WUWT
"Turned on my TV today, and this popped up, so of course I had to write about it. This is stupidity on steroids, packaged as psuedo-scientific claptrap entertainment for the gullible. Of course they had to work in the obligatory New York City flooding scene. But what’s worse is Nat Geo’s wholesale failure to even consider basic science before making this garbage."
Monday, 3 December 2012
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Record high for global carbon emissions – China is the leader
WUWT
"This graph and subsequent story shows just how well the Kyoto protocol has succeeded, which is to say, it didn’t. Meanwhile, blabbing climate activists at Doha try to salvage some new agreement as if that will work either."
"This graph and subsequent story shows just how well the Kyoto protocol has succeeded, which is to say, it didn’t. Meanwhile, blabbing climate activists at Doha try to salvage some new agreement as if that will work either."
Saturday, 1 December 2012
We’ll slash your bills – but it will cost you more, says Ed Davey
Christopher Booker,Telegraph
" In essence, what the Government is proposing is to make the fossil-fuel energy that currently provides 70 per cent of our electricity so expensive that it will make those ludicrously subsidised windmills look competitive. The coal-fired power stations which on Thursday were providing nearly half our electricity (against only 1.5 per cent from wind) are to be put out of business. In addition to the £100 billion the Government wants us to spend on useless windmills, we will have to pay tens of billions more for infinitely more efficient gas-fired power plants, firstly to keep our lights on when the wind is not blowing, but also, when the wind is blowing, to be kept inefficiently idling, running at a hefty loss (and, incidentally, chucking out more CO₂ than when they are running properly).
All this we will have to pay for, coupled with the tens of billions more we are to be charged for “energy saving” measures and “smart meters” to cut down our electricity use. Yet somehow, according to Mr Davey, “the average household bill will be £94 lower in 2020 than it would be without low-carbon energy policies being pursued”.
This is pure insanity. It will only “power low-carbon economic growth” in the sense that it will pour billions of pounds into the pockets of the foreign-based companies that make those useless wind turbines. By doing everything to dis-incentivise the fossil-fuel power production that currently supplies more than two-thirds of our needs, it will scarcely help to keep our lights on. And it will in no way “protect consumers”, rather rigging our energy market in favour of the most inefficient and costly way of producing electricity ever devised. .."
" In essence, what the Government is proposing is to make the fossil-fuel energy that currently provides 70 per cent of our electricity so expensive that it will make those ludicrously subsidised windmills look competitive. The coal-fired power stations which on Thursday were providing nearly half our electricity (against only 1.5 per cent from wind) are to be put out of business. In addition to the £100 billion the Government wants us to spend on useless windmills, we will have to pay tens of billions more for infinitely more efficient gas-fired power plants, firstly to keep our lights on when the wind is not blowing, but also, when the wind is blowing, to be kept inefficiently idling, running at a hefty loss (and, incidentally, chucking out more CO₂ than when they are running properly).
All this we will have to pay for, coupled with the tens of billions more we are to be charged for “energy saving” measures and “smart meters” to cut down our electricity use. Yet somehow, according to Mr Davey, “the average household bill will be £94 lower in 2020 than it would be without low-carbon energy policies being pursued”.
This is pure insanity. It will only “power low-carbon economic growth” in the sense that it will pour billions of pounds into the pockets of the foreign-based companies that make those useless wind turbines. By doing everything to dis-incentivise the fossil-fuel power production that currently supplies more than two-thirds of our needs, it will scarcely help to keep our lights on. And it will in no way “protect consumers”, rather rigging our energy market in favour of the most inefficient and costly way of producing electricity ever devised. .."
Another inconvenient truth – 2012 US tornado count well below normal
WUWT
"After a busy start, tornado events in the U.S. in 2012 have dropped well below the expected norm. The preliminary total of 886 tornadoes through 30 November 2012 is nearly 400 tornadoes below what might be expected in a “normal” year."
"After a busy start, tornado events in the U.S. in 2012 have dropped well below the expected norm. The preliminary total of 886 tornadoes through 30 November 2012 is nearly 400 tornadoes below what might be expected in a “normal” year."
Friday, 30 November 2012
The great rush: Government to give green light to mass exploration for shale gas
Independent
" More than 60 per cent of the British countryside could be exploited for shale gas, government documents show, as ministers prepare to give the go-ahead for developing the country's most significant new energy source since North Sea oil. The Independent understands that Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, will soon end the current moratorium on shale gas production, which was put in place after fracking caused two small earthquakes near Blackpool in 2011. His decision will pave the way for a significant increase in shale gas exploration. The Chancellor, George Osborne, is also expected to announce the creation of a new Office for Shale Gas to co-ordinate and speed up production as part of his autumn statement next week. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the use of pressurised liquid to propagate fractures in rock and release natural gas. Maps, drawn up by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and seen by The Independent, show the extent of potential development. They suggest more than 32,000 square miles – or 64 per cent of the countryside – could potentially be exploited for shale gas and is being considered for exploration licences."
" More than 60 per cent of the British countryside could be exploited for shale gas, government documents show, as ministers prepare to give the go-ahead for developing the country's most significant new energy source since North Sea oil. The Independent understands that Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, will soon end the current moratorium on shale gas production, which was put in place after fracking caused two small earthquakes near Blackpool in 2011. His decision will pave the way for a significant increase in shale gas exploration. The Chancellor, George Osborne, is also expected to announce the creation of a new Office for Shale Gas to co-ordinate and speed up production as part of his autumn statement next week. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the use of pressurised liquid to propagate fractures in rock and release natural gas. Maps, drawn up by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and seen by The Independent, show the extent of potential development. They suggest more than 32,000 square miles – or 64 per cent of the countryside – could potentially be exploited for shale gas and is being considered for exploration licences."
Frosty Friday: Britain covered in white as temperatures dip to -7C and forecasters predict we're in for a snowy weekend
Daily Mail
"Higher areas - including the Pennines, the North York Moors and north east Scotland - are likely to be blanketed in white come tomorrow morning with between 2cm and 3cm of snow. And with temperatures dropping as low as -7C last night - one degree colder than Moscow - it was frost which greeted many people as they opened their doors this morning, heralding a cold spell which is expected to last into next week."
"Higher areas - including the Pennines, the North York Moors and north east Scotland - are likely to be blanketed in white come tomorrow morning with between 2cm and 3cm of snow. And with temperatures dropping as low as -7C last night - one degree colder than Moscow - it was frost which greeted many people as they opened their doors this morning, heralding a cold spell which is expected to last into next week."
Thursday, 29 November 2012
New paper shows W Greenland glacier retreat has decelerated about 50% over past 70 years
The Hockey Schtick
"A new paper published in The Cryosphere examines historical length changes of glaciers in W Greenland from 1800-2010 and finds "the average rate of retreat was largest in the first half of the 20th century." Data from the paper shows the average rate of retreat peaked at 25 meters per year during the 1930's and has decelerated to about half that rate over the past 70 years. Note glaciers have been generally retreating for 20,000 years since the peak of the last major ice age, and since the end of the Little Ice Age in 1850."
"A new paper published in The Cryosphere examines historical length changes of glaciers in W Greenland from 1800-2010 and finds "the average rate of retreat was largest in the first half of the 20th century." Data from the paper shows the average rate of retreat peaked at 25 meters per year during the 1930's and has decelerated to about half that rate over the past 70 years. Note glaciers have been generally retreating for 20,000 years since the peak of the last major ice age, and since the end of the Little Ice Age in 1850."
Doha delegation using hurricane Sandy as a call to action
WUWT
"(via CFACT) The latest round of climate talks began this week in Doha, Qatar in the usual fashion – namely, with alarmist claims that the world is being imperiled by manmade global warming and it’s time for “action.”
"(via CFACT) The latest round of climate talks began this week in Doha, Qatar in the usual fashion – namely, with alarmist claims that the world is being imperiled by manmade global warming and it’s time for “action.”
Global warming still stalled since 1998, WMO Doha figures show
Climate Realists
"Figures released by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation indicate that 2012 is set to be perhaps the ninth hottest globally since records began - but that planetary warming, which effectively stalled around 1998, has yet to resume at the levels seen in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The WMO figures are produced by averaging those from the three main climate databases: those of NASA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the British one compiled jointly by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia.
The 2012 figure for the year so far stands at 14.45°C. If that were the figure for the full year, it would be cooler than 1998 (14.51°C) and most of the years since then (full listing from the Met Office here).
The official position of the climate establishment is that global warming is still definitely on and the flat temperatures seen for the last 14 years or so are just a statistical fluke of the sort to be expected when trying to measure such a vast and noisy signal as world temperatures with such precision. (The global warming since 1950 is assessed as just half a degree, a difficult thing to pick out when temperatures everywhere go up and down by many degrees every day and even more over a year.)"
"Figures released by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation indicate that 2012 is set to be perhaps the ninth hottest globally since records began - but that planetary warming, which effectively stalled around 1998, has yet to resume at the levels seen in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The WMO figures are produced by averaging those from the three main climate databases: those of NASA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the British one compiled jointly by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia.
The 2012 figure for the year so far stands at 14.45°C. If that were the figure for the full year, it would be cooler than 1998 (14.51°C) and most of the years since then (full listing from the Met Office here).
The official position of the climate establishment is that global warming is still definitely on and the flat temperatures seen for the last 14 years or so are just a statistical fluke of the sort to be expected when trying to measure such a vast and noisy signal as world temperatures with such precision. (The global warming since 1950 is assessed as just half a degree, a difficult thing to pick out when temperatures everywhere go up and down by many degrees every day and even more over a year.)"
Stefan Rahmstorf’s Sea Level Amnesia – Using His Own Numbers, Sea Level Rise Actually Slowed Down 3%!
NoTricksZone
"If we take Rahmstorf’s 1993 – 2006 period value of 3.3 mm/year, then we see that sea level rise has actually slowed down by 3%, and not risen 60%. The tricks being used by alarmist climate scientists are becoming ever more obvious and desperate. You don’t need to be an investigative journalist to uncover that."
"If we take Rahmstorf’s 1993 – 2006 period value of 3.3 mm/year, then we see that sea level rise has actually slowed down by 3%, and not risen 60%. The tricks being used by alarmist climate scientists are becoming ever more obvious and desperate. You don’t need to be an investigative journalist to uncover that."
A ReVolting development – Green Energy Stimulus Bankruptcies Come in All Sizes
WUWT
"Thus we have another alternative energy failure – much like the many wind, solar and electric vehicle busts that have been archived by Obama administration watchdogs – that went belly-up once the government money ran out."
"Thus we have another alternative energy failure – much like the many wind, solar and electric vehicle busts that have been archived by Obama administration watchdogs – that went belly-up once the government money ran out."
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
MINUS 20C? Britain faces coldest winter for 100 years, warn forecasters as Big Freeze follows flood
Daily Mail
"Britain will shiver tonight as temperatures plummet in the first taste of what promises to be one of our coldest winters for a century. The cold snap is expected to last until the end of the week, creating dangerous conditions on the roads and adding to the misery of those already battling floods. Temperatures could fall to as low as minus 3°c (27°f) in some places, with snow already falling in the Pennines."
"Britain will shiver tonight as temperatures plummet in the first taste of what promises to be one of our coldest winters for a century. The cold snap is expected to last until the end of the week, creating dangerous conditions on the roads and adding to the misery of those already battling floods. Temperatures could fall to as low as minus 3°c (27°f) in some places, with snow already falling in the Pennines."
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Regulating To Disaster
GWPF
"Now that the old arguments have become obsolete, we’re told that green energy is the golden road to prosperity. Somehow the strategy of forcing higher-cost energy sources on consumers and propping them up with taxpayer subsidies (so everyone pays twice) is thought to be immune from the laws of economics.
Book Review: REGULATING TO DISASTER: HOW GREEN JOBS POLICIES ARE DAMAGING AMERICA’S ECONOMY
"Now that the old arguments have become obsolete, we’re told that green energy is the golden road to prosperity. Somehow the strategy of forcing higher-cost energy sources on consumers and propping them up with taxpayer subsidies (so everyone pays twice) is thought to be immune from the laws of economics.
Book Review: REGULATING TO DISASTER: HOW GREEN JOBS POLICIES ARE DAMAGING AMERICA’S ECONOMY
Unprecedented level of climate fraud?
Tom Nelson
" At the 15-second mark, Schneider says “How did we know in the 1970s pretty much what would happen, it was theory then...and since then, nature’s been cooperating with theory, but we kind of knew what was going to happen...” As Schneider is claiming that in the 1970s “we” knew that carbon dioxide would overheat the Earth, the following image is shown: look, it says “Climatic Change” there, and that portion of a graph appears to show rising temperatures! However, there is a big, big, big problem with using this image: It’s from a famous Newsweek article called “The Cooling World”, from April 28, 1975 (PDF here). Note that when you are allowed to see the entire graph (below), it shows plunging temperatures since the 1940s. Note that when you see the entire article, it contains a climate change “solution” that involves “melting the arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot”.
" At the 15-second mark, Schneider says “How did we know in the 1970s pretty much what would happen, it was theory then...and since then, nature’s been cooperating with theory, but we kind of knew what was going to happen...” As Schneider is claiming that in the 1970s “we” knew that carbon dioxide would overheat the Earth, the following image is shown: look, it says “Climatic Change” there, and that portion of a graph appears to show rising temperatures! However, there is a big, big, big problem with using this image: It’s from a famous Newsweek article called “The Cooling World”, from April 28, 1975 (PDF here). Note that when you are allowed to see the entire graph (below), it shows plunging temperatures since the 1940s. Note that when you see the entire article, it contains a climate change “solution” that involves “melting the arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot”.
Flannery’s 100 per cent fantasy
Andrew Bolt,Herald Sun (Australia)
"Terry McCrann fact-checks Chief Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery’s latest prediction: The latest effort from its so-called ‘chief climate commissioner’ really takes the cake with his absurd claim that Australia could be powered “almost entirely by renewable energy.” Oh yeah. Renewable energy now provides about 10 per cent of our electricity. Sounds like we’ve got a running start? We’ve ‘only’ got to expand it tenfold? .....Yes, the greatest half-truth of the climate propagandists. Make real power sources ridiculously, unnecessarily expensive and suddenly wind and solar become “cheap.”
"Terry McCrann fact-checks Chief Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery’s latest prediction: The latest effort from its so-called ‘chief climate commissioner’ really takes the cake with his absurd claim that Australia could be powered “almost entirely by renewable energy.” Oh yeah. Renewable energy now provides about 10 per cent of our electricity. Sounds like we’ve got a running start? We’ve ‘only’ got to expand it tenfold? .....Yes, the greatest half-truth of the climate propagandists. Make real power sources ridiculously, unnecessarily expensive and suddenly wind and solar become “cheap.”
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