By P Gosselin on 10. September 2012
UPDATE: reaction from Die Welt journalist Ulli Kulke here (in German), who says this is a welcome but not surprising conclusion. UPDATE 2: The names of two of the resigning scientists are known: Mr “Honest Broker” Hans von Storch and German Weather Service VP Paul Becker. The print edition of Der Spiegel this week has a […]
Posted in Abnormal Climate Psych, Climate Politics, Scepticism, Stupid Predictions |
By P Gosselin on 9. September 2012
The Dutch province of North Holland has realised that windparks are a complete and useless eyesore that blight the landscape, and they save very little CO2. Therefore, the province has decided to forbid their construction. Hat-tip Science Skeptical here. The North Holland region would seem to be ideally situated to take advantage of the windy North […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 8. September 2012
State parliamentarian Wolfgang Greilich led an FDP delegation on a visit to the German Weather Service (DWD) in his home-state of Hesse.The German Weather Service said it’s time to get back to the facts and away from hysteria. Hat-tip: Sebastian Lüning and Fritz Vahrenholt. Here’s the press release issued by the FDP Free Democratic Party: […]
Posted in Hockey Team, Scepticism, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 7. September 2012
Though this is a climate and energy blog, I’ve decided to meander off into pure politics this one time. It’s a slow day. In 2009 I asked a friend of mine, who I’ll call Norm, to predict where we would be under Obama’s leadership by 2012. Norm is a flaming liberal and ultra-Obama fan. Needless to say […]
Posted in Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 6. September 2012
Make no mistake about it – they’re coming for it – the world’s private pension money. The greens used to tell us that green energy could be profitable and would not burden our economy – in fact they even claimed it would lead to an economic boom and prosperity. But now that the first building […]
Posted in Activism, Alternative Energy, Climate Politics, Hockey Team |
By P Gosselin on 5. September 2012
It’s early September, mornings are cooling down, days are getting shorter and the kids are back in school. What are fall and winter going to be like? The following National Weather Service chart shows the following: Indications a cold winter lies ahead for Europe. Axel Bojanowski of Der Spiegel here also writes that two climate scientists, […]
Posted in Oceans |
By P Gosselin on 4. September 2012
Rudolf Kipp at Science Skeptical reports on Director of the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany brings us this glittering example of how arrogant and detached from reality the scientific elite among us can be. How the Fraunhofer Director saves energy in his vacation home in California By Rudolf Kipp Professor Eicke R. Weber, Director of the Fraunhofer […]
Posted in Lifestyles of the Rich and Alarmist |
By P Gosselin on 3. September 2012
Online German daily Die Welt here published a surprisingly anti-alarmist article written by Prof Wolfgang Behringer, a science historian at the University of Saarbrücken. His conclusion: climate change and ice cap melting (and freezing) are nothing new and that man ought to be grateful it’s warmer, and not be hysterical about it. Indeed this is the […]
Posted in Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Hurricanes/Tornados, Models, Oceans, Scepticism, Sea Levels |
By P Gosselin on 2. September 2012
If you want a good snapshot of the energy insanity that has swept Germany of its feet over the last years, James Conca has it at Forbes here. Short and to-the-point! How many German readers here at NTZ will disagree? Not many I suspect. Hat-tip Science Skeptical. Germany — Insane Or Just Plain Stupid? We […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, CO2 and GHG, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 2. September 2012
A sudden blast of cold polar air accompanied by heavy precipitation led to heavy snowfall in the Alps at levels below 1600 meters. Read here (in German). Snow falls in August under 1600 meters elevation in southern Germany. Up to 35 cm of snow fell at some locations. Wetter.24 reports: Low pressure system “Christine” delivered […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Glaciers, Misc., Weather |
By P Gosselin on 1. September 2012
Veteran German journalist Ulli Kulke at his website writes about the Arctic ice melt: Never Say “Like Never Before“. German media have fallen all over themselves ringing the alarms over the “new record” – as if we have an Arctic Fukushima on our hands. USS Skate at the North Pole in September, 1958. (US Navy […]
Posted in Arctic |
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