iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--WSJ vs. WSJ: A House Divided

WSJ vs. WSJ: A House Divided

Noam Chomsky , MIT ’ s famously anti-American professor of linguistics , used to say to his audiences something like : All my evidence comes from an ultra-Left source—The Wall Street Journal .
Audiences would laugh , but the joke was on them .
Students of journalism know well that the Journal ’ s conservative reputation is based entirely on its editorial page .
Its news pages , studies have shown , can tilt further to the Left than even the New York Times or the Washington Post .
Never was that schism more clearly displayed than on December 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ screamed that the biggest “ Green ” companies were becoming larger corporations than the major oil companies .
“ The New Green Energy Giants Challenging Exxon and BP.
” On the same day , a lead editorial headline noted that the subsidization of “ Green ” companies was producing corporate failure and taxpayer losses : “ Another Green Subsidy Bust.
” But the content of the news story was mostly puffery , while the editorial was based on news reporting .
So what was the big noise about Green Energy companies in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 ?
“ They are fast-growing giants with market values rivaling the likes of oil majors.
” OK. What are they doing to produce profit-making value ?
“ These companies [ are ] on track to become the major energy companies of the coming decades.
” OK. And what are they doing to produce profit-making value ?
“ Each of the companies has seen its share price soar in recent months as investors bet on their ability to lead the transition to a lower-carbon future.
” OK. And what are they doing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Florida-based NextEra grew into America ’ s largest renewable energy producer by … .
capitalizing on federal tax subsidies.
” Oh .
Maybe you should have put that that in the lead paragraph .
How different is the approach of the WSJ editorial , “ Another Green Subsidy Bust.
” In the first paragraph , the facts and figures begin : “ Tonopah operated the Crescent Dunes solar plant in Nevada that received $ 737 million in guaranteed loans from the Obama Administration.
” In the second paragraph , more facts and figures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] plan includes a settlement with the Department of Energy that leaves taxpayers liable for as much as $ 234.68 million in outstanding debt.
” Still in the second paragraph , more facts and figures : “ In 2017 the [ Crescent Dunes ] plant received more than $ 275.6 million from Treasury under the Section 1603 program.
” Do you sense a pattern here ?
The news reporters give you public-relations fluff ; the editorialists give you facts .

“The news reporters give you public-relations fluff; the editorialists give you facts.”
Noam Chomsky, MIT’s famously anti-American professor of linguistics, used to say to his audiences something like: All my evidence comes from an ultra-Left source—The Wall Street Journal.
Audiences would laugh, but the joke was on them. Students of journalism know well that the Journal’s conservative reputation is based entirely on its editorial page. Its news pages, studies have shown, can tilt further to the Left than even the New York Times or the Washington Post.
Never was that schism more clearly displayed than on December 11, 2020.
A lead news headline screamed that the biggest “Green” companies were becoming larger corporations than the major oil companies. “The New Green Energy Giants Challenging Exxon and BP.”
On the same day, a lead editorial headline noted that the subsidization of “Green” companies was producing corporate failure and taxpayer losses: “Another Green Subsidy Bust.”
But the content of the news story was mostly puffery, while the editorial was based on news reporting.
News Reporters Do Advocacy
So what was the big noise about Green Energy companies in the Journal news department on December 11, 2020? “They are fast-growing giants with market values rivaling the likes of oil majors.” OK. What are they doing to produce profit-making value?
“These companies [are] on track to become the major energy companies of the coming decades.” OK. And what are they doing to produce profit-making value?
“Each of the companies has seen its share price soar in recent months as investors bet on their ability to lead the transition to a lower-carbon future.” OK. And what are they doing to produce profit-making value?
Well, “Florida-based NextEra grew into America’s largest renewable energy producer by …. capitalizing on federal tax subsidies.” Oh. Maybe you should have put that that in the lead paragraph.
Editorialists Do the Reporting
How different is the approach of the WSJ editorial, “Another Green Subsidy Bust.” In the first paragraph, the facts and figures begin: “Tonopah operated the Crescent Dunes solar plant in Nevada that received $737 million in guaranteed loans from the Obama Administration.”
In the second paragraph, more facts and figures: “The [judge-approved Chapter 11] plan includes a settlement with the Department of Energy that leaves taxpayers liable for as much as $234.68 million in outstanding debt.”
Still in the second paragraph, more facts and figures: “In 2017 the [Crescent Dunes] plant received more than $275.6 million from Treasury under the Section 1603 program.”
Do you sense a pattern here? The news reporters give you public-relations fluff; the editorialists give you facts.


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--Reef Heresy? And the Importance of Asking Questions

I am so privileged to have written the introduction to Peter Ridd ’ s new book , ‘ Reef Heresy ?
’ .
In it I explain that it is of great concern to both Peter , and myself , that those who claim the Great Barrier Reef to be in terminal decline are so unwilling to engage in any form of debate .
Sometimes the quickest way to the truth is through argument , by which I mean disagreement between two or more people with each side given opportunity to present their case and their perspective .
The word @ @ @ @ @ @ @ title of Peter ’ s book , means ‘ opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted ’ .
The heresy is that Peter is not committed to the right political dogma .
It is not that he is wrong .
It is interesting that the ‘ other side ’ won ’ t debate .
They would prefer everyone just believed that the reef is in terminal decline , and that we have catastrophic global warming .
And how profoundly sad would that be , if it were true !
The establishment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ managers at James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science ( AIMS ) , know that it might not be quite so straightforward , and that there could be some issues with some of the science .
But , in general , they are convinced that they are right – or at least on the side of right , even if that means being ‘ left ’ .
( Ha ha . )
They certainly don ’ t want to have to get into the detail – or have to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which an overall coral growth rate for the Great Barrier Reef used to be calculated .
Some of this is explained in a discussion I had with Peter when we were last together in Townsville – a discussion hosted by John Roskam and that included some 400 members of the Institute of Public Affairs ( IPA ) via Zoom .
In this discussion , and more generally , I suggest we should all ( both sides ) be less quick to lecture and more interested in asking questions .
Peter Ridd suggests towards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 184 ) that asking questions in science could be made more legitimate through the establishment of explicit ‘ Red Teams ’ at organisations like AIMS .
Yale University professor , Irving Janis , was detailing the inherent problems with working towards a consensus – and labelled this Group Think – back in the 1950s .
Professor Janis explained in his important book by the same name , how this will inevitably generate systematic errors .
The conclusion of that long book is that it is critical groups encourage scepticism in order to find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or plan .
I would have thought this to be a no-brainer in a civilization as sophisticated as our own , and one in which being able to forecast the weather day-to-day , month-to-month , and year-to-year is so important especially for the proper management of water infrastructure and water allocations for hydro-electricity as well as growing food crops .
Despite a plethora of history and data suggesting that ideas should always be tested , we live during a time when it is so unfashionable to ask the hard questions .
John Roskam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new book ‘ Climate Change : The Facts 2020 ’ : It is so much better to have questions that can not be answered , than to live and do science according to answers that can not be questioned .
Here are a few questions I have , from flipping through the page of Peter ’ s new book : 1 .
When was the last major event that caused catastrophic global climate disruption ?
( see page 200 of ‘ Reef Heresy ?
’ ) 2 .
What does Peter think is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia ?
( see page 201 of ‘ Reef Heresy ?
’ ) 3 .
Which are the two sources of ‘ new nitrogen ’ into the Great Barrier Reef ?
( see page 84 of ‘ Reef Heresy ?
’ ) 4 .
When have major outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorn starfish ( COTS ) occurred on the Great Barrier Reef ?
( see page 35 of ‘ Reef Heresy ?
’ ) 5 .
When did AIMS last publish a Great Barrier Reef average coral growth rate ?
( see page 7 of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The feature image at the very top of this blog post is of Cheryl Ridd , Bill Lindquist , Anne Carter , me and Peter ( left to right ) on the back verandah in Townsville , one Sunday , just a couple of weeks ago .

Reposted from Jennifer Marohasy’s blog
December 20, 2020 By jennifer
I am so privileged to have written the introduction to Peter Ridd’s new book, ‘Reef Heresy?’. In it I explain that it is of great concern to both Peter, and myself, that those who claim the Great Barrier Reef to be in terminal decline are so unwilling to engage in any form of debate.
Sometimes the quickest way to the truth is through argument, by which I mean disagreement between two or more people with each side given opportunity to present their case and their perspective.
The word ‘heresy’, which is the title of Peter’s book, means ‘opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted’. The heresy is that Peter is not committed to the right political dogma. It is not that he is wrong.
It is interesting that the ‘other side’ won’t debate. They would prefer everyone just believed that the reef is in terminal decline, and that we have catastrophic global warming. And how profoundly sad would that be, if it were true!
The establishment, by which I mean the science managers at James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), know that it might not be quite so straightforward, and that there could be some issues with some of the science. But, in general, they are convinced that they are right – or at least on the side of right, even if that means being ‘left’. (Ha ha.) They certainly don’t want to have to get into the detail – or have to keep coring the massive old Porites corals from which an overall coral growth rate for the Great Barrier Reef used to be calculated.
Some of this is explained in a discussion I had with Peter when we were last together in Townsville – a discussion hosted by John Roskam and that included some 400 members of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) via Zoom.
In this discussion, and more generally, I suggest we should all (both sides) be less quick to lecture and more interested in asking questions.
Peter Ridd suggests towards the end of his book (page 184) that asking questions in science could be made more legitimate through the establishment of explicit ‘Red Teams’ at organisations like AIMS. Yale University professor, Irving Janis, was detailing the inherent problems with working towards a consensus – and labelled this Group Think – back in the 1950s. Professor Janis explained in his important book by the same name, how this will inevitably generate systematic errors. The conclusion of that long book is that it is critical groups encourage scepticism in order to find the possible errors in their favourite theory or plan. I would have thought this to be a no-brainer in a civilization as sophisticated as our own, and one in which being able to forecast the weather day-to-day, month-to-month, and year-to-year is so important especially for the proper management of water infrastructure and water allocations for hydro-electricity as well as growing food crops.
Despite a plethora of history and data suggesting that ideas should always be tested, we live during a time when it is so unfashionable to ask the hard questions. John Roskam ends the YouTube discussion quoting from my new book ‘Climate Change: The Facts 2020’: It is so much better to have questions that cannot be answered, than to live and do science according to answers that cannot be questioned.
Here are a few questions I have, from flipping through the page of Peter’s new book:
1. When was the last major event that caused catastrophic global climate disruption? (see page 200 of ‘Reef Heresy?’)
2. What does Peter think is the second most important environmental issue in Australia? (see page 201 of ‘Reef Heresy?’)
3. Which are the two sources of ‘new nitrogen’ into the Great Barrier Reef? (see page 84 of ‘Reef Heresy?’)
4. When have major outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorn starfish (COTS) occurred on the Great Barrier Reef? (see page 35 of ‘Reef Heresy?’)
5. When did AIMS last publish a Great Barrier Reef average coral growth rate? (see page 7 of ‘Reef Heresy?’)
Jen kneeling beside a massive Porites at Myrmidon Reef on 1st December 2020. These are the corals that AIMS used to core to calculate an average growth rate for Great Barrier Reef corals.
****
The feature image at the very top of this blog post is of Cheryl Ridd, Bill Lindquist, Anne Carter, me and Peter (left to right) on the back verandah in Townsville, one Sunday, just a couple of weeks ago.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--Nuclear Power: The Long-Term Solution to Australia’s Self-Inflicted Renewable Energy Calamity

Thanks to an obsession with intermittent wind and solar , Australians face another summer of planned power rationing ( aka ‘ load shedding ’ ) and the unplanned kind ( aka ‘ mass blackouts ’ ) .
Cue the first long , hot spell in January , when power demand spikes as ACs get cranked into action to cool homes and businesses and refrigerated systems have to work harder to keep things cool .
As is often the case , those demand spikes coincide with total collapses in wind and solar output – think a run of breathless 42°C days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latter .
It ’ s happened before – when wind and solar output duly collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Victorians were plunged into sweltering darkness : Blackout Fallout : Wind Power Debacle Leaves Thousands of Powerless Victorians Furious And it ’ s odds on to happen again .
The debacle was as perfectly predictable , as it was perfectly avoidable .
Bill Shorten lost the unloseable Federal election in May 2019 promising ( or , rather , threatening ) a Nationwide 50 % Renewable Energy Target and a massive tax on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were gobsmacked when the electorate rejected their vision of an all wind and sun powered future ( the 50 % RET and 45 % emissions reduction target were just the start ) .
After experiencing a shock electoral drubbing of that magnitude , it takes a special mix of audacity and ignorance to keep running the same ‘ renewables will save us ’ line , over and over again .
But that ’ s precisely where Australia ’ s Labor Party finds itself at the end of 2020 .
Its energy policy sounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s rambling acid trips , than anything like sound engineering , let alone solid economics .
And if it was looking for the culprit , the once great Worker ’ s Party has the smug and insipid South Australian ALP member , Mark Butler to thank for its political demise .
Butler has been driving the ALP ’ s energy policy for the best part of a decade .
The Federal ALP is practically unelectable , having trashed its blue-collar base in an effort to chase the hard-green left that occupy the inner-city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ latte zones .
That fact has finally started to dawn on a number of ALP heavyweights , not least Joel Fitzgibbon – who occupies a seat in the Hunter Valley in NSW , where coal remains king ; both as fuel for the numerous coal-fired power stations still chugging away within his electorate and as an export commodity to Asia and elsewhere .
And there are others amongst the ALP who are prepared to tackle the most glaring policy omission of all : Labor ’ s trenchant opposition to nuclear power .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t afraid to use the ‘ N ’ word in public – went on the front foot last week , with this timely and pointed piece .
If Albanese wants to survive he has to shift on energy The Australian Theo Theophanous 18 December 2020 Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese appears to be on an electoral winner by adopting the 2050 net-zero emissions target .
Scott Morrison has stated he will make no such pledge to Australians “ unless I can tell them how we will achieve it and what this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has not answered the questions of how and at what cost .
Instead , he points out comparable countries have committed to 2050 so why can ’ t we ?
Countries such as the US under Joe Biden , Japan , South Korea , Canada and Britain .
So what ’ s going on ?
Why are these countries confidently able to commit to the target , but not us ?
The answer is to be found in one word : nuclear .
South Korea has 24 nuclear plants producing 26 per cent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 98 plants for 20 per cent , Canada has 19 plants for 15 per cent , and Britain ’ s Rolls-Royce is planning to build 16 new reactors .
Even Japan , which shut down its nuclear plants following the Fukushima disaster , is beginning to recommission them .
The Prime Minister claims he wants to achieve net-zero emissions through “ technology , not higher taxes ” .
But none of the technologies proposed , such as carbon capture and storage , are near technical efficacy .
With Joel Fitzgibbon gone from shadow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spokesman Mark Butler has slipped into the draft platform that the party will adopt tough interim targets for 2030-35 , while any mention of coal or gas exports has been excluded .
Morrison knows Labor ’ s policies will be unaffordable and not properly costed .
It ’ s a political trap Labor is falling headlong into — again .
Meanwhile , the message being heard by blue-collar workers and voters in the suburbs is that Labor cares little about them .
Labor members are talking openly about bringing on a spill unless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasis on renewables and rethinks underlying opposition to coal and gas .
It ’ s not just Labor ’ s Right that wants change .
Queensland senator Murray Watt , in Albanese ’ s Left faction , has come out in support of Fitzgibbon ’ s views .
And Chris Bowen has stated Labor has lost touch with people in the suburbs .
Labor ’ s new energy platform depicts its real priorities : “ Labor believes Australia ’ s future prosperity lies as an energy superpower , built on our world-class renewable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ signalling .
Australia can not competitively manufacture solar panels or wind turbines to create jobs .
Government estimates of jobs in the renewable sector last year were 26,850 , compared with 255,800 in the resources sector and almost a million in manufacturing that rely on cheap baseload power .
Australia will not be a renewable energy superpower .
In fact , Australia ’ s prosperity is built on its resources industry .
We have 30 per cent of the world ’ s uranium , processed to make yellowcake for export .
We also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s black coal and vast iron ore and gas reserves that are tied up in long-term export contracts .
Albanese and Butler ’ s Nirvana of renewable energy backed up by pumped hydro is a mirage .
Australia ’ s arid climate means the capacity of pumped hydro is limited and costly .
Batteries are too expensive and useful only for short-term balancing of the system .
It ’ s the realisation that these backup technologies can provide only limited support to renewables that led the countries that Albanese named to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2050 .
Yet the Australian Energy Market Operator in its 2020 Integrated System Plan excluded nuclear , instead proposing vastly increased costly interconnections and increased reliance on diminishing fossil fuel facilities .
Environmental Progress founder Michael Shellenberger has noted that by not including nuclear solutions the AEMO plan “ is taking major risks with the Australian people ’ s health and welfare ” .
Japan has adopted the 2050 target and nuclear will be a big part .
But in the interim it is using gas and fast-tracking 22 high-efficiency , low-emission coal-fired @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is Australia ’ s biggest export market for coal .
To succeed , Albanese must adopt centrist policies , remove Butler from the energy space and bring back Fitzgibbon .
He must not sell out Labor ’ s traditional base on the altar of renewables .
And he must include an honest conversation with Australians about a safe nuclear option as potentially the only way to get to net-zero emissions by 2050 .
The Australian

Thanks to an obsession with intermittent wind and solar, Australians face another summer of planned power rationing (aka ‘load shedding’) and the unplanned kind (aka ‘mass blackouts’).
Cue the first long, hot spell in January, when power demand spikes as ACs get cranked into action to cool homes and businesses and refrigerated systems have to work harder to keep things cool.
As is often the case, those demand spikes coincide with total collapses in wind and solar output – think a run of breathless 42°C days killing the former and sunset dealing with the latter. It’s happened before – when wind and solar output duly collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Victorians were plunged into sweltering darkness: Blackout Fallout: Wind Power Debacle Leaves Thousands of Powerless Victorians Furious
And it’s odds on to happen again.
The debacle was as perfectly predictable, as it was perfectly avoidable.
Bill Shorten lost the unloseable Federal election in May 2019 promising (or, rather, threatening) a Nationwide 50% Renewable Energy Target and a massive tax on carbon dioxide gas emissions. Labor acolytes were gobsmacked when the electorate rejected their vision of an all wind and sun powered future (the 50% RET and 45% emissions reduction target were just the start).
After experiencing a shock electoral drubbing of that magnitude, it takes a special mix of audacity and ignorance to keep running the same ‘renewables will save us’ line, over and over again. But that’s precisely where Australia’s Labor Party finds itself at the end of 2020.
Its energy policy sounds more like one of Lewis Carroll’s rambling acid trips, than anything like sound engineering, let alone solid economics.
And if it was looking for the culprit, the once great Worker’s Party has the smug and insipid South Australian ALP member, Mark Butler to thank for its political demise.
Butler has been driving the ALP’s energy policy for the best part of a decade.
The Federal ALP is practically unelectable, having trashed its blue-collar base in an effort to chase the hard-green left that occupy the inner-city goat’s cheese and almond milk latte zones. That fact has finally started to dawn on a number of ALP heavyweights, not least Joel Fitzgibbon – who occupies a seat in the Hunter Valley in NSW, where coal remains king; both as fuel for the numerous coal-fired power stations still chugging away within his electorate and as an export commodity to Asia and elsewhere.
And there are others amongst the ALP who are prepared to tackle the most glaring policy omission of all: Labor’s trenchant opposition to nuclear power. One of them, Theo Theophanous – who isn’t afraid to use the ‘N’ word in public – went on the front foot last week, with this timely and pointed piece.
If Albanese wants to survive he has to shift on energy
The Australian
Theo Theophanous
18 December 2020
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese appears to be on an electoral winner by adopting the 2050 net-zero emissions target. Scott Morrison has stated he will make no such pledge to Australians “unless I can tell them how we will achieve it and what this will cost”.
The Opposition Leader has not answered the questions of how and at what cost. Instead, he points out comparable countries have committed to 2050 so why can’t we? Countries such as the US under Joe Biden, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Britain.
So what’s going on? Why are these countries confidently able to commit to the target, but not us? The answer is to be found in one word: nuclear.
South Korea has 24 nuclear plants producing 26 per cent of its energy. The US has 98 plants for 20 per cent, Canada has 19 plants for 15 per cent, and Britain’s Rolls-Royce is planning to build 16 new reactors. Even Japan, which shut down its nuclear plants following the Fukushima disaster, is beginning to recommission them.
The Prime Minister claims he wants to achieve net-zero emissions through “technology, not higher taxes”. But none of the technologies proposed, such as carbon capture and storage, are near technical efficacy.
With Joel Fitzgibbon gone from shadow cabinet, Labor’s fanatical energy spokesman Mark Butler has slipped into the draft platform that the party will adopt tough interim targets for 2030-35, while any mention of coal or gas exports has been excluded.
Morrison knows Labor’s policies will be unaffordable and not properly costed. It’s a political trap Labor is falling headlong into — again. Meanwhile, the message being heard by blue-collar workers and voters in the suburbs is that Labor cares little about them.
Labor members are talking openly about bringing on a spill unless Albanese tempers the party’s heavy emphasis on renewables and rethinks underlying opposition to coal and gas. It’s not just Labor’s Right that wants change. Queensland senator Murray Watt, in Albanese’s Left faction, has come out in support of Fitzgibbon’s views. And Chris Bowen has stated Labor has lost touch with people in the suburbs.
Labor’s new energy platform depicts its real priorities: “Labor believes Australia’s future prosperity lies as an energy superpower, built on our world-class renewable energy resources.”
This is deceptive virtue signalling. Australia cannot competitively manufacture solar panels or wind turbines to create jobs. Government estimates of jobs in the renewable sector last year were 26,850, compared with 255,800 in the resources sector and almost a million in manufacturing that rely on cheap baseload power.
Australia will not be a renewable energy superpower. In fact, Australia’s prosperity is built on its resources industry. We have 30 per cent of the world’s uranium, processed to make yellowcake for export. We also have 10 per cent of the world’s black coal and vast iron ore and gas reserves that are tied up in long-term export contracts.
Albanese and Butler’s Nirvana of renewable energy backed up by pumped hydro is a mirage. Australia’s arid climate means the capacity of pumped hydro is limited and costly. Batteries are too expensive and useful only for short-term balancing of the system.
It’s the realisation that these backup technologies can provide only limited support to renewables that led the countries that Albanese named to keep nuclear as part of their roadmap to 2050.
Yet the Australian Energy Market Operator in its 2020 Integrated System Plan excluded nuclear, instead proposing vastly increased costly interconnections and increased reliance on diminishing fossil fuel facilities. Environmental Progress founder Michael Shellenberger has noted that by not including nuclear solutions the AEMO plan “is taking major risks with the Australian people’s health and welfare”.
Japan has adopted the 2050 target and nuclear will be a big part. But in the interim it is using gas and fast-tracking 22 high-efficiency, low-emission coal-fired plants to replace ageing plants. Japan is Australia’s biggest export market for coal.
To succeed, Albanese must adopt centrist policies, remove Butler from the energy space and bring back Fitzgibbon. He must not sell out Labor’s traditional base on the altar of renewables. And he must include an honest conversation with Australians about a safe nuclear option as potentially the only way to get to net-zero emissions by 2050.
The Australian


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--Veganuary: Go Vegan in January to Avoid Future Coronavirus Pandemics

According to a group of ageing rockers , green organisations , Vegan food sellers and mostly B-grade actors , going Vegan will not only save the planet from climate change , it will also reduce the risk of future pandemics like Covid-19 .
2021 IS THE YEAR FOR POSITIVE CHANGE – TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A BETTER FUTURE 2020 has been an unforgettable year , with our attention divided between fears over coronavirus and anxiety over climate change.What has become increasingly obvious is that these two threats have something in common ; both are heavily linked to our consumption of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for an estimated 14.5 percent of all human-generated greenhouse gas emissions .
Oxford University researchers found that almost every animal product creates far more emissions than almost every plant product .
Quite simply , we can not tackle climate change while we farm and eat animals on an industrial scale .
Pandemic experts warn that because of overcrowded , squalid conditions , factory farms – especially chicken farms – are breeding grounds for the next global pandemic.1 Already these farms have given us H1N1 ( swine flu ) and H5N1 ( avian flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent mortality rate.2 More than one billion tonnes of food must be grown to feed the billions of animals we farm3 – far more than is needed if people were to eat plants .
That farmland has to come from somewhere , and all too often it is taken from the wild .
In recent years , more than 80 percent of deforestation in Brazil was to graze farmed animals,4 and still more forests are destroyed to make way to grow crops to feed animals on farms around the world .
Deforestation is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pushes wild species to extinction .
It displaces indigenous peoples .
It drives climate change .
And it brings us in ever closer contact with wild animals and any viruses they may harbour , raising the risk of another pandemic .
Catastrophic climate breakdown and global pandemics could not be more serious , but they are not inevitable .
If we act now , the future can be better .
So , let ’ s go into 2021 with positivity and a determination to do all we can to protect our planet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wellbeing of all its inhabitants .
To do that , we must change our diets .
Today , we are urging everyone to help build a better future by signing up to try vegan this January with Veganuary .
Together , we can create a world that is kinder and safer for all .

Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to a group of ageing rockers, green organisations, Vegan food sellers and mostly B-grade actors, going Vegan will not only save the planet from climate change, it will also reduce the risk of future pandemics like Covid-19.
2021 IS THE YEAR FOR POSITIVE CHANGE –
TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A BETTER FUTURE
2020 has been an unforgettable year, with our attention divided between fears over coronavirus and anxiety over climate change.What has become increasingly obvious is that these two threats have something in common; both are heavily linked to our consumption of animal products.
Animal agriculture is responsible for an estimated 14.5 percent of all human-generated greenhouse gas emissions. Oxford University researchers found that almost every animal product creates far more emissions than almost every plant product. Quite simply, we cannot tackle climate change while we farm and eat animals on an industrial scale.
Pandemic experts warn that because of overcrowded, squalid conditions, factory farms – especially chicken farms – are breeding grounds for the next global pandemic.1 Already these farms have given us H1N1 (swine flu) and H5N1 (avian flu), the latter having a 60 percent mortality rate.2
More than one billion tonnes of food must be grown to feed the billions of animals we farm3 – far more than is needed if people were to eat plants. That farmland has to come from somewhere, and all too often it is taken from the wild.
In recent years, more than 80 percent of deforestation in Brazil was to graze farmed animals,4 and still more forests are destroyed to make way to grow crops to feed animals on farms around the world. Deforestation is serious for lots of reasons. It pushes wild species to extinction. It displaces indigenous peoples. It drives climate change. And it brings us in ever closer contact with wild animals and any viruses they may harbour, raising the risk of another pandemic.
Catastrophic climate breakdown and global pandemics could not be more serious, but they are not inevitable. If we act now, the future can be better. So, let’s go into 2021 with positivity and a determination to do all we can to protect our planet, its wild spaces and the health and wellbeing of all its inhabitants. To do that, we must change our diets.
Today, we are urging everyone to help build a better future by signing up to try vegan this January with Veganuary. Together, we can create a world that is kinder and safer for all.


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--TONY HELLER PUTS HIS VIDEOS ON NEWTUBE

TONY HELLER PUTS HIS VIDEOS ON NEWTUBE

As censorship on the main video channel Youtube becomes more invasive Tony Heller has decided to put his videos onto @ @ @ @ @ It will be interesting to see if the censorship causes an exodus of popular , @ @ @ @ @ .
I am note vary up with these new formats , but it is just @ @ @ @ @ Newtube as it is to go to youtube and once viewers have found it , @ @ @ @ @ good then they may prefer to go there .

As censorship on the main video channel Youtube becomes more invasive Tony Heller has decided to put his videos onto a new channel called Newtube
It will be interesting to see if the censorship causes an exodus of popular, but controversial people follow suite. I am note vary up with these new formats, but it is just as easy to go to Newtube as it is to go to youtube and once viewers have found it, if they find its content good then they may prefer to go there.
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December 21, 2020 at 03:13PM


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--Viewing the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ tonight – the Great Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction

Jupiter and Saturn are about to have their closest conjunction in modern history .
Don ’ t miss this once-in-a-millennium event .
In an event that hasn ’ t occurred in 800 years , Jupiter and Saturn will line up to create a bright “ star ” in the sky known as the “ Christmas Star ” or the “ Star of Bethlehem ” .
What makes this year ’ s spectacle so rare , then ?
It ’ s been nearly 400 years since the planets passed this close to each other in the sky from our vantage point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alignment of Saturn and Jupiter occurred at night , as it will tonight , allowing nearly everyone around the world to witness this “ great conjunction ” .
Tonight , the two planets will be just 0.1 degrees apart in the western sky–so close that some people will perceive them as a single brilliant “ star ” .
Alignments between these two planets are rather rare , occurring once every 20 years or so , but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to be to one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the way back to just before dawn on March 4 , 1226 , to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky .
Stargazers in the northern hemisphere should turn their heads and telescopes to the southwest portion of the sky about 30-45 minutes after sunset to see the two planets .
It would look like this , only closer tonight in the USA : If you have a small telescope or binoculars , the view might look like this : And if you have a bigger telescope @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see this : For those who would like to see this phenomenon for themselves , here ’ s what to do : • Find a spot with an unobstructed view of the sky , such as a field or park .
Jupiter and Saturn are bright , so they can be seen even from most cities .
• An hour after sunset , look to the southwestern sky .
Jupiter will look like a bright star and be easily visible .
Saturn will be slightly fainter and will appear slightly above and to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when Jupiter will overtake it and they will reverse positions in the sky .
• The planets can be seen with the unaided eye , but if you have binoculars or a small telescope , you may be able to see Jupiter ’ s four large moons orbiting the giant planet .

Jupiter and Saturn are about to have their closest conjunction in modern history. Don’t miss this once-in-a-millennium event.
In an event that hasn’t occurred in 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn will line up to create a bright “star” in the sky known as the “Christmas Star” or the “Star of Bethlehem”.
What makes this year’s spectacle so rare, then? It’s been nearly 400 years since the planets passed this close to each other in the sky from our vantage point, and nearly 800 years since the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter occurred at night, as it will tonight, allowing nearly everyone around the world to witness this “great conjunction”.
Tonight, the two planets will be just 0.1 degrees apart in the western sky–so close that some people will perceive them as a single brilliant “star”.
Patrick Hartigan, an astronomer at Rice University, told Forbes.
Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to be to one another… You’d have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky.
Stargazers in the northern hemisphere should turn their heads and telescopes to the southwest portion of the sky about 30-45 minutes after sunset to see the two planets.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
It would look like this, only closer tonight in the USA:
Taken by Heiko Ulbricht on December 21, 2020 @ Opitz hill, Saxony, Germany
If you have a small telescope or binoculars, the view might look like this:
And if you have a bigger telescope, and the means, you might see this:
Taken by Michael Teoh on December 21, 2020 @ Heng Ee Observatory, Penang, Malaysia.
For those who would like to see this phenomenon for themselves, here’s what to do:
Find a spot with an unobstructed view of the sky, such as a field or park. Jupiter and Saturn are bright, so they can be seen even from most cities.
An hour after sunset, look to the southwestern sky. Jupiter will look like a bright star and be easily visible. Saturn will be slightly fainter and will appear slightly above and to the left of Jupiter until December 21, when Jupiter will overtake it and they will reverse positions in the sky.
The planets can be seen with the unaided eye, but if you have binoculars or a small telescope, you may be able to see Jupiter’s four large moons orbiting the giant planet.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--Eastern Alps may have been ice-free in the time of Ötzi the Iceman

From The New Scientist Glaciers in the Ötztal Alps in Austria are currently melting and may be lost within two decades , but this might not be the first time humans have seen this kind of change .
A new analysis reveals that glaciers in this region formed just before or perhaps even within the lifetime of Ötzi the Iceman , a mummified body found just 12 kilometres away in 1991 .
Pascal Bohleber at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and his colleagues drilled 11 metres into the Weißseespitze summit glacier , down to the bedrock , at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cores .
They then used radiocarbon dating to analyse microscopic bits of organic material extracted from the ice cores and found that the glacier is 5200 to 6600 years old .
Ötzi is thought to have lived between 5100 and 5300 years ago , and his body was found preserved in ice .
The glacier ’ s age means it formed during a time called the mid-Holocene warm period , when Earth ’ s climate was warmer than it is now .
It is also dome-shaped , which Bohleber says is rare in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has seen very little movement over time , meaning we can use it to study the climate when it formed .
“ More information on the mid-Holocene warm period , when the glaciers were smaller than today , is direly needed so that we can better predict how the glaciers will respond to the anticipated future climate over the next 50 years , ” says Bethan Davies at Royal Holloway , University of London .
Comparing ice cores from different sites tells us quite a bit about the past climate in that region @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harder as the glaciers thaw .
Meltwater makes it more difficult to drill for ice cores and causes the glaciers to slide downhill , exposing the ancient ice to modern contaminants .

From The New Scientist
Glaciers in the Ötztal Alps in Austria are currently melting and may be lost within two decades, but this might not be the first time humans have seen this kind of change. A new analysis reveals that glaciers in this region formed just before or perhaps even within the lifetime of Ötzi the Iceman, a mummified body found just 12 kilometres away in 1991.
Pascal Bohleber at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and his colleagues drilled 11 metres into the Weißseespitze summit glacier, down to the bedrock, at 3500 metres altitude and collected two ice cores. They then used radiocarbon dating to analyse microscopic bits of organic material extracted from the ice cores and found that the glacier is 5200 to 6600 years old. Ötzi is thought to have lived between 5100 and 5300 years ago, and his body was found preserved in ice.
The glacier’s age means it formed during a time called the mid-Holocene warm period, when Earth’s climate was warmer than it is now. It is also dome-shaped, which Bohleber says is rare in the Alps and means that the ice has seen very little movement over time, meaning we can use it to study the climate when it formed.
“More information on the mid-Holocene warm period, when the glaciers were smaller than today, is direly needed so that we can better predict how the glaciers will respond to the anticipated future climate over the next 50 years,” says Bethan Davies at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Comparing ice cores from different sites tells us quite a bit about the past climate in that region, says Bohleber, but that gets harder as the glaciers thaw. Meltwater makes it more difficult to drill for ice cores and causes the glaciers to slide downhill, exposing the ancient ice to modern contaminants.
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2263399-eastern-alps-may-have-been-ice-free-in-the-time-of-otzi-the-iceman/#ixzz6hDkuLfkW
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--The leaders of today’s Democratic Party despise this Country

“ We can not let them run this nation because they hate it .
Imagine what they would do to it.
” __________ The leaders of today ’ s Democratic Party despise this Country Democrats have been emboldened by the last decade .
They no longer hide their disdain for America or their intentions for our future .
In Joe Biden ’ s own words , “ I truly think that if we do this right , we have an incredible opportunity to not just dig out of this crisis , but to fundamentally transform the Country.
” As was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no one is asking Biden the question , ‘ Transform the Country into what ?
’ Look at who is now running the Democrat Party and you can see exactly what they intend : a centralized socialist state… a communist hell-hole .
Here ’ s a question for everyone : How would your spouse respond if you told them , you love them but , you want to ‘ fundamentally transform ’ them ?
Truth is , no decent human being wants to ‘ fundamentally transform ’ something you love .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders of today ’ s Democratic Party despise this Country .
They have said so .
They continue to .
That is shocking , but it is also disqualifying .
We can not let them run this nation because they hate it .
Imagine what they would do to it.
” Sorry for the pun , but it ’ s time to wake up and smell the commie .
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“We cannot let them run this nation because they hate it. Imagine what they would do to it.”
__________
The leaders of today’s Democratic Party despise this Country
Joe Herr
Democrats have been emboldened by the last decade. They no longer hide their disdain for America or their intentions for our future.
In Joe Biden’s own words, “I truly think that if we do this right, we have an incredible opportunity to not just dig out of this crisis, but to fundamentally transform the Country.”
Transformed into what, Joe?
As was the case with Barack Obama before him, no one is asking Biden the question, ‘Transform the Country into what?’ Look at who is now running the Democrat Party and you can see exactly what they intend: a centralized socialist state… a communist hell-hole.
Here’s a question for everyone: How would your spouse respond if you told them, you love them but, you want to ‘fundamentally transform’ them? Truth is, no decent human being wants to ‘fundamentally transform’ something you love.
As Tucker Carlson accurately said, “The leaders of today’s Democratic Party despise this Country. They have said so. They continue to. That is shocking, but it is also disqualifying. We cannot let them run this nation because they hate it. Imagine what they would do to it.”
Sorry for the pun, but it’s time to wake up and smell the commie.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--Alarmism Dies In The Maldives: 97% Of 186 Island Coasts Have Grown (59%) Or Not Changed (38%) Since

Alarmism Dies In The Maldives: 97% Of 186 Island Coasts Have Grown (59%) Or Not Changed (38%) Since 2005

Despite sea level rise , a 2019 global analysis ( ) found 89 % of 709 island coasts have been either stable or growing in size in recent decades .
A new Maldives-only study ( ) finds rapid ( > 3 to > 50 % ) coastal growth in 110 of 186 Maldives islands from 2005 to 2016 .
Just 5 islands – 2.7 % – actually contracted in size during this period .
Last year Dr. Virginie Duvat published a global assessment of how the Earth ’ s islands and atolls are faring against the ongoing challenge of sea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 1980s .
Fortunately she found “ no widespread sign of physical destabilization in the face of sea-level rise.
” In fact , a ) none of the 30 atolls analyzed lost land area , b ) 88.6 % of the 709 islands studied were either stable or increased in area , c ) no island larger than 10 hectare ( ha ) decreased in size , and d ) only 4 of 334 islands ( 1.2 % ) larger than 5 ha had decreased in size .
This year Dr. Duvat has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ region characterized as one of the most vulnerable to sea level rise perturbation .
About 80 % of the islands are less than 1 meter ( m ) above sea level .
Considering the Maldives population ( > 400,000 ) has been doubling every 25 years since the 1960s and nearly 1.3 million tourists visit many of the 188 inhabited islands every year , the Maldives islands are critical to ongoing assessment of the effects of modern sea level change .
And , fortunately , like it has for the rest of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well .
Due significantly to human ingenuity – engineering feats such as island raising , artificially expanding island areas , and “ armoring ” shorelines – most of the Maldives have actually expanded in size in recent decades .
Since 2005 , 110 ( 59.1 % ) of the 186 islands studied grew by ≥3 % .
Of those 110 expanding islands , 57 grew by ≥10 % and 19 grew by ≥50 % ( Duvat , 2020 ) .
Again , that ’ s just in the last decade .
Of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ size , 38.2 % ( 71 islands ) were classified as stable ( defined as neither growing or contracting by more than 3 % ) .
This leaves only 5 islands out of 186 ( 2.7 % ) that decreased in size since the 1980s .
Put another way , 97.3 % of Maldives islands have been either stable or growing in size since 2005 .
Another new study ( Kench et al.
, 2020 ) helpfully presents the long-term context of Holocene sea level for the Maldives .
We find that islands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ submerged beneath seawater as recently as 3,000 years ago .
From about 4,000 to 2,000 years ago , Maldives sea levels were about 0.5 m above where they are today .
Natural oscillations of ~0.8 m in a few centuries have occurred in the last few thousand years , including dips during the Late Antique Little Ice Age ( ~1600 years ago ) and Little Ice Age ( ~400 years ago ) .
Modern sea level changes do not appear to fall outside the range of natural variability .

Despite sea level rise, a 2019 global analysis ( Duvat, 2019 ) found 89% of 709 island coasts have been either stable or growing in size in recent decades. A new Maldives-only study ( Duvat, 2020
Last year Dr. Virginie Duvat published a global assessment of how the Earth’s islands and atolls are faring against the ongoing challenge of sea level rise since satellite monitoring began in the 1980s.
Fortunately she found “no widespread sign of physical destabilization in the face of sea-level rise.” In fact, a) none of the 30 atolls analyzed lost land area, b) 88.6% of the 709 islands studied were either stable or increased in area, c) no island larger than 10 hectare (ha) decreased in size, and d) only 4 of 334 islands (1.2%) larger than 5 ha had decreased in size.
This year Dr. Duvat has focused on the Maldives islands, a region characterized as one of the most vulnerable to sea level rise perturbation. About 80% of the islands are less than 1 meter (m) above sea level.
Considering the Maldives population (>400,000) has been doubling every 25 years since the 1960s and nearly 1.3 million tourists visit many of the 188 inhabited islands every year, the Maldives islands are critical to ongoing assessment of the effects of modern sea level change.
And, fortunately, like it has for the rest of the globe, the Maldives are faring quite well.
Due significantly to human ingenuity – engineering feats such as island raising, artificially expanding island areas, and “armoring” shorelines – most of the Maldives have actually expanded in size in recent decades.
Since 2005, 110 (59.1%) of the 186 islands studied grew by ≥3%. Of those 110 expanding islands, 57 grew by ≥10% and 19 grew by ≥50% (Duvat, 2020). Again, that’s just in the last decade.
Of the islands that didn’t expand in size, 38.2% (71 islands) were classified as stable (defined as neither growing or contracting by more than 3%). This leaves only 5 islands out of 186 (2.7%) that decreased in size since the 1980s.
Put another way, 97.3% of Maldives islands have been either stable or growing in size since 2005.
Another new study (Kench et al., 2020) helpfully presents the long-term context of Holocene sea level for the Maldives. We find that islands that are above sea level today were submerged beneath seawater as recently as 3,000 years ago.
From about 4,000 to 2,000 years ago, Maldives sea levels were about 0.5 m above where they are today. Natural oscillations of ~0.8 m in a few centuries have occurred in the last few thousand years, including dips during the Late Antique Little Ice Age (~1600 years ago) and Little Ice Age (~400 years ago).
Modern sea level changes do not appear to fall outside the range of natural variability.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--UK Windfarms Break Record (For Subsidies Paid Out!)

Silly Jilly is cheerleading for renewables again !
Blustery winter weather helped Great Britain ’ s windfarms set a record for clean power generation , which made up more than 40 % of its electricity on Friday .
Wind turbines generated 17.3GW on Friday afternoon , according to figures from the electricity system operator , narrowly beating the previous record set in early January this year .
High wind speeds across the country helped wind power ’ s share of the electricity mix remain above 40 % through Saturday .
Coal and gas plants made up less than a fifth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the deputy chief executive of Renewable UK , said : “ It ’ s great to see our onshore and offshore windfarms have smashed another record , generating more power on a cold December day than ever before , just when we need it most.
” They make it sound as if these new records are some sort of miracle .
The simple reality however is that if we keep building new , heavily subsidised wind farms , the electricity they generate is bound to keep increasing .
In the last year , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 11.1 GW : [ You might also note that onshore wind capacity has barely increased at all , due to the fact that subsidies have been withdrawn for new wind farms ] The offshore increase is due to the commissioning of two projects : And what Silly Jilly and The Observer forgot to mention is the guaranteed price these projects are paid : At £139.35/MWh , East Anglia is four times the current market price for electricity .
Hornsea is even more obscenely expensive , coming in at £162.47 .
These prices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they are index linked for 15 years , meaning energy users will have to carry on paying through the nose until 2035 .
In a full year , and at current prices , East Anglia and Hornsea will together receive a subsidy of £795 million .
It ’ s a high price to pay for Melanie Onn ’ s new record .
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h/t Robin Guenier/Joe Public
Silly Jilly is cheerleading for renewables again!
Blustery winter weather helped Great Britain’s windfarms set a record for clean power generation, which made up more than 40% of its electricity on Friday.
Wind turbines generated 17.3GW on Friday afternoon, according to figures from the electricity system operator, narrowly beating the previous record set in early January this year.
High wind speeds across the country helped wind power’s share of the electricity mix remain above 40% through Saturday. Coal and gas plants made up less than a fifth of electricity generated.
Melanie Onn, the deputy chief executive of Renewable UK, said: “It’s great to see our onshore and offshore windfarms have smashed another record, generating more power on a cold December day than ever before, just when we need it most.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/19/windfarms-in-great-britain-break-record-for-clear-power-generation
They make it sound as if these new records are some sort of miracle. The simple reality however is that if we keep building new, heavily subsidised wind farms, the electricity they generate is bound to keep increasing.
In the last year, offshore wind capacity has risen from 9.2 to 11.1 GW:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables
[You might also note that onshore wind capacity has barely increased at all, due to the fact that subsidies have been withdrawn for new wind farms]
The offshore increase is due to the commissioning of two projects:
Hornsea Project 1 – 1.2GW
East Anglia Phase 1 – 0.7GW
And what Silly Jilly and The Observer forgot to mention is the guaranteed price these projects are paid:
https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/cfds?title=&technology_type%5B%5D=77&agreement_type=All&field_cfd_current_strikeprice=All&sort_by=name_1
At £139.35/MWh, East Anglia is four times the current market price for electricity. Hornsea is even more obscenely expensive, coming in at £162.47.
These prices will be raised again next April, as they are index linked for 15 years, meaning energy users will have to carry on paying through the nose until 2035.
In a full year, and at current prices, East Anglia and Hornsea will together receive a subsidy of £795 million.
It’s a high price to pay for Melanie Onn’s new record.
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December 21, 2020 at 11:30AM


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--‘I Tend To Believe’ Election Stolen, Rigged – Rev Franklin Graham

The Rev .
Franklin Graham said Saturday that President Donald Trump has been right on many issues about how he @ @ @ @ @ presidency , and when he says the election was rigged or stolen , “ I @ @ @ @ @ “ The President has been maligned , falsely accused , and attacked on every front @ @ @ @ @ 2016 , ” Graham posted on his Facebook page .
“ When President Trump says @ @ @ @ @ rigged or stolen , I tend to believe him .
He has a track record @ @ @ @ @ 2016 when Trump told Americans the government was spying on him , “ what he @ @ @ @ @ true , ” said Graham .
Same with Russia collusion charges .
“ After an @ @ @ @ @ Mueller , it turned out to be false — there was no collusion , ” @ @ @ @ @ post ‘ I Tend To Believe ’ Election Stolen , Rigged – Rev Franklin Graham @ @ @ @ @ Now .

The Rev. Franklin Graham said Saturday that President Donald Trump has been right on many issues about how he has been treated during his presidency, and when he says the election was rigged or stolen, “I tend to believe him.”
“The President has been maligned, falsely accused, and attacked on every front since before the election in 2016,” Graham posted on his Facebook page. “When President Trump says that this election has been rigged or stolen, I tend to believe him. He has a track record of being right.”
In 2016 when Trump told Americans the government was spying on him, “what he had said was in fact true,” said Graham.
Same with Russia collusion charges. “After an investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, it turned out to be false — there was no collusion,” said Graham. ”
See entire article:
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/franklingraham-trump-biden-election/2020/12/19/id/1002331/
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-21--A New Year gift for Siberians prepared by Santa Claus

The mercury will drop to almost -50°C .
The head of the Meteo forecasting center Alexander Shuvalov warns that surprises await on New Year ’ s Eve .
“ On Thursday and Friday , the Moscow region will be covered with snow .
We predict an increase in the height of snowdrifts by 10-15 cm , a little more in the west of the region , less in the east ” , comments Alexander Shuvalov .
But the most unpleasant time will be in southern regions , where heavy rain and hail are expected .
As of Monday , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Caucasus .
In Sochi and Tuapse , the amount of precipitation per day can exceed 50 mm ( this is almost two monthly standards in Moscow ) .
In Siberia on Monday , the temperature in Norilsk will drop to -44°C .
This cold will be here all week .
“ This is just the beginning of the truly icy cold that is preparing to hit southern Siberia , ” explains the meteorologist .
In December , the temperature here has already dropped below normal .
A decrease of 15-20 degrees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ degrees .
‘ And it is possible for this to happen in 24 hours ’ .
Khanty-Mansiysk , Surgut and Nizhnevartovsk will also be affected .
On Thursday , December 24 , it will drop to -40°C .
On Friday , December 25 , it will drop below the 40 degree mark in Tomsk .
In Novosibirsk , Kemerovo and Barnaul it will drop to -30 … -35°C .
And the whole weekend here around -45°C .
On Sunday in Kansk , Achinsk , Krasnoyarsk , Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk the mercury will drop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Siebert for this link The post A New Year gift for Siberians prepared by Santa Claus appeared first on Ice Age Now .

The mercury will drop to almost -50°C.
The head of the Meteo forecasting center Alexander Shuvalov warns that surprises await on New Year’s Eve.
“On Thursday and Friday, the Moscow region will be covered with snow. We predict an increase in the height of snowdrifts by 10-15 cm, a little more in the west of the region, less in the east ”, comments Alexander Shuvalov.
But the most unpleasant time will be in southern regions, where heavy rain and hail are expected. As of Monday, the elements will reach the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. In Sochi and Tuapse, the amount of precipitation per day can exceed 50 mm (this is almost two monthly standards in Moscow).
In Siberia on Monday, the temperature in Norilsk will drop to -44°C. This cold will be here all week.
“This is just the beginning of the truly icy cold that is preparing to hit southern Siberia,” explains the meteorologist.
In December, the temperature here has already dropped below normal. A decrease of 15-20 degrees is expected, in some places 25 degrees. ‘And it is possible for this to happen in 24 hours’. Khanty-Mansiysk, Surgut and Nizhnevartovsk will also be affected. On Thursday, December 24, it will drop to -40°C.
On Friday, December 25, it will drop below the 40 degree mark in Tomsk. In Novosibirsk, Kemerovo and Barnaul it will drop to -30 … -35°C . And the whole weekend here around -45°C.
On Sunday in Kansk, Achinsk,Krasnoyarsk, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk the mercury will drop to almost -50°C.
http://www.meteo-tv.ru/news/Kommentarii-sinoptika/Strashnye-prognozy-sbyvayutsya/
Thanks to Martin Siebert for this link
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December 21, 2020 at 10:58AM


England Rainfall Series

As promised , more charts on daily rainfall at long running English sites .
The first series plots the highest daily rainfall for each year .
I have annotated the highest for each site : It ’ s all rather a mixed bag .
Interestingly the series highs all fall in different years at each site .
Bradford , and to a lesser extent Buxton , are the only stations with noticeably heavier rainfall in the last two decades .
In contrast the southern stations of Oxford , Eastbourne and Yeovil clearly show the opposite .
What we probably can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been no daily rainfall in the last decade which has been in any way exceptional or unprecedented .
Even at Bradford , the event which really stands out after 1986 was back in June 2007 .
Increasingly years such as 2000 can and should now be regarded as weather of the past , and not “ today ’ s climate ” .
Moving on , the second series of charts plot the number of days each year with 20mm or more : The outliers at Bradford and Yeovilton are in 2012 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause for concern at any site .
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As promised, more charts on daily rainfall at long running English sites.
The first series plots the highest daily rainfall for each year. I have annotated the highest for each site:
It’s all rather a mixed bag. Interestingly the series highs all fall in different years at each site. Bradford, and to a lesser extent Buxton, are the only stations with noticeably heavier rainfall in the last two decades.
In contrast the southern stations of Oxford, Eastbourne and Yeovil clearly show the opposite.
What we probably can say at every site is that there has been no daily rainfall in the last decade which has been in any way exceptional or unprecedented. Even at Bradford, the event which really stands out after 1986 was back in June 2007.
Increasingly years such as 2000 can and should now be regarded as weather of the past, and not “today’s climate”.
Moving on, the second series of charts plot the number of days each year with 20mm or more:
The outliers at Bradford and Yeovilton are in 2012. But overall there seems to be little cause for concern at any site.
Source
European Climate Assessment & Dataset:
https://www.ecad.eu/indicesextremes/customquerytimeseriesplots.php
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December 22, 2020 at 05:54AM


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-22--Rupert Darwall: China’s green NGO climate propaganda enablers

Climate change is a national security threat – but not in the way the national security elite assumes .
Shortly before the Soviet Union collapsed , Greenpeace opened an office in Moscow .
It enjoyed the patronage of a leading member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and enjoyed Kremlin funding , laundered through a state-owned record company .
The green activist group made clear that it would have nothing to do with environmental groups in the Baltic republics .
Recycling standard Soviet propaganda , Greenpeace denounced them as little more than separatist organizations .
This was by no means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the environmental movement fought on the wrong side of the Cold War .
In the early 1980s , it used the “ nuclear winter ” scare to try to stop Ronald Reagan ’ s nuclear build-up and undermine the West ’ s ability to negotiate the arms agreement that effectively ended the Cold War .
It turns out that nuclear winter had been concocted by the KGB and transmitted to America by executives of the Rockefeller Family Fund .
A nuclear winter conference held in 1983 was supported by 31 environmental groups , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Earth , and the Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) .
This pattern , wherein the West ’ s enemies use the environmental movement – whether NGOs like Greenpeace , foundations , or “ concerned scientists , ” to undermine Western interests – is now being repeated , this time in respect to China .
A report by Patricia Adams for the London-based GWPF released earlier this month lays bare the role of the green movement in acting as China ’ s propagandists .
Since Xi Jinping became general secretary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago , almost everyone who believed China ’ s communist regime would become more benign internally and less threatening externally has revised his opinion – everyone , that is , apart from climate activists .
“ Rather than becoming cautious about China ’ s role in the world , these groups lavish it with praise for its environmental efforts , ” Adams notes .
NRDC ’ s head of Asia strategy , Barbara Finamore , has even written a book , Will China Save the Planet ?
Perhaps the only surprise is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is based on hydrocarbons , which generate 86 % of primary energy consumption .
China added 11.4 gigawatts of new coal capacity in the first six months of 2020 ( by contrast , the whole of 2019 saw 15.1 GW of coal capacity retired in the U.S. ) .
Chinese state-owned utilities are expanding their coal fleets by about 10 % over the next five years .
Beijing is investing heavily in oil-refining capacity and now has the largest refining capacity after the U.S. China is also the world ’ s largest importer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The question for the incoming Biden administration concerns how America should respond : As a small country , or as a great power ?
Climate change is a national security threat , but not in the way that the national security establishment thinks .
Obsessive focus on climate change threatens the vital interests of the United States by desensitizing national security professionals to geopolitical realities and subordinating them to the illusion of planetary salvation .
China and its NGO allies won ’ t do anything to disabuse them of that illusion .
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Climate change is a national security threat – but not in the way the national security elite assumes.
Shortly before the Soviet Union collapsed, Greenpeace opened an office in Moscow. It enjoyed the patronage of a leading member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and enjoyed Kremlin funding, laundered through a state-owned record company. The green activist group made clear that it would have nothing to do with environmental groups in the Baltic republics. Recycling standard Soviet propaganda, Greenpeace denounced them as little more than separatist organizations.
This was by no means a one-off. The inconvenient truth: the environmental movement fought on the wrong side of the Cold War. In the early 1980s, it used the “nuclear winter” scare to try to stop Ronald Reagan’s nuclear build-up and undermine the West’s ability to negotiate the arms agreement that effectively ended the Cold War. It turns out that nuclear winter had been concocted by the KGB and transmitted to America by executives of the Rockefeller Family Fund. A nuclear winter conference held in 1983 was supported by 31 environmental groups, including the Environmental Defense Fund, Friends of the Earth, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
This pattern, wherein the West’s enemies use the environmental movement – whether NGOs like Greenpeace, foundations, or “concerned scientists,” to undermine Western interests – is now being repeated, this time in respect to China. A report by Patricia Adams for the London-based GWPF released earlier this month lays bare the role of the green movement in acting as China’s propagandists.
Since Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party eight years ago, almost everyone who believed China’s communist regime would become more benign internally and less threatening externally has revised his opinion – everyone, that is, apart from climate activists. “Rather than becoming cautious about China’s role in the world, these groups lavish it with praise for its environmental efforts,” Adams notes. NRDC’s head of Asia strategy, Barbara Finamore, has even written a book, Will China Save the Planet? Perhaps the only surprise is the question mark.
China’s economy is based on hydrocarbons, which generate 86% of primary energy consumption. China added 11.4 gigawatts of new coal capacity in the first six months of 2020 (by contrast, the whole of 2019 saw 15.1 GW of coal capacity retired in the U.S.). Chinese state-owned utilities are expanding their coal fleets by about 10% over the next five years. Beijing is investing heavily in oil-refining capacity and now has the largest refining capacity after the U.S. China is also the world’s largest importer of natural gas. […]
The question for the incoming Biden administration concerns how America should respond: As a small country, or as a great power? Climate change is a national security threat, but not in the way that the national security establishment thinks. Obsessive focus on climate change threatens the vital interests of the United States by desensitizing national security professionals to geopolitical realities and subordinating them to the illusion of planetary salvation. China and its NGO allies won’t do anything to disabuse them of that illusion.
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December 22, 2020 at 05:50AM


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-22--Washington Post anti-semitic cartoon catches national media attention courtesy of JunkScience.com

The JunkScience.com story/mega-tweet about the Washington Post anti-semitic depiction of Trump supports has had a big 24 hours getting stories @ @ @ @ @ Breitbart.com , CBNNews.com , DailyCartoonist.com , SputnikNews.com ( Russkies ) and on Fox News ’ @ @ @ @ @ below ) — kudos to Katie Pavlich and Greg Gutfeld for straightening out the blowhard @ @ @

The JunkScience.com story/mega-tweet about the Washington Post anti-semitic depiction of Trump supports has had a big 24 hours getting stories on FOXNews.com, DailyCaller.com, Breitbart.com, CBNNews.com, DailyCartoonist.com, SputnikNews.com (Russkies) and on Fox News’ program The Five (clip below) — kudos to Katie Pavlich and Greg Gutfeld for straightening out the blowhard Geraldo Rivera.
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December 22, 2020 at 04:44AM


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-22--Claim: UK Mutant Coronavirus Spreading More Easily, Displacing Other Strains

The good news is the new mutant HS69/V70 Covid-19 strain does not appear to be more lethal , and the vaccine is expected to be effective against the new variant .
But it does appear to be more easily passed on – the new virus is spreading despite UK efforts to impose a strict lockdown .
The new strain appears to be rapidly dominating other strains in the UK terms of prevalence .
The CDC is not currently recommending travel restrictions , though they recommend extreme caution when travelling to the UK .
Fauci is advising everyone not to overreact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Matt Hancock , UK Health Secretary ; The following is a graph provided by Tony Cox , CEO , NIHR National Biosample Centre and the Milton Keynes “ Lighthouse ” Coronavirus Testing Mega-Lab , showing the new variant Covid-19 ( orange ) rapidly displacing other strains in terms of prevalence in the UK population .
The following has just been published on the British government health website .
COVID-19 ( SARS-CoV-2 ) : information about the new virus variant The new variant transmits more easily than the previous one but there is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause severe disease or mortality .
Data from Whole Genome Sequencing , epidemiology and modelling suggest the new variant ‘ VUI – 202012/01 ’ ( the first Variant Under Investigation in December 2020 ) transmits more easily than other variants .
We currently have no evidence that the variant is more likely to cause severe disease or mortality – but we are continuing investigations to understand this better .
The way to control this virus is the same , whatever the variant .
It will not spread if we avoid close contact with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mask , keep your distance from others , and reduce your social contacts .
Is there any evidence that the variant is more serious ?
We currently have no evidence that this variant causes more severe disease or higher mortality – but we continue to study cases to understand this better .
We know that mortality is a lagging indicator and we will need to continually monitor this over the coming weeks .
Why is this more transmissible ?
We know that mutations in the spike protein , the part of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change how the virus interacts with human cells .
However , we do not yet know the mechanism for this increase in transmission .
The evidence shows that infection rates in geographical areas where this particular variant has been circulating have increased faster than expected , and the modelling evidence has demonstrated that this variant has a higher transmission rate than other variants in current circulation .
How long has this variant been in circulation ?
All viruses mutate over time and new variants emerge regularly .
Backwards tracing using the genetic evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then circulated at very low levels in the population until mid-November .
The increase in cases linked to the new variant first came to light in late November when PHE was investigating why infection rates in Kent were not falling despite national restrictions .
We then discovered a cluster linked to this variant spreading rapidly into London and Essex .
Evidence of increased transmissibility was provided to NERVTAG and ministers on December 18 .
Is this variant resistant to the Pfizer vaccine ?
There is currently no evidence to suggest that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the new variant .
Further laboratory work is currently being undertaken as a priority to understand this .
How widespread is the variant geographically ?
144 Lower Tier Local Authorities have identified at least 1 case genomically , although the vast majority of cases identified are in London , the South East and the East of England .
Can tests detect this new variant ?
Labs have been issued with guidance to adapt processes to ensure that PCR tests can detect this variant .
PCR tests can be adapted rapidly to respond to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are no US plans to impose UK travel restrictions .
The new strain does not appear to be more lethal – so we are still only talking about a low mortality risk for most people .
But the ease with which the new strain can apparently be transmitted , and its apparent ability to defeat very strict UK lockdowns in my opinion makes harsh lockdowns much more difficult to justify .
The new strain may significantly increase the risk of exposure for the elderly and infirm , and therefore would appear to increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vulnerable people .

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The good news is the new mutant HS69/V70 Covid-19 strain does not appear to be more lethal, and the vaccine is expected to be effective against the new variant. But it does appear to be more easily passed on – the new virus is spreading despite UK efforts to impose a strict lockdown.
The new strain appears to be rapidly dominating other strains in the UK terms of prevalence.
The CDC is not currently recommending travel restrictions, though they recommend extreme caution when travelling to the UK. Fauci is advising everyone not to overreact.
The following is an interview with Matt Hancock, UK Health Secretary;
The following is a graph provided by Tony Cox, CEO, NIHR National Biosample Centre and the Milton Keynes “Lighthouse” Coronavirus Testing Mega-Lab, showing the new variant Covid-19 (orange) rapidly displacing other strains in terms of prevalence in the UK population.
The following has just been published on the British government health website.
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): information about the new virus variant The new variant transmits more easily than the previous one but there is no evidence that it is more likely to cause severe disease or mortality. Published 20 December 2020
From:Public Health England Main points Data from Whole Genome Sequencing, epidemiology and modelling suggest the new variant ‘VUI – 202012/01’ (the first Variant Under Investigation in December 2020) transmits more easily than other variants. We currently have no evidence that the variant is more likely to cause severe disease or mortality – but we are continuing investigations to understand this better. The way to control this virus is the same, whatever the variant. It will not spread if we avoid close contact with others. Wash your hands, wear a mask, keep your distance from others, and reduce your social contacts. Is there any evidence that the variant is more serious? We currently have no evidence that this variant causes more severe disease or higher mortality – but we continue to study cases to understand this better. We know that mortality is a lagging indicator and we will need to continually monitor this over the coming weeks. Why is this more transmissible? We know that mutations in the spike protein, the part of the virus that makes it infectious, can change how the virus interacts with human cells. However, we do not yet know the mechanism for this increase in transmission. The evidence shows that infection rates in geographical areas where this particular variant has been circulating have increased faster than expected, and the modelling evidence has demonstrated that this variant has a higher transmission rate than other variants in current circulation. How long has this variant been in circulation? All viruses mutate over time and new variants emerge regularly. Backwards tracing using the genetic evidence suggests this variant emerged in September 2020 and then circulated at very low levels in the population until mid-November. The increase in cases linked to the new variant first came to light in late November when PHE was investigating why infection rates in Kent were not falling despite national restrictions. We then discovered a cluster linked to this variant spreading rapidly into London and Essex. Evidence of increased transmissibility was provided to NERVTAG and ministers on December 18. Is this variant resistant to the Pfizer vaccine? There is currently no evidence to suggest that the Pfizer vaccine would not protect people against the new variant. Further laboratory work is currently being undertaken as a priority to understand this. How widespread is the variant geographically? 144 Lower Tier Local Authorities have identified at least 1 case genomically, although the vast majority of cases identified are in London, the South East and the East of England. Can tests detect this new variant? Labs have been issued with guidance to adapt processes to ensure that PCR tests can detect this variant. PCR tests can be adapted rapidly to respond to the new variant. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-sars-cov-2-information-about-the-new-virus-variant
So far there are no US plans to impose UK travel restrictions.
… In a Monday interview with CNN, Fauci, who also serves as a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said that the United States should “without a doubt keep an eye” on the new strain, but “we don’t want to overreact.” … Read more: https://ift.tt/2KtxBUa
The new strain does not appear to be more lethal – so we are still only talking about a low mortality risk for most people.
But the ease with which the new strain can apparently be transmitted, and its apparent ability to defeat very strict UK lockdowns in my opinion makes harsh lockdowns much more difficult to justify.
The new strain may significantly increase the risk of exposure for the elderly and infirm, and therefore would appear to increase the urgency of rolling out vaccines to vulnerable people.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-22--Eastern Alps may have been ice-free 5000 years ago

Climate change occurs whether humans like it or not , always has done , and always will do .
Attempting to control carbon dioxide levels can never be a solution to anything .
– – – New research suggests that some Alpine glaciers were ice-free during the mid-Holocene warm period , when Earth ’ s climate was warmer than it is now , says New Scientist ( via The GWPF ) .
Glaciers in the Ötztal Alps in Austria are currently melting and may be lost within two decades , but this might not be the first time humans have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new analysis reveals that glaciers in this region formed just before or perhaps even within the lifetime of Ötzi the Iceman , a mummified body found just 12 kilometres away in 1991 .
Pascal Bohleber at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and his colleagues drilled 11 metres into the Weißseespitze summit glacier , down to the bedrock , at 3500 metres altitude and collected two ice cores .
They then used radiocarbon dating to analyse microscopic bits of organic material extracted from the ice cores and found that the glacier is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is thought to have lived between 5100 and 5300 years ago , and his body was found preserved in ice .
The glacier ’ s age means it formed during a time called the mid-Holocene warm period , when Earth ’ s climate was warmer than it is now .
It is also dome-shaped , which Bohleber says is rare in the Alps and means that the ice has seen very little movement over time , meaning we can use it to study the climate when it formed .

Climate change occurs whether humans like it or not, always has done, and always will do. Attempting to control carbon dioxide levels can never be a solution to anything.
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New research suggests that some Alpine glaciers were ice-free during the mid-Holocene warm period, when Earth’s climate was warmer than it is now, says New Scientist (via The GWPF).
Glaciers in the Ötztal Alps in Austria are currently melting and may be lost within two decades, but this might not be the first time humans have seen this kind of change.
A new analysis reveals that glaciers in this region formed just before or perhaps even within the lifetime of Ötzi the Iceman, a mummified body found just 12 kilometres away in 1991.
Pascal Bohleber at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and his colleagues drilled 11 metres into the Weißseespitze summit glacier, down to the bedrock, at 3500 metres altitude and collected two ice cores.
They then used radiocarbon dating to analyse microscopic bits of organic material extracted from the ice cores and found that the glacier is 5200 to 6600 years old.
Ötzi is thought to have lived between 5100 and 5300 years ago, and his body was found preserved in ice.
The glacier’s age means it formed during a time called the mid-Holocene warm period, when Earth’s climate was warmer than it is now.
It is also dome-shaped, which Bohleber says is rare in the Alps and means that the ice has seen very little movement over time, meaning we can use it to study the climate when it formed.
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December 22, 2020 at 04:03AM


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-22--Electricity costs too high to make heat pumps worthwhile, MPs warn

Electricity is too expensive to make heat pumps worthwhile , MPs have warned , as they urged the government to rethink environmental costs passed onto customers .
The high cost of electricity compared to gas risk putting people off ditching their gas boiler for the cleaner alternative , which runs on electricity , the Environmental Audit Committee said .
In a letter to Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng , Philip Dunne , chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee , said high electricity bills are a “ significant barrier to heat pump adoption ” .
Electricity is around four times more expensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the consumer from environmental programmes and social measures such as the Warm Homes Discount , which gives some households cheaper energy bills .
These extra costs are not added to gas bills .
Figures from Ofgem show that environmental and social costs make up 23 per cent of the average electricity bill and just two per cent of the average gas bill .
Last month the committee heard calls from some witnesses to add carbon taxes to gas in order to incentivise switching.ADVERTISING MCS , which certifies installers of renewable energy , said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oil from the market by adding a carbon tax to fossil fuels used for heating .
Emma Pinchbeck , the chief executive of trade association Energy UK , said that “ all the price signals in the market point to a gas boiler as being the most sensible technology to install.
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Electricity is too expensive to make heat pumps worthwhile, MPs have warned, as they urged the government to rethink environmental costs passed onto customers.
The high cost of electricity compared to gas risk putting people off ditching their gas boiler for the cleaner alternative, which runs on electricity, the Environmental Audit Committee said.
In a letter to Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng, Philip Dunne, chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee, said high electricity bills are a “significant barrier to heat pump adoption”.
Electricity is around four times more expensive than gas because of costs passed onto the consumer from environmental programmes and social measures such as the Warm Homes Discount, which gives some households cheaper energy bills. These extra costs are not added to gas bills.
Figures from Ofgem show that environmental and social costs make up 23 per cent of the average electricity bill and just two per cent of the average gas bill.
Last month the committee heard calls from some witnesses to add carbon taxes to gas in order to incentivise switching.ADVERTISING
MCS, which certifies installers of renewable energy, said the government should price out gas and oil from the market by adding a carbon tax to fossil fuels used for heating.
Emma Pinchbeck, the chief executive of trade association Energy UK, said that “all the price signals in the market point to a gas boiler as being the most sensible technology to install.”
see also Cost of Decarbonising Housing
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December 22, 2020 at 03:49AM


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-22--‘Energy Transition’ (Greenwash) Specialist Opening: Apply Below

I recently saw this position advertisement on Linkedin from Daniel Yergin ’ s Cambridge Energy Research Associates ( CERA , purchased by IHS Markit in 2004 ) .
Posted last week , the company has had nearly 100 applicants so far .
The full posting is reprinted below as a ‘ current ’ on the energy mixed economy and in regard to political correctness .
I hope it comes to be seen as a low point when imaging was at war with energy fundamentals and , employment practices-wise , general decency .
The Associate Director will be responsible for managing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focus on Energy Transition relevant topics .
• Engage consulting project executive for direction , as appropriate given the nature of the project and clients .
Clients include investors , oil majors and NOCs , utilities , infrastructure companies , technology companies and governments • Supervise project team ( The project team likely to include team members from other departments/sectors ) • Manage client relationship and communications ( in coordination with project executive ) • Identify new business opportunities and contribute to business development • Specific consulting experience required in some of following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consulting project sized $ 300,000 or more • Multi-lingual , fluent in English , Spanish or Portuguese would be a plus ( Not required ) Inclusion and diversity are critical to the success of IHS Markit , and we actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds .
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race , color , religion , sex , sexual orientation , gender identity , age , national origin , disability , status as a protected veteran , or any other protected category .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which we enthusiastically support inclusion and diversity efforts for both candidates and employees , please access our Inclusion & Diversity Statement here .
We are proud to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities .
If you are interested in applying for employment with IHS Markit and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position , please contact or call +1 212 849 0399 .
Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are considered on a case-by-case basis .
This contact information ( email and phone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accommodation requests only .
We are unable to accept resumes or provide information about application status through the phone number or email address above .
Resumes are only accepted through the online application process , and only qualified candidates will receive consideration and follow-up .
IHS Markit maintains a substance-free workplace ; employees may be asked to submit to a drug test ( where permitted by law ) .
In addition , as a federal contractor in the United States , the company participates in the E-Verify Program to confirm eligibility to work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Right to Work EEO is the Law EEO is the Law Supplement Pay Transparency Statement

“The Associate Director will be responsible for managing cross energy sector consulting projects with a focus on Energy Transition relevant topics.”
I recently saw this position advertisement on Linkedin from Daniel Yergin’s Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA, purchased by IHS Markit in 2004). Posted last week, the company has had nearly 100 applicants so far.
The full posting is reprinted below as a ‘current’ on the energy mixed economy and in regard to political correctness. I hope it comes to be seen as a low point when imaging was at war with energy fundamentals and, employment practices-wise, general decency.
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Consulting Associate Director – Energy Strategy and Energy Transition Practice
The Associate Director will be responsible for managing cross energy sector consulting projects with a focus on Energy Transition relevant topics.
Key Responsibilities
Manage consulting project execution ensuring client satisfaction and project profitability
Lead project execution planning
Lead deliverable development
Engage consulting project executive for direction, as appropriate given the nature of the project and clients. Clients include investors, oil majors and NOCs, utilities, infrastructure companies, technology companies and governments
Supervise project team (The project team likely to include team members from other departments/sectors)
Manage client relationship and communications (in coordination with project executive)
Identify new business opportunities and contribute to business development
Desired Qualifications
Strategy consulting experience across energy sectors
Specific consulting experience required in some of following areas: Cross energy sector strategy projects Power Energy policy Cleantech Oil and gas exploration and production Energy infrastructure transaction support Interaction between renewables and natural gas Technology impact and emission reduction Natural resources and environmental policy development
Track record of managing consulting project sized $300,000 or more
Good coach / mentor of junior consulting team members
Solid analytical skills (Excel/VBA) combined with synthetic capability
Excellent story boarding, writing and power-point skills
Robust verbal communicator and presenter
Multi-lingual, fluent in English, Spanish or Portuguese would be a plus (Not required)
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Inclusion and diversity are critical to the success of IHS Markit, and we actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category. For more information on the many ways in which we enthusiastically support inclusion and diversity efforts for both candidates and employees, please access our Inclusion & Diversity Statement here .
We are proud to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with IHS Markit and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please contact or call +1 212 849 0399. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are considered on a case-by-case basis. This contact information (email and phone) is intended for application assistance and accommodation requests only.
We are unable to accept resumes or provide information about application status through the phone number or email address above. Resumes are only accepted through the online application process, and only qualified candidates will receive consideration and follow-up.
IHS Markit maintains a substance-free workplace; employees may be asked to submit to a drug test (where permitted by law). In addition, as a federal contractor in the United States, the company participates in the E-Verify Program to confirm eligibility to work.
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