt to rebut some of the claims. The unconvincing rebuttal has only led to another long article pointing out the feebleness of the defence put forward, which is about as convincing as a burglar caught leaving the premises with a bag full of loot.
Can the policy of expanding airports be compatible with the UKs new pledge on CO2 reductions? This article explains:
Miliband vows to halve UK emissions days after Reeves backs Heathrow third runway
In this informative video we learn how we are being deceived by government spin, and what the true picture in terms of how the government's policy is going to affect us all.
It seems that scientists frequently associate their work with climate change in order to get publicity, however tenuous the link. In this example you can see that they have stretched credulity to the limit. These allegations only serve to make people more sceptical of the whole issue.
Climate change could spark outbreaks of DIARRHOEA in Britain, scientists warn | Daily Mail Online
This video explains what is coming for those who purchased EVs a few years back and are about to try and sell them. This is what happens when the government tries to control the market.
An EV depreciation TIME BOMB is heading for finance companies | MGUY Australia
Solar energy can be very useful in countries which have a sunny climate, but for the UK they have only a limited use as there is not enough storage to cover the long periods when there is no sun, or very limited sun. This video explains more:
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, wants to grow the economy, whereas the Climate Change Minister wants to get to net zero. What they need to understand is that to achieve anything close to net zero you have to sacrifice growth, which means you will lose the next election.
Rachel Reeves hints at support for Heathrow third runway - BBC News
The endangerment finding is the linchpin of much of the EPA’s climate-related regulatory authority. Issued during the Obama administration, this finding declared greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide as pollutants that endanger public health and welfare. By initiating this review, President Trump has taken the first step toward unraveling the faulty rationale that has fueled countless overzealous climate policies.
The radical "Climate and Nature" bill has failed to clear its first hurdle in the House of Commons. It is now unlikely to become law. So we can all breathe a sigh of relief that even this government is not mad enough to commit economic suicide at the rate that this bill would have achieved. However the current net zero is just a slower version along similar lines as we will find out in the next few years.
Climate and Nature Bill falls as MPs vote to end debate - BBC News
It is worth mentioning that, if what is constantly being fed to the public about there being a climate emergency due to man made CO2 is true, then all these privations would be necessary. Luckily the scientific evidence does not support what is being fed to us and I suspect a lot of our leaders know this but dare not admit it as they know it would immediately make them look very foolish. On the other hand if there are some who actually believe it, they know that they dare not implement such a drastic policy as they know it would destroy the economy.
The result is that we carry on with a policy which is still very costly and damaging, while at the same time will not achieve its intended goal. Not only that, but unless all major countries implemented the same stringent policy it could not possibly work.
When this period of human history is written, future generations will be amazed at the huge fuss that was made of what might be called the "climate issue", just as today we look back at the "witchcraft issue".
Net zero is a mad aim as it currently is being followed by the UK government, but for those of a puritanical nature there is an even madder version set out in a back-bench MPs bill. If this were to passinto law here's what it would lead to:
Here is a new short video on the Antarctic ice:
Real Climate Science | "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Excellent news that Lord Frost has made this decision. He has long been a critic of the UK’s current energy policy, and his appointment reflects the importance that he ascribes to this issue. He will not be remunerated for this role.
Here in this linked 40 minute video there is an in-depth discussion about the UK electricity supply system. It focuses on the effect of wind and solar energy on the reliability of it, and the risk of blackouts as we approach 2030 when the Labour government have set out to make the supply net zero CO2 emissions. This should be essential listening for the government, as well as all voters!
Will blackouts come to Britain?
UPDATE
More on this from Paul Burgess
This has been admitted by Ed Miliband, the Labour minister in charge of the UK energy system and net zero. I think he should have said "WILL" rather than "may". Despite this, the government are still planning to introduce a scheme which will come into force in April, whereby boiler manufacturers will be fined if they fail to sell enough heat pumps.
Companies in the sector have previously warned it would add £120 to the cost of a new boiler – leading it to be dubbed the 'boiler tax'.
Ed Miliband admits heat pumps may NEVER be cheaper than gas boilers
The Climate and Nature Bill sounds innocuous enough, in fact it is a wolf in sheep's clothing as this article reveals. However before we start to man the barricades it must be noted that this is a back-bench bill that is not supported by the government so it is highly unlikely to pass into law, which is just as well!
Net Zero Watch welcomes the admission by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch that the 2050 decarbonisation target was ‘a mistake’ and that it was put in place without any plan to deliver it.
This new position will undoubtedly lead to speculation that the party is about to adopt a radically different climate and energy policy.
In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) often referred to as the Gulf Stream, moves water throughout the world’s oceans powered by a combination of winds and ocean density. As the climate is continuously changing and the atmosphere is warming, many scientists fear that fresh water from melting polar ice sheets could significantly disrupt—or collapse—the AMOC. While a decline of the AMOC would have grave consequences, a collapse would be truly catastrophic.
In a new paper published in Nature Communications, scientists found that the AMOC has not declined in the last 60 years.
for more than eight years, the climate scientist Michael Mann harassed National Review through litigation over a blog post — until, eventually, the First Amendment brought an end to his attack. This week, a court in our nation’s capital ordered Mann to pay us $530,820.21 worth of attorney’s fees and costs, and to do so within 30 days. It is time for him to get out his checkbook, and sign on the dotted line.
Court Orders Michael Mann to Pay National Review Attorney's Fees and Costs | National Review
This time it is from the USA where melting glaciers in the Rockies have revealed the existence of 7000 year old forests. Similar findings in the Alps show that this was a widespread phenomena.
7000 Year Old Trees Uncovered High Up In The Rockies | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Bloomberg) — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he would seek to have a policy of having no wind farms constructed during his second term, threatening billions of dollars in planned wind projects.
“We are going to have a policy where no windmills are being built,” Trump said during a lengthy tirade against wind power during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Trump, who has vowed a first day executive order targeting wind farms, has long made no secret his disdain for the energy source. But his remarks Tuesday represented the sharpest threat yet from the incoming president.
The race to Not Zero: the beginning of the end of the climate delusion picks up speed… « JoNova
The German energy transition, initiated in 2000 by the EEG (Renewable Energy Sources Act), is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. This is a good time to look at the intention, logic and results of this gigantic national project.
Twenty-five years of German energy transition: a way not to go - Clintel
Acknowledged leading physicists, Drs. van Wijngaarden and Happer, have produced the evidence in a new paper. Since CO2 has only risen by 50% since 1750 (280 ppm to 420 ppm), CO2’s total greenhouse effect influence in reducing outgoing radiation has thus far been in the range of tenths of a percentage point. A less than 1% change in outgoing radiation over hundreds of years is not even detectable amid the noise of outgoing radiation measurement. Observation error in measuring Earth’s outgoing radiation is 33 W/m², for example.
Physicists: Increasing CO2 By 100% Only Reduces Radiative Cooling To Space By An Imperceptible 1%
That is the only way to keep the lights on. At last people are waking up to the truth.
Jon Keeley, a scientist working for the US Geological Survey, says “I don’t think these fires are the result of climate change. You certainly could get these events without climate change.”
Keeley has been studying the connection between various climaltic conditions and fires for the past forty years. He correctly pointed out that the conditions causing this type of fire have existed for thousands of years in this part of California.
Scientists At Loggerheads Over Cause Of Wildfires Ravaging California - Climate Change Dispatch
But was the damage a result of poor government decisions?
That is not a headline that immediately grabs your attention, but it is actually true. It will probably disappoint those who like to strike fear of climate change into the mind of the public so that they readily accept the massive costs they are about to be burdened with to control the climate back to what it was in the good old days before we had central heating motor cars and aircraft. Of course this will not be reported in our mainstream media.
Before he has even taken up office there has been a sea change in the banking world regarding net zero. This looks like something that will make a big difference. I wonder how long it will be before the UK Labour government has to also change course?
The last American Banker rats are leaving the UN Net Zero Banking club « JoNova
Have a look at the costs, due to the unreliable nature of renewable energy. We used to power ships with wind, and there was a reason why we stopped in favour of diesel engines. A lesson for the government.
The UK Met Office must be getting worried that it is facing scrutiny that is long overdue. It is desperately trying to discredit the criticism of its weather stations and the data they produce. Unfortunately for them the cover-up is only making matters worse. They would be far better off admitting their mistakes and putting things right, but, just like the Post Office, that is the last thing they want to do. Read the latest report here:
A recent paper by Helge F. Goessling, et al., published by AAAS Science, looks at the possible cause of the recent global temperature surge and suggests it has been intensified by record-low planetary albedo”. The abstract states:
“In 2023, the global mean temperature soared to almost 1.5K above the pre-industrial level, surpassing the previous record by about 0.17K. Previous best-guess estimates of known drivers including anthropogenic warming and the El Niño onset fall short by about 0.2K in explaining the temperature rise. Utilizing satellite and reanalysis data, we identify a record-low planetary albedo as the primary factor bridging this gap. The decline is apparently caused largely by a reduced low-cloud cover in the northern mid-latitudes and tropics, in continuation of a multi-annual trend. Further exploring the low-cloud trend and understanding how much of it is due to internal variability, reduced aerosol concentrations, or a possibly emerging low-cloud feedback will be crucial for assessing the current and expected future warming.”
Previous papers have pointed out a warming of the oceans, particularly in the tropics. Since infrared radiation (from greenhouse gases such as CO2) cannot penetrate the ocean surfaces beyond a few millimeters (small fractions of an inch) increasing atmospheric CO2 cannot be an explanation of ocean warming over a few years, but increased sunlight at sea level can.
This is a new video by Paul Burgess which covers a range of topics looking at the reasons why net zero is a totally impractical proposition. It is much longer than his normal videos at over two hours, but it is in sections that can be seen separately. It is a very professional product and well worth watching.
Exposing The Net Zero Agenda - A Documentary by Paul Burgess
Just look at the latest figures for subsidising wind and biomass energy. A record high of £2.36 billion for last year. Meanwhile subsidies for wind power via the Renewable Obligation Scheme cost a further £4.6 billion in the year ended March 2024. In short, wind power is now being subsidised to the tune of about £7 billion a year, when constraint payments are included.
CfD Subsidies Hit Record High In 2024 | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Here is a summary of an article written in a Report in 1974:
Annual average temperatures over the Northern Hemisphere increased rather dramatically from 1890 to 1940, but have been falling ever since. The total change (by1974) has averaged about 0.5 degrees Centigrade, with the greatest cooling in higher latitudes. Iceland's hay crop has dropped by 25% since the 1950's, while pack ice in waters around Iceland and Greenland ports is becoming the hazard to navigation it was in the 17th and 18th centuries.
From 1890 to 1940 man enjoyed the warmest climate the world had known for 5 or 6 centuries. Dr. Reid Bryson, Director of the University of Wisconsin's Institute for Environmental Studies, thinks that the relatively warm period from 1890 to 1940 was only a brief intermission in the Little Ice age, a perid of worldwide expansion of snow cover, mountain glacier growth, and Arctic pack ice which began in the 15th century and became pronounced by the 17th century. There were three major glacial advances in the Alps, Norway, Iceland and Alaska and elsewhere around 1650, 1750 and 1850 separated by slight withdrawals. Average annual temperatures in England and perhaps worldwide were 1 to 2 degrees Centigrade colder than they were before or since (as at 1974). In the USA average Midwestern temperatures in the 1850's were as much as 4 degrees C. colder than they are in 1974.
You can read it all here:
NOAA & Global Cooling In The 1970s | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Supporters of renewable energy seem to be blinded to the danger that off shore wind poses to whales. If they were genuinely concerned about nature and helping to protect wildlife then why is this the case?
My 41 wind-threatens-whales articles track federal deception – Watts Up With That?
According to this article they were and it is only due to the Republican controlled states using the courts to enforce anti-trust laws that has stopped them this time. It's a complex web, but just plausible that these corporate giants would work together, like a giant example of group-think. Of course they believed they were doing good by saving the planet.
Read the details here and see what you think:
It’s a win: Bankers are backing away from the Monster Banking Climate Cartel « JoNova
The back bench bill to cut CO2 emissions much faster than the government is currently doing is causing considerable concern and the implications of it for the everyday lives of the people are laid out in this article by Paul Homewood:
The Climate and Nature Bill | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Very few voters knowingly voted for this, and even this Labour government would not implement it, as it would destroy the economy and with it the chance of any of them being re-elected.
Germany is aiming to cover 80 percent of its electricity demand with renewables by 2030, and have a largely decarbonised power supply by 2035. To make sure the lights stay on at all times as the share of intermittent renewable energy increases and coal is phased out, the Germans plan to build hydrogen-ready gas power plants, but these may not materialise fully as investment risks are too high, warned energy associations BDEW and VKU. Read more here:
Note to UK government - Even Germany is not planning to decarbonise its electricity supply completely by 2030, but they are struggling to achieve 80% by 2035.
Over a period of just a few months the global sea temperature over a large area of the world’s oceans has shown a dramatic reduction of 0.5°C. It is now back to the level seen in 2015.
What this latest episode of climate hysteria shows is that despite vast amounts of computer power and a huge pool of money, most climate science is stuck in a ‘settled’ dark age. Any departure from a climatic norm is seen by activist scientists and their faithful media messengers as a linear progression to Armageddon. The role of natural variation is constantly downplayed.
Recent Temperature Falls Likely to Put a Dampener on ‘Hottest Year Evah’ Stories – The Daily Sceptic
This article is from FoS Climate Science Newsletter - 2024 | Friends of Science
The Gorgon carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) system in Australia commenced operation in August 2019. Naturally occurring carbon dioxide (CO2) is taken from offshore gas reservoirs and injected into a giant sandstone formation two km under the ground. The project is operated by Chevron in joint venture with ExxonMobil and Shell. The Gorgon CCS project was expected to capture 80% of the CO2 emitted, or 4 million tonnes (MtCO2) a year. This report shows that it actually achieved just 1.6 MtCO2 in fiscal year 2024, which is only 30% of its target and the lowest performance since it started in 2019. The project is costing the joint venture almost $1 billion more in 2023 than it did in FY2019-20 to offset the difference and pay for technical problems. The requirement to buy carbon offsets for under performance and problems injection into the sandstone reservoir rose from $2.5 billion in FY2019-20 to $3.2 billion in 2023. Australian Carbon Credit Units are currently priced around $40 a tonne. “The key reason behind Gorgon’s under performance is issues with the reservoir pressure, which has to stay within a certain range. Chevron has implemented measures to remove water from the reservoir and reduce the reservoir pressure.
The chances of Labour meetings its self-imposed target of decarbonising the UK electricity supply by 2030 is a fantasy, says Richard North in this well-informed article:
Net zero: fantasy power | Turbulent Times
Not only will the government completely fail to meet their 2030 target on decarbonising the grid, they are also miles away from their heat pump installation target and the their electric vehicle target - which is probably just as well, as if they had met them they would not have nearly enough electricity to power them!
Dramatic evidence has been published in a number of recent science papers that carbon dioxide levels are already ‘saturated’, meaning little or no further warming is to be expected and rising CO2 levels are all beneficial.
Science Shock: CO2 is Good for the Planet, Peer-Reviewed Studies Suggest – The Daily Sceptic
Mark Mills, who spoke alongside Steve Koonin at the debate shown in yesterday's post, is a very good speaker, and here he is again speaking about EVs. It's only a short ten minute video, but well worth watching,
I recommend this good-natured debate between some very well-informed speakers. On the affirmative side were Kerry Emanuel and Robert Pyndick, both authors of books on the subject, and on the negative team were Steve Koonin and Mark Mills, also highly qualified.
MIT Free Speech Alliance Debate: Is Decarbonization Worth the Cost?
You can read a summary of the "no" side here:
The Paris Accords As “Climate Insurance”—Unaffordable and Unnecessary - Clintel
Below is an interesting piece from Richard North. He observes that net zero targets are not being met due to public resistance. This is going to lead to a dilemma. Will they try to force costly change and risk even more unpopularity, or will they abandon the targets and push them further ahead?
Miliband's dash to decarbonise the grid by 2030 will put us in hock to the biggest dictatorship of all: China. He has already approved three huge new solar farms in eastern England, despite the official planning inspectorate concluding that one in particular would involve an unacceptable loss of productive farmland.
The Science Is Clear: Warming Since 2000 Is NOT Due To Man-Made GHG Emissions
This bill, should it ever become law, will restrict our freedom like nothing we have experienced since war time. It has an innocent sounding name, but it is a ravenous wolf in sheep's clothing. Amazingly it has the backing of around 180 MPs, but its "ambition" would ruin our economy and put up prices in equal measure. The rest of the world would be more likely to laugh at us than attempt to copy us.
Read more here: Like Net Zero–But Worse | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Here is the website trying to get support for it:
For the first time in 21 months, global ocean temperatures have returned to levels seen in December 2015—nine years ago. Let that sink in for a moment. After two years of being bombarded with claims that the Earth’s oceans were on an unstoppable trajectory of warming, we find ourselves… back where we were nearly a decade ago.
Ocean Temperatures and Climate Hysteria: A Lesson in Perspective – Watts Up With That?
Many climate scientists in the USA are worried about whether they will still have a job when President Trump moves into the White House on the 20th January. It will be interesting to see just how much he will change the situation in his second term. What he needs to do is to allow an open debate with time for the sceptics to put their case to the country.
The track by Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers, which mocks Labour’s decision to strip millions of pensioners of the benefit, is topping music downloads charts with a week to go before Christmas Day. The single is already topping the EE Big Top 40, which ranks songs based on downloads and Apple Music streams.
We are constantly being told that some proportion of any weather event is being made worse by the extra CO2 in the atmosphere by those pushing the idea, but in reality this simply is not possible as this article shows.
