NoTricksZone
"A couple of days ago we saw how wind power in Britain at one point had fallen to just a fraction of one percent in supplying national demand. The situation was hardly better in Germany."
Monday, 4 March 2013
IPCC statistics ruled illegal
Bishop Hill
"Bayesian statistics, the approach favoured by the IPCC in its assessments of the world's climate, has been ruled illegal by the Appeal Court in London. As the judge explained in a case revolving around possible causes of a fire: ..."
"Bayesian statistics, the approach favoured by the IPCC in its assessments of the world's climate, has been ruled illegal by the Appeal Court in London. As the judge explained in a case revolving around possible causes of a fire: ..."
Sunday, 3 March 2013
UK Explorer: Green Campaigning Has Failed
Sky News
"One of Britain's leading polar explorers has told Sky News that decades of campaign efforts to get people engaged with climate change have failed. Robert Swan, who was the first man to walk to both the North and South poles, was speaking in Argentina on the eve of the launch of his latest expedition to Antarctica - one which he hopes will help turn the tide of public apathy towards green issues. He said: "People are really sick and tired of seeing pictures of another glacier melting, another forest dying."
"One of Britain's leading polar explorers has told Sky News that decades of campaign efforts to get people engaged with climate change have failed. Robert Swan, who was the first man to walk to both the North and South poles, was speaking in Argentina on the eve of the launch of his latest expedition to Antarctica - one which he hopes will help turn the tide of public apathy towards green issues. He said: "People are really sick and tired of seeing pictures of another glacier melting, another forest dying."
Memo warmists: Australia is not the world
Andrew Bolt,Herald Sun (Australia)
"The Bureau of Meteorology hypes up the global warming scare: ....... But Australia is not the globe - and we are talking about global warming. Not Australian warming or German warming. Professor Ole Humlum summarises the global temperatures for the globe and ... gosh, what warming?: ......Why didn’t the Bureau say so? "
"The Bureau of Meteorology hypes up the global warming scare: ....... But Australia is not the globe - and we are talking about global warming. Not Australian warming or German warming. Professor Ole Humlum summarises the global temperatures for the globe and ... gosh, what warming?: ......Why didn’t the Bureau say so? "
Mike’s AGU Trick
Climate Audit
"In today’s post, I’ll look closely at the illustration in Mann’s AGU presentation, an illustration that gave an entirely different impression than the figure in the IPCC draft report. The reason for the difference can be traced to what I’ve termed here as “Mike’s AGU Trick”.
"In today’s post, I’ll look closely at the illustration in Mann’s AGU presentation, an illustration that gave an entirely different impression than the figure in the IPCC draft report. The reason for the difference can be traced to what I’ve termed here as “Mike’s AGU Trick”.
The great still
Bishop Hill
"Commenters have been noting the preposterously low output of the wind fleet at the moment - currently generating about 0.4GW or a tenth of one percent of demand. The environmentalist argument is that by use of smart grids we can import wind power generated in other parts of Europe (I think this is because the spirit of European cooperation will inspire them to offer it to us rather than using it themselves. However, a look at the current windspeed map for Europe suggests there may be a flaw in this plan: ..."
"Commenters have been noting the preposterously low output of the wind fleet at the moment - currently generating about 0.4GW or a tenth of one percent of demand. The environmentalist argument is that by use of smart grids we can import wind power generated in other parts of Europe (I think this is because the spirit of European cooperation will inspire them to offer it to us rather than using it themselves. However, a look at the current windspeed map for Europe suggests there may be a flaw in this plan: ..."
No Wind, No Sun, No Power
Donna Laframboise,(Canada)
"Windmills and solar panels sound wonderful. Except that the UK wind isn’t blowing and the German sun isn’t shining. .......A few days ago I mentioned three reasons why wind power is more difficult and complicated than people discussing it over a glass of wine and a marvelous meal tend to think it is. Andrew Montford, on his BishopHill blog, has since posted a piece titled The Great Still. He reports that, in recent days, so little wind has been blowing in the UK that all its windmills combined are generating about “a tenth of one percent of demand.” Much of the rest of Europe finds itself in a similar situation. The wind just isn’t blowing. In other words, it doesn’t matter how many millions a country spends installing thousands of turbines. If the wind doesn’t blow, there’s no power. If the UK didn’t have access to “dirty” fossil fuels as backup, hospital patients dependent on electronic equipment would be perishing right now."
"Windmills and solar panels sound wonderful. Except that the UK wind isn’t blowing and the German sun isn’t shining. .......A few days ago I mentioned three reasons why wind power is more difficult and complicated than people discussing it over a glass of wine and a marvelous meal tend to think it is. Andrew Montford, on his BishopHill blog, has since posted a piece titled The Great Still. He reports that, in recent days, so little wind has been blowing in the UK that all its windmills combined are generating about “a tenth of one percent of demand.” Much of the rest of Europe finds itself in a similar situation. The wind just isn’t blowing. In other words, it doesn’t matter how many millions a country spends installing thousands of turbines. If the wind doesn’t blow, there’s no power. If the UK didn’t have access to “dirty” fossil fuels as backup, hospital patients dependent on electronic equipment would be perishing right now."
A note about temperatures
WUWT
" I don’t believe that carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas and our use of fossil fuels is creating a climate crisis now and it will not do so in the future as well. I don’t see any evidence that there is a CO2 “tipping point” when temperatures will go out of the control. In fact, there is evidence that CO2 has been much higher in the historic past. I also point out that CO2 is fertilizing our crops producing a food supply significantly greater than it would be if we were not adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. I conclude the temperature data does not prove global warming. The alarmists are wrong. But the temperature data is so unreliable and garbled that neither alarmists or skeptics can use it to conclusively prove they are right."
" I don’t believe that carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas and our use of fossil fuels is creating a climate crisis now and it will not do so in the future as well. I don’t see any evidence that there is a CO2 “tipping point” when temperatures will go out of the control. In fact, there is evidence that CO2 has been much higher in the historic past. I also point out that CO2 is fertilizing our crops producing a food supply significantly greater than it would be if we were not adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. I conclude the temperature data does not prove global warming. The alarmists are wrong. But the temperature data is so unreliable and garbled that neither alarmists or skeptics can use it to conclusively prove they are right."
Mystery black-box method used to make *all new* Australian “hottest” ever records
JoNova (Australia)
"This summer the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) invented a whole new metric to measure average national heat, which might be all very well except no-one (other than the BOM) seems to know what it is. On January 7th the BOM claimed Australia set a new “average maximum daily temperature record”. Now the headlines are about the “hottest” Australian summer. With both records, no one outside the BOM team has access to the methods or data. This post is about the new “daily” temperature of Australia used to declare Jan 7th was a record, but the same point applies to the “hottest summer” records, even though they may be a different data set. Where is the data? Where are the methods? Is the BOM a science agency or a PR bureau?"
"This summer the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) invented a whole new metric to measure average national heat, which might be all very well except no-one (other than the BOM) seems to know what it is. On January 7th the BOM claimed Australia set a new “average maximum daily temperature record”. Now the headlines are about the “hottest” Australian summer. With both records, no one outside the BOM team has access to the methods or data. This post is about the new “daily” temperature of Australia used to declare Jan 7th was a record, but the same point applies to the “hottest summer” records, even though they may be a different data set. Where is the data? Where are the methods? Is the BOM a science agency or a PR bureau?"
Indoctrinating our Children with the scam.....
Climate Week
" ‘Be Climate Ready’ The Environment Agency and DEFRA encourage you to be Climate Ready with this quick guide for medium-sized businesses and organisations. From sea-level rise and global temperature change to extreme weather such as flooding and heat waves, the impacts of climate change are being felt worldwide. This means that adapting to the effects of a changing climate are becoming increasingly important."
ED: This propaganda is to muddy the distinction between good environmental practices and the 'climate change'/ 'global warming' scam.
" ‘Be Climate Ready’ The Environment Agency and DEFRA encourage you to be Climate Ready with this quick guide for medium-sized businesses and organisations. From sea-level rise and global temperature change to extreme weather such as flooding and heat waves, the impacts of climate change are being felt worldwide. This means that adapting to the effects of a changing climate are becoming increasingly important."
ED: This propaganda is to muddy the distinction between good environmental practices and the 'climate change'/ 'global warming' scam.
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Not the hottest ever summer for most Australians in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. Not “extreme” heatwaves either.
JoNova (Australia)
"The way the BOM describes it, this summer was packed with extreme heat. Instead, compared to the last 150 summers, there was nothing that unusual about summer in Sydney or Melbourne. The BoM has nominated 37C as its line in the sand for new records this past summer, so let’s dig through the history books to compare that particular temperature."
"The way the BOM describes it, this summer was packed with extreme heat. Instead, compared to the last 150 summers, there was nothing that unusual about summer in Sydney or Melbourne. The BoM has nominated 37C as its line in the sand for new records this past summer, so let’s dig through the history books to compare that particular temperature."
Most Of The Rise In CO2 Likely Comes From Natural Sources
NoTricksZone
"It is ten times as likely that atmospheric CO2 is coming from natural sources, namely the warming ocean surface, as it is likely that it is coming from anthropogenic sources. The changes in CO2 track ocean surface temperature, not global carbon emissions. Burning fossil fuels is not increasing atmospheric CO2. Recovery from the Little Ice Age, driven by the sun, is causing the oceans to release CO2. It is temperature driving CO2 release, not the other way around. Just as it has always been."
"It is ten times as likely that atmospheric CO2 is coming from natural sources, namely the warming ocean surface, as it is likely that it is coming from anthropogenic sources. The changes in CO2 track ocean surface temperature, not global carbon emissions. Burning fossil fuels is not increasing atmospheric CO2. Recovery from the Little Ice Age, driven by the sun, is causing the oceans to release CO2. It is temperature driving CO2 release, not the other way around. Just as it has always been."
Doomed Arctic Has The Most Ice In Five Years – And Below Normal Temperatures
Real Science
" .......The always reliable BBC says that the Arctic will be ice-free this year, or sooner."
" .......The always reliable BBC says that the Arctic will be ice-free this year, or sooner."
Friday, 1 March 2013
The 1970′s Global Cooling Compilation – looks much like today
WUWT
"During the 1970s the media promoted global cooling alarmism with dire threats of a new ice age. Extreme weather events were hyped as signs of the coming apocalypse and man-made pollution was blamed as the cause. Environmental extremists called for everything from outlawing the internal combustion engine to communist style population controls. This media hype was found in newspapers, magazines, books and on television; ..."
"During the 1970s the media promoted global cooling alarmism with dire threats of a new ice age. Extreme weather events were hyped as signs of the coming apocalypse and man-made pollution was blamed as the cause. Environmental extremists called for everything from outlawing the internal combustion engine to communist style population controls. This media hype was found in newspapers, magazines, books and on television; ..."
Green deniers of the science
Andrew Bolt,Herald Sun (Australia)
"Do the Greens listen to scientists when they blame global warming for what they clearly think is an increase in cyclones in Queensland? ...... But here is a new peer-reviewed paper, Reconstructing tropical cyclone frequency using hydrogen isotope ratios of sedimentary n-alkanes in northern Queensland, Australia: This suggests that on average tropical cyclone frequency did not change during the past 200 years."
"Do the Greens listen to scientists when they blame global warming for what they clearly think is an increase in cyclones in Queensland? ...... But here is a new peer-reviewed paper, Reconstructing tropical cyclone frequency using hydrogen isotope ratios of sedimentary n-alkanes in northern Queensland, Australia: This suggests that on average tropical cyclone frequency did not change during the past 200 years."
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