MET OFFICE UNDER SCRUTINY - PART 2

Following on from yesterday's post here is a second misrepresentation of "data" by the UK Met Office. 

 Long term "Historic Data"

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/historic-station-data

The above indicates 37 long term sites quoting monthly  "Data".  Note that 3 sites on the map are coloured blue with the key, indicating these stations have closed. The remainder are coloured orange indicating "open" stations.

 Any reasonable person would therefore assume the orange marked sites were "open" stations as stated.

However, for example, go to Lowestoft and "view data".  Whilst figures run from 1914, all figures from 2010 are marked with an asterisk indicating they are "Estimated" - the station closed in 2010 -  i.e.14 years ago.

What scientific organisation would continue to  "estimate"  figures for over 14 years and counting? What possible scientific purpose could such "estimation" serve?

The Met Office has again declined to advise me either how these estimates are arrived at or why they do so.

The stations at  Nairn Druim, Paisley and Newton Rigg are similarly closed but still reporting "estimated" monthly data. It should also be noted that even those stations marked as closed continued to report  "Estimated" numbers beyond their closure date.

Why would any scientific organisation feel the need to publish what can only genuinely be described as fiction? No scientific purpose can possibly be served by fabrication.

UK MET OFFICE UNDER SCRUTINY

The public and our government place much reliance on the government funded UK Meteorological Office. Most people would expect their data to be the "gold standard" with every care taken to ensure no errors were presented. In fact a comprehensive investigation has revealed this is simply not true. Read on for the details:  

1. How "Climate Averages" data was presented by the Met Office. 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages

This details 302 sites. As an example, either click on the map or type in "Dungeness".  You will be directed to a "nearest site" called "Dungeness" giving accurate map co-ordinates, elevation and a description as "Observing Site" 

Any reasonable person viewing this (a student for example) would assume there is a site there and the 30 year rolling averages from 1960 to 2020 were both "observed" and "data" - notably quoted to the second decimal place of a degree. 

However, there is NO weather station at Dungeness - it closed in 1986 - i.e. 38 years ago. 

For these  last 38 years there have been no observations, thus no data recorded at Dungeness.  All the figures are fabricated in scientific terms. 

Through Freedom of Information request (FOI)  I obtained the details of which stations actually still exist as attached excel spread sheet. 

Of the 302 sites quoted, over one third (103) do NOT exist. The Met Office declined to advise me  exactly how or from where the alleged "data" was derived for these 102 non-existent sites.

In my home county of  Kent, 4 of the 8 sites shown are fiction (Dungeness, Folkestone, Dover, Gillingham) and all produce different "averages". Referring back to Dungeness, the nearest open Met Office Weather Station sites are over 25 miles away.   

There is no plausible  scientific purpose in the invention of numbers for non-existent sites which are falsely posing as authentic locations.

How would any reasonable observer (i.e. the example student) know that the data was not real and simply "made up" by a government agency?

Part 2 will reveal further shocking shortcomings tomorrow.

PAUL BURGESS GIVES THE CLIMATE FACTS

In his latest video, Paul looks at his recent appearance on GB News where he debates the UK energy situation and how safe it is under the new Labour government. He manages to list a good number of reasons for doubt which his opponent, Jim Dale is unwilling, or unable to refute. Instead he resorts to bluster and claims that the argument over renewables has been won as a result of the election. As Paul says near the end the fact is that it is simply not possible to completely do away with fossil fuels without having major power outages. Something Jim and our political leaders seem to have over-looked.

 Paul Burgess V Jim Dale The Dastardy Duo (youtube.com)

NATIONAL GRID WAKE UP TO REALITY

While our political leaders continue to make impossible promises to decarbonise our electricity production, the people who are tasked with delivering them are at last speaking out. 

National Grid: Britain will remain dependent on gas for years | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

CO2 AND A MILD WARMING ARE NOT PROBLEMS - SAYS NEW PAPER

The paper concludes:

The infrastructure to replace fossil fuels does not exist and likely cannot be built in a short time. Current realistic estimates of future energy use suggest that fossil fuels will still supply half our energy in 2050 and beyond. Yet, no credible evidence exists that this is a problem or will become a problem. Recent research into climate change has suggested that nature plays some role, and certainly greenhouse gas emissions may play some role as well. What we do not know is how much of climate change is human-caused and how much is natural. No drastic changes to our economy are justified until we can figure this out.

Read the paper here:

  Carbon dioxide and a warming climate are not problems - Clintel

NEW UK LABOUR GOVERNMENT OVER-RULE PLANNING INSPECTOR ON SOLAR FARMS

We are seeing that Ed Miliband (Labour Energy Minister) is determined to push his beloved solar and wind farms through the planning system against the wishes of local people and to the detriment of our food security.

 Fears for food security as Miliband pushes through Britain’s biggest solar farm | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE

While I am sure this is technically possible, the questions are: what will it cost? How will those costs be allocated? And, will this actually make any difference to the world's temperature or weather, given that it can only be used to remove a tiny percentage of the world's total emissions. Is it not, in fact simply a token gesture or virtue signalling.  

 Worlds largest vacuum to suck carbon out of the sky (and money out of wallets) « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FROM TO UPGRADE THE GRID?

That is the essential question that must be answered by the government before embarking on policies to get rid of all fossil fueled electricity generation by 2030. It looks like they are heading for failure.

 Money no object for Net Zero fantasists (netzerowatch.com)

A JUDGE AND JURY GET TOUGH WITH JUST STOP OIL PROTESTORS

At last! 

All defendants have been found guilty by unanimous verdicts in the trial of five

@JustStop_Oil

protesters at Southwark Crown Court this morning. They were accused of conspiring to cause public nuisance through their protest actions on the M25 in November 2022. In remarks at the end of the trial, Judge Christopher Hehir made his personal views very clear, congratulating the jury, and describing climate concern as "single issue fanaticism". Earlier in the trial he had ordered the arrest of

@DefendOurJuries

supporters who sat quietly outside the court with banners proclaiming "Jurors deserve to hear the whole truth". Today he backed down and dropped that charge. Sentencing for the five will take place next Thursday 18th, and the judge has indicated he will be delivering 'very long' prison sentences. The trial was observed last week by Michel Forst, a UN Special Rapporteur deeply concerned over the persecution of climate protesters. The judge ruled out ANY defence in the trial, and repeatedly arrested defendants within the court for attempting to speak to the jury about the overwhelming evidence that humanity is facing an extreme existential crisis, and that civil disobedience is essential to achieve the changes required to mitigate. Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, Cressida Gethin are remanded in custody. Watch out for Real Media's full report and film coming soon.

WIND FARMS - THE PIT FALLS

In his latest video Paul Burgess looks at the actual data from wind farms to challenge the figures that are given for their output and hence the actual cost of the electricity. You will not be surprised that he concludes that they have been vastly optimistic with the output and massively underestimated the real price of the electricity. 

Ed Milliband, Calderdale Wind Farm and Financial Disaster (youtube.com)

LONDON TO BE AS HOT AS SOUTH OF FRANCE IN 60 YEARS?

Those responsible for promoting the "climate change emergency" meme must believe that the public as a whole is insufficiently frightened, to put out this piece of propaganda: 

London To Relocate To South of France! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

As the article above shows, the real data does not support any of this. But the mainstream media still feature these type of articles prominently. If you read the comments under the article though, you can see that many readers regard it as ridiculous.

CHINA'S COAL CONSUMPTION PUTS EVEN INDIA IN THE SHADE

 Everyone knows this is true, but it is hardly ever mentioned in the mainstream media. This is obviously because it completely undermines the efforts of us in the West to reduce our CO2 emissions. It is actually the key point against our policy. Not only are we undergoing serious costs and restrictions, with much more to come, but there is actually no benefit to be gained. 

China is the coal furnace of the world, and everyone is fine with that « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

NIGEL FARAGE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST NET ZERO

 Now that Nigel Farage is in parliament will he be able to highlight the huge problems with the net zero policy? He appears to be making a good start.

(20) Rob Boyd, Esq on X: "Farage forensically takes apart the arguments for Net Zero. No mainstream politician has this man's mental acuity.. https://t.co/TfxQTN6wOI" / X (twitter.com) 

NIGEL FARAGE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CLIMATE POLICY

A very interesting discussion between Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform and Jordan Peterson is well worth listening to. If you want to pick out the part where they discuss climate policy then go to about 17 minutes in. I think Farage has got it right and I hope that the remains of the Conservative Party is able to come to an accommodation with him before the next election. Until we do there is no chance of the centre right coming back to government here in the UK. 

I expect the contradictions within the current climate policy here to come to a head within the next few years as energy prices go on increasing to the point where there is a real crisis and the government is forced to reset, if not abandon its targets. 

Conservative Failings and the Reform UK Party | Nigel Farage (youtube.com)

COAL REIGNS SUPREME IN INDIA

India now consumes more coal than Europe and North America combined, making Australia and the UK, and everyone except China, just so irrelevant. When President Modi wants electrical generation fast, he doesn't say “quick, build 50,000 wind mills, with batteries, gas plants, high voltage lines and pumped hydro. He wants affordable, reliable energy

 Not-Transitioning: India burns more coal than the US and Europe combined and just ordered $33b in “new coal plants” « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

WIND FARM PROJECT FIGURES FOUND TO BE A FANTASY

Paul Burgess has been examining the figures which lie behind a wind farm project being proposed for the Isle of Man. This is the result of his investigation:

 Isle of Man Population is being Deceived Part 2 The Delusion (youtube.com)

FARAGE BURSTS THE GREEN BUBBLE

The following is a really good look at the way the true cost of renewable energy is being hidden by a plethora of subsidies cleverly disguised in a variety of ways. Well worth reading.

 Farage bursts the green bubble | James Compton | The Critic Magazine

HYDROGEN AS A FORM OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

Is hydrogen a viable form of renewable energy to get us to net zero? Read the answer here: 

Vast salt caverns to store hydrogen under former Royal Navy base | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

FRENCH VOTERS SEEM TO BE REJECTING NET ZERO

Marine Le Pen, the former presidential candidate, railed against “Brussels,” which “forces you, almost overnight, to change your boiler for €15,000,” against the “authoritarian reductions to agricultural land” and against the “heartless European Commission.”

“Don’t they have as their objective the reduction of human activity as a whole?” she asked, before connecting the issue to her obsession with French people’s daily lives, a strategy that has brought the RN to the threshold of coming to power. “It’s always the same logic of degrowth, which leads them to ban the sale of internal combustion engines in 2035, and thus deliberately program the sacking of our automotive industry and dependence on China,” she continued.

 The Rejection of Environmentalism is a driving force behind the surging “Far Right” vote « JoNova (joannenova.com.au

After this there has to be a back track on the ruinous net zero policies that Western governments have been following or else there will be riots on the streets.

THE TRUE COST OF LABOUR'S ELECTRICITY DECARBONISATION POLICY

 The true cost of Labour’s net zero plans is slowly being revealed – and the sums are staggering | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

Simply staggering. Why would anyone vote for such a thing? Unfortunately the Conservatives cannot attack it, as they are pledging to do the same thing in five extra years - so shifting the pain a little further down the road.

MALDIVES NOT SINKING REPORTS NEW YORK TIMES

In the end the truth will come out. It is inevitable, but in the case of facts which weaken the story about a "climate crisis" they avoid it as long as possible. The problem is that when the truth comes out people start to question other things which they have been told are indisputable facts, such as that hurricanes and wild fires have increased, when the truth is they haven't.

Six years later, New York Times mentions that the Maldives is not sinking - Clintel

CLIMATE IS CONTROLLED BY THE OCEANS, NOT CO2

 Climate Catastrophe! Science or Science Fiction? – Andy May Petrophysicist

A very interesting book. Here is a short extract from the linked article: 

"The IPCC report states on page 7 that they present “clear and robust conclusions … that the science now shows with 95 percent certainty that human activity is the dominant cause of observed warming since the mid-20th century.”

There are several problems with these ideas. Most heat transfer in the lower atmosphere, where there is a lot of water vapor, occurs via convection. Water vapor (and water) have a high heat capacity and carry a lot of latent heat, they transport most of the thermal energy near the surface in the so-called atmospheric “boundary layer.” CO2 has a low heat capacity. It is infrared active and absorbs and emits IR radiation, with a small delay, whereas latent heat can be carried by water vapor for weeks before it condenses as rain and emits it. At high altitudes, where there is little water vapor, CO2 is responsible for emitting most of the IR to space as thermal radiation. But, near the surface water vapor does the cooling.

 99.9% of the heat capacity is in the oceans and 0.1% is in the atmosphere.  The oceans are very cool, with an average temperature of about 4 degrees C. As stated in the quote, they contain 1,000 times the heat capacity of the atmosphere and provide a huge buffer that limits the Earth’s surface temperature. Most of the solar thermal energy that reaches the surface is absorbed by the oceans. The warmest part of the ocean is the surface of the tropical Pacific." 

The question remains; why has the Western world been captivated by such a foolish and damaging notion?

WIND ENERGY IS NEITHER CHEAP OR RELIABLE

 Just ask the residents and business owners in Victoria, Australia! 

Cold, windless Victoria may run out of gas before the end of winter « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

I wish our political leaders would read the above message and have the courage to stop the crazy road to net zero. But, alas, whoever takes over as our Prime Minister will blindly carry on to the cliff edge ignoring the lessons. The only thing that will stop him is that the task of getting to net zero will prove to be impossible, but trying to get there will still cause a lot of pain and suffering

WILD FIRES - FACTS VERSUS DODGY THEORY

There is a lot of desperate stuff being put forward to try and claim that "climate change is happening now", but the problem is that these claims do not agree with the facts. Luckily these facts are published and can be accessed by those who know where to look. (I am sure a lot of climate change extremists would like these data to be removed). 

Wildfires Getting Worse, Even When They’re Not! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

KENYAN FARMER SMEARED FOR CLAIMING FOSSIL FUELS ARE NECESSARY FOR A GOOD LIFE

 Jusper Machogu, a Kenyan subsistence farmer, is climate and energy realism’s rising star. This has led to him being attacked by those who fear he is undermining the importance of reducing the use of fossil fuels. Machogu’s core argument is simple. “Do I and a billion and half other Africans deserve a good life? Bet ya!” he says. “But can we do that minus access to life saving Fossil Fuels? A big no!”  Read the story here:

Why is BBC Verify Smearing a Kenyan Subsistence Farmer as a Climate Change ‘Denier’ in the Pay of Big Oil? – The Daily Sceptic

THE SCANDAL JUST GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER

We have seen over the last few days how the media has spotlighted the " betting scandal" in which a few Conservative Party candidates and officials have placed bets on the timing of the election. But at the same time some people have been uncovering a much more worrying scandal, that the UK Met Office have been using low standard weather stations to claim record temperatures in the UK. The difference is that the media has not focused on this scandal at all. They have simply ignored it. 

Met Office’s “Record Temperatures” All Come From Junk Sites | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

MORE NONSENSE FROM THE MET OFFICE

Again we can see that there are some very odd things going on which are certainly not widely known or reported by the mainstream media. Read more about it here:

 Hull East Tops The List Again | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

DANSGAARD-OESCHGER EVENTS

 Dansgaard–Oeschger (D–O) events do not get mentioned in the mainstream media. The reason is that they show that extreme weather events have occurred naturally over the past 100000 years many times. The temperature variations were much greater than anything dreamt up by a climate scientist. The question is; what is the point of wasting trillions of pounds to stop the current small change, when such large naturally occurring changes cannot even be explained, let alone stopped?

 Extreme heat no one wants to mention: Greenland warmed 10 degrees in a few decades (many times) « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

WHY ARE THE MET OFFICE OPENING NEW LOW CLASS WEATHER STATIONS?

It is a little known fact that the Met Office are even now opening weather stations that are classified as "poor". Unbelievable, and they are using the unreliable data from these stations to claim high temperature records. Read it here: 

Class 4 Neatishead–Opened in Dec 2022 | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

WORLD ENERGY IS 81% FOSSIL FUELED

 Despite spending $1.8 Trillion on “clean energy” last year, the world is still 81% fossil fueled — burning more than ever! « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

There's a fact to conjure with. Net zero has no hope of being achieved anytime soon. Whatever the weather does we certainly have no control over it. Not that achieving net zero would have the slightest effect anyway. 

A reduction of a measly 0.5% from 2022 to 2023.

WE CAN STILL AVOID THE NET ZERO TRAP

Read the essay linked below to find out how. I am not very optimistic at the moment. 

BdL-E-v4.pdf (clintel.org)

EV TRANSITION IS SLOWING DOWN

The price decline has been dramatic over the past year. In June 2023, average used EV prices were over 25% higher than used gas car prices, but by May, used EVs were on average 8% lower than the average price for a used gasoline-powered car in U.S. In dollar terms, the gap widened from $265 in February to $2,657 in May, according to an analysis of 2.2 million one to five year-old used cars conducted by iSeeCars. Over the past year, gasoline-powered used vehicle prices have declined between 3-7%, while electric vehicle prices have decreased 30-39%. 

Read it in full here: Not the Transition they expected: People paying thousands more for second hand petrol car rather than equivalent used EV « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

WHY UK ELECTRICITY IS AMONG THE MOST COSTLY IN THE WORLD

This video looks at how the UK has become one of the most expensive places in the world for electricity.

Net Zero Intelligence | Real Climate Science

HOW CLIMATE DATA HAS BEEN RE-WRITTEN

Earth was much warmer 5,000 years ago when atmospheric CO2 levels were lower – so people whose income depends on climate alarmism had to rewrite history. In the following video Tony Heller shows how the real facts have been erased and replaced with data that supports the CO2 hypothesis. 

Hockey Match | Real Climate Science

NET ZERO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT WANT US TO SEE

Net zero, according to the figures from the IPCC will cost the world a quadrillion dollars (that's a one followed by fifteen zeros) and cool it by almost 0.3 degrees Celsius. Read about it here:  

Bargain: Make the whole world “Net Zero”, spend a quadrillion dollars, and cool the world by 0.3 degrees! « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

HYDROGEN COSTS LOOK PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE

 The idea of using hydrogen as a replacement for methane looks to be highly unlikely if the current costs cannot be substantially reduced. The latest figures can be seen in this report:

Updated Hydrogen Costings | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)  

NEW REPORT CONFIRMS HURRICANE ACTIVITY IS NOT GETTING WORSE

Yet another climate myth has been debunked with the facts, and yet the media do not report it. If it isn't scary they don't think it's worth reporting.

 Global hurricane activity not getting worse, new report confirms - The Global Warming Policy Foundation (thegwpf.org)

ANOTHER CLIMATE REPORT IS DEBUNKED

In this new video by Paul Burgess he looks at a new report by the Isle of Man Climate Change Committee (yes, they have one as well) and explains where it is wrong using the evidence in scientific reports by highly respected institutions including the IPCC. I doubt they will listen to him or change anything, but it is still a very instructive video. The points he raises are equally valid for any other climate body.

 Exposing the madness in the Isle of Man net Zero Pathway (youtube.com)

WE WILL ALL PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR TRYING TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO (AND FAILING)

The article, below, contains a lot of points about how our lives are going to be restricted in the attempt to reach net zero, but the main point about the rich paying a heavy price is not quite right as we will all be paying a heavy price, but it is the middle class who will face the worst of the restrictions as it is they who will find they cannot afford to run their car, heat their home, go on holiday. The rich will still be able to do these things, as a complete ban on private jets, heated swimming pools, etc. would simply drive the rich abroad and no government would want to risk that.

The only way the government will be able to claim they have achieved net zero is by claiming that vast amounts of CO2 have been removed from the atmosphere. This will result in a number of schemes coming forward to do this, but this will come at a huge price leaving the question of how this money will be found. I expect some will come from the taxpayer in the form of subsidies and some added to our bills. 

I will wait and see how they try to hide it. I make one prediction, which is that these schemes will lead to scams as a result of either they will simply not work, or even worse they will prove completely fraudulent, as have some of the schemes to "off set" carbon emissions.   

The rich will soon pay a heavy price for net zero | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

NATIONAL GRID RESORTS TO PROPAGANDA

It is hard to know what to believe in the media these days, particuarly on anything to do with climate change and associated policies such as replacing conventional coal and gas generators with wind and solar. The following article debunks a series of attempts by National Grid to show that renewables are cheaper and just as reliable as the traditional coal and gas plants.   

National Grid Resorts to Propaganda - by David Turver (substack.com)

MORE PROOF OF LIES AND PROPAGANDA BY THE UN ON CLIMATE SCARES

We know there is a relentless campaign to scare people into believing that the climate is causing an increase in extreme weather events. Here in this article is the proof that this is completely wrong.

 Global deaths and disasters down: UN shameless lies, up « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)

NO LINK BETWEEN AIR TURBULENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING

 That is what the data says, as shown in this video from Paul Burgess:

Air turbulence Putting the myth to bed on GBnews (youtube.com) 

MET OFFICE STRETCHES CREDULITY BEYOND THE LIMIT

 A lot of people simply cannot understand how the Met Office can claim that the UK has had a record warm May, so this piece is a clear look at what the facts behind this are and what the public think of it:

Hottest May! Believe Us, Not Your Lying Eyes! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

CLIMATE CHANGE SCARES DEBUNKED IN NEW SHORT VIDEO FROM TONY HELLER

Tony comes straight to the point in this short video showing how the facts are at odds with the scaremongering coming from the UN:

 Looking For Their Lost Keys (youtube.com)

RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY SHORTCOMINGS EXPOSED

An excellent new video from Paul Burgess explains why it is foolish to rely on renewables such as wind and solar to supply all the electricity required without a reliable back up system. 

 Isle of Man-2 - A Delusional Plan (youtube.com)

NET ZERO IS UNNECESSARY SAYS NEW STUDY

 Unnecessary Net Zero, Part II: A Demonstration with Global Carbon Project Data « Roy Spencer, PhD (drroyspencer.com)

The above link is to an interesting study by Professor Roy Spencer. He says: Net Zero assumes that human CO2 emissions must stop to halt the rise in atmospheric CO2. This is false. nature removes atmospheric CO2 at a rate based upon the CO2 content of the atmosphere, and as long as that remains elevated, nature continues to remove CO2 at a rapid rate. Satellite-observed “global greening” is evidence of that over land. Over the ocean, sea water absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere in proportion to the difference in CO2 partial pressures between the atmosphere and ocean, that is, the higher the atmospheric CO2 content is, the faster the ocean absorbs CO2.

Read the whole article for a fuller understanding.

MET OFFICE TEMPERATURES SHOULD HAVE +/- 2.5 ERROR BARS ADDED

No proper scientific paper would be published without clearly showing the error bars for its measurements, and yet the Met Office claims to have measured record temperatures only 0.1 degrees above the previous record using data which has inaccuracies of +/- 2.5 degrees. This report has the details:

 Met Office Should Put 2.5°C ‘Uncertainties’ Warning on All Future Temperature Claims – The Daily Sceptic

ELECTRICITY PRICE - EXCHANGE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

Just occasionally there is a glimmer of sense in the fantasy world of climate change and someone goes off script as it were. The exchange of words, below is from a debate on UK electricity prices in the House of Lords.  Lord Frost begins by asking the following question:

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To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the overall cost-competitiveness of electricity generated from recently commissioned offshore wind farms compared to electricity generated from recently commissioned gas-fired power stations at current gas prices.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 

(Lord Callanan) (Con)

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My Lords, offshore wind is one of the cheapest generating technologies in the UK and is comparable to or cheaper in cost than fossil-fuel based alternatives. It is a vital technology that will allow us to decarbonise the power sector by 2035 and enhance the UK’s energy independence. The department publishes its cost estimates in the generation costs report.

Lord Frost 

(Con)

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My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response, but I gently suggest that perhaps he needs to look more carefully at the plausibility of the assessment he has just given. If renewables were as cheap as he asserts, it is hard to understand why bill payers and taxpayers are having to pay about £12 billion per year in subsidy, which is £600 for every family in the country. If offshore wind can be produced for £50 per megawatt hour, as his department asserts, it is hard to understand why the Government have had to offer twice that this year to get anyone to take up a contract. Would the Minister agree thatToggle showing location of

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it is better to be honest and that pushing out these fantasy figures just makes it easier for the proponents of net zero and the party opposite to indulge in fantasy politics that the whole energy sector can be decarbonised in just six years?

The Minister gave no direct response to the question and so resorted to ignoring it and just repeating his mantra like a Dalek.

You can read the whole debate at this link:

Electricity: Cost-competitiveness - Hansard - UK Parliament

PARTS OF CHINA 7 DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY FOR OVER 2 THOUSAND YEARS

 New Study: China’s Loess Plateau 7-8°C Warmer Than Today For Much Of The Last 4000 Years (notrickszone.com)

 For the period extending from 2700 years ago to the last few centuries the mean annual temperatures were 17.02°C. This is 7.16°C warmer than present. The mean annual precipitation was 903 mm for this Late Holocene period, which is about 70% higher than today’s.

So warmer and wetter is nothing new and also they claim it was  “the best,” most “favorable,” and “optimal” climate period when compared to the drier and colder climates of recent centuries.

MET OFFICE CAUGHT OUT MAKING UP DATA

This is an amazing story that surely must make the mainstream media. It strikes me that this is the equivalent of the Post Office scandal with data being to all intents and purposes made up. The main story is here:

 Met Office Creates Warming Out Of Thin Air | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)

I would encourage everyone to read the comments, as some correspondents are researching further into the location, suitability, and even the existence of some of the weather stations! In particular this one from Ray Sanders:

Ray Sanders PERMALINK

May 26, 2024 4:40 pm

“Only 24 of the 380 stations used by the Met Office to calculate UK temperatures are fit for purpose,”

Well actually it is now only 23 not 24. As Paul will know ( I shared the email response from the Met Office with him) Hastings station was shown as Class 1 but I challenged that assessment and have now had it confirmed it is now registered as only Class 4!

I am currently challenging Cassley station (also shown as class 1) and have been able to confirm that the entirety of Cassley (Loch Shin) Hydro electric power station, access roads/hard standing and air cooling for the generators lie within the critical measurement zone – class 3 or even 4 is more appropriate. I also intend to challenge several others in the near future.

Now here is a separate issue that I have discovered in extensive research into dubious Met Office activities. In my home county of Kent there are currently 7 Met Office weather stations. How does that compare with years gone by? Well in 1970 (when scares of an impending ice age were the latest religion) there were …..31 simultaneously operating Met Office stations in Kent.

So why the huge reduction most of which occurred in the 70s/80s? (N.b. This level of reduction occurred nationally)

Well back then most were “manual” stations that required operators to take readings at regular intervals on site. To “improve” forecasting and data quality (ho ho ho) these were automated obviating operator visits. To achieve this the Met Office had to change the thermometers to Platinum resistance units from traditional chemical ones AND provide power and telecoms to the sites. Back then telecomms effectively meant a land line connection.

{Discussion on change to PRT’s on another day.}

As a direct result nearly all the RURAL sites were closed down as no power or telecomms was readily available. I have identified 25 closed sites since 1970 of which 18 were in rural locations. As some examples the coldest temperature ever recorded in Kent ( -21.3°C) was recorded at rural Elmstone (very close to the middle of nowhere) but this site was closed in 1994, the second coldest was at Anvil Green (I know where it is but very few would ever find it) and this was closed in 1992. Even the hottest UK January record site at rural Eynsford was closed in 2008.

So not only are many existing Met Office sites becoming increasingly affected by UHI, they have removed a huge percentage of premium quality rural sites not so affected. Phoenix44 could probably ascertain the statistical distortions this change would have better than I can.

Now hold this thought, of the 18 closed rural sites I have identified I would suggest all were Class 1. Of the remaining 7 current sites only 3 are Class 1 and 2 of those I will challenge soon as being poor sites.

But just to put the icing on the cake I have also identified that a quarter of all sites appearing on this Met Office “Climate Averages” page DO NOT EXIST at all!!! Despite the fact that latitude/longitude co-ordinates and altitude are quoted a quarter are complete FICTION and do not have a recording station within many miles. As just one example Dungeness (shown) is over 25 radial miles from the nearest recording site.

The Met Office have confirmed this and are now rapidly trying to bluff their way of it

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages

More on this to follow soon.

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  May 26, 2024 4:45 pm

  p.s. forgot to add – don’t you just love it when climate averages are quoted to the second decimal place of one degree using data from sites inaccurate to 5 degrees!

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