CO2 RESIDENCE TIME - A FOLLOW UP

Here is a follow-up to my previous post on the life-time of CO2 in the atmosphere, otherwise known as residence time. The link below is to a paper on the subject which demonstrates that this time is not decades, or hundreds of years, which is required for the man-made CO2 to be considered a major cause of warming. This finding accords with common sense, as CO2 is quite soluble in water and so it makes sense that much of it would be likely to get washed out in rain.

CO2 Science

DOES MAN MADE CO2 HAVE SPECIAL PROPERTIES?

I have not read that some scientists believe that "man made" CO2 has a longer atmospheric life-time than other CO2 until this report referenced it. 

New Study Rebuts The Assumption That Anthropogenic CO2 Molecules Have ‘Special’ Properties

As a scientist myself I do not believe there is any evidence that any CO2 molecules have different physical properties from any others. I have read that some believe that the life-time of CO2 from any source in the atmosphere is much longer than the 4 years that was previously accepted. The arguments for the longer time is not convincing to me.

THE MAN WHO EXPOSED THE DECEIT OF THE UK MET OFFICE

Here is a great interview with Ray Sanders, the intrepid amateur researcher who single-handedly has exposed the rotten practices of the UK Met Office. I have just discovered that Ray is taking a well-earned rest from his almost daily reports on the shortcomings of the UK temperature stations. As he held back the curtain on the deceitful behaviour, he has come up against a determined cover-up by the establishment, denying him any information on the grounds that he was "vexatious", simply for asking them to produce the evidence for their data.

 The Met Office is Scared of Ray Sanders! - #SolutionsWatch

LITHIUM BATTERIES UNDER FIRE

 A number of companies, including a Norwegian ferry company, have banned electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles from their decks amid growing concerns of the risks from the lithium-ion batteries, which can make an electric vehicle fire extremely difficult to contain.

Concern over EV fire hazard risk on ferries raised with CalMac | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

MORE TAXPAYERS MONEY USED TO PAY FOR WIND FARM

 Here, Have Another £1.9 Billion, Orsted! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

No wonder taxes are at an all time high and businesses are going broke or moving abroad! If the Epstein scandal can bring them down, at least some good will have come from it.

DUTCH MET OFFICE FORCED TO REINSTATE PRE-1950 HEATWAVES

This is a victory for a small group of climate sceptic scientists over a large organisation. It took a lot of research and painstaking work to produce the evidence that they were right. Congratulations to these dogged campaigning scientists who refused to give up. 

KNMI reinstates pre-1950 heatwaves: victory for climate skeptics

TEXAS POWERS FORWARD WITH GAS FOR AI

“Massive fossil fuel infrastructure is being developed, often directly at the source of gas supply, in order to feed speculative AI demand,” said Jenny Martos, project manager for GEM’s Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker.

 Texas Just Approved the Largest Gas Power Project in U.S. History | OilPrice.com

COMMON SENSE CHALLENGES GREEN DOGMA

For too long there appears to have been a lack of common sense on energy policy in Europe, but it appears to be coming to an end as some politicians realise that wind and solar cannot provide the reliable supply that a modern industrial country needs. Those that don't, may soon be kicked out of office.

Denmark is considering mini nuclear reactors – the 1985 ban on nuclear power is officially under threat for the first time

GERMAN GAS CRISIS DEEPENS

 One Reason Only For Germany’s Heating Gas Crisis: Its Hardcore-Dumbass Energy Policy

According to the online “Initiative Energien Speichern (INES) site here, the natural gas storage level is currently down to a measly 32.7%. Experts warn that the critical level of 20%, a point where pressures become too low to ensure adequate supply, will be reached in as little as 3 weeks.

LABOUR OPENS DOOR TO 'STALINIST' 15 MINUTE CITIES ACROSS UK

 

Lucky I don't live in Oxford!

By Camilla Turner, The Telegraph UK

The most high-profile example of such a plan is in Oxford, where the council put forward proposals to divide the city into six “15-minute neighbourhoods”.

Under the scheme, drivers would need a residents’ permit that allows 100 days of free travel per year through six traffic filters during operating hours.

Meanwhile, a separate permit allows 25 days of free travel per year through six congestion charge locations during charging hours, and after this, drivers face fines if they travel without the relevant permission.

Greg Smith, shadow transport minister, said: “This is the blueprint for a national rollout. Labour has given the green light for draconian councils like Oxfordshire to police how people live, move and drive, using cameras and fines backed by DVLA data.

The 15 minute city is back « JoNova

UK MET OFFICE FAILURE PLAIN TO SEE

Why is the UK Met Office allowed to run such a substandard operation? Answer - because there is no proper scrutiny. 

Forrest Lodge, Burnhead DCNN6107 – An example of everything wrong with modern Met Office sites. | Tallbloke's Talkshop

LATEST UK STORM EXAGGERATED BY MET OFFICE

News outlets have always tended to exaggerate to make the news sound more exciting. But there seems to be a second motivation when it comes to climate which is to back up an ideology of global warming leading to a changed climate.Here is the latest example:

 Storm Chandra | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

AUSTRALIANS ARE HAVING A HEATWAVE, BUT HOW DOES IT COMPARE WITH THE PAST?

The media often report on current heatwaves, adding how they "prove" that the world is rapidly heating up. But they seem very reluctant to tell us about past heatwaves, which are often deleted from the records. This article looks at how the past facts in Australia seem to have been conveniently "forgotten".

 Victoria appears to be almost as hot today as it was back in 1932 « JoNova

ANOTHER SENIOR INDUSTRY LEADER SAYS NET ZERO IS CAUSING INDUSTRIAL COLLAPSE

So many of our leading industrialists are now coming out to tell us of impending industrial collapse as a result of ideological adherence to decarbonisation policies. As evidence of this becomes clearer, how much longer can the UK government keep going in this direction before realising that it is killing any hope of getting re-elected? 

 Industry is Being Sacrificed to Net Zero Ideology, Says Siemens Energy Boss – The Daily Sceptic

METHANE FROM COWS - THE TRUTH

The truth is that methane is nowhere near as powerful a greenhouse gas as alarmists try to make out. See why in this article:

 Livestock Methane Emissions: A Science Critique of Faulty Claims

ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT COMPANY GOES BUST

Here's a short video explaining how the idea of electric aircraft led one wealthy business man to go too far, eco-madness.

 INSANE Ecojet ELECTRIC aircraft company DEAD | MGUY Australia

EXTINCTION OF SPECIES - NEW STUDY

Here's something you would not expect to read in an article in the proceedings of the Royal Society:

Extinction rates have increased over the last five centuries, but generally declined in the last 100 years. 

Finally, we examined extinction rates in the last approximately 100 years (1900s−2010s; figure 2b). No groups showed a significant, positive relationship between rates and decades (electronic supplementary material, table S6), as predicted if extinction rates were accelerating towards the present. Many groups showed a non-significant, negative relationship, including all species combined, animals, tetrapods, birds and mammals. These negative relationships were significant in arthropods (r² = 0.58; p = 0.0038; n = 12) and plants (r² = 0.44; p = 0.0196; n = 12). Overall, these results do not suggest that documented extinctions have been accelerating in recent decades, but instead have declined in the largest group of animals and in plants.

This does not appear to confirm that there is an extinction crisis.

 Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals | Proceedings B | The Royal Society

THE CLIMATE DEBATE HAS REACHED A TIPPING POINT

Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials voiced opposition to climate action in 2025 – more than double the number of editorials that backed climate action.

Over the past year, the Conservative party has rejected both the “net-zero by 2050” target that it legislated for in 2019 and the underpinning Climate Change Act that it had a major role in creating. Meanwhile, the Reform UK party has been rising in the polls, while pledging to “ditch net-zero”. 

It is worth noting that the Conservative Party only won the 2019 election with such a good majority because the Brexit Party (now the Reform Party) stood their candidates down. Had they stood, that election would probably have been much closer.

 Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief

THE UN CLIMATE CHANGE TREATY HAS RUN ITS COURSE AND WESTERN NATIONS SHOULD ALL LEAVE

 President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was long overdue.

Signed by President George Bush and ratified by a unanimous Senate in October 1992, the treaty’s purpose is to avoid “dangerous human interference with the climate system” by restricting greenhouse gas emissions, most of which derive from energy.

Read the reasons why this is the right decision for the USA and all the other Western nations in the linked article.

Why the UNFCCC Climate Treaty Is Failing

SOLAR PANELS TO BE COMPULSORY ON ALL NEW UK HOMES

The Energy Secretary on Wednesday launched a £15 billion green energy plan to fit solar panels, heat pumps, insulation and double glazing to five million homes for people on low incomes – all at taxpayers’ expense.

Housebuilders will also be blocked from installing boilers and gas fires in new homes under building regulations to be announced later this year. This will increase the cost of new homes along with the new building safety levy which is a tax to cover the cost of removing inflammable cladding from blocks of flats. Expect more tax increases to cover this latest policy.

 Miliband Orders Solar Panels on All New Homes and Blocks Gas Boilers – The Daily Sceptic

HYDROGEN BUSES, BUT NO HYDROGEN

A fleet of 20 hydrogen-fuelled buses - half of which have never been used - will be converted to battery power after the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) said there was not enough hydrogen to run them.

 'Not enough hydrogen' for Liverpool City Region's hydrogen buses - BBC News

CLIMATE MODELS V OBSERVATIONS

Climate models suggest that the strongest warming response the climate system has to increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (mainly CO2 from fossil fuel burning) is in the tropical upper troposphere. This produces the model-anticipated “tropical hotspot".  The tropical upper troposphere has the largest temperature response in climate models (up to 0.5 deg. C per decade). 

But in the real world of observations this hotspot does not exist as can be seen from the article below:

 Climate Models vs Observations (1979–2025)

CANADIAN CLIMATE DATA FOUND TO BE HOPELESSLY UNRELIABLE

Read this article and see just how poor the data underlying the world climate/global warming scare is. If a school student handed in such shoddy work they would be given a detention, but here we are looking at work upon which trillions of dollars are being spent on policies which are causing great inconvenience to millions of people. Yet we hear not a word from the main media. 

Canada now the poster child for politically driven climate data corruption – Climate Depot

10,000 instances where the minimum temperature is larger than the maximum temperature and no one spotted it!

GERMANS TO BUILD NEW GAS POWER STATIONS

Facing industrial death, Germany has finally decided it needs dispatchable reliable electricity. But they can’t announce that they suddenly need to build 10 gigawatts of fossil fueled gas power plants. It would be like admitting the sacred Energiewende had been a ghastly mistake that wasted billions of dollars.

 Germany to build 10GW of baseload gas plants (disguised as “future” hydrogen plants) « JoNova

THE HEAT BENEATH OUR FEET

At last some good news:

Scientists have identified a significant geothermal energy source deep beneath the University of Manchester, with the potential to deliver large-scale clean power to the city, reports Energy Live News. 

Scientists identify major geothermal energy source beneath Manchester city centre  | Tallbloke's Talkshop

CLIMATE CRISIS - WHAT CRISIS?

For decades, activists have anchored their case in dramatic warnings about species extinction, melting ice caps and the end of polar life, failing ecosystems and vanishing biodiversity. But what is the actual evidence telling us now?

 Ecological Data Challenge Climate Alarmism Narrative

COST OF NET ZERO - ANY ADVANCE ON £7 TRILLION?

Yes, the latest estimate by the well-respected IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs) explains why it is likely to cost the UK economy £7 trillion by 2050 - a big increase on the previous £4.5 trillion. When will this madness end?

 Net Zero Costs Could Exceed £7 Trillion – IEA | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

UK GRID HEADING FOR TIPPING POINT

Across heating, transport and industry in the UK, electrification targets rely on a similar set of assumptions: that consumers will change behaviour rapidly, that costs will fall quickly and predictably, and that electricity infrastructure will expand smoothly to accommodate new demand. The report tests these assumptions sector by sector and finds them wanting.

 New report: Electrification - can the grid cope? - Watt-Logic

OIL THE "STRANDED ASSET" THAT EVERYONE WANTS

When President Trump sad he wanted Greenland, it wasn't because he wanted to cover it with wind turbines or solar panels. Greenland has billions of barrels of that stranded asset, oil, as well as other minerals needed for computers etc. 

Greenland is rich in natural resources. A geologist explains why | Tallbloke's Talkshop

NET ZERO COSTS NOW £4.5 TRILLION

That is for just the UK!

 The staggering cost of Ed Miliband's Net Zero drive finally revealed: £4.5 TRILLION... that's more than the UK's entire GDP | Daily Mail Online

Critics said the extraordinary mounting costs for measures such as wind farms, solar panels, green heating systems and upgrades to roads and railways are significantly higher than previous forecasts and could 'bankrupt' the economy.

The figures, quietly published last month by the National Energy System Operator (NESO) – a Government quango responsible for Britain's energy systems – includes an estimated £585 billion to be forked out by ordinary households to pay for the move away from energy–guzzling boilers towards eco–friendly heat pumps.

DRAMATIC FALL IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURES

What a surprise this will be to all those who rely on the BBC/ITV for their news coverage.

 Dramatic Fall in Global Temperatures Ignored by Narrative-Captured Mainstream Media – The Daily Sceptic

REDUCING FOSSIL FUEL USE - "THE GREATEST MALINVESTMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY"

Chris Wright, the United States Secretary of Energy in an interview on USA TV explains why reducing fossil fuel use is counter-productive and futile. A really amazing interview in which he says things that many believe, but no one in his position would dare to have said just a few years ago. A truly remarkable turn of events. 

Chris Wright — We’re in the greatest Malinvestment in Human History « JoNova

TONY HELLER'S NEW AI TOOL IN ACTION

Here's a new AI tool being demonstrated by Tony, in which he looks at Jim Hansen's prediction about the number of hot days increasing. 

 Fact Checking NASA | Real Climate Science

PROOF THAT GREENLAND WAS WARMER JUST 7000 YEARS AGO

The first study from GreenDrill—a project co-led by the University at Buffalo to collect rocks and sediment buried beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet—has found that the Prudhoe Dome ice cap was completely gone approximately 7,000 years ago, much more recently than previously known, says Phys.org.  When sediment is buried, electrons can become trapped inside its tiny mineral grains due to natural radiation and remain there until the sediment is exposed to light again, at which point they produce a measurable glow.

 Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome ice cap was completely gone only 7,000 years ago, study finds | Tallbloke's Talkshop

CLIMATE TERRORISTS ATTACK GERMAN GRID

Let's hope this doesn't spread to the UK. 

Climate Terrorism: Militant left activists use grid arson to blackout 45,000 Berlin homes in midwinter « JoNova

FOSSIL FUELS JOIN THE PANTOMIME SEASON

Some claim they are "stranded assets" - oh no they're not! The linked article looks at what AI has to say about whether fossil fuels will be stranded assets in light of the massive growth in data centres. The answer from AI is NO.

 Guardian: Fossil Fuel Generators Powering the “Unbelievable” AI Boom are Still “Stranded Assets” – Watts Up With That?

BUG FOOD BUSINESS GOES BUST

"Go woke - go broke" is a saying that is often quoted these days. It seems very apt in this case relating to a French company called Ynsect. The company made some very bad decisions and found themselves struggling with high energy costs making their products too expensive. They discovered that price was the deciding factor for animal feed, rather than saving the planet. This is something the Government will discover. 

 Europes biggest insect factory goes bankrupt — these bugs are not even Dog Food « JoNova

EXTREME WEATHER DEATHS DOWN TO NEW LOW!

I bring you good news to cheer as we enter the New Year. I wonder why this is not being celebrated in the mainstream media.

Here at THB we are ending 2025 with some incredibly good news that you might not hear about anywhere else — Globally, 2025 has had one of the lowest annual death ratesa from disasters associated with extreme weather events in recorded history.1 

Congratulations World! - by Roger Pielke Jr.

THE EU NET ZERO DELUSION - DEAD ON ARRIVAL

Germany itself is now acknowledging the limits of its model. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced plans to build 71 gas-fired power plants by 2035 to secure backup during recurring wind and solar droughts.

Based on IPCC formulas, IREF deduces that for Europe, reaching net zero in 2100 rather than 2050 would alter global temperatures by only 0.02 to 0.06°C. Read it all here: 

Think tank IREF: ‘Against All Rationality, the EU Persists in its Net-Zero Delusion’ - Clintel

GEO-ENGINEERING - IS IT A HELP OR A DANGER?

 Geo-engineering involves some way of blocking out some sunlight from reaching the Earth's surface to cool it. The problem is that the nations of the world might not agree whether they want it cooled, or by how much. And how can the people carrying out the research know how effective (or not) their methods will be. People are, rightly, worried about these experiments. 

Natural changes can be harmful, but there is little we can do about nature. Instead we have to adapt as best we can. If you read the article linked you can see there are businesses hoping that other companies will pay them to offset their CO2 emissions. The whole climate obsession is leading to a labyrinth of obscure ways to "cure" global warming.

The multi-million dollar race to shade the sun and stop climate change

GRID SCALE BATTERY FIRES GO UNREPORTED

 "The big problem was that these facilities were subject to large and dangerous fires on a regular basis. In some cases the same facility would catch fire multiple times. That post reported on major fires in California at a site called Valley Center in San Diego County in September 2023, and at another one called Moss Landing south of San Francisco in September 2022. In January 2025, the Moss Landing facility had another major fire. From the EPA website:

On January 16, 2025, the Moss Landing 300 battery energy storage system at the Moss Landing Vistra power plant (Monterey County, Calif.) caught fire."

 The Unreported Story Of Grid Scale Battery Fires – Watts Up With That?