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New
rooftop BBQ known as TeslaKebab Photo from the legal paper. Also known
as a “money printer” according to Elon. Walmart installed Tesla solar
panels on 240 stores across the US. There have been 7 incidences of fire
which Walmart claim has cost them $8.2m and were caused by negligence
on Tesla’s behalf. After a spate of fires in 2018 Walmart de-energized
all the panels. Then one more caught fire
Skeptics get banned, rejected, blocked and sacked from the mainstream
media yet somehow Nature has a paper on Skeptics getting too much media.
Believers don’t have to be an expert to control the news agenda, just a
Greenpeace activist, or a teenage girl. Skeptics on the other hand, can
be Nobel Prize winners, but the BBC won’t even phone them. Nature, the
former science giant, just launched the t
Solar Road, Normandy, France | Credit: KumKum Would you like to drive
slower, add to noise pollution and waste money? Then solar roads are for
you: The world’s first solar road has turned out to be a colossal
failure… Ruqayyah Moynihan and Lidia Montes, Business Insider Two years
after the world’s first solar road — the Normandy road in France — was
set up, it’s turned out to be a colossal failur
Make smart choices on the best electronics essentials for any student.
New
rooftop BBQ known as TeslaKebab Photo from the legal paper. Also known
as a “money printer” according to Elon. Walmart installed Tesla solar
panels on 240 stores across the US. There have been 7 incidences of fire
which Walmart claim has cost them $8.2m and were caused by negligence
on Tesla’s behalf. After a spate of fires in 2018 Walmart de-energized
all the panels. Then one more caught fire
Skeptics get banned, rejected, blocked and sacked from the mainstream
media yet somehow Nature has a paper on Skeptics getting too much media.
Believers don’t have to be an expert to control the news agenda, just a
Greenpeace activist, or a teenage girl. Skeptics on the other hand, can
be Nobel Prize winners, but the BBC won’t even phone them. Nature, the
former science giant, just launched the t
Solar Road, Normandy, France | Credit: KumKum Would you like to drive
slower, add to noise pollution and waste money? Then solar roads are for
you: The world’s first solar road has turned out to be a colossal
failure… Ruqayyah Moynihan and Lidia Montes, Business Insider Two years
after the world’s first solar road — the Normandy road in France — was
set up, it’s turned out to be a colossal failur
Make smart choices on the best electronics essentials for any student.
Yesterday
Add
another billion to the cost of the Renewable Energy Target? In the last
few days Bluescope Steel (formerly BHP) has confirmed it will spend
US$700m (AU$1b) to expand it’s North Star steel mill in Ohio. So there
are multiple headlines. But back in February CEO Mark Vassella explained
exactly why they were thinking of it, and his first reason was “energy
prices”. Last week, high energy prices we
Guess
which state big business would be headed next? It’s a Quexit of the
NEM. Nationals MP, Keith Pitt is suggesting that Queenslanders could cut
their power bills if Queensland stands alone and disconnects from the
rest of the Australian National Grid. There are concerns from experts
within the energy sector that this could result in blackouts in other
states… (I bet there would be). Keith Pitt
Add
another billion to the cost of the Renewable Energy Target? In the last
few days Bluescope Steel (formerly BHP) has confirmed it will spend
US$700m (AU$1b) to expand it’s North Star steel mill in Ohio. So there
are multiple headlines. But back in February CEO Mark Vassella explained
exactly why they were thinking of it, and his first reason was “energy
prices”. Last week, high energy prices we
Guess
which state big business would be headed next? It’s a Quexit of the
NEM. Nationals MP, Keith Pitt is suggesting that Queenslanders could cut
their power bills if Queensland stands alone and disconnects from the
rest of the Australian National Grid. There are concerns from experts
within the energy sector that this could result in blackouts in other
states… (I bet there would be). Keith Pitt
Aug 19
Random power generators. Photo JoNova Wind and solar power are the
intermittent freeloaders on the electricity grid. They are treated as if
they’re generators, adding power to the grid, but instead they provide
something the grid doesn’t need — power that can’t be guaranteed. Random
gigawatts has the illusion of looking useful, but it’s the gift of a
spare holiday house you don’t know if you can
Random power generators. Photo JoNova Wind and solar power are the
intermittent freeloaders on the electricity grid. They are treated as if
they’re generators, adding power to the grid, but instead they provide
something the grid doesn’t need — power that can’t be guaranteed. Random
gigawatts has the illusion of looking useful, but it’s the gift of a
spare holiday house you don’t know if you can
Aug 17
… Rating: 9.6/10 (14 votes cast) Rating: 9.6/ 10 (14 votes cast)
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Aug 13
… Rating: 9.4/10 (20 votes cast) Rating: 9.4/ 10 (20 votes cast)
An idea so dumb big government just might do it. Bill Gates has a plan
to cool the Earth with chalk dust John Naish, Daily Mail This initial $3
million test, known as Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment
(SCoPEx) would use a high-altitude scientific balloon (pictured) to
raise around 2kg of calcium carbonate dust — the size of a bag of flour —
into the atmosphere 12 miles above the de
… Rating: 9.4/10 (20 votes cast) Rating: 9.4/ 10 (20 votes cast)
An idea so dumb big government just might do it. Bill Gates has a plan
to cool the Earth with chalk dust John Naish, Daily Mail This initial $3
million test, known as Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment
(SCoPEx) would use a high-altitude scientific balloon (pictured) to
raise around 2kg of calcium carbonate dust — the size of a bag of flour —
into the atmosphere 12 miles above the de
Aug 12
It’s being hailed as a “soaring investment” but it’s just the fake fiat
carbon scheme that has been fiddled back to life. The EU ETS market had
too many credits and crashed down to 5 Euro or less by 2013. On deaths
door, the EU decided to cull a quarter of the credits for the EU ETS
every year starting in 2019 and the price predictably went back up. The
big success of this unnecessary unfree mark
It’s being hailed as a “soaring investment” but it’s just the fake fiat
carbon scheme that has been fiddled back to life. The EU ETS market had
too many credits and crashed down to 5 Euro or less by 2013. On deaths
door, the EU decided to cull a quarter of the credits for the EU ETS
every year starting in 2019 and the price predictably went back up. The
big success of this unnecessary unfree mark
Aug 11
Drought
Panic Over h/t to Jim Sternhill, Frank Brus, via Jim Simpson. Professor
Andy Pitman, UNSW In June Professor Andy Pitman quietly dropped a bomb:
“…as far as the climate scientists know there is no link between
climate change and drought.” “…there is no reason a priori why climate
change should made the landscape more arid.“ He’s admitting there’s
never been a scientific basis for the endles
… Rating: 7.6/10 (15 votes cast) Rating: 7.6/ 10 (15 votes cast)
Drought
Panic Over h/t to Jim Sternhill, Frank Brus, via Jim Simpson. Professor
Andy Pitman, UNSW In June Professor Andy Pitman quietly dropped a bomb:
“…as far as the climate scientists know there is no link between
climate change and drought.” “…there is no reason a priori why climate
change should made the landscape more arid.“ He’s admitting there’s
never been a scientific basis for the endles
… Rating: 7.6/10 (15 votes cast) Rating: 7.6/ 10 (15 votes cast)
Aug 10
Not
what the climate models predicted This weekend it’s snowing within 90
minutes of Melbourne and Sydney. It’s snowing in far south Queensland.
In the Alps Thredbo recorded an amazing 117cm of fresh snow in two days,
while snow fell in towns that rarely get snow like Gordon near
Ballarat, Tumut, Crookwell. The highway through the Blue Mountains was
blocked. The airport was closed in Orange. TA po
Fragile
grids Over a million people customers lost power in the UK yesterday
thanks to the sudden outage of a gas and a wind plant. Some of the
countries biggest railway stations were inoperable. Passengers were
stuck on trains for up to seven hours. Others stayed in hotels, walked
miles or paid “hundreds” for taxi’s. The outpatient sections of Ipswich
Hospital were blacked out for 15 minutes when
Not
what the climate models predicted This weekend it’s snowing within 90
minutes of Melbourne and Sydney. It’s snowing in far south Queensland.
In the Alps Thredbo recorded an amazing 117cm of fresh snow in two days,
while snow fell in towns that rarely get snow like Gordon near
Ballarat, Tumut, Crookwell. The highway through the Blue Mountains was
blocked. The airport was closed in Orange. TA po
Fragile
grids Over a million people customers lost power in the UK yesterday
thanks to the sudden outage of a gas and a wind plant. Some of the
countries biggest railway stations were inoperable. Passengers were
stuck on trains for up to seven hours. Others stayed in hotels, walked
miles or paid “hundreds” for taxi’s. The outpatient sections of Ipswich
Hospital were blacked out for 15 minutes when
Aug 09
Ken Stewart rates the Streaky Bay site as one of the worst he has seen
This is an influential site because it’s in a remote area, is used to
“correct” official ACORN sites, and has been running for a long time.
Last October the BOM finally moved it to a completely new (and much
better site) – only three decades too late. Strangely, they didn’t give
the new site a new station number? Normally the
Ken Stewart rates the Streaky Bay site as one of the worst he has seen
This is an influential site because it’s in a remote area, is used to
“correct” official ACORN sites, and has been running for a long time.
Last October the BOM finally moved it to a completely new (and much
better site) – only three decades too late. Strangely, they didn’t give
the new site a new station number? Normally the
Aug 08
The Steak is coming to get you. Good news, the Intergovernmental Holy
Panel has finally released the new World-Saving IPCC Diet (WSID) which
will stop storms, volcanoes and the spread of jellyfish. It also solves
all those difficult dietary questions — instead of worrying about your
weight, your blood pressure, or your brain, you can sip on a soy latte
and know that even if you get dementia from
The Steak is coming to get you. Good news, the Intergovernmental Holy
Panel has finally released the new World-Saving IPCC Diet (WSID) which
will stop storms, volcanoes and the spread of jellyfish. It also solves
all those difficult dietary questions — instead of worrying about your
weight, your blood pressure, or your brain, you can sip on a soy latte
and know that even if you get dementia from
Aug 07
During the June heatwaves in Europe NASA was studying the “Ecostress”
of various cities. The heat coming off Charles DeGualle’s Orly Airport’s
runways is easily visible from space. (As are all the other ideal
locations for putting climate change thermometers.) CORRECTED Charles de
Gaulle airport runways are (I think) beyond the top right of the heat
map. h/t To AndyG The NASA Ecostress map for Pa
During the June heatwaves in Europe NASA was studying the “Ecostress”
of various cities. The heat coming off Charles DeGualle’s Orly Airport’s
runways is easily visible from space. (As are all the other ideal
locations for putting climate change thermometers.) CORRECTED Charles de
Gaulle airport runways are (I think) beyond the top right of the heat
map. h/t To AndyG The NASA Ecostress map for Pa
Aug 06
It’s
a diesel powered electric car point: The fossil fueled electric car…
It’s becoming a joke all around the world — the EVs in Australia powered
by dirty diesel. But what’s the difference? Most EV’s in Australia are
running on fossil fuel — the generators are just hidden behind longer
extension cords. (Ones that carry 240,000V). EV’s on our grid are
running on 80% fossil fuels every day. The sig
Showing their mastery of business, the Victorian Government is helping
the local Solar industry to death. To prop up the failing, uneconomic
but “fashionable” industry the Andrews government decreed that they will
throw an extra $2,225 at homes earning less than $180,000 that want to
install solar. (This is on top of the Federal subsidies). Because free
money is always popular, they decided to li
It’s
a diesel powered electric car point: The fossil fueled electric car…
It’s becoming a joke all around the world — the EVs in Australia powered
by dirty diesel. But what’s the difference? Most EV’s in Australia are
running on fossil fuel — the generators are just hidden behind longer
extension cords. (Ones that carry 240,000V). EV’s on our grid are
running on 80% fossil fuels every day. The sig
Showing their mastery of business, the Victorian Government is helping
the local Solar industry to death. To prop up the failing, uneconomic
but “fashionable” industry the Andrews government decreed that they will
throw an extra $2,225 at homes earning less than $180,000 that want to
install solar. (This is on top of the Federal subsidies). Because free
money is always popular, they decided to li
Aug 05
Remember
when scientists were dispassionate, cautious people? Well, forget that.
h/t ClimateDepot, Travis T, Jones @joellegergis Joelle Gergis unleashes
a message of full gut-wrenching, stomach sinking, terrible truth and
brutality. Lordy, 50 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef is dead.
Sometimes she cries after her talks. She has a vision, a precognition of
awful events, but only she and a few oth
Remember
when scientists were dispassionate, cautious people? Well, forget that.
h/t ClimateDepot, Travis T, Jones @joellegergis Joelle Gergis unleashes
a message of full gut-wrenching, stomach sinking, terrible truth and
brutality. Lordy, 50 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef is dead.
Sometimes she cries after her talks. She has a vision, a precognition of
awful events, but only she and a few oth
Aug 03
… Rating: 8.0/10 (33 votes cast) Rating: 8.0/ 10 (33 votes cast)
… Rating: 8.0/10 (33 votes cast) Rating: 8.0/ 10 (33 votes cast)
Aug 02
Some
days in Maitland are hotter than others. The very non-compliant
Maitland, SA, thermometer site #022008 Thanks to Ken Stewart, the tour
through the Great sites of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
continues. Once again, the experts have carefully graphed, diagrammed,
checked and ignored all the things that shouldn’t be within 30 meters of
a thermometer. See Maitland Site Info. That fence is
Some
days in Maitland are hotter than others. The very non-compliant
Maitland, SA, thermometer site #022008 Thanks to Ken Stewart, the tour
through the Great sites of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
continues. Once again, the experts have carefully graphed, diagrammed,
checked and ignored all the things that shouldn’t be within 30 meters of
a thermometer. See Maitland Site Info. That fence is
Aug 01
Another
climate classic today: Animals’ body sizes shrinking from climate
change, study finds by University of Cape Town Nice theory if you can
get funding for it: “All else being equal, larger animals can tolerate
cold conditions better than smaller animals, so one could expect that a
warming climate is relatively more advantageous for smaller animals,”
said Professor Altwegg. There are 8.7 milli
Another
climate classic today: Animals’ body sizes shrinking from climate
change, study finds by University of Cape Town Nice theory if you can
get funding for it: “All else being equal, larger animals can tolerate
cold conditions better than smaller animals, so one could expect that a
warming climate is relatively more advantageous for smaller animals,”
said Professor Altwegg. There are 8.7 milli
Jul 31
Dr Rex Fleming has a PhD in Meteorology and spent years at NOAA, as he
said involved with climate research from the beginning, and responsible
for funding scientists who “pushed” the theory of man-made global
warming. He’s written a book called The Rise and Fall of the Carbon
Dioxide Theory of Climate Change (2019) and has just done a podcast with
James Delingpole. When David Evans first spoke ou
It’s
so much fun saving the planet 114 private jets at a time The glitterati
are descending on a ritzy Sicilian seaside resort this weekend to
discuss how to save the world. As usual, a bit of wrecking-the-world on
the way is fine if it’s “for a good cause” — meaning fame, status, and
hot three day summer camps in an Italian resort. It’s known as Google
Camp – the place where famous VIP’s get some
Dr Rex Fleming has a PhD in Meteorology and spent years at NOAA, as he
said involved with climate research from the beginning, and responsible
for funding scientists who “pushed” the theory of man-made global
warming. He’s written a book called The Rise and Fall of the Carbon
Dioxide Theory of Climate Change (2019) and has just done a podcast with
James Delingpole. When David Evans first spoke ou
It’s
so much fun saving the planet 114 private jets at a time The glitterati
are descending on a ritzy Sicilian seaside resort this weekend to
discuss how to save the world. As usual, a bit of wrecking-the-world on
the way is fine if it’s “for a good cause” — meaning fame, status, and
hot three day summer camps in an Italian resort. It’s known as Google
Camp – the place where famous VIP’s get some
Jul 30
… Rating: 9.3/10 (28 votes cast) Rating: 9.3/ 10 (28 votes cast)
Thanks to Bill in Oz sending in the shot of Mt Barker, Ken Stewart
started auditing other sites in South Australia and discovered this
masterpiece of expert siting. And thanks to Ken, you can see The Wacky
World of Weather Stations: No. 2- Murray Bridge. Year opened: 1885. Who
thinks the site looked like this 130 years ago? As he points out: The
screen is in a houseyard near concrete paths, veget
… Rating: 9.3/10 (28 votes cast) Rating: 9.3/ 10 (28 votes cast)
Thanks to Bill in Oz sending in the shot of Mt Barker, Ken Stewart
started auditing other sites in South Australia and discovered this
masterpiece of expert siting. And thanks to Ken, you can see The Wacky
World of Weather Stations: No. 2- Murray Bridge. Year opened: 1885. Who
thinks the site looked like this 130 years ago? As he points out: The
screen is in a houseyard near concrete paths, veget
Jul 29
Thanks to Bill in Oz who sent in this photo of the Mt Barker site in
South Australia. Ken Stewart at Ken’s Kingdom writes: The Wacky World of
Weather Stations: No. 1- Mount Barker … Count the ways this site
breaches the Bureau of Meteorology own rules: Ken Stewart finds the
relevant BoM guidelines. Clearly this site is on a slope, too close to
buildings, too close to tall foliage, too close to he
Thanks to Bill in Oz who sent in this photo of the Mt Barker site in
South Australia. Ken Stewart at Ken’s Kingdom writes: The Wacky World of
Weather Stations: No. 1- Mount Barker … Count the ways this site
breaches the Bureau of Meteorology own rules: Ken Stewart finds the
relevant BoM guidelines. Clearly this site is on a slope, too close to
buildings, too close to tall foliage, too close to he
Jul 28
Skeptics are now the brain-eating undead from Haitian Cult Voodoo. Just
more namecalling in lieu of science. The ABC has become the US Weekly,
TVWeek, or OK! of national policy, filled with inane clickbait
animations, fictional stories and fantasy myths. Looks like it’s
projection again Here’s a guy who believes that we control storms,
floods and droughts with solar panels and wind turbines. The
Skeptics are now the brain-eating undead from Haitian Cult Voodoo. Just
more namecalling in lieu of science. The ABC has become the US Weekly,
TVWeek, or OK! of national policy, filled with inane clickbait
animations, fictional stories and fantasy myths. Looks like it’s
projection again Here’s a guy who believes that we control storms,
floods and droughts with solar panels and wind turbines. The
Jul 27
… Rating: 9.6/10 (14 votes cast) Rating: 9.6/ 10 (14 votes cast)
… Rating: 9.6/10 (14 votes cast) Rating: 9.6/ 10 (14 votes cast)
Jul 26
After nearly two weeks the ABC carrier pigeons finally brought the news
that Bob Brown, former Greens leader, is campaigning against this
gigantic wind farm — the $1.6b one in NW Tasmania that wants to be the
largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Could it be the ABC doesn’t want to
admit they were wrong too, pushing wind power non stop for years? Look
how erratic that wind is — 90% one day, zero th
After nearly two weeks the ABC carrier pigeons finally brought the news
that Bob Brown, former Greens leader, is campaigning against this
gigantic wind farm — the $1.6b one in NW Tasmania that wants to be the
largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Could it be the ABC doesn’t want to
admit they were wrong too, pushing wind power non stop for years? Look
how erratic that wind is — 90% one day, zero th
Jul 25
Here we go again. For five or so years believers didn’t really mention
the Medieval Warm Period. Too bruised by the embarrassment of Hockey
Stick Zombie failures. But it’s an inconvenient era they have to rub out
because none of the expert models can explain what caused it, and it’s
hard to panic about same temperatures that Edward the Confessor survived
with oxen and carts. And it’s hard to call
Here we go again. For five or so years believers didn’t really mention
the Medieval Warm Period. Too bruised by the embarrassment of Hockey
Stick Zombie failures. But it’s an inconvenient era they have to rub out
because none of the expert models can explain what caused it, and it’s
hard to panic about same temperatures that Edward the Confessor survived
with oxen and carts. And it’s hard to call
Jul 24
A
new Nature paper claims that pauses and cooling phases mean C02 may
cause more warming than anyone thought. Pause Excuse #431 It’s all so
obvious. If researchers start with models that don’t work, they can find
anything they look for — even abject nonsense which is the complete
opposite of what the models predicted. Holy Simulation! Let’s take this
reasoning and run with it — in the unlikely eve
… Rating: 9.6/10 (17 votes cast) Rating: 9.6/ 10 (17 votes cast)
A
new Nature paper claims that pauses and cooling phases mean C02 may
cause more warming than anyone thought. Pause Excuse #431 It’s all so
obvious. If researchers start with models that don’t work, they can find
anything they look for — even abject nonsense which is the complete
opposite of what the models predicted. Holy Simulation! Let’s take this
reasoning and run with it — in the unlikely eve
… Rating: 9.6/10 (17 votes cast) Rating: 9.6/ 10 (17 votes cast)
Jul 23
The biggest changes in temperature (“divergence” in dark red brown Fig
6) occurred where the most people lived (blue dots). In the 60 years to
2010 China was reported to have warmed by 0.79 ± 0.10 °C. However
Scafetta et al calculate at most, China could have experienced a real
warming of only 0.46 ± 0.13 °C. Somehow the combined might and
supercomputers at NOAA, NASA, Hadley and the Bureau of Me
The biggest changes in temperature (“divergence” in dark red brown Fig
6) occurred where the most people lived (blue dots). In the 60 years to
2010 China was reported to have warmed by 0.79 ± 0.10 °C. However
Scafetta et al calculate at most, China could have experienced a real
warming of only 0.46 ± 0.13 °C. Somehow the combined might and
supercomputers at NOAA, NASA, Hadley and the Bureau of Me
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