By P Gosselin on 20. February 2012
MUST READ! Boy, I’m sure our great grandchildren will be thanking us for that one extra day! Here’s a sad, yet funny evluation of one of the greatest engineering follies of all time. H/t DirkH Björn Lomborg has a new article out that assesses Germany’s solar energy “boom”. Germany’s Sunshine Daydream By Bjørn Lomborg: COPENHAGEN […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 20. February 2012
Matthias Iken has written a piece at the online German daily Hamburger Abendblatt here on Germany’s reaction to Fritz Vahrenholt’s and Sebastian Lüning’s climate skeptical bestselling book “Die kalte Sonne“. His piece is titled: The Intolerant Society. Needless to say, the reaction to Germany’s bestselling skeptic book has been brutally harsh. In his piece, Iken reminds […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 19. February 2012
Fritz Vahrenholt gives a comprehensive interview with leading Austrian daily KURIER here. The interview covers a number of areas. But a few points I found particularly interesting. On the lack of warming since 2000, the KURIER asks if it’s too short of a time period. Of course it is. But we still need an explanation […]
Posted in Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 18. February 2012
Germany’s media is sick and intolerant at times, seemingly continuing a once infamous tradition. Yesterday NDR German public television had an interview with Fritz Vahrenholt, co-author with Sebastian Lüning of the bestselling book Die kalte Sonne now sweeping through Germany. The NDR piece is dubbed: “Vahrenholt and the ‘CO2 lies’”. The clip first introduces the climate topic […]
Posted in Hockey Team, Media / Bias, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 17. February 2012
Here’s a presentation by the past Chairman of the American Solar Energy Industry, Armageddonist Chuck Kutscher, another person who can only be happy if he’s convinced the future is filled with doom and gloom. h/t: Chris Smith This is Al Gore repackaged. This is really a sorrowful, populist presentation. How did Kutscher get a PhD! […]
Posted in Climate Politics, Hockey Team |
By P Gosselin on 17. February 2012
Anyone wondering what some US leaders envision for the USA’s energy policy may wish to attend the following Harvard German Conference to find out. The energy part of the conference is taking place this weekend, Saturday morning, February 18, 2012: 9:30 – 10:30: Energy – Keynote Jeremy Rifkin. The Third Industrial Revolution: The New German Model […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 17. February 2012
Today whenever a North Sea storm blows over a tree, floods a basement, or knocks over a bistro table, the media screams global warming climate change – proof that storms today are harder and more frequent, they claim. The reinsurers echo that and jack up their premiums. Hamburg storm of 1962 Today is the 50th anniversary […]
Posted in Hurricanes/Tornados, Misc. |
By P Gosselin on 17. February 2012
There’s been lots of disingenuous criticism from the CO2 end-of the world warmists and Armageddonists aimed at Fritz Vahrenholt’s and Sebastian Lüning’s new best selling skeptic book Die kalte Sonne. Much of it attacking Svensmark’s theory of solar amplification via cosmic rays. Again. none have really read the book, they simply repeat the same old […]
Posted in Solar Sciences |
By P Gosselin on 16. February 2012
I must admit that over the last record-breaking 10 days here at NTZ, it’s been interesting to watch the climate activists and the end-of-the world whackos hyperventilate about Fritz Vahrenholt’s and Sebastian Lüning’s questioning of climate science. So over-the-top have some of the attacks been that readers are beginning to question the very sanity of some […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 15. February 2012
**** UPDATE: No. 14 on SPIEGEL Bestseller List! **** This is stunningly phenomenal. According to spokeswoman Julia Strack at Hoffmann & Campe publishing, 20,000 copies have been distributed over the last week and: It will enter the German bestseller list on Monday as number 14.” “Die kalte Sonne” is also the No. 1 seller at publisher […]
Posted in Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 15. February 2012
ARD German public television presented a short clip of Fritz Vahrenholt and the contents of his new book during its early morning show on Monday. ARD had an agitated Prof Mojib Latif on to respond.It is still unclear why Latif is agitated with Vahrenholt to begin with, as they both agree that CO2 is only […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Hockey Team, Misc., Solar Sciences |
By P Gosselin on 14. February 2012
Ed Caryl exposes another myth using two GISS graphics. Can anyone find the accelerating global warming over the last 10 years? =========================================== Global Cold Season Temperature Trend by Ed Caryl In Figure 1, the continents are cooling already. So are the oceans. Figure 1 above depicts the NH cold season temperature trend over the last ten […]
Posted in Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Oceans |
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