By P Gosselin on 24. February 2024
Green capitalism on the retreat? Blackrock and other heavyweights withdraw from Climate Action 100+ By AR Göhring According to its own statement, “Klima-Aktion 100+“ (Climate Action 100+) is an “investor-led initiative to ensure that the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters take the necessary measures to protect the climate”. Over 170 world-renowned companies and corporations are members […]
Posted in Alarmism, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 20. February 2024
Like an abusive husband, who beats his wife to make her love him Image: Freepik Today, especially in Germany, the socialist-green movement is failing miserably and plummeting in the polls – to record low levels. Desperate, socialist-green governments in Europe are now resorting to heavy-handed tactics to force citizens to “like” them again. Growing censorship, […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 18. February 2024
Planners and governments keep denying vulnerability. Europe is still considering massive solar energy plants along sun-rich North Africa in order to produce hydrogen gas that could be piped over the European mainland, despite having concluded 10 years ago that such projects wouldn’t pay off. In the latest push, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 16. February 2024
Germany’s online NIUS.de here reports on the totalitarianism spreading across Germany This week, high ranking ministers of Germany’s socialist/green government, with its proposed “Democracy Security Act”, announced plans to crack down on dissent and free speech in Germany. Image: Phoenix, cropped here. “The German federal government is moving to ban what we want to say, […]
Posted in Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 13. February 2024
Under the bottom line, the green movement is all about taxing people and restricting their choices. The rich, of course, will go unaffected. According to online Bild here, Germany’s Federal Agriculture Minister, Cem Özdemir, (Green Party) has recently proposed a consumption tax on meat. He calls this tax “animal welfare cents”. Özdemir sent a framework […]
Posted in Agriculture, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 10. February 2024
Press release: Denunciation of alleged “climate deniers” encourages disinterest in environmental protection Advisory center: “Arrogant instruction and education destroys the motivation to participate!” Hat-tip: Klimanachrichten The tone against alleged “climate change deniers” is becoming harsher. Some television programs are now trying to change viewers’ mindsets by using language to educate them – and to convince […]
Posted in Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 7. February 2024
-1.6%! That’s how much Germany’s industrial production fell in December, 2023. It’s the seventh-straight month of decline as the country’s energy woes mount. One reason is reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports today :”Germany’s Industrial Production Falls For Seventh-Straight Month” in December 2023, far worse than expected. To underscore the seriousness, 2023’s industrial […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 4. February 2024
Germany’s energy crisis deepens further due to Biden’s halt of U.S. LNG projects. Germany is backed into a corner after over-reliance on green energy. The site of Germany LNG terminal, Wilhelmshaven, photographed in 2012. Later expanded in 2022. Image: RaBoe. CC BY-SA 3.0 de Germany has dug itself into an energy hole Due to the […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 2. February 2024
Wood pellets are often viewed as an alternative, climate-friendly energy source, especially for heating. But an analysis shows this is not the case at all. CO2 emitted [kg]. Data source: German Ministry of the Environment Though it is claimed that the CO2 from burning biomass like trees remains in the natural carbon cycle, the CO2-absorbing […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 31. January 2024
Extended spring like weather also occurred in Europe 50 years ago It’s been mild across Europe, bringing some relief from the hardships of winter. Yet, the media again is reporting the mild weather as if it’s something bad, which has never happened before. But of course, this is not true. What follows is a newspaper […]
Posted in Weather |
By P Gosselin on 28. January 2024
By Frank Bosse During weather events, how often are we confronted with the simple claim: “More heat leads to more energy available, which leads to severe storms“? This is so catchy that it can be understood with just a basic knowledge of physics. So is the claim: “The warmer the tropical sea the more severe […]
Posted in Hurricanes/Tornados |
By P Gosselin on 26. January 2024
The data from Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Pacific typhoons formed and those making landfall in Japan are now available and have been tabulated by Tony Heller’s wife, Kirye. Result: no rising trend for the past 70 years! The JMA’s data go back more than 7 decades, to 1951. First we look at the latest data from the […]
Posted in Hurricanes/Tornados |
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