WHEN THE FACTS DON'T SUPPORT THE CLIMATE THEORY - REJECT THE FACTS

 Scientists Selectively Reject CO2 Measurements That Do Not Align With The Human-Caused Narrative (notrickszone.com)

This report explains how this is happening in practice with the proxy for CO2 levels using plant stomata, which are small openings in leaves to take in the essential CO2. Science seems to be being corrupted to conform to a politically driven hypothesis.

COST OF NET ZERO ELECTRICITY - £100 BILLION OVER NEXT SIX YEARS

 Net Zero Electricity Fantasies to Cost British Consumers £100 Billion Over Next Six Years – Watts Up With That?

"But it might be asked, what is £100 billion when an almost complete dismantling of modern economic society is being planned? A mere down payment on wealth destruction on an unimaginable scale. At a time when the political will to control immigration has withered, massive deindustrialisation is being planned in Europe, with unimaginable effects on the less affluent members of society. On the basis of an unproven hypothesis that human-produced carbon dioxide controls a climate headed for disaster – now deemed ‘settled’ and beyond debate – small, well-funded elite groups in society are planning to remove 85% of the world energy supply within less than 30 years. How far they will get in this madcap, nightmarish scheme before being repelled by gathering rational and democratic forces, only time will tell."

GOVERNMENT TRY TO HIDE THE SUBSIDY

The UK government are very keen to try and make out that renewable energy is cheap. However the reality is the opposite is true and the public will find out, no matter what they do to try and hide it. 

 Net Zero Watch says Coutinho’s plan is a “sleight of hand”

ANTI-LOW EMISSIONS ZONE ACTIVISTS STRIKE WITH BAT BOXES

Here is the story and you have to give full marks for ingenuity. Read the article to find out why!

 Batman to the rescue — masked men install protected bat boxes over ULEZ traffic cameras « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

ULEZ is Ultra Low Emission Zone

EXCELLENT CLIMATE VIDEO

Here is another excellent video which refutes the many alarmist fears which are commonly put forward as reasons for stopping the use of fossil fuels and trying to reach net zero. 

A Climate Conversation | Climate Change Film 

A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE CLIMATE DEBATE FROM CLINTEL

The Climate Intelligence Group, known by the name Clintel, originated in Holland but is now international and is responsible for organising the World Climate Declaration which concludes that there is no climate emergency. This has been signed by hundreds of leading scientists, as well as many unknown ones like me. The link below is a good summary of the strong arguments for the case against a climate emergency, which are rarely mentioned in the mainstream media.  I recommend it to all those with an open mind on the subject. There is much other interesting material on the website as well.

 There is no Climate Emergency (yumpu.com)

OIL BONANZA TRANSFORMING GUYANA

If anyone believes that the third world is ready to sacrifice its prosperity in order to reach net zero should watch the interview in the link below. There is no way that the world's oil reserves will remain in the ground while there continues to be so much demand for it and such fabulous wealth obtained from it.

 BBC iPlayer - HARDtalk - Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana

You will note that he pays lip-service to the climate change emergency by blaming the rich nations for causing it, yet he has no intention of sacrificing his own countries wealth to stop it. He probably does not even believe in it himself. But luckily for him he can use the third world "get out of taking responsibility" card. Whereas the "rich West" must take the blame and pay up until a leader emerges who dares to say NO.

SOLAR PANELS DESTROYED BY HAIL STORM

Here's another reason why renewables are unreliable. They are much less resilient to the weather.

 2,500 football fields of new solar panels destroyed by hail in Texas this week « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

MORE STUDIES SHOW SEA LEVELS WERE 5 TO 9 METERS HIGHER 7000 TO 5000 YEARS AGO

 3 More New Studies Affirm Sea Levels Were 5 to 9 Meters Higher Than Today 7000-5000 Years Ago (notrickszone.com)

The inference being that temperatures were somewhat warmer at that period which rather undermines the current climate alarm.

THE EXTRAORDINARY CLIMATE EVENTS OF 2022 - 24

Never before have we witnessed an undersea volcanic eruption with a plume capable of reaching the stratosphere and depositing a large amount of vaporized water. This extraordinary event occurred in January 2022 when the Hunga Tonga volcano erupted. While there was some sulfur dioxide associated with Hunga Tonga, the main impact was from water vapor. Water vapor is a potent greenhouse gas, so the sudden 10% increase in stratospheric water vapor in a single day increased stratospheric opacity to outgoing infrared radiation. Unlike the lower troposphere, where the greenhouse effect is relatively saturated, the stratosphere, well above the Earth’s average emission altitude (about 6 km), experiences a much more pronounced effect from the addition of water vapor. Also, the increased stratospheric water vapor content enhances infrared emissions from the stratosphere, thereby cooling it significantly.

 The extraordinary climate events of 2022-24 | Climate Etc. (judithcurry.com)

CLIMATE TARGETS CRUMBLING UNDER PRESSURE OF REALITY

 Campaign group Net Zero Watch has welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Government that they are considering legislating to water down their Net Zero targets.

Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan told Holyrood that, having set themselves a legally binding target of cutting carbon emissions by 75% by 2030, she and her officials were now considering a variety of options to address the impossibility of actually delivering, including legislation.

Welcoming the move, Net Zero Watch director Andrew Montford said: "Politicians across the world have set ruinous, utopian targets that are impossible to deliver. Ms McAllan is the first to publicly face up to reality, but she won't be the last. We have reached the high water mark for Net Zero."

Ms McAllan's humiliating climbdown came after a damning report from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) said that the 2030 targets are now "beyond what is credible" to be achieved. Chris Stark, the CCC chief executive added that "there is no plan to hit it".

WIND FARMS ACCUSED OF OVERCHARGING BY £100 MILLION

Wind farm owners are being investigated by the energy watchdog for alleged market manipulation after they were accused of overcharging consumers by over £100m. 

 Ofgem is to examine claims that renewable energy companies artificially inflated compensation payments for switching off turbines on windy days when the grid did not need extra capacity.

 It has been handed a dossier gathered by analysts at the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF), which suggests that wind farm companies could be boosting the price of "virtual energy" they never actually generated. An Ofgem spokesman confirmed that the claims had been received and an investigation has begun into whether any rules were broken. John Constable, director of REF, a charity that has frequently highlighted excessive payments to wind farms, said: "Our evidence suggests that multiple wind farm operators have been charging over the odds to reduce their output on windy days.  

SMART METERS TO BRING IN HIGH CHARGES AT PEAK TIMES

Electricity will be effectively rationed by price in order to try and match demand with supply, which is essential with intermittent renewables becoming the dominant source of electricity. 

Smart meter customers face time-of-day charging plan | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

THE CLIMATE MONEY TREE

Is it any wonder that all the small states are firm believers in the climate change emergency when you see what generous grants there are for them to apply for:

 Earth Observation Technologies for Improved Access to Climate Finance: The Role of Data and Information (napexpo.org)

LIVING WITHOUT OIL 'A FANTASY'

In a radical move, the CEO of an oil giant actually defended oil. The energy transition is falling apart so fast, even the prime targets of hate, the Big Oil Men themselves, are now openly pointing out what a waste of time and money solar and wind power are. Alternative energy sources have been unable to displace hydrocarbons at scale, despite the world investing more than $9.5 trillion over the past two decades. Wind and solar currently supply less than 4% of the world’s energy.

Saudi Oil Giant CEO says world should abandon the fantasy of living without oil « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

NEW FILM ON CLIMATE JUST RELEASED

The film directed by Martin Durkin (who made the famous Great Global Warming Swindle movie) explores the nature of the consensus behind climate change. It describes the origins of the climate funding bandwagon, and the rise of the trillion-dollar climate industry. It describes the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on the climate crisis. It explains the enormous pressure on scientists and others not to question the climate alarm: the withdrawal of funds, rejection by science journals, social ostracism.

But the climate alarm is much more than a funding and jobs bandwagon. The film explores the politics of climate. From the beginning, the climate scare was political. The culprit was free-market industrial capitalism. The solution was higher taxes and more regulation. From the start, the climate alarm appealed to, and has been adopted and promoted by, those groups who favour bigger government.

This is the unspoken political divide behind the climate alarm. The climate scare appeals especially to all those in the sprawling publicly-funded establishment. This includes the largely publicly-funded Western intelligentsia, for whom climate has become a moral cause. In these circles, to criticise or question the climate alarm has become a breach of social etiquette.

Go to the following link to watch the film:

 climatethemovie.net

FORGET NET ZERO - THESE FOLK WANT TO GO FOR ABSOLUTE ZERO!

If you think that net zero is a bit of a challenge, look at what these people are pushing the government for:

 Absolute Zero – UK FIRES

By 2029 all airports to close, except Heathrow, Belfast and Glasgow. And by 2049 All airports to close!

Also shipping declines to zero by 2049. What planet are they on I hear you say. This would mean a drastic decline in imports and exports. A permanent recession. What would the population find to do, other than riot to get rid of the government who led them to this.

COUNCILS BEING WATCHED AND CHALLENGED ON CLIMATE POLICIES

 It was in December that I first reported on the fact that in some districts the public were starting to attend council meetings to give a sceptic point of view on climate policies. I have just checked again to find that this trend seems to be continuing as more disliked policies are being introduced like 20 mph zones and the closing of certain roads to reduce car use,

Here is a link to a new you tube channel which holds a number of recent videos:

WELCOME to Colchester Council Watch (youtube.com)

I expect this trend to increase as we see "net zero" policies being pushed by some of the more extreme councils.

THE UN GOES QUIET ON EATING BUGS TO SAVE THE PLANET

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), who is a little known off shoot of the UN, has published a report without mentioning that we should all be eating less meat and instead turning to bugs as an alternative. Is this a victory for our farmers? If so then it just shows what causing a bit of agro can do.

 Academics “bewildered” that UN drops bugs, crickets and fake meat for weather-repair « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

CONTRASTING VIEWS AT A COUNCIL MEETING

Members of the public have a wide range of views and in this short video we see two expressed.  Clearly a few people are very involved in campaigning for and against net zero. Most are not, but once they start to realise the true cost then I think we will see a few more sitting up and asking questions.

Net Zero is a stepping stone… (youtube.com)

THE CLIMATE SCIENCE BIG LIE

A South Korean professor of environmental science speaks out in a country where to do so is rare and takes great courage. As more senior scientists break cover it allows others to question the proposition that the "science is settled".   

“The climate-crisis big lie serves to resurrect socialism” - Clintel

ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP SCIENTISTS SIGNS THE "CLIMATE SCEPTIC" DECLARATION

One thousand nine hundred scientists have signed the World Climate Declaration, which says that the current claim that CO2 is causing catastrophic climate change due to global warming is false. Of course the mere number of signatories does not "prove" anything, other than there is a serious body of opinion which disagrees with the claim. However, there are some people who deserve to be listened to more than others due to their high level of achievement and the latest signatory clearly comes into that category. Patrick Baeuerle is not well known to the general public, but I was blown away by the list of achievements listed in the article below:

 Patrick Baeuerle is signatory nr. 1900 of World Climate Declaration - Clintel

I am honoured to find myself agreeing with someone who has such a brilliant mind.

THE COST OF DECARBONISING STARTS TO UNRAVEL

Although I do not expect the country to reach net zero for the reasons stated in previous posts, we will nevertheless spend a great deal of money in trying to get there. In doing so we will miss out on a number of other important measures we could have done instead which would have made a big difference to the lives of many of us. Below is a link to an interesting debate in the House of Lords which looked at the heat pump policy and its cost implications.

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The Lord Bishop of Manchester made a very interesting point: 

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"My Lords, the Minister kindly referred to the social housing decarbonisation fund, but there are something like 2.7 million homes owned by the social housing sector, with a projected cost of £36 billion to decarbonise them. Does he recognise that the fund is far too small to deliver that, and if so, what extra support will be made available to housing associations for them to achieve this for their poorer tenants?" 

Even that estimate of £36 billion seems extremely low as it only works out at £13,300 per house, whereas other estimates Are much higher at around £25,000 per house.  But look at the huge sum to be spent on heat pumps and other measures to achieve net zero and then think about what this means for the future housing provision for those who need it. This vast sum will not be spent on building new homes. Instead it will all go to save a tiny bit of CO2 emissions with nothing to show for it.

 Heat Pumps - Hansard - UK Parliament

NET ZERO IS DEAD

Yesterday I pointed out that the Prime Minister has at last realised that net zero would not be possible. In this article that same point I made has been made by Gordon Hughes writing in the Daily Telegraph. See below: 

Net Zero is dead. Only the fanatics haven’t realised it | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

PRIME MINISTER FINALLY STARTS TO REALISE THAT NET ZERO WON'T WORK

"Mr Sunak, writing in the Daily Telegraph, said new gas power stations were needed to have a reliable and affordable back-up for days when renewables like wind and solar did not deliver." 

But he can't yet admit publicly that this means net zero is not achievable, so he then goes on to say, "It is the insurance policy Britain needs to protect our energy security, while we deliver our net zero transition." Read the BBC report here: 

New gas power plants needed to bolster energy supply, PM says - BBC News

TREES AND WILD LIFE DESTROYED TO MAKE WAY FOR WIND FARM

"Work has started on the clearing of up to 120,000 trees in the forest, the setting for many of the Brothers Grimm mythical stories, to provide access for an initial 18 giant wind turbines around the Sababurg ‘Sleeping Beauty’ castle. Who is opposing this massive destruction of the ancient forest teeming with wildlife with trees over 200 years old? Certainly not the Green party, now in power at national and local level ". 

It's ironic that they are destroying the very thing they want to save.

Germany Begins Felling 120,000 Trees From 'Fairy Tale' Forest to Make Way for Wind Turbines – The Daily Sceptic 

CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE TRY TO COVER UP MISTAKE IN ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT

 Climate chief told staff to ‘kill’ negative net zero story | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Chris Stark,The head of the Government’s climate watchdog, the Climate Change Committee (CCC),  told officials to “kill” a negative news story with “technical language”, The Telegraph can disclose

The article reported a claim by Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, who led a recent Royal Society study on future energy supply, that the CCC had privately admitted that it made a “mistake” when it only “looked at a single year” of data showing the number of windy days in a year when it made pronouncements on the extent to which the UK could rely on wind and solar. farms to meet net zero targets.

In a presentation delivered on Oct 31 2023, Sir Chris said: “By looking at one year you underestimate storage and you grossly overestimate the need for everything else. That’s exactly what the Committee on Climate Change have done.”

He added: “The Committee on Climate Change, as I already said, looked at a single year and they have conceded privately that that was a mistake. But they are still saying they don’t differ that much from us. Well, that’s not quite true.”

MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD

Anyone who is a denier of the existence of the medieval warm period should read all the evidence at the following link:

 Medieval Warm Period (notrickszone.com)

SLIGHT COOLING TREND BECOMES "RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE"

 Reading beneath the headline of a recent scientific study we find the reality is somewhat different.

New Alarmist Definition Of A Region’s ‘Rapid Climate Change’ Is A Slight Cooling Trend Since 1960 (notrickszone.com)

ECO FANATICS PLOT TO TARGET MPs HOMES AND OFFICES DISCOVERED

Peaceful protest is being increasingly replaced by criminal acts targeting MPs, their homes and families. This is the result of treating these extremists with kid gloves and issuing feeble sentences in the past.   

Moment Just Stop Oil's 'poster girl' laughs and says 'this is bizarre' as she's arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle after 'plot to target MPs' | Daily Mail Online

THE ROLE OF UNDERSEA VOLCANOES IN WARMING OF THE SURFACE

 Not one research paper regarding ‘Climate Change’ ever written to this day includes that 50% contribution to global warming coming from the Earth’s core. 100 % of all papers written to date describe the effects of the Sun and Solar Radiation as being the only source of energy. How will that effect our long-term calculations considering this one dramatic alteration to statistical analysis? And how will this one enormous fact change our views of climate change?

axial-sea-mount.pdf (carbon-sense.com)

ECO-TERRORISM BEING "NORMALISED BY WESTERN INSTITUTIONS

 A young girl in a hoodie draws a knife, kneels beside an SUV, and slashes two of its tires.  She slaps a paper on the windshield -- "Why I sabotaged your property."

This is the opening scene of a movie you can stream right now on Hulu, or rent from Amazon, called "How To Blow Up a Pipeline." It is adapted from a book by the same name.

Here's the book blurb on Amazon:

In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse. We need, he argues, to force fossil fuel extraction to stop--with our actions, with our bodies, and by defusing and destroying its tools. We need, in short, to start blowing up some oil pipelines.

"We have to show how vulnerable the oil industry is by hitting something big, like a refinery," says the hoodie-girl (looking to move up from slashing tires), "what do you know about Texas?"  What do you know about building a bomb?" her friend replies.  

Next scene they're wiring a bomb.

What better way to normalize eco-terrorism than invite us to follow along and identify with an appealing PC cast of multicultural young people as they attack our nation's infrastructure?

Watch CFACT's Marc Morano explain on Fox that government officials are lining up in favor of eco-terror, which has even entered the curriculum at universities. 

“This is coming not from just some lone nut like the author of the book “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”; this is coming from NPR, Bloomberg, and the New York Times.  It’s coming from NASA. In 2010, NASA’s lead global warming scientist endorsed a different book that called for ridding the world of industrial civilization.  He literally said they should essentially be blowing up dams.  James Hansen, the former NASA scientist in endorsing this book said the author has it right, the system is the problem… This is nothing short of eco-porn in the form of hard core terrorism."

"If the American empire calls us terrorists," the movie bomb-maker says, "than we are doing something right."

Who will be held accountable when an impressionable young person watches this anti-American call to violence and translates their sick fantasies into action?

WELSH FARMERS IN REVOLT AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENT NET ZERO POLICY

This new video by Paul Burgess looks at the regulations being imposed by the Welsh government on their farmers:  

(4) There Is No Welcome In The Hillside For Net Zero Wales - YouTube

NET ZERO POLICY IS PUTTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AT RISK

It seems so obvious that I cannot believe our political leadership has not realised the threat to our national security. Either that, or they have realised and are prepared to take the risk.

The Port Talbot closure harshly exposes the costs of luxury ‘green’ beliefs. We cannot be dependent on imports for the full range of necessary steels to rebuild our arsenals – the Navy first and foremost – and, most ridiculously, we cannot depend for them on our global antagonists.

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rmore, our armed forces are wholly dependent on oil to keep them in the field, and our electricity grid will collapse without gas. Any attempt to abandon them will leave us entirely at the mercy of hostile powers.

Net Zero an urgent threat to national security (netzerowatch.com)

RAPID ICE MELT DISCOVERED IN THE RECENT PAST

Those who claim our modern climate is changing faster than at any time in the past will be shocked to read this study:

 The Elevation Of The Early Holocene’s W. Antarctic Ice Sheet Once Plunged 480 Meters In 200 Years (notrickszone.com)

"New research published in Nature Geoscience (Grieman et al., 2024) assesses the elevation of West Antarctica’s ice sheet fell by ~480 m within just 200 years from about 8,000 to 8,200 years ago, a drop of more than 2 meters per year.

The scientists also document an ice area retreat of 270 kilometers at the study site within only 400 years, from ~7,300-7,700 years ago. That’s an area retreat rate of about 675 meters per year."

UK E-BUSES IN FIRE SAFETY RECALL

Oh dear! Just as the government is trying to push electric vehicles and getting us out of our cars and along comes another battery fire story. Read it in the Daily Mail here: 

Britain's e-bus ticking timebomb: How nearly TWO THOUSAND electric buses worth £800m face urgent recall over fears they could see burst into flames | Daily Mail Online

MORE BAD THERMOMETER DATA

The only evidence for actual warming of the Earth's surface comes from temperature measurements and yet when the actual position of the thermometers is examined it is often found to be seriously badly sited and so the measurements themselves are unreliable. In this video this is again discovered in the USA.

 Record Bad Thermometer Data (youtube.com)

MET OFFICE TEMPERATURE STATIONS DECLARED TO BE VIRTUALLY USELESS

 A large majority of the UK Met Office temperature measuring stations have been graded as practically useless according to a Freedom of Information answer. Over 29% were in the lowest classification possible, meaning that measurements could vary by as much as 5 degrees Celsius. Another 48% could be out by 2 degrees. And yet the Met Office claim that records have been broken by as little as 0.1 degrees. It is completely scandalous and yet the mainstream media will be likely to completely ignore this and the vast majority of the public will carry on being duped.

Read it all here:

Met Office Temperature Network Is Junk | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)  

NET ZERO IS A WAR ON THE WORKING CLASS

  James Woudhuysen: Net Zero is a war on the working class

Spiked, 27 February 2024
 
We are sleepwalking towards a social and economic catastrophe.
 
It’s official. Net Zero will make us poorer. A new report finds that the British government’s climate-change policies are likely to ‘make the poor poorer, and push struggling communities further into deprivation and exclusion’.

 
Our Journey to Net Zero, by the Institute for Community Studies (ICS), shows that the transition to Net Zero will cause a rise in unemployment, as carbon-intensive industries are forcibly restructured. Food will become more expensive. And the eco-friendly changes we’ll all be forced to make, such as insulating our homes or switching to electric cars, will be extremely difficult ’for low-income households’. The ICS concludes that the poorest 40 per cent of households are at risk of falling into ‘transition poverty’.
 
As shocking as this statistic is, the report is no rant. A team of researchers from ICS, Trinity College Dublin, and the universities of Leeds and York have thoroughly reviewed the policy changes and instruments – subsidies, taxation and so on – most likely to prove effective in reducing emissions of CO2. And they have concluded that these Net Zero measures will push down living standards for a lot of people in the UK.
 
Essentially, the general effect of Net Zero is similar to that of regressive taxation. Just as a tax that is the same for everyone will most hurt those who earn the least, Net Zero policies mete out more pain to those who are least well-off. This won’t just affect the very poorest though. As the ICS warns, even ‘middle-income households that were not previously experiencing financial precarity’ might struggle.
 
The report also highlights the other depredations brought about by Net Zero. For instance, the added cost and difficulty of car travel will reduce people’s leisure opportunities.
 
The report certainly pulls no punches about the downsides of Net Zero. But it does not challenge the green transition itself. It instead calls for a ‘just’ transition to ease the socio-economic pain caused – a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down.
 
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CHINA WAY OFF TRACK TO MEET EMISSION TARGETS

“Another year of rapidly rising emissions in 2023 leaves China way off track against its target of cutting carbon intensity by 18 per cent between 2021 and 2025,” said Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). “As a result, carbon dioxide emissions would now need to fall by 4 to 6 per cent by 2025 to hit the goal.” 

So the rulers of the West buy their transformers, solar panels and wind turbines from The Coal Giant, while pretending they sincerely want to reduce coal use. And the populace buy their cheap t-shirts, lemon squeezers and avocado-slicers (and their fridges and freezers).  And no one in polite society suggests sanctions or boycotts. (No one suggests “checking the science” either). Everyone wants their cheap stuff. 

The whole thing seems to be a giant charade, except that we are facing a cut in living standards to attempt to reach net zero.

 China built 47GW of coal power last year and is “way off track” to meet emissions targets « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

REGULATED TO DEATH IN THE CAUSE OF NET ZERO

 Small manufacturers forced to answer 300 questions on net zero | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Net zero and all that goes with it is causing pain for thousands of small businesses as the article linked above testifies. These extra burdens are causing headaches and costs which must either be passed on in increased prices for consumers or reduce business profits, causing many to become uneconomic. Time for a re-think.

MET OFFICE REFUSE TO RETRACT FALSE CLAIM

 Met Office Still Refuse To Retract False Claim About Storms | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

They refuse to retract because it would be too damaging. It is not about the objective truth but about their image and the "cause".

EU THREAT TO SCRAP VEHICLES OVER 15 YEARS OLD

 Here's another example of how the slavish policy to reach net zero may lead to draconian new laws that will make us all poorer. 

Will a new EU directive stop us repairing old cars? (youtube.com)

THE TRUTH ABOUT ARCTIC ICE AND POLAR BEARS

One of the most prominent campaigning icons to attract attention to the "climate change" issue is the plight of polar bears, and yet on close examination all the stories of these bears being wiped out are completely wrong, as can be seen when the facts are shown. This is examined in detail in this excellent new video by Paul Burgess which can be viewed here:

A Serious Case of Polar Bear Denial (youtube.com)

TIME FOR A RE-THINK BEFORE WIPE-OUT

We could put restrictions and tariffs on Chinese solar panels, or electric vehicles, but how can we do that when we have legally mandated targets to increase the share of alternative energies and motor vehicles?

The price tag is already fearfully high, and we have miserably failed to build up the capacity to make our own equipment at competitive prices. If given a choice between net zero and economic success, our politicians are disturbingly clear which takes precedence.

It’s the same story throughout the economy. We have allowed energy prices to soar, planned to close down our own offshore oil fields, and held back the growth in fracking even as it has delivered economic booms in North America.

We have ignored the fact that these choices are putting companies out of business – and are allowing Chinese rivals with far lower power costs to trample all over European businesses.

The harsh truth is that China has weaponised net zero, and turned it into a way of seizing industrial leadership. America is responding, admittedly perhaps too late, and with too much state control. But Europe and the UK have been left floundering, and their industry is about to get wiped out. Read it all here:

 Europe faces industrial wipe-out | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

GOVERNMENT BEING SUED IN THE HIGH COURT BY CLIMATE ACTIVIST GROUPS

As 2050 draws nearer we are going to find that the green activist groups, supported by vast sums of money from wealthy backers will be trying to force the government to take more and more drastic measures to get to the mythical net zero. Having done the "easy" measures first which have not impinged directly on the bulk of people's lives, they are now facing the things which will cause real hardship and real resistance will develop. This ongoing court case is the most recent example:   

'A damning indictment': Lord Deben intervenes in High Court legal challenge against government climate plans | BusinessGreen News

It will be interesting (though painful) to see how this plays out. If the activists win their case, which is quite likely, how will the government respond. If they bring in more draconian laws curbing the freedom of the public, bringing forward large taxes on popular activities, they know they will become very unpopular. The only other way is for the government to amend or repeal the Climate Change Act. I think this latter course is, ultimately, the only way forward.

TWO WINDFARMS SHARE OVER £80 MILLION TO SWITCH OFF

These massive sums being paid to windfarms are rising year on year as the grid becomes more unstable. You might think this would set alarm bells ringing among government ministers, but apparently not. Short term thinking seems to over shadow common sense.

 Two windfarms share £80 million to switch off (netzerowatch.com)

MAKING MONEY FROM A SOLAR/BATTERY SYSTEM

The dependence on intermittent forms of electricity has opened up a new market for short term supplies to top up the shortfall. Diesel generators are one type, but they are obviously not the preferred choice so a new type is to use a system consisting of an array of solar panels which charge up a bank of batteries. They can command a high price for the electricity which makes it a good investment. This is another reason why renewables will inevitably lead to highly priced electricity.

 Battery Energy Storage Systems | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

CLIMATE MODEL FAILURES LEAD TO COMPLETE LOSS OF CONFIDENCE

Day after day we are being bombarded with claims that the climate is at a tipping point and that things are much worse than we thought etc. This is at complete odds with the reality as shown here: 

Scientists: Nearly 4 Decades Of Climate Model Failure Undermines Confidence In Future Predictions (notrickszone.com)

IS 1984 GETTING A STEP CLOSER?

 Germany Moving to Authoritarianism “Those Who Mock State, Must Have To Deal With Powerful State” (notrickszone.com)

This is rather vague, but once the principle has been established who knows how it will be expanded?

CLIMATE CONTROL ATTEMPTS BY BIG BANKS STARTS TO CRACK UP

Most people have no idea what is going on behind the scenes in terms of the pressure being applied to businesses by huge banking conglomerates acting together. Read the post below and see for yourself the extraordinary power of these enormous cabals. It is all to do with power and money, but, make no mistake, it is costing ordinary people a massive amount in reduced pensions and increase prices. Thank goodness there are political leaders in many USA states who are prepared to fight these undemocratic institutions

 ESG comes undone — BlackRock, JP Morgan abandon “Climate Action 100+” « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

POLAR BEAR CLIMATE PROPAGANDA REBUTTED

Here is a good piece by Dr Susan Crockford, the polar bear expert, who lifts the lid on the way climate activists use the old "polar bears are dying because of climate change" story: 

Activists just can’t stop using emotional blackmail to sell the climate change narrative | polarbearscience

METEOROLOGIST CAUGHT OUT GIVING OUT MISLEADING INFORMATION ON THE BBC

Is it any wonder that the public believe that storms are becoming more intense, even though the official Met Office information says this is not true. 

London, 13 February – The UK Met Office has been accused of seriously misleading the public about climate-driven storms in the UK.

 
On 22nd January, the day after Storm Isha, a senior meteorologist from the Met Office stated on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast that “when we see these storms they are more intense and that’s down to climate change”.

More intense storms down to climate change, meteorologist says

Putting Isha into context, a senior meteorologist from the Met Office has explained that the "more intense" storms the UK is experiencing are caused by climate change.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast, Claire Nasir said: "In 2023, we began on a rainfall deficit and had two intense heatwaves, yet the UK saw the 11th wettest year on record."

She explained this shift between extremes in weather patterns in the UK would continue in the future.

However, after being challenged through a FOI request to provide evidence for the claim that storms have become more intense, the Met Office was forced to admit they have no such evidence. 
 
In its response, the Met Office also referred to its own UK Storm activity report which clearly states that “there is no compelling trend in maximum gust speeds recorded in the UK since 1969.”
 
We call on the Met Office to publish a full retraction of what is evidently a false and misleading claim.
 
Notes for editors 
 
Met Office: Recent trends and future projections of UK storm activity: “This report found that there is no compelling trend in maximum gust speeds recorded in the UK since 1969, measured as the number of days more than 20 weather stations recorded gust speeds above 40, 50 or 60 knots.” 
 
Met Office: State of the UK Climate 2022 (page 47):  “Storm Eunice [in 2022] was the most severe storm to affect England and Wales since February 2014, but even so, these storms of the 1980s and 1990s were very much more severe.” 
 
Paul Homewood: Met Office cannot provide evidence for “more intense storms” claim
 
Contact
 
Dr Benny Peiser,
Director, Global Warming Policy Foundation

CHINA BUILT 96% OF COAL PLANTS IN 2023

I thought the Chinese were building a lot, but that is a staggering figure, because India is also building a lot too. It makes the UK efforts to decarbonise at great cost to our prosperity seem like a drop in the ocean. 

 China Was Responsible for 96% of Coal Plants Constructed in 2023 | OilPrice.com

DATA TAMPERING ON SEA LEVEL SHOWN UP

Have a look at this latest video highlighting the data manipulation going on with sea level.

 Rapidly Rising Sea Level | Real Climate Science

CLIMATE DATA CORRUPTION STILL CONTINUES

Take a look at this new video from Tony Heller which explains how USA data is altered to turn a cooling trend into a warming one. 

Climate Data Corruption Business (Part 2) | Real Climate Science

METHANE IS IRRELEVANT TO GLOBAL WARMING - SCIENTIFIC PAPER PROVES IT

The next big change that governments are already trying to bring in is to drastically reduce the number of livestock on our farms under the pretext of the false claim that these animals are causing global warming due to their farts emitting methane. This is going to be devastating and will have no effect according to the latest scientific research, which is being ignored. 

Below is a link to an excellent lecture hosted by the Irish Climate Science Foundation on Sept 21, 2022. In the lecture Dr Sheahen focuses on the work of Professors Will Happer and William van Wijngaarden in their pioneering work in calculating the real-world Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) of the five most common Green-House Gases (GHGs). He emphasizes how their calculations have now been precisely verified by satellite measurements, thus validating their research. These results verify the actual low GWPs of these GHGs, and, in particular, of the irrelevance of the impact of Methane on climate. The results have profound implications, particularly for agriculturally based economies like those of Ireland and New Zealand. He will conclude that there is no scientific basis for regressive agricultural policy; on the contrary, global food scarcity should dictate its further development. Here is the link:

“Methane – The Irrelevant Green-House Gas” Dr Thomas P Sheahen (youtube.com)

Dr. Thomas P. Sheahen holds BS and PhD degrees in physics from MIT. Dr. Sheahen is author of the textbook, “Introduction to High Temperature Superconductivity.” He has authored numerous papers on topics including infrared Fourier spectroscopy for rocket re-entry instrumentation, and harsh industrial instrumentation. His work includes analysis of measurement economics, research program plans, industrial energy conservation and renewable energy technology.

EXTREME WEATHER IS NOT GETTING WORSE

In short:

• There are no long term trends in Atlantic hurricane activity
• Hurricanes are not becoming more intense
• There was a marked decline in hurricane frequency during the 1970s and 80s, partly due to natural variability (AMO*) and maybe also due to reduced pollution.
• Since 1990, hurricane frequency has returned levels prior to that period of decline.
• *Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation
• Read the details here:

 The Truth Comes Back To Haunt Bob Ward! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

MARK STEYN LOSES HIS CASE AGAINST MANN

This is a sad day for freedom of speech and also a bad day for justice.

 Jury finds in favor of Michael Mann in defamation lawsuit against Mark Steyn, Rand Simberg – Watts Up With That?

The Hockey Stick graph has been thoroughly debunked and yet a Washington DC jury chose to find in favour of Mann. We will have to wait and see what happens next.

ARE BIG OIL COMPANIES LEARNING THAT OIL AND GAS MAKE MORE MONEY THAN RENEWABLES?

That would seem to be the case when reading this article:

 BP lost $1b in wind power and just flipped from cutting oil by 40% to increasing it « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

It would appear that despite all the hype over renewables, there is still a big future for the traditional fossil fuels. Shareholders have had enough and expect companies to boost their profits instead of moving into a risky new market. Of course these companies will not make money by operating in countries with a hostile tax regime and unreliable, expensive electricity.

MANN V STEYN COMING TO AN END

 Some call this the Trial of the Century, yet it has received no publicity in the mainstream media here in the UK. What is at stake is the right to freedom of speech, but also the validity of the much lauded Hockey Stick graph which denied the existence of the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period. Aside from these important items there is also the character of the climate scientist, Mann, which has come under the spotlight throughout the trial. Key passages of the trial have been re-enacted and can be freely accessed at the link here:

Climate Change on Trial on Apple Podcasts

It makes fascinating listening. The verdict may come in the next day or two.

CLIMATE CHANGE LINK TO MODERN SLAVERY

 That is what I was told in an email sent to me recently. It seems such a ridiculous idea that I read the accompanying blurb to see how they made the connection and who was behind this. Who turned out to be Nottingham University Geography Department along with Nottingham Rights Lab. Here is a brief piece from their press release:

"Changing environmental conditions and slow onset events, such as drought, and rapid-onset events , such as earthquakes, can cause long-term displacement or long-term migration, which can heighten the risk of vulnerabilities that could be exploited."

Clearly people are made more vulnerable when faced with crises like these, but since when were earthquakes caused by the climate? Migration is definitely on the increase, but this is being fueled by many factors much more powerful than a change in climate. War must be by far the biggest, and then there is the fact that the world is so much more connected by the internet and mobile phones. Most migrants simply want a better life and who can blame them for that? Linking this with climate change looks like a way to increase publicity.

Just to prove I am not making this up, here is the link for anyone interested:

News - Combined action on climate change and modern slavery presents new opportunities, research finds - University of Nottingham 

NAMING HEATWAVES - THE LATEST GIMMICK FROM MPs

Those who are pushing the climate agenda are always looking for new ways to try and convince a sceptical public that the weather is getting much more extreme. So they are now suggesting that spells of hot weather should be given names to make them stand out more. They will probably try and find the scariest names they can find. I can't wait to see the choices!

 Could UK heatwaves be given names this summer? - BBC Weather