New York City leaders have boasted about using worker retirement savings to advance their climate agenda. They may come to regret it after several city workers this month sued their pension funds for putting climate over financial returns.
A Lawsuit To Protect Pensions From Climate Socialism - Climate Change Dispatch
Here are some predictions made in the article below:
Global warming completely stopped in 2018. Temperatures will likely remain steady until 2025 and may decline slightly by 2030.
A strong El Niño in 2023 is unlikely. These are courageous claims and I am neither agreeing with them or dismissing them. Time will tell!
Why A Strong El Niño In 2023 Is Unlikely - Climate Change Dispatch
There has been little or no attempt by the media to explain the actual science behind global warming. The reason for this is probably because the scientific explanation actually shows that, while the effect is real, the alarming extent of it is not backed up, and it would not hold up to scrutiny. The explanation in the link below is clear and simple.
In Search Of A (Near) Perfect CO2 Global Warming Analogy - Climate Change Dispatch
Climate alarmists and their political hangers on want you to believe that the small amount of warming is somehow magnified by a number of knock-on effects which are far from clear and simple.
This new report highlights the alarming number of one-sided reports and factual inaccuracies being put out by the BBC. Mind you, ITV are no better, but at least they are not funded by the license payer. Read the summary below and a link to the full report:
BBC’s Institutional Alarmism | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)
It was mentioned in the TV news recently that scientists are confidently predicting that the 1.5 degree C increase in the world's temperature will be exceeded in the next five years, due to an El Nino event happening in the Pacific ocean. The point that is not mentioned is that CO2 levels in the atmosphere cannot explain the coming of an ocean event because the radiation wavelength emitted from the CO2 molecule is unable to penetrate into water beyond a depth of 1mm. Understanding the El Nino event is very well explained in the following article, which includes a video of a lecture as well. I recommend you to study it.
El Nino: Nature’s Ginormous Climate Change Battery - CO2 Coalition
We are constantly being told that the world is moving away from fossil fuels and that renewable energy is the future, but that does not match the reality, according to the report linked below. In fact you can see that there is actually a move by several nations, lead by China and Japan, to go back to coal. The world plays lip-service to renewables, but knows that, in reality, they simply cannot provide the reliability that is vital to a modern economy.
Unreliable Green Energy Has The World Running Back To Coal And Nuclear - CO2 Coalition
Here is a very welcome statistic which confounds the doom-mongers who keep predicting the demise of the planet due to "climate breakdown". How long before the people wake up to the failed predictions. Read the good news here:
Record World Cereal Outputs Forecast for 2023/24 | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)
Ever Expanding: In discussing the Sixth Assessment Report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, AR6, 2021 to 2023), researcher Andy May produces an interesting statistic – the ever-growing length of the reports. The first assessment report was 168 pages, the second 572 pages, AR5 was 1535 pages and AR6 2391 pages.
The CO2 Coalition is a very interesting website with a large number of informative posts. Here is one of them:
On May 27 the Conservative Princeton Association is sponsoring a hard-hitting panel discussion on “Why Climate Change is NOT an Emergency”. Dr. Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace and Dr. Bruce Everett, climate economist, and Princeton physicist William Happer will be presenting data and analysis which show that adding CO2 in the atmosphere will be beneficial, that the atmospheric temperature is relatively insensitive to addition of CO2 and decarbonization is unnecessary, undesirable, impossible and not happening.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Express, Lord Frost insists: “Everyone can see we’re not ready [for net zero]. The [electricity supply] grid is not ready, the costs are too high; all we’re doing is needlessly causing problems for our own industry.”
While the media including the BBC are quick to blame climate change for the Italian floods, the data show that flooding in this area is a recurring problem.
BBC Blame Bologna Floods On Climate Change | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)
This story about 1.5°C threshold has no basis in science and is just a political invention designed to hasten the implementation of Net Zero. Suggestions that the planet will encounter ‘tipping points’ are pseudoscientific fear-mongering produced by climate models fed with improbable climate data. Read it all here:
‘1.5°C Temperature Disaster’ Story Makes its Annual Media Appearance – The Daily Sceptic
Most of the public do not understand the difference between weather and climate. This gives those pushing the climate alarm narrative the opportunity to pick out an extreme weather event and use it to try and convince the public that the climate has changed dramatically, when the long term data does not show it.
Every time there is a major cyclonic event, the media fan fear of climate change and argue that human-induced emissions of carbon dioxide are causing more extreme weather. However, an examination of relevant data shows such reports to be misleading. Have a look at the data in the linked article below:
Cyclone Mocha: Don’t Fall for the Climate Bait | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)
I often watch the weather forecast and when it's finished I find myself none the wiser. There are often conflicting forecasts on different channels! In the link below you will see that there is exactly the same problem with their long range predictions.
Hot Summer? – Met Office Clowns Have Not Got A Clue! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)
What is happening there will soon be affecting us here unless we have political leaders who have the courage to stop it. Read on to see why.
The international press has maintained near-total silence on the escalating insanity of what is happening in Germany.
In this time of uncertainty amid threats to peace it is vital that the UK has all the fuel and energy options available hence the call to restart fracking:
Net Zero Watch calls for emergency restart of fracking - Net Zero Watch
It is becoming increasingly clear that global warming is not an urgent threat, unlike the potential threat from Russia or China.
Here is an interesting paper which shows that the observed global warming is likely to be caused mainly by a reduction in cloud cover, with only a very small proportion caused by man made CO2.
The IPCC ignored crucial peer-reviewed literature showing that normalised disaster losses have decreased since 1990 and that human mortality due to extreme weather has decreased by more than 95% since 1920. The IPCC, by cherry picking from the literature, drew the opposite conclusions, claiming increases in damage and mortality due to anthropogenic climate change. These are two important conclusions of the report The Frozen Climate Views of the IPCC, published by the Clintel Foundation.
Ryanair has unveiled its biggest-ever aircraft order as one of its top executives said the switch to hydrogen or electric powered planes will not happen “in my lifetime”.
Fresh research has shown Britain has the sixth most expensive energy rates in the world
Satellite observations have revealed that two major fossil fuel fields in Turkmenistan are emitting vast quantities of methane – 4.4 million tonnes a year – which because methane is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide means a global warming effect greater than that of the UK, and most other countries.
So the answer to those who believe that we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions is surely to tackle these huge methane emissions.
Prioritise methane to tackle GHG emissions - Net Zero Watch
In the UK, as many as 1 in 20 bridges may be too weak to handle the load. Perhaps it’s lucky then that there aren’t enough minerals in the world to make all those EV’s. If it takes us 200 years to dig up the copper required, that may give us time to rebuild the carparks and bridges.
Given the higher wear and tear from EV’s obviously their registration costs and licensing and some tax on charging should be more expensive than lighter normal fuel cars. Someone has to pay for the road damage and rebuilds.
A heavier “fuel tank” needs a heavier chassis to hold it. And a heavier car means heavier buildings and bridges for it to drive on, and all that means more concrete and steel and more emissions.
So they are not so green after all.
Today I looked at the stats for the blog and was amazed to find there were over 7000 viewers for just today which is a record. The odd thing is that they were not reading my latest post. So what has made this sudden jump. Is it you, Dave?
I am reproducing the post below, of a discussion I had with a reader back in October 2021. Any comments welcome.
The IPCC’s role is to analyse the science, they use levels of ‘confidence’ not shape it to a political ideology. In any case, NASA also agrees with the conclusions (that the rise in temperature is driven by man, not nature), as do most scientists. To suggest that the temperature rise is normal puts your opinion in opposing to mainstream scientific understanding. What qualification or credible source do you use to justify this position, other than your personal, subjective opinion?
Derek Tipp said...My final response is below:
The IPCC's role is to identify and quantify the human role in changing the climate, which, unsurprisingly it does. - If it did not then it would not be justifying its existence. There can be no doubt that this subject has now become a highly political one and it is quite impossible to separate the science from the politics. The actual science proving that the temperature rise is mainly down to CO2 is very weak, as there are many other factors that are simply not understood. For example the role of clouds. Research into this is simply ignored because it throws doubt over the whole CO2 driven hypothesis. My views are shared by a number of highly qualified experts on the subject. You need to read more widely on the subject and get informed on the very credible alternative hypotheses. Have a look at the Global Warming Policy Foundation website.
Been rather busy lately standing in the New Forest District Council elections. Thankfully I was re-elected though quite a few of my Conservative colleagues were not. Clearly there was a national trend of anti Conservative feeling. For the first time three Green party councillors were elected. All the constant climate propaganda is playing right into their hands. It will be interesting to see whether they are willing to play a full sensible part in running the Council, or be a one track distraction.
When I was Council Chairman in 2021 I was reported prominently in the local press for my sceptical views on climate change, see the link at the end of this post.
It seems that the public are willing to support candidates who set out sensible views which are in tune with the views of many of them.
Here is a link to the article which appeared in the print edition of the paper:
Senior NFDC Tories at odds over climate change urgency (advertiserandtimes.co.uk)
This post has been updated to give a good link. Thank you Dave for pointing out the deficiencies in the old link.
Today we are crowning King Charles and we know that he is passionate about the environment. With the current obsession with climate change it should be a strong positive for him with the public. But this is a very controversial area and the public can change its mind when climate policies start to affect their everyday loves in a negative way. For example organic farming may sound like a wonderful thing, working in harmony with nature, but when food becomes scarce and expensive because we stop using man made fertilisers and GM crops are banned the result in Sri Lańka was a disaster. People were very angry ànd the economy crashed, the government fell and the President had to flee the country.
I like the New King and I wish him well, but he needs to be very careful wah he promotes.
Yet another reason not to buy an electric vehicle. Those batteries are the problem, still very expensive with all those rare earth metals in them. I expect we will end up like Cuba with many of us still driving second-hand petrol and diesel vehicles long into the 21st century, until someone comes up with a really good answer to the battery problems.
We are only just beginning to understand the role of the oceans in the world's climate. Something which the general public are not being told, as obviously it would undermine the political will to carry out the extreme measures needed to end the use of fossil fuels. The following link is to an article looking at the recent rise in ocean temperatures:
Rapid ocean temperature rise puzzles scientists - Net Zero Watch
One thing that scientists do not seem to do these days is state what the margins of error there are in the measurements, something that is crucial
Over at NALOPKT (Not A Lot etc.) they have some very interesting articles on the erosion of the English coast in Norfolk and the way in which it is now being attributed to "climate change", when the real reason is completely different. The problem for the climate alarmists is they seem to think that every environmental issue has only one cause. Something which can easily be debunked by looking a little more deeply at the real underlying cause. Scientists used to consider all aspects of a problem. Now most seem to simply blame climate change.
Norfolk’s “Climate Refugees” | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)
It is amazing how the government continually pts out the idea that we will somehow achieve net zero by 2050 with just a few minor tweaks of our current lifestyle. That all we need to do is recycle a bit more and cut back a little on flying and driving. Below is a link to a report produced by a serious body which is given £5 million of government funding.
This report seems to be letting the cat out of the bag when it says: The future of construction should be based on stone, earth and timber, along with components “reused and repurposed” from demolition. Recycled steel, cement and bricks can be used, although this will be “constrained” – rationed might be a better word. In the Brecon Beacons, a new college called Black Mountains (BMC) is promoting its new climate breakdown university degree. One short course offered by this seat of learning is ‘Composting Toilets‘.
This is surely suicidal for any democratically elected government to bring in. Once demand for construction materials is rationed in this way the economy will shrink and millions would become unemployed. People will surely vote out any government which brought these measures in, and yet so far there is no opposition party with any hope of forming a government which is offering to repeal the disastrous net zero policy.
