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Sunday, 17 May 2015
Wind farms and solar panels 'will cost more than expected'
Telegraph
Energy bills will rise even more than
expected to pay for wind farms and solar panels because ministers have
underestimated the cost of green subsidies, a leading think tank has
warned.
Ministers are on track to overshoot a budget for renewable energy subsidies that is already due to reach £7.6 billion by 2020, the analysis by Policy Exchange finds.
The subsidies are paid for through levies on consumer bills, which official estimates suggest will rise to £141 per household each year by the end of this decade if ministers stick within the Treasury-set spending cap."
True costs of wind electricity
JudithCurry
Conclusion
It is reasonable to ask why utilities still invest in wind, when even after PTC ‘true’ wind generation is very uncompetitive with Coal or CCGT, as well as distorting the entire wholesale electricity marketplace. ....."
Conclusion
It is reasonable to ask why utilities still invest in wind, when even after PTC ‘true’ wind generation is very uncompetitive with Coal or CCGT, as well as distorting the entire wholesale electricity marketplace. ....."
There's no denying this label packs a political punch
E&E
But Morano says the Obama administration and its allies are deliberately using the "denier" label to "intimidate and silence" their political opponents while they drive through their agenda.
The term is being used more frequently, he said, because greens know the last years of the Obama administration are their best chance to win carbon regulations at home and a climate agreement abroad, he said.
"They want a final push to just totally smear and discredit skeptics," he said. "The reins of power right now are on their side."
But "denier" effectively means "liar," and that's a risky message, Morano said.
"I don't like to say someone's a liar in political discourse, because it takes away from your case. You become the issue, and whatever language you use to say it," he said."
But Morano says the Obama administration and its allies are deliberately using the "denier" label to "intimidate and silence" their political opponents while they drive through their agenda.
The term is being used more frequently, he said, because greens know the last years of the Obama administration are their best chance to win carbon regulations at home and a climate agreement abroad, he said.
"They want a final push to just totally smear and discredit skeptics," he said. "The reins of power right now are on their side."
But "denier" effectively means "liar," and that's a risky message, Morano said.
"I don't like to say someone's a liar in political discourse, because it takes away from your case. You become the issue, and whatever language you use to say it," he said."
Sunday, 10 May 2015
Scientific American Demonstrates How To Commit Major Science Fraud
Real Science
Scientific American published this map showing an increase in heavy rains since 1958, and blamed them on global warming. Now check out the spectacular fraud being committed. The author cherry picked the start date of 1958, because it was the minimum in the US climate record. In fact, heavy rainfall events were much more common in the early 20th century, when temperatures were cooler.There is no correlation between US temperature and heavy precipitation events. The author is engaged in scientific malfeasance, in an effort mislead Scientific American readers and direct them to the wrong conclusion."
Scientific American published this map showing an increase in heavy rains since 1958, and blamed them on global warming. Now check out the spectacular fraud being committed. The author cherry picked the start date of 1958, because it was the minimum in the US climate record. In fact, heavy rainfall events were much more common in the early 20th century, when temperatures were cooler.There is no correlation between US temperature and heavy precipitation events. The author is engaged in scientific malfeasance, in an effort mislead Scientific American readers and direct them to the wrong conclusion."
WSJ Op-Ed: The Climate-Change Religion: Obama raises alarms about global warming based on beliefs, not science
TheHockeySchtick
The U.N. process is designed to generate alarmist results. Many people don’t realize that the most-publicized documents of the U.N. reports are not written by scientists. In fact, the scientists who work on the underlying science are forced to step aside to allow partisan political representatives to develop the “Summary for Policy Makers.” It is scrubbed to minimize any suggestion of scientific uncertainty and is publicized before the actual science is released. The Summary for Policy Makers is designed to give newspapers and headline writers around the world only one side of the debate.
Yet those who raise valid questions about the very real uncertainties surrounding the understanding of climate change have their motives attacked, reputations savaged and livelihoods threatened. This happens even though challenging prevailing beliefs through open debate and critical thinking is fundamental to the scientific process.
The intellectual dishonesty of senior administration officials who are unwilling to admit when they are wrong is astounding. When assessing climate change, we should focus on good science, not politically correct science."
The U.N. process is designed to generate alarmist results. Many people don’t realize that the most-publicized documents of the U.N. reports are not written by scientists. In fact, the scientists who work on the underlying science are forced to step aside to allow partisan political representatives to develop the “Summary for Policy Makers.” It is scrubbed to minimize any suggestion of scientific uncertainty and is publicized before the actual science is released. The Summary for Policy Makers is designed to give newspapers and headline writers around the world only one side of the debate.
Yet those who raise valid questions about the very real uncertainties surrounding the understanding of climate change have their motives attacked, reputations savaged and livelihoods threatened. This happens even though challenging prevailing beliefs through open debate and critical thinking is fundamental to the scientific process.
The intellectual dishonesty of senior administration officials who are unwilling to admit when they are wrong is astounding. When assessing climate change, we should focus on good science, not politically correct science."
Nearly 3,500 Days Since Major Hurricane Strike… Despite Record High CO2
Roy Spencer, PhD.
Most people aren’t aware that the atmospheric concentration would have gone up twice as fast if not for the fact that nature loves the stuff. No matter how fast we produce it with our cars and planes and power plants, nature sucks up half of it, like a starving dog that has just been fed dinner.
In fact, without CO2 life as we know it on Earth would not exist.
More CO2 has led to global greening. Increased agricultural productivity. It probably has contributed to recent warming, in my professional opinion, but that warming has been relatively benign, with no observable increase in severe weather. "
Most people aren’t aware that the atmospheric concentration would have gone up twice as fast if not for the fact that nature loves the stuff. No matter how fast we produce it with our cars and planes and power plants, nature sucks up half of it, like a starving dog that has just been fed dinner.
In fact, without CO2 life as we know it on Earth would not exist.
More CO2 has led to global greening. Increased agricultural productivity. It probably has contributed to recent warming, in my professional opinion, but that warming has been relatively benign, with no observable increase in severe weather. "
Media beats up Willie Soon, but turns a blind eye to EPA-funded researchers shilling for EPA’s biggest rule
JunkScience
Below are listed the article’s authors and the dollar amounts of EPA grants with which they are associated as principal investigators”:
Below are listed the article’s authors and the dollar amounts of EPA grants with which they are associated as principal investigators”:
- Charles T. Driscoll: $3,654,608
- Jonathan J. Buonocore: $9,588
- Jonathan I. Levy: $9,514,391
- Kathleen F. Lambert: 0
- Dallas Burtraw: $1,991,346
- Stephen B. Reid: 0
- Habibollah Fakhaei: 0
- Joel Schwartz: $31,176,575
Energy Physicist Implores NOAA To Return To Credibility… “Get Out Of Adjusting Business”!
NoTricksZone
The email from NOAA’s Derek Arndt confirms that they conducted a massive rewrite of U.S. data in 2014. He also confirmed that the 1913 Maine climate data was indeed lowered a whopping 40F as noted in my article, Black Swan Climate Theory. "
The email from NOAA’s Derek Arndt confirms that they conducted a massive rewrite of U.S. data in 2014. He also confirmed that the 1913 Maine climate data was indeed lowered a whopping 40F as noted in my article, Black Swan Climate Theory. "
Good news for the greening of the planet
Atmospheric CO2 has hit 400ppm and this is good news for plants because CO2 is plant food, not a pollutant. "
Proof positive that the University of Western Australia is an intolerant organization
WUWT
Professor Lewandowsky was based in the University of West Australia, before he moved to Bristol in England. In 2014, Steve McIntyre accused the Vice Chancellor of UWA of violating the Australian Code of Conduct for the Responsible Practice of Research and the UWA’s own code of conduct, over a refusal to release some of Lewandowsky’s data.
So, why are we not surprised that UWA couldn’t tolerate Lomborg’s presence?
I think this will backfire on them. Send your children to be educated elsewhere.
Professor Lewandowsky was based in the University of West Australia, before he moved to Bristol in England. In 2014, Steve McIntyre accused the Vice Chancellor of UWA of violating the Australian Code of Conduct for the Responsible Practice of Research and the UWA’s own code of conduct, over a refusal to release some of Lewandowsky’s data.
So, why are we not surprised that UWA couldn’t tolerate Lomborg’s presence?
I think this will backfire on them. Send your children to be educated elsewhere.
“… The real agenda is concentrated political authority. Global warming is the hook.”
WUWT
Maurice Newman, the chairman of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Business Advisory Council, has accused the UN of attempting to subvert democracy, of attempting to establish a worldwide authoritarian regime, with political power concentrated in the hands of UN officials. "
Maurice Newman, the chairman of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Business Advisory Council, has accused the UN of attempting to subvert democracy, of attempting to establish a worldwide authoritarian regime, with political power concentrated in the hands of UN officials. "
The Climes They Are A-Changin’
RedState
Pretty scary stuff, huh?
But haven’t we heard this all before?
“Gee, this is some crazy weather we’ve been having.”
I’m old enough to remember some pretty darn extreme weather, like Hurricane Camille, a monster Cat 5 storm that devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1969. There was the Super Tornado Outbreak of April, 1974: a complex of 148 twisters that spun across hundreds of mile of the Midwest, killing 148, injuring 5,300, and wiping the town of Xenia, OH off the map. And lest we forget the record cold winter of 1977-78, when natural gas supplies ran low.
Many of our impressions of current extreme weather conditions have to do with the fact that 1) they’re fresh in our memories; 2) we have better communications and 3) higher population densities than in times past.
Complaining about extreme weather is part of the human condition. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane with The New York Times, all the way back to 1888: "
Pretty scary stuff, huh?
But haven’t we heard this all before?
“Gee, this is some crazy weather we’ve been having.”
I’m old enough to remember some pretty darn extreme weather, like Hurricane Camille, a monster Cat 5 storm that devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1969. There was the Super Tornado Outbreak of April, 1974: a complex of 148 twisters that spun across hundreds of mile of the Midwest, killing 148, injuring 5,300, and wiping the town of Xenia, OH off the map. And lest we forget the record cold winter of 1977-78, when natural gas supplies ran low.
Many of our impressions of current extreme weather conditions have to do with the fact that 1) they’re fresh in our memories; 2) we have better communications and 3) higher population densities than in times past.
Complaining about extreme weather is part of the human condition. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane with The New York Times, all the way back to 1888: "
Europe's Illusion of a Renewable Future
TheResiliantEarth
The cruelest impact of all has been on the German people, who have seen skyrocketing energy costs. According to some, the rising cost of Germany’s energy policy actually threatens its industrial base. Once again the bad idea at the root of the burgeoning problem is the feed-in tariff. “Ballooning costs of subsidising feed-in tariffs under Germany’s EEG have increased to more than 120 billion euros between 2000 and the end of 2013,” says World Review. “Germany’s electricity is 40 per cent more costly for private consumers and 20 per cent more expensive for industrial users than the EU average.”
The cruelest impact of all has been on the German people, who have seen skyrocketing energy costs. According to some, the rising cost of Germany’s energy policy actually threatens its industrial base. Once again the bad idea at the root of the burgeoning problem is the feed-in tariff. “Ballooning costs of subsidising feed-in tariffs under Germany’s EEG have increased to more than 120 billion euros between 2000 and the end of 2013,” says World Review. “Germany’s electricity is 40 per cent more costly for private consumers and 20 per cent more expensive for industrial users than the EU average.”
UK Elections: Britain’s Deliverance from its Wind Power Disaster
StopThesethings
Mr Cameron pledged to stop the windfarm project and any other on-shore windfarms within Montgomeryshire if he was elected to take a second term in Government.
He said: “You would have to ask the environment secretary who took that decision and that was a decision for him.
“However, I want to make it clear that if there is a Conservative Government in place we will remove all subsidy for on-shore wind and local people should have a greater say.
“Frankly I think we have got enough on-shore wind and we have enough to be going on with, almost 10 per cent of our electricity needs, and I think we should give local people a say if they want to block these sorts of projects.
“The only way to stop more on-shore wind is to vote Conservative there is no other party with this policy. We are saying very clearly we would remove the subsidy and give local people the power to say yes or no.
“This would end the growth of on-shore wind and if that’s what you care about you must vote Conservative.”
Mr Cameron pledged to stop the windfarm project and any other on-shore windfarms within Montgomeryshire if he was elected to take a second term in Government.
He said: “You would have to ask the environment secretary who took that decision and that was a decision for him.
“However, I want to make it clear that if there is a Conservative Government in place we will remove all subsidy for on-shore wind and local people should have a greater say.
“Frankly I think we have got enough on-shore wind and we have enough to be going on with, almost 10 per cent of our electricity needs, and I think we should give local people a say if they want to block these sorts of projects.
“The only way to stop more on-shore wind is to vote Conservative there is no other party with this policy. We are saying very clearly we would remove the subsidy and give local people the power to say yes or no.
“This would end the growth of on-shore wind and if that’s what you care about you must vote Conservative.”
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