In an interview published in The Atlantic, billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates had two very astute observations about wind and solar energy: On the limits of wind power and solar photovoltaic cells: Wind has grown super-fast, on a very subsidized basis. Solar, off a smaller base, has been growing even faster—again on a highly subsidized basis. […]
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This video is worth watching and sharing. Well-known scientists, scholars, and policy leaders respond to accusations of receiving money from oil companies, and reveal where their funding really comes from.
Climate Skeptics: Bought By Fossil Fuel Companies? Learn More »
The money quote on climate change in the first Democratic presidential “debate” was Senator Bernie Sanders’s response to moderator Anderson Cooper’s question, “what is the greatest national security threat to the United States?” “The scientific community is telling us,” Sanders said, “that if we do not address the global crisis of climate change, transform our
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A $Trillion here, a $Trillion there—pretty soon you’re talking real money. No, I’m not talking about the U.S. national debt, now at over $18 trillion. That’s a very bad thing that threatens to impoverish our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. I’m talking about the $Trillions being demanded by developing-world countries from rich countries (primarily the United
Climate Change’s Great Legacy: International Wealth Redistribution Learn More »
The $100 billion slush fund—er, Green Climate Fund—created at the COP17 climate summit in Durban, South Africa, is supposed to redistribute money from wealthy developed countries to poor developing countries (or at least to the thugs who run them). Call it a kind of penalty for the developed countries’ having overcome poverty before the developing ones,
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Each month when RSS (Remote Sensing Systems) updates its global average temperature data, Lord Christopher Monckton calculates how far back one can go in the RSS record without showing a positive trend, i.e., how long “the pause” is. It’s been lengthening for several years and as of the end of August had reached 18 years
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The 30+ scholars—scientists, economists, theologians, and more, interviewed for Cornwall Alliance’s Greener on the Other Side: Climate Alarmism—Facts, Not Fear video series—address in this latest video the charge that they’re in the pocket of “Big Oil” or the fossil fuel industry in general. A few quotes: “The idea that I’m getting paid off by somebody else is
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India last week announced its “climate action plan” in preparation for December’s climate summit in Paris, and the featured points grabbed the world’s attention: 40% increase of “clean [i.e., CO2-free] energy” by 2030; reduced CO2 “emission intensity” by 33% from 2005 levels by 2030; calling for wealth countries of the West to help it meet
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How can you do more to help the poor than sign the petition, “Forget ‘Climate Change’, Energy Empowers the Poor!”? By asking your friends to join you! If you need any ideas as to the best way to talk to your friends, here a few examples for social media and email: Facebook: Friends, I am
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The following caught my eye in today’s Weekly News from Science: Can epigenetics explain homosexuality puzzle? Michael Balter A new study suggests that epigenetic effects-chemical modifications of the human genome that alter gene activity without changing the DNA sequence-may sometimes influence sexual orientation. Researchers studied methylation, the attachment of a methyl group to specific regions of DNA,
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