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By P Gosselin on 22. November 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe central German city of Paderborn has made its region green, climate friendly and an example to the world when it comes to sustainable development and responsible natural preservation that benefit our global climate. You’ll certainly want to watch this video full screen! Landschaftverschandelung bei Paderborn: The Hills are alive! Video of majestic Paderborn, […]
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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 […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 19. September 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterA growing proportion of Sweden’s energy is derived from burning biomass (wood), which increases CO2 emissions 65% and 285% more than coal and natural gas energy generation, respectively. And yet because governmental policy – not science – has (wrongly) declared biomass burning “renewable” and “carbon neutral”, Greta Thunberg’s Sweden is falsely credited with reducing […]
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By P Gosselin on 7. August 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe President of the German Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, abbreviated BKK) is calling on citizens, government offices and companies to be prepared for widespread blackouts. In an interview with German national daily Die Welt, BBK President Christoph Unger warned that in the future Germany faced […]
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By P Gosselin on 19. July 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterOur German skeptic friend Snowfan here keeps us up to date on the latest ODEN “Ship of Fools” attempt to travel across an Arctic that is supposed to be ice-free by now. The incentive to cross the Arctic passages in the summer is huge. Doing so would mean at least a week of fame […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 15. April 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterA potential wind turbine installation on the island of Crete may be poised to drive an endangered raptor population to extinction. Recent studies have found the favored “renewable” energies – wind and solar – are not effective, even counteractive, when it comes to reducing emissions from fossil fuels. Solar PV installation, for example, results […]
Posted in Green Follies, Solar, Wind Power |
By Kenneth Richard on 8. April 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterAn empirical analysis using 2005-2015 data from 15 EU countries indicates that as more renewable energies (i.e., solar PV) are deployed, energy costs increase, household poverty risks rise, and incomes decline. Image Source: Pereira et al., 2019 In contrast to the negative consequences of switching from fossil fuels to renewables, Dr. Tadesse Weldu Teklu […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics, Green Follies |
By Kenneth Richard on 18. March 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterFor those serious about taking concerted action to combat climate change, implications from a 2018 study suggest that the widespread abandonment of smartphone use — which is collectively on track to add 125 megatons of CO2 equivalent per year by 2020 — may be key to preventing the planet’s catastrophic demise. Image Source (adapted): […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 1. November 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterGovernments vociferously promote bioenergy as renewable, sustainable, and carbon-neutral. But scientists are increasingly characterizing this “belief” as a “major error”, as bioenergy generates more CO2 emissions per kWh than burning coal does, and the projected rapid growth in bioenergy will serve to ‘increase atmospheric CO2 for at least a century’ as well as clear […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 29. October 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe Paris Paradox: Sign the Agreement, Increase Emissions Reject the Agreement, Reduce Emissions China: Emissions Reduction Symbolism Over Substance A little over a year ago, China was hailed as a country that was “stepping up” to combat climate change. After all, the country had agreed to sign on to the Paris climate accord and […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 25. October 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterTen years ago, polar bears were classified as an endangered species due to model-based assumptions that said the recession of Arctic sea ice would hamper the bears’ seal-hunting capabilities and ultimately lead to starvation and extinction. The Inuit, who have observed these bears catch seals in open water for generations (and likely know more […]
Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, Green Follies, Sea Ice |
By P Gosselin on 19. October 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterGerman ZDF public television recently broadcast a report showing how electric cars are a far cry from being what they are all cracked up to be by green activists. Northern Chilean desert being ruined by widespread lithium mining. Image cropped from ZDF documentary: Die Schattenseiten der E-Mobilität The report titled: “Batteries in twilight – The dark side […]
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