By P Gosselin on 29. June 2011
Die Welt, one of Germany’s flagship dailies, wrote up a comprehensive assessment of solar energy as a supply of energy to meet demand titled: The Great Solar Swindle. The authors of the piece, Daniel Wetzel and Reto Klar, as suggested by the title, conclude that solar energy is a well-executed swindle that was and is promoted […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 28. June 2011
It’s a slow climate news day here in Germany, and this story at chinadaily.com happened to catch my eye. Russian scientists expect to meet aliens by 2031 So there you are. Kook scientists (funded by the poor taxpayers) are also to be found in fields other than climate science. To be honest, I’d say the odds these aliens […]
Posted in Russian Climate Science, Solar Sciences |
By P Gosselin on 27. June 2011
We’ve all heard how climate change causes everything that’s bad for humans and the planet to increase and to intensify. Well, ironically, that also now includes boredom on the subject of climate change itself. Many are simply just getting bored to death by it. Indeed a spate of recent studies have shown that people are growing tired and […]
Posted in Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 26. June 2011
Tuvalu is saved! What follows is a press release from the Leibniz Institute for Marine Science (IFM-GEOMAR) on a new paper appearing in the GRL, which shows sea level changes are far more complex than first thought. It’s back to the drawing board for climate and sea level modellers. (Hat-tip Science Skeptical) ================================================== Quo Vadis Sea Level? […]
Posted in Oceans, Sea Levels |
By P Gosselin on 25. June 2011
NTZ contributor and climate observer Matti Vooro provides evidence that the floods of North America are likely linked to cooling, and not warming. =================================================== Global Cooling – The Real Cause Behind The Catastrophic North American Floods Of 2011 by Matti Vooro The Canadian Prairies and the United States North Central regions are experiencing one of […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Drought and Deserts |
By P Gosselin on 25. June 2011
Portuguese website Ecotretas here informs us that the European carbon market, the EU Emissions Allowances, has crashed over 20% last week alone, see the following chart. Read more about what is behind the crash at Ecotretas In the scheme, carbon emission allowances, called EU Allowances (EUAs), are allocated to specific industrial sectors and cap the total level […]
Posted in Climate Politics, CO2 and GHG, Pollution |
By P Gosselin on 24. June 2011
Josh weighs in on the sea level debate… Thanks for making my day, Josh! See all of Josh’s cartoons HERE.
Posted in Humour, Sea Levels |
By P Gosselin on 23. June 2011
What follows in English is a summary version of a piece appearing here at the European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) based in Germany, written by retired meteorologist Klaus-Eckart Puls. ================================= PIK report: “Sea level rising fastest in 2000 years” turns out to be a quack! Data shows no change! Sea levels are now rising […]
Posted in Hockey Team, Oceans, Paleo-climatology, Sea Levels |
By P Gosselin on 22. June 2011
With the spate of bogus horror “climate papers” coming out recently, e.g. rapid sea level rise, oceans dying and spreading drought, one has to wonder if they weren’t timed to scare politicians into taking rash action at climate-rescue conferences. If they were, they have failed miserably so far. EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on Tuesday. (Photo: President of […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 21. June 2011
It’s over. All that is left to die is that last flicker of European hope.Another European politician has long since seen the bold-letter writing on the wall. The following was written by European Parliamentarian Holger Krahmer and appears in German at the Achse des Guten here. What follows is an English translation (emphasis added). ============================= […]
Posted in Climate Politics, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 21. June 2011
Der Spiegel reports here (Bloggers accuse IPCC of conflicts of interests) on Climategate 2.0, where the IPCC just published a huge new report on renewable energy, claiming that within 40 years nearly 80% of the world’s energy needs could be met, mostly through a massive expansion of wind and solar power. The report, it turns out, was […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics, Hockey Team |
By P Gosselin on 20. June 2011
Our friend Rudolf Kipp at the German Science Skeptical site here has a shocking report on a callous Der Spiegel piece that appeared yesterday. I’ve translated Rudolf’s report in English with his permission. =================================================== Organic Foods Are Killing – This Time in Africa by Rudolf Kipp Children are dying in Africa – just so that German organic food […]
Posted in Activism, Agriculture |
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