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UK payers spent a 'ridiculous' £1 billion [$1.26bn] So far this year, wind turbines have been temporarily shut down as the grid struggles to cope with their power supply. [emphasis, links added] According to official data, about 6.6 gigawatt hours (GWh) of wind power will be “cut” in the first 11 months of 2024, up from 3.8 gigawatt hours (GWh) for all of last year. Browning is paying to have wind turbines shut down during strong winds to stop surges in electricity from overwhelming the grid. Households and businesses pay for the policy through their bills. The cost of closure…
The Nation recently published a post titled “Climate Change is a Real National Security Threat,” claiming that climate change is the reason hurricanes Helen and Milton have caused such devastation and is the number one national security threat facing the United States. This is nonsense. [emphasis, links added] Not only is there no evidence to support the idea that climate change is “exacerbating” hurricanes, But contrary to the claims of The Nation, Mass migration and unrest are not caused by climate change either. The Nation begins by describing the usual threat assessment report submitted to Congress by the Director of…
not many people know Paul Homewood h/t Ralph Ellis Not only is this dishonest, it's dangerous! https://twitter.com/nationalgriduk/status/1862462972624294015?s=12 The storage capacity is 600 MWh and is not designed to be used “when needed”. Hornsea 3 has a generating capacity of 2.9 GW, so the 600 MWh can only be maintained for 12 minutes when the wind stops. What it really does is balance the grid frequency, since wind output can fluctuate even from minute to minute. If we were not so reliant on wind power there would be no need for this storage, and its costs would not be borne by…
The Biden administration moved just before Thanksgiving to ban future coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, one of the richest coal-rich regions in the United States, according to multiple reports. [emphasis, links added] According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, [the Powder River Basin, which spans parts of Montana and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of U.S. coal in 2019]. As Americans prepare to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, the administration on Wednesday formally moved to end coal leases in the region and revoke previously approved development plansAccording to E&E News. “The decision is to no longer provide federal coal…
Children at Alameda Elementary School in Portland, Ore., ride their bikes to school together every week. This bicycle parade follows a fixed route, with children and parents joining the growing convoy along the way. Physical education teacher Sam Barto organized the bike bus a few years ago. Balto: “It was a huge success. We had 75 kids and we continued to do it every Wednesday for the rest of the school year. By encouraging cycling instead of driving, bike buses can limit the carbon pollution that contributes to planet warming. Barto also said bicycling has become safer as more people…
Barbara Buchner and Paul Bodnar at the 2024 Lab Summit during Climate Week in New York. During the Lab Summit during Climate Week in New York, Barbara Buchnerglobal managing director of the Climate Policy Initiative, and Paul BodnarDirector of Sustainable Finance, Industry and Diplomacy at the Bezos Earth Fund, looking back on the lab’s journey over the past decade. Founded to bridge public and private finance to combat climate change, the Lab has grown from a pioneer to a transformative network. In this fireside chat, Bodnar and Buchner, the driving forces behind the creation of the Lab, discuss the Lab's…
From the Daily Skeptic by Sallust The basic economics of Toyland is that the price of any good or service is determined by supply and demand. The less of anything, the higher its price, depending on the level of demand. The higher the supply, the lower the price and therefore the greater the demand and usage. Nowhere is this more evident than in energy. Whether it is intentional or environmental restrictions on energy supply, or even artificially raising prices through taxes, demand is bound to be suppressed. This will weaken the economy. this telegraph Jonathan Leake published an article on…
from CFACT Author: Dugan Flanakin Whatever happened to that old piece of business wisdom: The customer is always right? U.S. and European automakers have abandoned the slogan to please unelected bureaucrats in Brussels, New York and Doha and sycophants who have ascended to political power by preaching doomsday predictions. They may now regret their “enthusiastic” marching orders to join the Climate Commandos. Today's sign of the auto industry's apocalypse is the glut of unsold battery electric vehicles (BEVs) that customers have said for years they don't trust with their lives and property. It's true that the auto industry has not…
Well, the 2024 hurricane season is over, and we can now wrap up with Michael E. Mann’s predictions — which were so off target it might make a dartboard blush. As we noted previously in our “Black Knight Michael E. Mann” article, he reminds us of the Monty Python character who loses his limbs in battle but still stubbornly insists: “It's just a scratch.” ! This time, Mann’s speculative sword fell on the following prediction: 33 named storms As he proudly declared in April, the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is “the highest number ever predicted.” Well, the season is over…
from climaterealism Author: Linny Luken NASA Earth Observatory, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The South China Morning Post recently published an article titled “Climate change may have played a role in the region's record number of super typhoons, Hong Kong meteorologist says,” claiming that climate change “may” have caused the record number of typhoons. Super typhoon year. The title is misleading, with the word “maybe” carrying a heavy weight. The claims made in the article itself are neither more cautious nor less alarmist. Although conditions have been favorable for typhoon formation this year, trends derived from long-term data show no…