INTERESTING SEA LEVEL DISCUSSION

 Clearing up some misconceptions about the DoE report - Climate Etc.

I do recommend reading the comments to this article. Here is a bit of it:

Hi David,

You wrote, “Mentioning the fact that US tidal gauges showed no acceleration of sea level rise, when the committee knew full well that European satellite data did was at best a half truth.”

I disagree. Relying on tide gauge data instead of satellite altimetry is justified by the fact that sea-level measurements from the best tide gauges are vastly superior in quality to the satellite altimetry data.

(Also, satellite altimeters measure sea-level in the wrong places. It only matters near the coasts, which is where tide gauges measure it. But satellite altimeters can only measure it in the open ocean, far from the coasts.)

Honolulu has one of the very best sea-level measurement records in the world. Unlike many other locations, is not much affected by vertical land motion, sedimentation, or erosion. It has 121 years of continuous measurements, with a very typical trend, and without even a single missing month. It’s at a nearly ideal measurement site, near the middle of the world’s largest ocean, on a tectonically stable island with near-zero vertical land motion, small tides, and little ENSO distortion. Data just doesn’t get much better than this:

Annotated:
https://sealevel.info/1612340_Honolulu_thru_2025-11_vs_CO2_annot1.png

Interactive:
https://sealevel.info/MSL_graph.php?id=honolulu

As you can see, rising CO2 levels have had no detectable effect on the sea-level trend there.

In fact, most of the best long coastal sea-level measurement records show little or no acceleration in sea-level trend over the last 80 years, despite CO2 levels rising from about 310 ppmv to 427 ppmv.

Careful analyses using data from many measurement sites show a barely detectable average acceleration of only about 0.01 mm/yr². That is negligible. An acceleration of 0.01 mm/yr², were it to continue for 150 years, would increase sea-level by just 4.4 inches:

https://www.google.com/search?q=(0.01+%2F+2)+*+(150%5E2)+%2F+25.4+%3D

SAHARA IS GREENING WITH BILLIONS OF TREES

Thanks to advanced satellite technology and Artificial Intelligence, researchers have discovered something remarkable: The edges of the Sahara and the Sahel zone are becoming significantly greener.

 Surprising Discovery: Sahara Is Greening…Billions Of Trees Where Once Thought To Be Barren

PREDICTION OF UK BLACKOUTS BY 2030

This interview with Kathryn Porter is very interesting and covers her views on becoming a politician along with her ideas of why the water industry is failing. It's quite lengthy but very revealing. 

Why Net-Zero Leads to Blackouts | Kathryn Porter

MANIPULATED BY CHERRY-PICKED DATA OVER THE CLIMATE

Michael Shellenburger is an excellent speaker who has a good grasp of the climate issue. I this interview he explains how we are being misled.

 7 Lies We’re Told About Climate Change | Michael Shellenberger

CHINA'S RECORD ON BUILDING COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS

 We are being fed the story that China has reached its peak emissions of CO2 and that soon it will start to reduce them as they build more and more wind and solar power.

The linked article should make us all sit up and realise that we are being misled. Take a look:

China goes gangbusters building 52 big coal plants in 2025 « JoNova

ED MILIBAND IS THE LAST FOOL STANDING

Matt Ridley has written this excellent article summing up the UK situation on Net Zero.

 UK Net Zero Policy: Is Britain Going It Alone?

PLEDGE TO SCRAP NET ZERO TARGET

Here is a clip of Robert Jenrick's unequivocal pledge to scrap the Net Zero target. The tide is turning, as Kemi Badenock has made a similar pledge. Let us hope that the two parties can work together to ensure that Labour does not get back to inflict even more damage on our country.

 Net Zero Watch on X: ""A precondition for turning our economy around is the understanding that cheap energy is the driver of prosperity," @RobertJenrick says at the Reform press conference as he commits to scrapping the impossible Net Zero targets that are driving energy costs through the roof. https://t.co/tJ1LNxIyQJ" / X

THE CLIMATE CULT SHORT FILM

Another interesting short video from the Net Zero Watch Team.

 The Cult | A Net Zero Watch Short Film

WHY THE COMPUTER MODELS ARE DECEPTIVE

 Read why the climate computer models are giving a false view in this easy to follow article.

Climate change computer projections are erroneous and misleading

CLIMATE CHANGE IS CAUSING FOREST TO GROW CLOSER TO THE ARCTIC

Surely this is something to cheer about. Time for the mainstream media to headline this good news story. Locking up all this carbon must lower the CO2 in the atmosphere and balance the CO2 we are releasing by burning fossil fuels - a virtuous circle.

 Climate pollution causes boreal forests to grow 12% — recklessly spreading greenery in Arctic « JoNova

DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT GROWTH OF AI OR NET ZERO?

Governments often have to make difficult choices. The big choice for this Labour government is how far can they push their ideological net zero, knowing that it will prevent the growth in the economy that is so important.

 MPs fear data centre boom could derail Miliband's net zero plans - BBC News

GUARDIAN SCARE-MONGERING REFUTED

Just for clarity CO2 levels during the PETM (Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum) may have been as high as 2520ppm – 6x higher than today. There is no evidence life suffered during the PETM, quite the opposite, the PETM, 5-8C hotter than today, was the age of monkeys. 

 Climate Point of No Return? What the PETM Really Shows

TIME TO DITCH NET ZERO - SHORT FILM

A few simple truths from Net Zero Watch in the short video linked below reminds us how the UK became Great and why the present net zero policies are disastrous, particularly in the light of the change going on in the USA  

The Way Up | A Net Zero Watch Short Film

ENDANGERMENT FINDING FOR CO2 WIPED AWAY

 President Trump and Administrator Zeldin Deliver Single Largest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History | US EPA

This is Freedom Day for the USA and once the tremendous savings have been felt by the American people it will not be too long before other Western nations follow suite.

MURRY SALBY VIDEO ON CO2

As a continuation of recent posts, this talk by Murry Salby explains why even the cause of CO2 levels in the atmosphere is not settled. 

Climate Scientist Murry Salby Returns! - Presents NEW SCIENCE

Jo Nova explains the importance of Murry's work and the difficulty he endured by speaking out

It’s an Unsettling Climate for skeptical scientists like Murry Salby « JoNova

Sadly Murry passed away since the video was made. Here is a tribute from his fellow scientists:

A Tribute to Murry Salby - edberry.com

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