By P Gosselin on 30. November 2015
In Paris thousands, if not tens of thousands, of climate delegates, activists, government officials are now meeting for the 21st time with the aim of hammering out a binding climate treaty to “rescue the planet”. Not only has the endless string of conferences been getting on the nerves of informed skeptics, but also on those […]
Posted in Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 29. November 2015
The whole of this week’s Weatherbell’s Saturday Summary by high profile meteorologist Joe Bastardi of course is excellent, but this week especially the first 4 minutes or so dealing with climate are of particular interest. In it the veteran meteorologist, who has an unusual talent for making long-range forecasts, brings up some excellent points as the […]
Posted in Climate Politics, CO2 and GHG, Cooling/Temperature, Models |
By P Gosselin on 28. November 2015
A reader passed on some interesting investment advice. Market analyst Value Line, “the most trusted name in investment research” has issued warnings against investing in two major US solar energy companies: SOLARCITY CORP and SUNEDISON CORP. 234 million 3rd quarter loss Value Line informs market participants that Solar City reported “a much great-than-expected net loss” in […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 27. November 2015
Fritz Vorholt at Germany’s center-left national weekly Die Zeit here reports in a commentary that the country is “fouling up its Energiewende” (shift to renewable energies) and writes that experts say the country will not reach its stated CO2 emissions reductions target. He calls this situation “embarrassing”. Don’t look too closely Lately there have been a […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 26. November 2015
Question. What happens when the German public television puts out a report that happens to be honest and skeptical when it comes to climate change? Answer: Viewers are so surprised that they actually take the time to upload it at YouTube! Hat-tip: here. The above clip by MDR German public television features seasoned meteorologist Thomas […]
Posted in Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 25. November 2015
A few days ago I posted a piece about an article written by award-winning journalist Günter Ederer, who had reported on Prof. Karl-Friedrich Ewert’s analysis of NASA temperature data – data that he found to have been “incredibly altered” to show warming. That NTZ post has been shared or liked close to 20,000 times so […]
Posted in IPCC, Models |
By P Gosselin on 24. November 2015
Yesterday Munich-based national online daily Süddeutsche Zeitung (SDZ) here published a report on the heavy (unfair) attacks by skeptics on climate scientists, who see themselves as innocent victims.Tthe attacks, the SDZ writes, are stemming from “lobby groups of the oil and coal industry and by private people who have networked themselves together.” Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the […]
Posted in Media / Bias, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 23. November 2015
The online German-language FOCUS magazine here has an article on Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf’s latest idea to curb emissions of fossil fuels in order to rescue the climate: ban bathtubs! Hat-tip DirkH According to FOCUS, The King’s idea was reported this weekend in the Svenska Dagbladet, but has been met with a fair amount […]
Posted in Lifestyles of the Rich and Alarmist |
By P Gosselin on 22. November 2015
Last week a couple of North Sea storms swept across Europe, which is typical for this time of the year. And with them came strong winds, which are now reported to have had a detrimental impact on Germany’s power grid. Daniel Wetzel at German flagship daily Die Welt here reports that though storms “Iwan” and […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 20. November 2015
UPDATE 2: Tremendous interest in Ewert’s findings: shared or liked 2400 times up to now. I’ve decided to take the day off from blogging and let this one run another day. UPDATE 1: Also read here. Veteran journalist Günter Ederer* writes a piece reporting that massive alterations have been found in the NASA GISS temperature […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Hockey Team |
By P Gosselin on 19. November 2015
A bit off-topic today… The recent UFC women’s championship fight between loud-mouthed, über-cocky Rhonda Rousey (28) – the defending champion – and mild-mannered challenger Holly Holm is yet another example that vividly illustrates why consensus over the outcome of any complex future event among so-called “experts” is often not worth the paper it’s printed on. Like […]
Posted in Misc. |
By P Gosselin on 18. November 2015
At the Germany-based European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) veteran, retired meteorologist Klaus-Eckard Puls flatly dismisses the assertion made by many leading officials that climate change is a driving force behind the wave of refugees now sweeping into Europe from the Middle East and Africa. German Meterologist Klaus-Eckart Puls. Photo: EIKE Germany Minister of […]
Posted in Climate Politics, Drought and Deserts |
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