By P Gosselin on 21. December 2012
I like checking the temperatures in Siberia using the map at Joe Bastardi’s Weatherbell. Today I found a real extreme reading. Eastern Siberia, -61°F, see center. Source: www.weatherbell.com/. Now we know it’s been pretty damn cold in Eastern Europe and all over Russia, but this is getting ridiculous. This has been going on for weeks […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature |
By P Gosselin on 21. December 2012
It’s the worst cold snap in Russia in over 70 years. Hundreds have already frozen to death across Eastern Europe. But you won’t be hearing about this in the mainstream media. More deadly cold is forecast for Eastern Europe. Source: wxmaps.org/pix/temp4.html (12/20). The political velcraft.org site reports: The spate of cold weather that has lasted for […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 19. December 2012
Ever wonder why IPCC scientists are losing credibility? Rudolf Kipp in a reader comment here points out an interesting claim being made by the IPCC 5 AR Summary for Policymakers (SPM) on page 10. It states: The greenhouse gas contribution to the warming from 1951–2010 is in the range between 0.6 and 1.4°C. This is very […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Cooling/Temperature, IPCC, Models |
By P Gosselin on 19. December 2012
This week’s print edition of FOCUS includes an interview with the producer of a new environmental film to be shown in German cinemas beginning in January: Climate Crimes – Environmental crimes in the name of climate protection. It will premiere soon in Vienna. Here’s the trailer (in German): The pictures tell the story… If you […]
Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 18. December 2012
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued a press release on global coal consumption. Many claim that last decade’s rapidly rising coal consumption is causing global warming. I beg your pardon: While coal consumption has “risen rapidly” over the last decade, the linear global temperature trend has dropped at a rate of 0.7°C/century! Source: woodfortrees.org. The IEA […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Cooling/Temperature |
By P Gosselin on 17. December 2012
A new, damning study published by the Cologne Institute For German Economics confirms what critics of renewable energy feed-in acts have been saying, and quite loudly, all along for years: The poor are getting screwed and the rich are benefiting. Redistribution from bottom to top. The cost in euro-cents per kw-hr that renewable electricity in […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 16. December 2012
German skeptic blog Science Skeptical reacts to the early release of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report – written by Dr. Peter Heller. Dr. Peter Heller sees the IPCC in a difficult position as the body confirms global temperature stagnation. Photo source: www.freiewelt.net/ Heller first welcomes the transparency allowed through the early, though unauthorized, release of the […]
Posted in IPCC, Models, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 15. December 2012
Communism and all forms of tyranny are incurable cancers. All you can do is hope to put them into remission, and the longer the better. But they always come back. Altmaier’s latest climate-saving campaign: “Put the lid on your electricity consumption.” Source: www.bmu.dep Now that cancer is threatening to return to Germany – this time in the […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 14. December 2012
The UN has been holding climate conferences in a bid to curb man-made CO2 emissions for 20 years. However CO2 emissions are incresaing at record reates as China, India and an array of third world countries finally develop and begin to vanquish grinding poverty in earnest. That UN effort has failed completely at curbing the […]
Posted in Climate Politics, IPCC |
By P Gosselin on 13. December 2012
Growing Antarctic ice is actually shrinking. That’s what a study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is claiming in a new paper published by Nature. This is precisely in line with the global warming logic that a warmer globe leads to colder, snowier winters. The peer reviewers at Nature simply have no qualms about such […]
Posted in Antarctic, Models |
By P Gosselin on 12. December 2012
Some of Germany’s leading media outlets are reporting that 500 German police officers and tax authorities raided mighty Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt earlier today. According to Die Welt here, five managers have been linked to a scam involving the trading of carbon permits. Arrest warrants have been issued. Also see Reuters here. 500 police officers raid, […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics, CO2 and GHG |
By P Gosselin on 12. December 2012
The ongoing bitter cold snap and snow, dubbed the “Beast from the East”, have been wreaking havoc in Europe and claiming hundreds of lives. According to the UK online The Sun, the winter wave is “killing 270 people a day” – in Britain alone! Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies of Britain’s Department of Health said […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
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