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Vijay Jayaraj Steel is vital in modern society, providing us with homes, factories, bridges, vehicles, and a variety of other machines and infrastructure. Global crude steel production has doubled since 2001, and demand will continue to grow in the coming decades. Amid the climate-obsessed rush to “decarbonize” heavy industry, hydrogen-based steelmaking is touted as a “clean” alternative to traditional coal-based steelmaking processes. With seemingly little thought, policymakers, environmentalists and some industry leaders are pushing hydrogen fuel manufacturing with the same enthusiasm once reserved for solar panels. However, the shift to hydrogen steelmaking could undo a century of progress in efficient…
Americans are paying more for everything from gas to groceries, and a hearing Wednesday by the House Energy Committee aimed to gain insight into the issue. [emphasis, links added] The panel of witnesses included a North Carolina apple farm manager who testified that rising energy costs will make the farm unprofitable this year. Another witness said that due to high energy costs, many Americans are faced with a “heat or eat” situation. While Republican members of the committee discussed the Biden administration's energy policies and the impact of high energy costs on American consumers, Democrats on the committee repeatedly deflected…
The canal district in San Rafael, California is built on reclaimed wetlands. But over time, the land is slowly sinking into San Francisco Bay. As sea levels rise, the risk of flooding also increases. Hagerman: “This community is really vulnerable to sea level rise.” Kate Hagemann works with the City of San Rafael on climate adaptation and resiliency. To help people understand the risks, the city is organizing so-called “big tide days”. King Tide Day is the day with the highest tides each year. At an event in February, families volunteered to measure water depth and salinity in flooded streets…
from NoTricksZone Author: P. Gosselin The German online weather website Das Wetter reports: “Up to 3 meters of new snow may occur at high altitudes in the Alps” and: “Even in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberstdorf, snow will fall from Friday. It may also turn white. Europe has been basking in late summer warmth, but now the weather is changing dramatically, with so-called Vb weather conditions threatening to “put a state of emergency in much of the region.” Some weather models indicate 200 to 400 liters of rain and snow per square meter over seven days. Parts of the Alps and eastern…
Author: Robert Bradley Jr. The U.S. Department of Energy says: “Modern wind farms are reliable, safe, state-of-the-art power plants with well-tested technology that meet approved standards and have hundreds of thousands of hours of operating experience.” Unless they operate under normal conditions or Failed under abnormal conditions. A recent headline read: “Wind turbines destroyed by Typhoon Yagi.” There’s (not so good) news for wind power (during peak hurricane season in 2024). The 150 mph typhoon (a Category 4 on the hurricane scale) didn't just destroy the old turbine; The new “more efficient typhoon-resistant version” was also razed to the ground.…
Guest post by Larry Hamlin NOAA has released the continuous highest temperatures in the United States for summer 2024 (June-August) (shown below), clearly showing that the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s remains the highest summer temperature ever measured in the United States Despite more than four decades of climate alarmist propaganda claiming that trillions of dollars have been wasted by promoting bogus politically driven plans, falsely claiming that what we are facing (what we are seeing now) clearly does not exist as a “climate emergency,” But this result was still achieved. NOAA's continuous U.S. summer maximum temperature data (shown…
Kip Hansen's News Brief — September 11, 2024 — 500 words There is an interesting story from Captain g – “The world's leading maritime and offshore website, we are committed to delivering quality journalism and building an engaging community of maritime professionals.” “In a desperate move, Russia sends its first conventional LNG carrier across the Arctic” Author: Malte Humpert — September 8, 2024. Why was this an “act of desperation”? “To overcome Western sanctions, Russian LNG producer Novatek sent Non-ice class LNG carrier Everest Energy enters the icy waters of the Northern Sea Route. This is the first time a…
Kamala Harris' seemingly diplomatic stance on the debate stage over fracking and oil production has energy experts questioning whether her administration has truly changed its views. [emphasis, links added] “Given her support for net zero — it’s on every letterhead, every executive order — One cannot infer that she supports fracking,” Gabriella Hoffman, director of the Center for Energy and Conservation at the Independent Women's Forum, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. “Her warning, without answering, that what we are encouraging is a lot of leasing,” she continued, “suggests to me and any other observer in the energy sector that…
From the Daily Caller Nick Pope Contributor One of Greenpeace's original founders told the Daily Caller News Foundation that he would like to see Greenpeace USA lose a lawsuit that threatens the organization's survival. Patrick Moore was listed as one of Greenpeace's original founders in 2007, before the organization tried to distance itself from him. Large-scale lawsuit filed. The company is filing a lawsuit in North Dakota seeking $300 million in damages from Greenpeace USA, which or its entities incited mass protests against the Energy Transfer Dakota Access Pipeline, funded various attacks aimed at disrupting the project, and A smear…
Hurricane Francine is about to make landfall in central Louisiana, expected to hit Wednesday afternoon or evening as a Category 1 storm with winds of 90 mph (145 kph). Francine closed its eyewall overnight, allowing it to take advantage of record warm ocean temperatures, and intensified into a Category 1 top storm with winds of 90 mph at 2 a.m. ET Wednesday. However, high wind shear is now affecting the hurricane, and Francine is not expected to intensify further before making landfall. #francing Expected to land #hurricane Later today in Los Angeles. This will be the third hurricane to make…