The following is a guest article by Andrew Montford. I have been working in climate and energy for nearly 15 years, and it’s fair to say that it’s not often I find something that makes me radically change the way I look at the domain. But a new book, by Andy A West, has done just that. The Grip of Culture makes the case that climate catastrophism is cultural – akin to religion or one of the extreme political movements that have assailed the world from time to time. This is not an … [Read more...]
Wrong, AgFunder News, Climate Change Is Not Harming Crop Productivity
The following is a guest article by Linnea Lueken. A recent post by AgFunder News, a news site that covers “foodtech” and “agtech” startups and venture capital topics, reports that climate change is harming the growth in crop productivity. This is false. The post largely parrots claims made in the latest U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Synthesis Report that climate change threatens food production. However, actual global food production data show no sign that crop … [Read more...]
Biden’s Energy Policies Cost U.S. Households More than $2,300 Since 2021
The following is a guest article by Linnea Lueken. Biden’s energy policies have caused energy costs to rise across America, from natural gas to electricity, costing Americans more than $2,300 since entering office in January 2021. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Over the Past Two Years: Energy prices have continued to rise under President Joe Biden’s radical energy and climate agenda. In 2021, household electricity prices rose 8 percent. Electricity price increases … [Read more...]
UN Secretary-General Wrong to Blame Climate Change for Somalian Suffering
The following is a guest article by Linnea Lueken. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently gave a speech in Somalia in which he claimed Somalia is suffering from the impacts of climate change disproportionately, specifically concerning crop production amid an ongoing regional drought. This is false. Somalia is not suffering famine and crop failures primarily due to drought. Social and political instability is a much more likely culprit, especially since Somalia’s current drought … [Read more...]
It’s Hard to Keep Special Interests Happy, But the Government Keeps Trying
The following is a guest article by Jane Shaw Stroup. Chances are, you haven’t heard of RFS, RINs, eRINs, RVOs, or maybe even RNG. I hadn’t. But if you are part of the agricultural and waste-industry interests that promote “biofuels,” you know all about them. They are the means by which fuel generated by corn, wood, waste from a landfill, or other “natural” biomass gets into your gasoline in the form of ethanol (at one time called gasohol)—or into other fuel like jet fuel. As economists … [Read more...]
UN’s Climate Panic is More Politics Than Science
The following is a guest article from Judith Curry. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a new Synthesis Report, with fanfare from the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: “The climate time-bomb is ticking but the latest IPCC report shows that we have the knowledge & resources to tackle the climate crisis. We need to act now to ensure a livable planet in the future.” The new IPCC Report synthesizes the three reports that constitute the … [Read more...]
Germany’s Heating Debacle Takes on Even Greater Dimensions
The following is a guest article by Pierre Gosselin. In Germany, the Federal Ministry of Economics, headed by Robert Habeck (Green party), has “grossly miscalculated” the cost of removing oil and gas heating systems from homes and buildings and installing heat pumps in their place by 2045. Instead of a 132 billion euro bill for citizens by 2045, the real price tag will be a whopping 621 billion euros! The total real price tag for all buildings will be 776 billion euros. “According … [Read more...]
Proposed EPA Power Plant Rule Could Intensify Reliability Challenges
The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) condemned the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule that would make it almost impossible for coal-fired power plants to continue in operation, stating that implementing the rule would simultaneously drive up costs and drive down reliability of America’s electric grid. Following is the EPSA’s press release from May 11: Statement From the Electric Power Supply Association on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed … [Read more...]
A Christian Defense of Energy
The following is a guest article from Jerry Bowyer. [The article from which this excerpt is taken first appeared in World June 1, 2023.] Yesterday [May 31], ExxonMobil, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, and fellow giant Chevron had their annual shareholder meetings. As has been the case for decades, the ballots of these companies are littered with resolutions by activists that urge them in various ways to stop being oil companies. It’s almost never packaged as … [Read more...]
The Wind and Solar Power Myth has Finally Been Exposed
The following is a guest article by Bryan Leyland. Many governments in the Western world have committed to “net zero” emissions of carbon in the near future. The US and UK both say they will deliver by 2050. It's widely believed that wind and solar power can achieve this. This belief has led the US and British governments, among others, to promote and heavily subsidize wind and solar. These plans have a single, fatal flaw: they are reliant on the pipe dream that there is some … [Read more...]
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