I traveled to Oregon last week at the invitation of a CO2 Coalition supporter. Besides being completely off the grid at a lodge on the scenic Rogue River, I gave a presentation to about 50 people from southern Oregon after returning from the wilderness. As you can imagine, the climate zealots are in full-on crisis mode in the Beaver State. For my talk, I examined Oregon-specific temperature data. The top image shows the annual mean temperature that reveals about a 1-degree Fahrenheit (F) … [Read more...]
Alarmists Turn Up Heat with Climate, Weather ‘Records’
Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, "the hottest month [July] just ended. We witnessed scorching heat, extreme weather events, wildfires, and severe health consequences." He added, "It’s a stark reminder of the urgent need for collective action to address climate change. Let’s use this alarming milestone to fuel our determination for bold climate action. "Together, we … [Read more...]
Supernatural Warnings Come to California
On the same day that Hurricane (Tropical Storm) Hilary brought record rainfall to the Los Angeles area (nearly 6 inches to Lake Palmdale and 4.26 inches on the UCLA campus), a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred in nearby Ojai. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash To the truly enlightened, these rare disasters should serve as a warning from on high that the Golden State is headed for a massive downfall – punishment for trying to force smog-fighting electric vehicles … [Read more...]
Support for Offshore Wind Sinks as Costs Soar
Things are looking bad for offshore wind in America (which makes me happy). On one hand, opposition is growing. On the other, the cost crisis is driving prices way up. Whether the offshore US boom will bust remains to be seen, but it is certainly possible. Here’s hoping. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Bad news for the industry is coming in daily, so there is too much to report. Here are just a few samples to give the flavor of the debacle in progress. In New Jersey, we get … [Read more...]
China is Dominating the EV Market and EV Policy
According to Lauren Fix, the Car Coach®, China is well on its way to becoming a world leader in climate policy and is quickly taking over the electric car industry – and thus (barring mandate reversals) the entire auto industry. Talk about snake oil sales! But is Xi Jinping that smart, or are European and American politicians, business magnates, and globalist plutocrats just that dumb? Fix says the Chinese decided in 2001 that they could not compete on the international market … [Read more...]
The Great Wind and Solar Land Grab
Which is more environmentally friendly, an energy source that uses one unit of land to produce one unit of electricity or a source that uses 100 units of land to produce one unit of electricity? The answer should be obvious. Nevertheless, green energy advocates call for a huge expansion of wind, solar, and other renewables that use vast amounts of land to replace traditional power plants that use comparatively small amounts of land. Vaclav Smil, professor emeritus of the University of … [Read more...]
Do Forever Chemicals Really Last Forever?
The following is a brief excerpt from an interview conducted on WORLD radio, where the hosts discuss the complicated reality of "forever chemicals." It is an important conversation about what they are, the potential risks they carry, and the costs of regulating them because there is no such thing as a world without tradeoffs. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: drinking water. What do non-stick pans, firefighting … [Read more...]
The “Madness of Crowds”?
Can history help us understand today’s panic over global warming? I believe so. I do think we are experiencing panic. While the Earth is warming and human activity probably contributes to it, the overheated efforts to make people fear the long-term future suggest that this is more of a crusade than a rationally considered enterprise. Extreme fear of global warming negatively affects politics, the economy, the media, international relations, and education. I will look at two disastrous … [Read more...]
Green Posturing: Grandstanding or Goofball?
Two years ago, industrial ecology guru Roland Geyer, writing in The Guardian, made his case for an immediate ban on fossil fuels. His reason? “Time is running out to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and avoid catastrophic climate change.” Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Geyer assesses pollution prevention strategies based on reuse, recycling, and material and technology substitution plastics, photovoltaics, metals, and automotives. He is convinced that industrial society … [Read more...]
An Insider’s Prudent Advice to America’s Electric Power Industry
When in June of this year the Cornwall Alliance offered to send Robert Bryce’s book A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations free as our thanks when people donated, one donor, Thomas J. Myers, responded with a note we just had to share. He writes from experience within the electric power industry. With his permission, here’s what he said. It’s a message millions need to hear and take seriously. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Thanks for communicating to folks … [Read more...]
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