By P Gosselin on 17. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe leading media worldwide cranked up the volume when it spread the news of how a statement had been published in the journal BioScience. The statement was a collaboration of “over 11,000 from 153 nations”. The Guardian, for example reported: “The world’s people face ‘untold suffering due to the climate crisis’ unless there are […]
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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. […]
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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. […]
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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: […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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By P Gosselin on 15. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterRahmstorf way off: New study finds no robust relationship between shrinking sea ice, European cold waves By Die Kalte Sonne (German text translated/edited by P Gosselin) Photo: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research A good six years ago, Potsdam climate researcher Stefan Rahmstorf was outraged by the German Weather Service (DWD) at his at […]
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By P Gosselin on 12. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterIt’s unusual to see rationality over climate change in the German media, but sometimes it manages to get through. In April this year I missed an important podcast interview with one of the world’s most prominent Sahara Desert researchers, geologist Dr. Stefan Kröpelin, by the Düsseldorf-based German daily, Rheinische Post. Image: University of Cologne The […]
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By P Gosselin on 5. October 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitter What follows is a field report from Hanover, Germany, by AGW skeptic organization KlimaKontroverse, who have attempted on multiple occasions to seek a rational dialogue with FridaysforFuture (FFF) demonstrators. Though some demonstrators were civil and polite, others harassed, defamed and even brought in Antifa. Intolerant times Taking a different view at a political […]
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By P Gosselin on 28. September 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterTop politician Friedrich Merz of Angela Merkel’s CDU party told German daily Die Welt the climate movement “ultimately gets down to our freedom-based lifestyle”. CDU’s Friedrich Merz. Image: https://www.friedrich-merz.de/ Reacting to the harsh criticism launched by the German Greens, the media and Fridays for Future who claim that the German government’s recent proposal to […]
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By P Gosselin on 21. September 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterGood news: Germany’s “climate rescue” plan is light years away from FFF demands, thus postponing economic suicide leap, Bad news: plan means considerable hardship for German consumers and economy. Haunted by visions of a climate collapse, German government yet decides to postpone its economic death leap, instead proposes highly watered down climate-rescue plan. FFF’s […]
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By P Gosselin on 18. September 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterIn a recent interview with the online Berliner Zeitung (BZ) here, economist Björn Lomborg said that 16-year old Greta Thunberg’s demands “will put people in danger”. Greta, the Swedish teenage activist is calling for radical cuts in CO2 emissions – on a scale that would have profound impacts on the world’s market system. Moreover, Lomborg […]
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By P Gosselin on 15. September 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe “Green New Deal” is a multi-trillion-dollar plan proposed by Ocasio-Cortez in February of 2019 and backed by almost one hundred members of Congress, including most of the Democratic presidential hopefuls. Among a slew of other sacrifices, the program would force our prosperous society to replace diesel and gasoline-powered vehicles with electric vehicles and […]
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By P Gosselin on 18. August 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe German automobile industry today continues to be the real engine driving the country’s economy, but that may dramatically change for the worse – soon – according to economists Matthias Weik and Marc Friedrich in a commentary at the online news portal of the Deutsche Mittelstands Nachrichten (German Midsize Companies News – DMN). The […]
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By P Gosselin on 16. August 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterClimate poster child Greta’s is sailing across the Atlantic instead of flying – in order to minimize the climate impact. Teenage climate rescue warrior Greta Thunberg. Image source: Greta’s Twitter site 5 crewmen to fly over to New York But German online leftist daily TAZ here has uncovered that Greta’s climate publicity jaunt is […]
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By P Gosselin on 31. July 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterGreen hubris: ARD German public television commentary labels its audience “consumption addicts” – mentally ill – and pleads they be punished with “so damn expensive” prices. Germany’s equivalent of the BBC, publicly (forced) funded ARD Broadcasting aired a commentary on Monday evening by journalist Lorenz Beckhardt. The commentary was to respond to the latest […]
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By P Gosselin on 24. July 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe online, center right Junge Freiheit of Germany here reports on how German award-winning economist Niko Paech is calling for a profound scaling back of industry in Germany, and a 20-hour workweek, in order to protect the climate. The DLF article on the interview here summed it up: “If working hours and hence income […]
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By P Gosselin on 21. July 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterNot 20,000, rather only 2000 people see Greta in Berlin! Michael Krueger (Text translated/edited by P. Gosselin) Four months ago in March, 20,000-25,000 pupils and demonstrators took part with Greta in the demonstration in Berlin. But last Friday, only about 2,000 people showed up despite the fact that the demonstration with Greta was greatly […]
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By P Gosselin on 20. July 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterWhat follows today is really quite cool, and highly encouraging in a country known for lockstep thought. Over the past months we’ve seen great media hype in Germany surrounding climate alarmist youngsters like Greta, FFF and more recently Rezo, who have played major roles in stirring up a lot of climate hysteria, all aided […]
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