By P Gosselin on 12. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe two recent dry summers seen in Europe have led to alarmists believing that the climate doomsday has arrived. But The European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) looks at the past to see if this sort of thing is really unusual. ======================= German forests growing much faster today than 1000 years ago. Photo: NTZ […]
Posted in Drought and Deserts, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 10. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterGerman online weekly FOCUS here reports how cuts by wind energy giant Enercon will lead to 3000 layoffs. According to Enercon chief executive Hans-Dieter Kettwig, “politicians have pulled the plug on wind energy.” German wind energy industry in turmoil. Photo: By Pierre Gosselin Subsidies cut Once lavished with huge incentives, the German wind industry […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 9. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterProbably the most disturbing aspect of wind energy is its destructive impact the green energy source has on the environment, never mind its sporadic supply, adverse health impacts and high costs. As Germany ignored all warnings about wind energy’s shortcomings and its threats, government officials charged ahead blindly and obstinately, without a plan, into […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 8. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterAn expert psychoanalyst appeared on German television to provide his view on Greta’s high-octane anger, see (German) video below: At her speech at the UN, Greta’s voice was filled with worry and acute anger. When asked about the source of the intense emotions, German psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and book author Hans-Joachim Maaz commented: What’s really […]
Posted in Abnormal Climate Psych |
By P Gosselin on 6. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterNew IPCC report under doubt: models out-of-control and a new hockey stick By Die kalte Sonne [German text translated/edited by P Gosselin] IPCC authors “politically handpicked” The IPCC climate status report serves as an important reference for climate policy and public discussion. However, very few people are aware that the authors of the report […]
Posted in Models, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 5. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe Trump-bashing German mainstream media are already going into deep depression over the 2020 US election. An ARD public television commentary by Washington correspondent Sebastian Hesse admits things are looking really dire for the US Democrats, and is now even seeing “a landslide victory for Trump”. German ARD news media somber over Trump’s 2020 […]
Posted in Media / Bias |
By P Gosselin on 3. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterSales of so-called environmentally friendly electric cars have been slumping, despite all the Friday protests and loud cries for cleaner mobility. Citing a report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers, German news portal t-online.de here reports how “suddenly demand is in the basement: even in China – the world’s largest market for e-cars – sales figures are […]
Posted in Alarmism, Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 2. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterRecently many readers may have noticed how alarmists and activists have been using the so-called stripe chart (see following chart) to illustrate the warming the planet has recently experienced. The popular stripe chart was created by “lead scientist” Ed Hawkins of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, NCAS, UoR. Source here. […]
Posted in Activism, Alarmism, Data Manipulation |
By P Gosselin on 1. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterOur skeptic in Japan… Many readers have surely read articles by Japanese blogger/contributor Kirye here at NoTricksZone since about a year and a half. Japanese climate blogger Kirye thinks Japan will be the last developed country to ever question climate change. Kirye, who wishes to remain anonymous, lives in Tokyo and has answered some […]
Posted in Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 30. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterWhat follows is an example of how German decisionmakers go about protecting the environment: chop down hundreds of acres of forests and pour thousands of tons on concrete reinforced with hundreds of tons of steel on huge beds of gravel, all hauled in by hundreds of truck loads. Then install skyscraper tall industrial bird-killing […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 29. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterIn an interview with the Hamburg daily Abendblatt here, retired German climate researcher Prof. Hans von Storch commented on the global climate debate, saying “Greta’s message is ridiculous” and that “Greta Thunberg’s demand that we panic has something of an end of world sect.” Hat-tip: Die kalte Sonne Climate scientist Prof. Hans von Storch. […]
Posted in Activism, Alarmism |
By P Gosselin on 27. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterAt XR and FFF rallies, speakers like telling outright lies with the aim of trying to get the masses of people to stampede in mass panic and blind anger. One of these activists in Germany is Carola Rackete, reports Michael Krüger here at Science Skeptical. Rackete, the award-winning refugee rescuer and sea vessel captain, […]
Posted in Activism, Arctic, Drought and Deserts |
By P Gosselin on 26. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterAt the German libertarian site achgut.com here, guest writer Ulrike Stockmann writes a portrait of climate activist Greta Thunberg’s family. The title: “The Thunberg-Ernmans: An infinitely sad family history“. Ulrike Stockmann writes a portrait of the Ernman-Thunberg family. Image: achgut.com Stockmann portrait is based on the published book by Greta Thunberg’s mother, Malena Ernman: […]
Posted in Abnormal Climate Psych, Activism, Alarmism |
By P Gosselin on 25. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterGerman writer/rock singer Heinz Rudolf Kunze recently performed at at a city festival in Berlin Teltow, and had a message about today’s opinion intolerance, alarmism, political correctness, etc. for Germany’s leaders and supremacist activists. Regular mainstream German citizens often run the risk of being attacked whenever expressing dissenting views on hot-button issues, such as […]
Posted in Activism
By P Gosselin on 23. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitter The missing context: Climate change in the Mediterranean region By the Kalte Sonne (German text translated/edited by P. Gosselin) On October 11, 2019, Spiegel Online once again shined brilliantly parroting climate alarm. The German weekly news magazine could certainly now use their former science editor, Axel Bojanowski, who looked at climate science objectively. […]
Posted in Hockey Team, Natural Oceanic Oscillations, Oceans |
By P Gosselin on 22. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterGerman online weekly FOCUS writes Germany is turning into “Europe’s economic sick man” – due in large part to high energy prices and fierce environmental radicalism. The German weekly reports how German industrial production has been falling, citing figures from the automotive, chemicals and pharmaceutical industries, all of which need large quantities of energy. […]
Posted in Activism, Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 20. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterBy Kirye In Japan, like many other places around the world, the media like to tell audiences how sea surface temperatures around Japan are rising due to man-made global warming. But, as is often the case, the data and facts tell the opposite story. What follows is a chart depicting sea surface temperatures around […]
Posted in Hurricanes/Tornados, Media / Bias |
By P Gosselin on 19. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterEven NASA says it: Without the Earth’s greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, the planet would be on average a frigid -18°C. But because of the preindustrial 280 ppmv CO2 and other GHGs in our atmosphere, the average temperature of the Earth thankfully moves up by 33°C to +15°C (see chart below), based on […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Data Manipulation, IPCC |
By P Gosselin on 18. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterUsually shunned by the German mainstream media, today moderate, rational voices on the issue of climate change are beginning to be heard on the air waves once again. This may be temporary. We’ll just have to wait and see. Leading German climate science critic Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt. Image: Die kalte Sonne For example, just […]
Posted in Alarmism, Alternative Energy, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 16. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterFor those wondering how Greta Thunberg managed to get so off the rails look no further than her climate advisors. They are among the most alarmist worldwide. According to the online, German-language Merkur.de here, citing Swedish daily Expressen, 16-year old climate activist is advised by Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, among others, of the Potsdam Institute […]
Posted in Alarmism |
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