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From Dr. Roy Spencer's Global Warming Blog Dr. Roy Spencer In a recent article, I used new urban heat island (UHI) warming estimates from various GHCN stations in the United States that have at least 120 years of data to demonstrate that homogenized (adjusted) GHCN data still contain substantial The impact of UHI. Therefore, false warming caused by the urban heat island effect is exaggerating reported warming trends in the United States. However, there is considerable scatter in the data plots I provide, leading to concerns that there is substantial uncertainty in my quantitative estimates of the extent of urban…
Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter (now known as X) brought about a sudden shift in the dynamics of the platform. For years, X has served as an echo chamber, where progressive academics exchange ideas freely, often without much opposition. It's an exclusive club, and Musk's open-door policy breaks it. As censorship eases and banned accounts are reinstated, Musk's version of free speech has driven away many academics, leading to a significant decline in engagement among their ranks. An article titled The atmosphere is over: Is Elon Musk pushing academia off Twitter? The retreat was recorded. It shows that activity dropped…
Whenever people’s attention is drawn to the undeveloped sugarcane plants in Babar Kamble’s fields in the Indian state of Maharashtra, he tells them: “My fields are slowly growing. die. It all started in 2014 when for the first time Kamble ji's farm production dropped by 5 tonnes from the 80 tonnes he produced on his one acre farm. They ignored the year's production, thinking it might have been due to bad weather. But a 10 metric ton drop next year worries them. “I thought that increasing the use of chemical fertilizers would help increase yields,” he recalls, “but the effect…
Residents of Long Beach Island, New Jersey, a seaside town on the Jersey Shore, are preparing to file a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over “defective” rulings in its awarding of Clean Air Act permits for offshore wind projects. [emphasis, links added] The Environmental Protection Agency issued a permit to the Atlantic Coast South project on Oct. 1, one of the last bureaucratic hurdles the project developers need to jump before they can break ground. The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to regulate air emissions from “stationary and mobile sources,” prompting the agency to analyze the air pollutants…
Guest post by Larry Hamlin The Orange County Register published a spreadsheet (shown below) on October 27, 2024, showing the results of 10 Chapman University studiesth An annual update of their research “Our Fears and How They're Changing” survey. Last year, “global warming and climate change” entered the top ten fear lists in 2018 and 2019, with “fear” at 9th on the list. Despite decades of anti-science Democratic-led administrations fueling climate alarmist hype and propaganda, “global warming and climate change” still ranks 21st on the list of top ten worries in 2024 (down from its 2023 ranking). The No. 1…
harsh climate Jon Pepper's books are exciting and thought-provoking explorations of controversial issues such as climate change, media bias, misguided activism and political ambition. Pepper's witty dialogue stoked the central rivalry between savvy energy executive Lindsey Harper Crowe and New York Attorney General Felicity Redfeather , Felicity Redfeather’s naive grasp of the energy industry is matched by her fierce determination to seize the governorship through the demonization of fossil fuels. Their poignant exchanges are unapologetically direct, highlighting a struggle that is both personal and political. Lindsey Crowe is also a captivating protagonist who weathers storms of media scrutiny, eco-harassment, and…
The hype that green energy is the future will soon be a thing of the past, as all utopian promises fail to come true because they conflict with reality. [emphasis, links added] It turns out the green movement is nothing more than a silly psychedelic fantasy. Found in Dortmund, Germany Even with government subsidies, electric buses are much more expensive than diesel buseswhere blackout news is reported. Order more diesel buses Due to high costs, German bus company DSW21 now Delaying a full transition to an electric fleet and planning to continue purchasing some diesel and electric buses. The plan…
Data released by the Biden-Harris administration on Oct. 17 shows that a push to electrify everything will increase costs for American households, contradicting one of the White House's favorite selling points for the green agenda, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. [emphasis, links added] The Biden-Harris administration has made cracking down on residential fossil fuel consumption a key aspect of its environmental strategy, justifying the measure in part because electrification will lower energy costs. Now, Department of Energy (DOE) residential energy price data for October 17 show By 2024, electricity will be about four times more expensive than natural…
Article by Eric Worrell “…Current mineral supply meets 10% to 35% of projected demand in 2050…” McKinsey: Clean energy faces serious mineral supply crisis Sean AshcroftOctober 25, 2024 McKinsey Clean Energy Report Part 1: The mining industry faces long-term supply shortages of critical minerals as clean energy drives soaring demand for feedstocks Ensuring there are enough critical minerals to support the deployment of low-emissions technologies will require a significant expansion of their extraction and refining, a new McKinsey report says. Report – The Hard Thing: Navigating Physical Reality energy transition – Emphasizing that the energy transition is still in its…
As the seasons change, many people are removing their window air conditioners and may even be considering replacing them before next summer. As the climate warms and heat waves intensify, air conditioning can help protect your health. But ironically, some of the chemicals used in air conditioning also contribute to global warming. A group of coolant chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the planet. These chemicals are often released into the atmosphere when air conditioners are discarded. To prevent this problem, used air conditioners need to be properly disposed of by…