iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Get ready for nationwide blackouts under Biden

“ Biden ’ s approach would be disastrous – leaving millions hungry , jobless , sweltering in Louisiana summers , and freezing in the dark during long Chicago winters.
” – Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris _____________ “ California has ruined much of its energy infrastructure and economy by attempting to replace reliable and inexpensive fossil fuel power with unreliable and expensive wind and solar sources , ” writes Paul Driessen .
“ With electricity outages more than five-times more frequent than Texas ( which ranks second worst among US states for blackouts ) , the Golden State now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most expensive ) electrical system in America.
” “ And yet Joe Biden wants to copy California ’ s approach for the entire nation , pumping literally trillions of dollars into energy sources that don ’ t work and cause huge environmental problems of their own .
Given that most of the country usually has far less benign weather than California , Biden ’ s approach would be disastrous – leaving millions hungry , jobless , sweltering in Louisiana summers , and freezing in the dark during long Chicago winters .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the unfounded belief that climate change is a manmade calamity that can be stopped by eliminating fossil fuel use.
” Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris examine these issues in this article .
Get ready for nationwide blackouts under Biden California ’ s climate and energy policies will bring thousands of blackouts to entire country The power disaster unfolding in California will soon occur across the country , if Joe Biden gets his way .
The Golden State has been sweeping away the forms of energy that have provided reliable electricity for decades @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vice-President is planning for America as a whole .
Power outages are now commonplace in California .
Last summer , the state suffered its first rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years .
Imagine if this happened in Chicago in the middle of winter .
California ’ s trouble is explained by officials who now openly admit to an over-reliance on wind and solar power .
The governor said there was not enough wind to keep the turbines going , while cloud cover and nightfall restricted solar power .
The Los Angeles Times recognized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … gas-burning power plants that can fire up when the sun isn ’ t shining or the wind isn ’ t blowing have been shutting down in recent years , and California has largely failed to replace them … ” Consequently , the state has fallen thousands of megawatts behind its needs .
Governor Gavin Newsom admitted , “ we failed to predict and plan for these shortages ” and took ( nominal ) responsibility for the rolling blackouts .
Now he wants everyone to conserve power , while the state looks for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fossil fuel-generated power from neighboring states .
All this is happening while California continues its intention to transition to 60 % renewable energy by 2030 and 100 % “ climate-friendly energy ” by 2045 , as required by state law .
Indeed , in their October 6 open letter to Newsom , the heads of the California ’ s Energy Commission , Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission wrote : “ We are unwavering in our commitment to meeting California ’ s clean energy and climate goals.
” Team Biden plans to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the entire nation 100 % renewable within 15 years .
The United States would fall tens of millions of megawatts behind on its electricity needs .
Like the California government , the incoming Biden-Harris administration is acting entirely under the unfounded belief that climate change is a manmade calamity that can be stopped by eliminating fossil fuel use .
They are clearly unaware of the Climate Change Reconsidered series of reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC ) .
These documents summarize thousands of studies from peer-reviewed scientific journals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the climate scare .
They conclude that we are not causing a climate crisis .
Yet , in their October 6 report , Preliminary Root Cause Analysis – Mid-August 2020 Heat Storm , the same heads of California ’ s Energy Commission , Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission highlighted the “ climate change-induced extreme heat storm across the western United States ” as the first cause of the blackout .
In their view , apparently , shutting down coal , gas and nuclear power plants in California and in states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minor roles .
California ’ s determination to shift to so-called “ green ” energy – which is actually anything but clean , green , renewable and sustainable – is being echoed by politicians across the nation .
The result , especially in states that don ’ t enjoy California ’ s mostly benign weather , is going to be that those in the poorest neighborhoods and those on fixed incomes may be forced to choose between heating and eating .
It also means people trying to run their homes , offices , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , weather-dependent , much more expensive wind and solar power will have to get used to never knowing when or for how long their electricity will be on or off .
Now in California ; soon in the entire USA .
Coherent energy systems are designed with the understanding that portions of the system will be offline from time to time .
Power companies compensate for this with reserve power at the ready .
However , California has closed its margin for error in response to anti-nuclear and anti-fossil fuel sentiments and climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do this for the entire United States .
Power outages can not always be avoided and are more common than one may think .
For example , between 2008 and 2017 , Illinois had 871 outages , the tenth most by state .
Texas had nearly twice as many , giving it the dubious distinction of ranking number two in the list .
But these pale in comparison to California which has the least reliable electrical power system in the nation .
It leads in power outages every year .
Between 2008 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
The origin of the problem is partly California ’ s Senate Bill 1368 , which in 2006 established the state ’ s emission standards to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants .
Following that year , eleven coal-fired power plants were closed and three were converted to biomass .
Only one coal-fired plant remains .
The state also reduced its normal reliance on energy from out of state coal plants .
Yielding to anti-nuclear activists , the state also closed all but one nuclear plant , Diablo Canyon .
That plant generates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year , fully 8.6 % of California ’ s total generation .
But Diablo Canyon will soon be closed too .
Not surprisingly , during its construction and operation , anti-nuclear protests were common ; nearly two thousand people were arrested for civil disobedience during a two-week period in 1981 .
In response , in 2016 , the California Public Utilities Commission approved a Pacific Gas & Electric Joint Proposal to phase out the state ’ s remaining nuclear power .
That means the operating licenses for Diablo Canyon ’ s two units @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2024 and 2025 .
Ironically , the Commission did not approve Pacific Gas & Electric ’ s proposal for resources to replace the station ’ s output .
It does not appear to matter that nuclear reactors produce no greenhouse gas emissions during operation .
They are hated by the enviro-radicals who drive California ’ s energy policy and are steadily putting the state even further behind the 8-ball .
It gets worse .
California now requires that all new homes be nearly entirely electric .
It wants citizens to switch their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of their global warming initiatives .
More than 30 cities have already enacted bans on gas appliances , including San Francisco .
The state also hopes to eliminate all gasoline and diesel cars in favor of plug-in electric automobiles .
This means demand for reliable , affordable electricity will rise by leaps and bounds , just as supplies are steadily reduced , and partially replaced by expensive , intermittent , weather-dependent power .
Just as Mr. Biden promises for the nation as a whole , California is sacrificing reliable electrical power as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop climate change.
” Of course , this will have no impact on our planet ’ s climate , because ( a ) climate change is mostly natural and not driven by carbon dioxide , and ( b ) all those wind turbines , solar panels and backup batteries will be manufactured overseas , mostly in China , using fossil fuels and simply moving the source of ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions .
However , it will certainly spur sales of candles , flashlights , propane heaters , and natural gas , gasoline and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America ’ s future under a Biden-Harris-Kerry- AOC Administration .
America , the blackouts are coming .
Ohio-based Dr. Jay Lehr is Senior Policy Advisor to the Ottawa , Canada-based International Climate Science Coalition ( ICSC ) .
Tom Harris is Executive Director of ICSC .
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“Biden’s approach would be disastrous – leaving millions hungry, jobless, sweltering in Louisiana summers, and freezing in the dark during long Chicago winters.”
– Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris
_____________
“California has ruined much of its energy infrastructure and economy by attempting to replace reliable and inexpensive fossil fuel power with unreliable and expensive wind and solar sources,” writes Paul Driessen. “With electricity outages more than five-times more frequent than Texas (which ranks second worst among US states for blackouts), the Golden State now has the least reliable (and nearly most expensive) electrical system in America.”
“And yet Joe Biden wants to copy California’s approach for the entire nation, pumping literally trillions of dollars into energy sources that don’t work and cause huge environmental problems of their own. Given that most of the country usually has far less benign weather than California, Biden’s approach would be disastrous – leaving millions hungry, jobless, sweltering in Louisiana summers, and freezing in the dark during long Chicago winters.
“The incoming Biden-Harris administration is acting entirely under the unfounded belief that climate change is a manmade calamity that can be stopped by eliminating fossil fuel use.”
Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris examine these issues in this article.
_____________
Get ready for nationwide blackouts under Biden
California’s climate and energy policies will bring thousands of blackouts to entire country
Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris
The power disaster unfolding in California will soon occur across the country, if Joe Biden gets his way. The Golden State has been sweeping away the forms of energy that have provided reliable electricity for decades, under the same agenda the former Vice-President is planning for America as a whole.
Power outages are now commonplace in California. Last summer, the state suffered its first rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years. Imagine if this happened in Chicago in the middle of winter.
California’s trouble is explained by officials who now openly admit to an over-reliance on wind and solar power. The governor said there was not enough wind to keep the turbines going, while cloud cover and nightfall restricted solar power. The Los Angeles Times recognized the root of the problem:
“… gas-burning power plants that can fire up when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing have been shutting down in recent years, and California has largely failed to replace them …”
Consequently, the state has fallen thousands of megawatts behind its needs. Governor Gavin Newsom admitted, “we failed to predict and plan for these shortages” and took (nominal) responsibility for the rolling blackouts. Now he wants everyone to conserve power, while the state looks for new sources of energy, most likely fossil fuel-generated power from neighboring states.
All this is happening while California continues its intention to transition to 60% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% “climate-friendly energy” by 2045, as required by state law.
Indeed, in their October 6 open letter to Newsom, the heads of the California’s Energy Commission, Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission wrote: “We are unwavering in our commitment to meeting California’s clean energy and climate goals.”
Team Biden plans to go even further, committing to making the entire nation 100% renewable within 15 years. The United States would fall tens of millions of megawatts behind on its electricity needs.
Like the California government, the incoming Biden-Harris administration is acting entirely under the unfounded belief that climate change is a manmade calamity that can be stopped by eliminating fossil fuel use. They are clearly unaware of the Climate Change Reconsidered series of reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC).
These documents summarize thousands of studies from peer-reviewed scientific journals that either refute or cast serious doubt on the climate scare. They conclude that we are not causing a climate crisis.
Yet, in their October 6 report, Preliminary Root Cause Analysis – Mid-August 2020 Heat Storm, the same heads of California’s Energy Commission, Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission highlighted the “climate change-induced extreme heat storm across the western United States” as the first cause of the blackout.
In their view, apparently, shutting down coal, gas and nuclear power plants in California and in states from which California imports electricity played only minor roles.
California’s determination to shift to so-called “green” energy – which is actually anything but clean, green, renewable and sustainable – is being echoed by politicians across the nation. The result, especially in states that don’t enjoy California’s mostly benign weather, is going to be that those in the poorest neighborhoods and those on fixed incomes may be forced to choose between heating and eating.
It also means people trying to run their homes, offices, factories, hospitals and schools on intermittent, weather-dependent, much more expensive wind and solar power will have to get used to never knowing when or for how long their electricity will be on or off. Now in California; soon in the entire USA.
Coherent energy systems are designed with the understanding that portions of the system will be offline from time to time. Power companies compensate for this with reserve power at the ready. However, California has closed its margin for error in response to anti-nuclear and anti-fossil fuel sentiments and climate change concerns. Team Biden intends to do this for the entire United States.
Power outages cannot always be avoided and are more common than one may think. For example, between 2008 and 2017, Illinois had 871 outages, the tenth most by state. Texas had nearly twice as many, giving it the dubious distinction of ranking number two in the list.
But these pale in comparison to California which has the least reliable electrical power system in the nation. It leads in power outages every year. Between 2008 and 2017, it had 4,297 power outages!
The origin of the problem is partly California’s Senate Bill 1368, which in 2006 established the state’s emission standards to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants. Following that year, eleven coal-fired power plants were closed and three were converted to biomass. Only one coal-fired plant remains.
The state also reduced its normal reliance on energy from out of state coal plants.
Yielding to anti-nuclear activists, the state also closed all but one nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon. That plant generates about 18,000 Gigawatt-hours of reliable electricity every year, fully 8.6% of California’s total generation.
But Diablo Canyon will soon be closed too. Not surprisingly, during its construction and operation, anti-nuclear protests were common; nearly two thousand people were arrested for civil disobedience during a two-week period in 1981. In response, in 2016, the California Public Utilities Commission approved a Pacific Gas & Electric Joint Proposal to phase out the state’s remaining nuclear power. That means the operating licenses for Diablo Canyon’s two units will not be renewed when they expire in 2024 and 2025.
Ironically, the Commission did not approve Pacific Gas & Electric’s proposal for resources to replace the station’s output. It does not appear to matter that nuclear reactors produce no greenhouse gas emissions during operation. They are hated by the enviro-radicals who drive California’s energy policy and are steadily putting the state even further behind the 8-ball.
It gets worse. California now requires that all new homes be nearly entirely electric. It wants citizens to switch their natural gas stoves to electric, as part of their global warming initiatives. More than 30 cities have already enacted bans on gas appliances, including San Francisco. The state also hopes to eliminate all gasoline and diesel cars in favor of plug-in electric automobiles.
This means demand for reliable, affordable electricity will rise by leaps and bounds, just as supplies are steadily reduced, and partially replaced by expensive, intermittent, weather-dependent power.
Just as Mr. Biden promises for the nation as a whole, California is sacrificing reliable electrical power as part of its impossible crusade to “stop climate change.” Of course, this will have no impact on our planet’s climate, because (a) climate change is mostly natural and not driven by carbon dioxide, and (b) all those wind turbines, solar panels and backup batteries will be manufactured overseas, mostly in China, using fossil fuels and simply moving the source of ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
However, it will certainly spur sales of candles, flashlights, propane heaters, and natural gas, gasoline and diesel generators.
So, welcome to America’s future under a Biden-Harris-Kerry- AOC Administration. America, the blackouts are coming.
_______________________________________________________
Ohio-based Dr. Jay Lehr is Senior Policy Advisor to the Ottawa, Canada-based International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC). Tom Harris is Executive Director of ICSC.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Democrats like to ruin your life — threatening your Job, home, friends, children

Mellissa Carone is a freelance IT professional who signed an affidavit alleging she saw mass repeat counting of ballotsw in Michigan .
When asked why more people haven ’ t come forward to report fraud , she replied : “ My life has been destroyed because of this , ” she replied .
“ I ’ ve lost family , I ’ ve lost friends , I ’ ve been threatened , my kids have been threatened , I ’ ve had to move , I ’ ve had to change my phone number , I ’ ve had to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wants to come forward .
I can ’ t even get an actual job any more , because Democrats like to ruin your lives .
That ’ s why.
” — JustTheNews The Democrats , I ’ m sure , were just doing their best to protect polite society from Rude Intolerant Rulers , without necessarily realizing that they had become the rude intolerant rulers they were trying to stop .
It ’ s a means to an end .
The thing about harassment and bullying though , is that the more people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they will speak out .
The trickle can become a flood .
Imagine if whistleblowers were being given time to speak their minds in most of the media ?
Carone was a contractor for Dominion working at the TCF Center [ … ]

Mellissa Carone is a freelance IT professional who signed an affidavit alleging she saw mass repeat counting of ballotsw in Michigan. When asked why more people haven’t come forward to report fraud, she replied:
“My life has been destroyed because of this,” she replied. “I’ve lost family, I’ve lost friends, I’ve been threatened, my kids have been threatened, I’ve had to move, I’ve had to change my phone number, I’ve had to get rid of social media. Nobody wants to come forward. I can’t even get an actual job any more, because Democrats like to ruin your lives. That’s why.” — JustTheNews
The Democrats, I’m sure, were just doing their best to protect polite society from Rude Intolerant Rulers, without necessarily realizing that they had become the rude intolerant rulers they were trying to stop. It’s a means to an end.
The thing about harassment and bullying though, is that the more people see whistleblowers come forward, the more they will speak out. The trickle can become a flood.
Imagine if whistleblowers were being given time to speak their minds in most of the media?
Carone was a contractor for Dominion working at the TCF Center […]
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--CO2 Has To Be Suppressing Tropical Storms, If CO2 Is A Formation Factor Like NASA Scientists Suggest

If CO2 is a factor in cyclone formation , like some scientists suggest , then the data tell us the life-giving gas is more a brake than an accelerator .
There ’ s been lots of media hype about more tropical storms , which experts suggest are in part due to man-made Co2-induced global warming .
Cut the CO2 , and the storms will tame down , they suggest .
But is this true or is it fake news and disinformation ?
Looking at typhoon data tells us the alarmist claims are in fact mostly fake .
The following chart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) data , shows the number of typhoons formed in the month of November since 1951 : The November trend is down .
Alarmists , however , may want to start the data at 2009 .
Next , looking at the January through November period , the number typhoons formed has also been trending downward : Note the peak in the 1960s , a period when CO2 was well below the “ safe ” level of 350 ppm .
Clearly CO2 is not driving up storm activity , like the typhoon-buffoon scientists want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a link , then the opposite would have to be true !
Next we look at the number of typhoons making landfall in Japan : So far this year , not one typhoon has made landfall in Japan .
ZERO !
This is an unusual development .
Also typhoons are not making landfall more often than before .
The frequency of landfall in Japan is right in line with earlier times .
If anything , the trend has been modestly downward over the past 70 years !
If CO2 is a factor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one !
If we look further at the statistics for global tropical storm activity from expert Dr. Ryan Maue here , we here as well see no significant trend in major hurricanes since 1992 .
Looking at total global tropical storms , Dr. Maue ’ s data show no trend in 50 years !
The next time someone claims tropical cyclones have gotten worse and more frequent , you might want to tell them to look at the data and to stop parroting the alarmist nonsense spread by the media and climate science @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CO2 is having an affect on tropical storms , then the data says it can only be one of slight suppression .
That ’ s good news .
Claiming the opposite is just ballot-stuffing-quality science by fraudsters .
Thanks to Kirye for the charts using JMA data .

If CO2 is a factor in cyclone formation, like some scientists suggest, then the data tell us the life-giving gas is more a brake than an accelerator.
There’s been lots of media hype about more tropical storms, which experts suggest are in part due to man-made Co2-induced global warming.
Cut the CO2, and the storms will tame down, they suggest. But is this true or is it fake news and disinformation?
Typhoons trending DOWN
Looking at typhoon data tells us the alarmist claims are in fact mostly fake. The following chart, using Japan Metorological Agency (JMA) data, shows the number of typhoons formed in the month of November since 1951:
Data source: JMA.
The November trend is down. Alarmists, however, may want to start the data at 2009.
Next, looking at the January through November period, the number typhoons formed has also been trending downward:
Data: JMA.
Note the peak in the 1960s, a period when CO2 was well below the “safe” level of 350 ppm. Clearly CO2 is not driving up storm activity, like the typhoon-buffoon scientists want the public to believe. If there is a link, then the opposite would have to be true!
Zero Japan landfall typhoons this year!
Next we look at the number of typhoons making landfall in Japan:
Data source: JMA.
So far this year, not one typhoon has made landfall in Japan. ZERO! This is an unusual development.
Ballot-stuffing science
Also typhoons are not making landfall more often than before. The frequency of landfall in Japan is right in line with earlier times. If anything, the trend has been modestly downward over the past 70 years! If CO2 is a factor, then it’s a good one!
Hurricane frequency falling
If we look further at the statistics for global tropical storm activity from expert Dr. Ryan Maue here, we here as well see no significant trend in major hurricanes since 1992.
Image: Dr. Ryan Maue
Looking at total global tropical storms, Dr. Maue’s data show no trend in 50 years!
The next time someone claims tropical cyclones have gotten worse and more frequent, you might want to tell them to look at the data and to stop parroting the alarmist nonsense spread by the media and climate science charlatans.
Again in summary, if CO2 is having an affect on tropical storms, then the data says it can only be one of slight suppression. That’s good news. Claiming the opposite is just ballot-stuffing-quality science by fraudsters.
Thanks to Kirye for the charts using JMA data.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Trump: questo è il discorso più importante della mia vita

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For my Italian audience here it is the video with translation:
Trump: questo è il discorso più importante della mia vita
Thanks to Dr Mirco Poletto in Italy for this video
(This Italian translation of President Trump’s December 2nd speech has garnered more than 97,000 views.)
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CAGW failed ‘Predictions’

My last ruminating climate guest post compared ‘ big ’ climate science issues to ‘ weeds ’ .
This is a follow on big picture post , from a different perspective , albeit partly overlapping the first .
( First perspective was basic science claims , this is resulting predictions . )
I am tired of whack-a-mole minutia , and think that detailed rebuttals to garbage climate alarm papers no longer matter in our politicized ‘ GND ’ environment .
This post incorporates by reference ( not by links [ lazy me ] , just by key WUWT search words @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous WUWT guest posts plus other writings that relative newbies can review for your selves .
All the previous referenced posts and other writings have many linked reference footnotes for your personal follow up .
Trolls , beware .
Since the Charney and Hanson 1988 climate alarm proceedings , there have been many dire climate prognostications .
NONE have come true .
Lets review some of the most salient .
( We skip trivial stuff like Dr. Viner ’ s since disappeared 1990 prediction that ‘ UK children will not know snow ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Temperatures have recently suddenly risen .
This was the essence of MBH ’ s 1999 hockey stick , and later 2013 ’ s Marcott ’ s equivalent .
Both ‘ observations ’ have been fully discredited .
( I personally proved Marcott ’ s academic misconduct in essay ‘ High Stick Foul ’ in ebook Blowing Smoke in late 2014 . )
True , temperatures have risen since the last Thames Ice Fair in 1814 , as the world warmed out of the Little Ice Age ( LIA ) .
Climate changes… How @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : • In the US , early data is sparse , and later data is contaminated by multiple surface station siting issues .
The latter issue proven here at WUWT by 2009 .
• Outside the US and Europe , land temp data is worse than just sparse , it often does not exist at all , or only recently .
• Over oceans comprising 71 % of the Earth surface , data is worse than just sparse .
It is mostly non-existent ( SH ) .
Where it does exist ( until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ routes and ladings .
• Temperatures will increase unsustainably .
This is based on the IPCC nominal ECS of about 3 , recently goosed up by forthcoming CMIP6 .
Except , temps have NOT .
As just one example of predictive model falsification , the CMIP4/5 models predicted tropical troposphere hotspot simply does NOT exist .
There are several reasons why these models have abjectly failed , explained in several previous posts .
• Sea level rise accelerates .
Except it hasn ’ t .
And the most accurate SLR dGPS corrected tide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they show it with ~closure ( thermosteric rise plus ice sheet melt ) .
And , the present rise rate is no different from the peak of the previous interglacial , the Eemian .
( Details are in previous WUWT posts and in essay PseudoPrecision in eBook Blowing Smoke ) • Polar bears will go extinct from lack of summer sea ice .
Except as Dr. Crockford has amply explained , this is an alarmist misconception at two levels .
First , polar bears do not depend on summer sea ice .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ welping season , their main feeding cycle .
No one suggests that is diminishing .
Second , Arctic sea ice is cyclical , and the notion that it is spiraling ever down ( Wadham ’ s alarm ) is just factually wrong .
( Essay Northwest Passage in ebook Blowing Smoke covers the Arctic Ice cycle issue in historical detail . )
• Extreme weather increases .
Except per IPCC SRES ( 2012 ) it has NOT , anywhere , in any form .
( Climate is rigorously defined as the envelope of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over at least 30 years . )
All the annual recent climate ‘ extremes ’ in the press are just weather ( like this year ’ s accurately predicted overactive Atlantic hurricane season ) .
As an example , landfalling US hurricane ACE over 30 years has NOT increased as a recent paper claimed—by falsely including hurricanes that touched land but then went back out to sea and re-intensified .
There are also a lot of unworkable ‘ Green New Deal solutions ’ to this non-problem .
The most prominent are ‘ renewable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Renewables sort into wind and solar ( either PV or concentrated ) .
I delved into the economics of both in detail over at Judith Curry ’ s blog some years ago .
In sum , BOTH have the twin problems that they are intermittent , and provide no grid inertia .
Both issues are independently fatal economically , as evidenced most simply by the fact that when renewable subsidies are withdrawn anywhere in the world , renewable investment falls towards zero .
• They are still very expensive compared to ICE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Their charging stresses a grid already stressed by an intermittent grid lacking inertia from renewables ( UK ) .
• They can not power most truck , farm , construction , forestry , or mining equipment , based on fundamental load/capacity considerations .
• They use inordinate amounts of at least two scarce materials : • Lithium , in the form of brine carbonates ( Chile ) or the igneous pegmatite minerals lepidolite ( pink ‘ lithium ’ mica ) and spodumene ( a pyroxene , also a famous gemstone aka pink Kunzite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia and Canada .
‘ Great ’ GND economic idea to convert gems to batteries !
• Cobalt , ordinarily a relatively scarce byproduct of copper mining except in the Congo , where in its southern belt below the copper zone it appears relatively independently and is artisanal mined by child labor .
Whether EV battery recycling can solve these scarce minerals problems , as it has with Lead Acid ( almost all battery lead is recycled ) remains to be seen .
So far , neither recycling is feasible .

By Rud Istvan,
My last ruminating climate guest post compared ‘big’ climate science issues to ‘weeds’. This is a follow on big picture post, from a different perspective, albeit partly overlapping the first. (First perspective was basic science claims, this is resulting predictions.) I am tired of whack-a-mole minutia, and think that detailed rebuttals to garbage climate alarm papers no longer matter in our politicized ‘GND’ environment.
This post incorporates by reference (not by links [lazy me], just by key WUWT search words or other occasional generic mentions) many previous WUWT guest posts plus other writings that relative newbies can review for your selves. All the previous referenced posts and other writings have many linked reference footnotes for your personal follow up. Trolls, beware.
Since the Charney and Hanson 1988 climate alarm proceedings, there have been many dire climate prognostications. NONE have come true. Lets review some of the most salient. (We skip trivial stuff like Dr. Viner’s since disappeared 1990 prediction that ‘UK children will not know snow’—since they soon did.)
Temperatures have recently suddenly risen. This was the essence of MBH’s 1999 hockey stick, and later 2013’s Marcott’s equivalent. Both ‘observations’ have been fully discredited. (I personally proved Marcott’s academic misconduct in essay ‘High Stick Foul’ in ebook Blowing Smoke in late 2014.) True, temperatures have risen since the last Thames Ice Fair in 1814, as the world warmed out of the Little Ice Age (LIA). Climate changes… How much, we dunno for three reasons: In the US, early data is sparse, and later data is contaminated by multiple surface station siting issues. The latter issue proven here at WUWT by 2009.
Outside the US and Europe, land temp data is worse than just sparse, it often does not exist at all, or only recently.
Over oceans comprising 71% of the Earth surface, data is worse than just sparse. It is mostly non-existent (SH). Where it does exist (until ARGO) it is contaminated by trade routes and ladings. Temperatures will increase unsustainably. This is based on the IPCC nominal ECS of about 3, recently goosed up by forthcoming CMIP6. Except, temps have NOT. As just one example of predictive model falsification, the CMIP4/5 models predicted tropical troposphere hotspot simply does NOT exist. There are several reasons why these models have abjectly failed, explained in several previous posts. Sea level rise accelerates. Except it hasn’t. And the most accurate SLR dGPS corrected tide gauges not only show no acceleration, they show it with ~closure (thermosteric rise plus ice sheet melt). And, the present rise rate is no different from the peak of the previous interglacial, the Eemian. (Details are in previous WUWT posts and in essay PseudoPrecision in eBook Blowing Smoke) Polar bears will go extinct from lack of summer sea ice. Except as Dr. Crockford has amply explained, this is an alarmist misconception at two levels. First, polar bears do not depend on summer sea ice. They depend on spring ice during the seal welping season, their main feeding cycle. No one suggests that is diminishing. Second, Arctic sea ice is cyclical, and the notion that it is spiraling ever down (Wadham’s alarm) is just factually wrong. (Essay Northwest Passage in ebook Blowing Smoke covers the Arctic Ice cycle issue in historical detail.) Extreme weather increases. Except per IPCC SRES (2012) it has NOT, anywhere, in any form. (Climate is rigorously defined as the envelope of weather [like temp, rainfall] over at least 30 years.) All the annual recent climate ‘extremes’ in the press are just weather (like this year’s accurately predicted overactive Atlantic hurricane season). As an example, landfalling US hurricane ACE over 30 years has NOT increased as a recent paper claimed—by falsely including hurricanes that touched land but then went back out to sea and re-intensified.
There are also a lot of unworkable ‘Green New Deal solutions’ to this non-problem. The most prominent are ‘renewable electric generation’ and EV’s.
Renewables sort into wind and solar (either PV or concentrated). I delved into the economics of both in detail over at Judith Curry’s blog some years ago. In sum, BOTH have the twin problems that they are intermittent, and provide no grid inertia. Both issues are independently fatal economically, as evidenced most simply by the fact that when renewable subsidies are withdrawn anywhere in the world, renewable investment falls towards zero.
EVs have four basic problems.
They are still very expensive compared to ICE alternatives (UK 2030). Their charging stresses a grid already stressed by an intermittent grid lacking inertia from renewables (UK). They cannot power most truck, farm, construction, forestry, or mining equipment, based on fundamental load/capacity considerations. They use inordinate amounts of at least two scarce materials: Lithium, in the form of brine carbonates (Chile) or the igneous pegmatite minerals lepidolite (pink ‘lithium’ mica) and spodumene (a pyroxene, also a famous gemstone aka pink Kunzite, pale green Hiddenite) mainly in Australia and Canada. ‘Great’ GND economic idea to convert gems to batteries!
Cobalt, ordinarily a relatively scarce byproduct of copper mining except in the Congo, where in its southern belt below the copper zone it appears relatively independently and is artisanal mined by child labor.
Whether EV battery recycling can solve these scarce minerals problems, as it has with Lead Acid (almost all battery lead is recycled) remains to be seen. So far, neither recycling is feasible.
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Channel 4 Ignores Broadcasting Code

Channel 4 News had a debate yesterday on the government ’ s new decarbonisation targets : So where is the @ @ @ @ @ Channel 4 are obliged to abide by the OFCOM Broadcasting Code , which demands “ @ @ @ @ @ for the first time , they have chosen to deliberately ignore it .
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Channel 4 News had a debate yesterday on the government’s new decarbonisation targets:
https://www.channel4.com/news/there-is-a-way-to-meet-these-targets-whats-missing-is-the-political-will-hannah-martin-from-campaign-group-green-new-deal
So where is the alternative point of view?
Channel 4 are obliged to abide by the OFCOM Broadcasting Code, which demands “due impartiality”. Not for the first time, they have chosen to deliberately ignore it.
https://www.channel4.com/producers-handbook/ofcom-broadcasting-code/due-impartiality-due-accuracy-and-undue-prominence-of-views-and-opinions
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-05--Hubble Captures Unprecedented Fading of Stingray Nebula

Astronomers have caught a rare look at a rapidly fading shroud of gas around an aging star .
Archival data from NASA ’ s Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the nebula Hen 3-1357 , nicknamed the Stingray nebula , has faded precipitously over just the past two decades .
Witnessing such a swift rate of change in a planetary nebula is exceeding rare , say researchers .
This image compares two drastically different portraits of the Stingray nebula captured by NASA ’ s Hubble Space Telescope 20 years apart .
The image on the left , taken with the Wide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1996 , shows the nebula ’ s central star in the final stages of its life .
The gas being puffed off by the dying star is much brighter when compared to the image of the nebula at the right , captured in January 2016 using the Wide Field Camera 3 .
The Stingray nebula is located in the direction of the southern constellation Ara ( the Altar ) .Credits : NASA , ESA , B. Balick ( University of Washington ) , M. Guerrero ( Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) Images captured by Hubble in 2016 , when compared to Hubble images taken in 1996 , show a nebula that has drastically dimmed in brightness and changed shape .
Bright , blue , fluorescent tendrils and filaments of gas toward the center of the nebula have all but disappeared , and the wavy edges that earned this nebula its aquatic-themed name are virtually gone .
The young nebula no longer pops against the black velvet background of the vast universe .
“ This is very , very dramatic , and very weird @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guerrero of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Granada , Spain .
“ What we ’ re witnessing is a nebula ’ s evolution in real time .
In a span of years , we see variations in the nebula .
We have not seen that before with the clarity we get with this view.
” Researchers discovered unprecedented changes in the light emitted by glowing nitrogen , hydrogen , and oxygen being blasted off by the dying star at the center of the nebula .
The oxygen emission , in particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of nearly 1,000 between 1996 and 2016 .
“ Changes in nebulae have been seen before , but what we have here are changes in the fundamental structure of the nebula , ” said Bruce Balick of the University of Washington , Seattle , leader of the new research .
“ In most studies , the nebula usually gets bigger .
Here , it ’ s fundamentally changing its shape and getting fainter , and doing so on an unprecedented time scale .
Moreover , to our surprise , it ’ s not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once-bright inner elliptical ring seems to be shrinking as it fades.
” Ground-based observations of other planetary nebulae have shown hints of changes in brightness over time , but those speculations haven ’ t been confirmed until now .
Only Hubble can resolve the changes in structure in this tiny nebula .
The new paper examines every image of the Stingray nebula from Hubble ’ s archives .
“ Because of Hubble ’ s optical stability , we are very , very confident that this nebula is changing in brightness with time , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something that can only be confirmed with Hubble ’ s visual acuity.
” The researchers note the nebula ’ s rapid changes are a response to its central star , SAO 244567 , expanding due to a temperature drop , and in turn emitting less ionizing radiation .
A 2016 study by Nicole Reindl , now of the University of Potsdam , Germany , and a team of international researchers , also using Hubble data , noted the star at the center of the Stingray nebula , SAO 244567 , is special in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 2002 showed the temperature of the star skyrocketing from less than 40,000 to 108,000 degrees Fahrenheit , more than ten times hotter than the surface of our Sun .
Now , Reindl and her research team has shown that SAO 245567 is cooling .
Reindl speculates the temperature jump was caused by a brief flash of helium fusion that occurred in a shell around the core of the central star .
Recently , the star appears to be backstepping into its early stage of stellar evolution .
“ We ’ re very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment , ” said Reindl .
“ During such a helium shell flash , it evolves very quickly , and that implies short evolutionary timescales , so we can ’ t usually see how these stars evolve .
We just happened to be there at the right time to have caught that.
” The team studying the rapid fading of the Stingray nebula can only speculate at this time what ’ s in store for the future of this young nebula .
At its present rates of fading , it ’ s estimated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 or 30 years .
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA ( European Space Agency ) .
NASA ’ s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt , Maryland , manages the telescope .
The Space Telescope Science Institute ( STScI ) in Baltimore , Maryland , conducts Hubble science operations .
STScI is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington , D.C .

Dec. 3, 2020
Astronomers have caught a rare look at a rapidly fading shroud of gas around an aging star. Archival data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, has faded precipitously over just the past two decades. Witnessing such a swift rate of change in a planetary nebula is exceeding rare, say researchers.
This image compares two drastically different portraits of the Stingray nebula captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope 20 years apart. The image on the left, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 in March 1996, shows the nebula’s central star in the final stages of its life. The gas being puffed off by the dying star is much brighter when compared to the image of the nebula at the right, captured in January 2016 using the Wide Field Camera 3. The Stingray nebula is located in the direction of the southern constellation Ara (the Altar).Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de Guadalajara)
This image shows the planetary nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in March 1996. The image captures the final stages of the central star’s life, where a ballooning shroud of gas is cast off by the dying star. This image captured the Stingray nebula in its infancy, and astronomers called it the youngest known planetary nebula. In this image, the colors shown represent light emitted by nitrogen (red), oxygen (green), and hydrogen (blue).Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de Guadalajara)
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This image shows the planetary nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in January 2016. This image of the Stingray nebula shows it has changed drastically in brightness and shape when compared to its first portrait by Hubble in 1996. When comparing the imaging, researchers discovered unprecedented changes in the light emitted by glowing nitrogen (shown in red), hydrogen (blue), and oxygen (green) being blasted off by the dying star at the center of the nebula.Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de Guadalajara)
Images captured by Hubble in 2016, when compared to Hubble images taken in 1996, show a nebula that has drastically dimmed in brightness and changed shape. Bright, blue, fluorescent tendrils and filaments of gas toward the center of the nebula have all but disappeared, and the wavy edges that earned this nebula its aquatic-themed name are virtually gone. The young nebula no longer pops against the black velvet background of the vast universe.
“This is very, very dramatic, and very weird,” said team member Martín A. Guerrero of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Granada, Spain. “What we’re witnessing is a nebula’s evolution in real time. In a span of years, we see variations in the nebula. We have not seen that before with the clarity we get with this view.”
Researchers discovered unprecedented changes in the light emitted by glowing nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen being blasted off by the dying star at the center of the nebula. The oxygen emission, in particular, dropped in brightness by a factor of nearly 1,000 between 1996 and 2016.
“Changes in nebulae have been seen before, but what we have here are changes in the fundamental structure of the nebula,” said Bruce Balick of the University of Washington, Seattle, leader of the new research. “In most studies, the nebula usually gets bigger. Here, it’s fundamentally changing its shape and getting fainter, and doing so on an unprecedented time scale. Moreover, to our surprise, it’s not growing any larger. Indeed, the once-bright inner elliptical ring seems to be shrinking as it fades.”
Ground-based observations of other planetary nebulae have shown hints of changes in brightness over time, but those speculations haven’t been confirmed until now. Only Hubble can resolve the changes in structure in this tiny nebula. The new paper examines every image of the Stingray nebula from Hubble’s archives.
“Because of Hubble’s optical stability, we are very, very confident that this nebula is changing in brightness with time,” added Guerrero. “This is something that can only be confirmed with Hubble’s visual acuity.”
The researchers note the nebula’s rapid changes are a response to its central star, SAO 244567, expanding due to a temperature drop, and in turn emitting less ionizing radiation.
A 2016 study by Nicole Reindl, now of the University of Potsdam, Germany, and a team of international researchers, also using Hubble data, noted the star at the center of the Stingray nebula, SAO 244567, is special in its own right.
Observations from 1971 to 2002 showed the temperature of the star skyrocketing from less than 40,000 to 108,000 degrees Fahrenheit, more than ten times hotter than the surface of our Sun. Now, Reindl and her research team has shown that SAO 245567 is cooling. Reindl speculates the temperature jump was caused by a brief flash of helium fusion that occurred in a shell around the core of the central star. Recently, the star appears to be backstepping into its early stage of stellar evolution.
“We’re very lucky to observe it just in that moment,” said Reindl. “During such a helium shell flash, it evolves very quickly, and that implies short evolutionary timescales, so we can’t usually see how these stars evolve. We just happened to be there at the right time to have caught that.”
The team studying the rapid fading of the Stingray nebula can only speculate at this time what’s in store for the future of this young nebula. At its present rates of fading, it’s estimated the nebula will barely be detectable in 20 or 30 years.
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency). NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, conducts Hubble science operations. STScI is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington, D.C.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-05--Solar activity and climate

Solar activity and climate

Wikipedia ’ s Solar activity and climate web page says : Solar activity has been on a declining trend since the 1960s , as indicated by solar cycles 19-24 , in which the maximum number of sunspots were 201 , 111 , 165 , 159 , 121 and 82 , respectively .
We ’ re probably not surprised that they prefer a metric which appears to support their often-expressed view in various climate-related pages that modern global warming can ’ t be natural .
But is the sunspot maximum the most relevant metric to judge the level of solar activity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ List of Solar Cycles .
It has various stats on the known cycles , one of which is ‘ Average spots per day ’ .
There ’ s no data shown before SC 10 , but that ’ s good enough as it started in 1855 , roughly when modern warming is thought to have originated .
Based on the Gnevyshev-Ohl rule , which Wikipedia says ‘ is an empirical rule according to which the sum of Wolf ’ s sunspot numbers over an odd cycle exceeds that of the preceding even cycle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ average spots per day ’ figures of solar cycles 10+11 , 12+13 , 14+15 etc .
and check the results , giving a ranking ( ) .
According to this list , the three most active sunspot cycles since 1855 were between 1944 and 2008 ( solar cycles 18-23 ) .
So is it true to say ‘ solar activity has been on a declining trend since the 1960s ’ , or is it perhaps an attempt to downplay the role of the sun in climate ?
It ’ s not a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of shorter duration than the ~11 year average .
The data point to greater sunspot intensity in such cycles , as a rule of thumb .
– – – Re the Gnevyshev-Ohl rule , Wikipedia points out : ‘ The rule breaks down under certain conditions.
’ The only example in our list is for cycles 22 and 23 , the previous breach being for cycles 8 and 9 ( see List of Solar Cycles ) .

Wikipedia’s Solar activity and climate web page says:
Solar activity has been on a declining trend since the 1960s, as indicated by solar cycles 19-24, in which the maximum number of sunspots were 201, 111, 165, 159, 121 and 82, respectively.
We’re probably not surprised that they prefer a metric which appears to support their often-expressed view in various climate-related pages that modern global warming can’t be natural.
But is the sunspot maximum the most relevant metric to judge the level of solar activity by? Another Wikipedia page is its List of Solar Cycles.
It has various stats on the known cycles, one of which is ‘Average spots per day’. There’s no data shown before SC 10, but that’s good enough as it started in 1855, roughly when modern warming is thought to have originated.
Based on the Gnevyshev-Ohl rule, which Wikipedia says ‘is an empirical rule according to which the sum of Wolf’s sunspot numbers over an odd cycle exceeds that of the preceding even cycle’, we’ll obtain the ‘average spots per day’ figures of solar cycles 10+11, 12+13, 14+15 etc. and check the results, giving a ranking ().
10+11 = 181/2 (4)
12+13 = 122/2 (7)
14+15 = 127/2 (6)
16+17 = 164/2 (5)
18+19 = 238/2 (1)
20+21 = 197/2 (2)
22+23 = 188/2 (3)
[24+25 = 49 + ?(unknown as cycle 25 only recently started)]
According to this list, the three most active sunspot cycles since 1855 were between 1944 and 2008 (solar cycles 18-23). So is it true to say ‘solar activity has been on a declining trend since the 1960s’, or is it perhaps an attempt to downplay the role of the sun in climate?
It’s not a coincidence that recent cycles have mostly been of shorter duration than the ~11 year average. The data point to greater sunspot intensity in such cycles, as a rule of thumb.
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Re the Gnevyshev-Ohl rule, Wikipedia points out: ‘The rule breaks down under certain conditions.’ The only example in our list is for cycles 22 and 23, the previous breach being for cycles 8 and 9 (see List of Solar Cycles).
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-05--Wind & Solar Scam Always and Everywhere About Massive & Endless Subsidies

Wind and solar don ’ t run on sunshine and breezes , they ’ re powered by massive and endless subsidies .
Remove the subsidies and both so-called ‘ industries ’ would disappear in a heartbeat .
The perpetual claims about wind and solar competing with dispatchable generation sources , such as coal , gas and nuclear , ring hollow when talk turns to reducing the subsidies and forcing the unreliables to face true competition – unleashed and unbridled .
At which point , rent seekers start muttering about being ready to compete , but just not yet .
Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our ‘ inevitable transition ’ to an all wind and sun powered future not only delivering reliable electricity at 1970s prices , but delivering an endless stream of groovy ‘ green ’ jobs .
No State or country that ’ s ever chased the wind and solar Nirvana has experienced either : power prices rocket ; and both jobs and industries disappear .
South Australia being a prime example .
It ’ s against that backdrop that a handful of Australian politicians are beginning to stand up for the jobs that depend upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them , Queensland Senator , Matt Canavan has joined forces with Barnaby Joyce and Liberal MP Craig Kelly in an effort to demand an end to the self-serving nonsense being peddled by NSW ’ s Energy Minister , Matt Kean .
Kean is a close compatriot of Michael Photios ( a champion for Australia ’ s renewable energy rent seekers , including AGL ) and former PM , Malcolm Turnbull – a disgruntled ghost who has been pushing to expand and extend Australia ’ s , already obscene , raft of subsidies to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was ditched by his party for promoting a plan that would have done just that .
Of course , with his son Alex heavily invested in the renewables scam , Turnbull has every reason to do everything in his power to keep the gravy train running : Born Lucky : Stars Align Perfectly for PM ’ s Son with Mammoth Bet on Wind Power Outfit Infigen Where the gormless Kean and cynical Turnbull and their mates seek to profit at the misery of their compatriots , Canavan , Joyce and Kelly are in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a time when every employment opportunity counts , like never before .
The climate wars have re-emerged in the Coalition , with Nationals MPs urging Scott Morrison to build a new coal-fired power station while a Liberal MP wants the government to commit to a net-zero emission by 2050 target .
Nationals MP Matt Canavan used the Coalition partyroom on Tuesday to savage the NSW Coalition government ’ s energy road map , which passed state parliament last week and encourages investment in low-emissions energy to replace ageing coal-fired power stations .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed to tear up its $ 2bn energy agreement struck in January , which included federal funding for emissions reduction initiatives and a commitment to more gas supply .
Senator Canavan said the government should back a taxpayer-funded coal-fired power station in the NSW Hunter Valley .
He accused NSW of passing “ radical legislation ” without consulting the federal government .
He said the policy undermined the Morrison government ’ s program to underwrite new energy projects , with gas projects being put on hold .
Senator Canavan questioned why rural people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ noisy wind farms just so guilt-ridden inner-city people can sleep ” .
Partyroom sources say Senator Canavan was supported by fellow Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce and Liberal MP Craig Kelly .
Liberal National Party MP Warren Entsch , meanwhile , outlined his hope that the government would sign up to a target of net-zero emissions by 2050 .
Mr Entsch , the member for the north Queensland electorate of Leichhardt , told the ABC a 2050 target was “ not unreasonable ’ ’ .
“ I was certainly opposed to 2030 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ’ ’ he said , adding , “ we certainly are in a position , I think , to be able to give that commitment and I hope that down the track we do that ” .
Queensland Liberal senator Gerard Rennick pushed back against Mr Morrison ’ s indication that the government would resist using Kyoto carry-over credits to achieve its 2030 Paris targets .
“ Every carbon credit had come at the expense of someone ’ s livelihood , ’ ’ Senator Rennick said .
“ To not count all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the face to workers and industries , especially agriculture , who have reduced their emissions at great expense to their wellbeing .
“ Australia signed up to Kyoto in good faith and exceeded its targets .
It should not be punished because it was one of the few countries to do so.
” Mr Joyce said the Prime Minister needed to come out against the Berejiklian government ’ s “ pixieland power plan ” .
“ There has to be a sober assessment to stop an impending fiasco as we destroy our power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ This means hard decisions by leaders and that means the PM will unfortunately otherwise be held accountable to the extent that he could have avoided an impending power collapse.
” NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean said Mr Joyce and Senator Canavan were arguing against lower power prices .
“ Matt Canavan wanting to build a coal-fired power station is just asking people to pay more for their electricity bills and is the equivalent of him wanting everyone to abandon Netflix and go back to watching black and white television , ” Mr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comes from a parallel universe , where mathematics , physics , economics , logic and reason have been banished like troublesome teenagers .
Kean , like every character profiteering from the greatest environmental and economic fraud in history , resorts to the usual waffle about wind and solar underpinning some kind of technological utopia .
If wind and solar were even remotely competitive , then they wouldn ’ t need subsidies .
If they were even vaguely reliable , then there would be no need for coal-fired or gas-fired electricity , at all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other state in the Commonwealth – when the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in , every last MW is being generated by coal , gas , hydro and , increasingly these days , diesel fuelled generators .
It ’ s a simple equation , Matt : for every MW of wind or solar there has to be a matching MW of coal , gas , hydro or diesel generation capacity connected to the grid and ready to dispatch in an instant .
The added capital costs in capacity duplication – and in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to balance supply and demand caused by chaotically intermittent wind and solar – are nothing short of astronomical .
And provide the explanation as to why Australian power prices are now among the highest in the world ( wind and solar ‘ powered ’ South Australia ’ s retail prices win , hands down ) .
Alan Moran picks up that thread below , as he takes a look at the snouts still gouging around at Australia ’ s renewable energy subsidies trough .
Subsidies drain power from the electricity market The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week ’ s virtual Climate and Energy Summit screened politicians , industry leaders and bureaucrats , many of whom have been responsible for destroying the world ’ s most competitive electricity industry .
The sledgehammer has been subsidies through regulations and government spending , which are running at $ 7bn a year .
Speakers included US Democratic Party activist Audrey Zibelman , who came to Australia as a refugee from the 2016 Trump victory and is returning as a Google executive to help refill the Washington swamp .
Zibelman heads the Australian Energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a policymaking body fostering increased renewable energy supplies by spending $ 17.4bn on new transmission in addition to the $ 10bn for Snowy pumped storage .
She assisted in designing the new NSW subsidy package .
Also featured was Kerry Schott , who was picked by Malcolm Turnbull to head the Energy Security Board , which is at the apex of the electricity industry ’ s dozen regulatory agencies .
Schott ’ s energy industry experience includes having sold , for $ 1m , the NSW government power station Vales Point , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Among the many openly speaking for the renewables lobby was Anna Skarbek of ClimateWorks .
Skarbek raised the goal for renewables supply of 100 per cent of electricity to 700 per cent , arguing Australia could soak up sunlight and export it , a delusion assisted by a mirage involving its conversion into hydrogen power .
Politicians included Victoria ’ s Lily D ’ Ambrosio , who has pioneered a damaging subsidisation of renewable energy to prove the ALP ’ s green credentials and save inner-city seats .
The state ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean is the new standard bearer for government control over the industry .
Last week he pushed through the NSW parliament a package of imposts on electricity consumers and central planning machinery .
This is designed to leverage $ 32bn in new private investment in renewables and the transmission lines they will require .
Kean maintains a game changer is that the cost of renewables has plummeted .
But not one of the 24 gigawatts of wind , grid solar or rooftop solar would have been installed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state ’ s new legislation demonstrates , would any future supply be built without assistance .
Kean claims these regulations will lower prices .
The assumption is subsidised renewable power will force down prices of all electricity supplies , with non-subsidised coal-fired plants running at a loss but remaining operating .
But 20 years of such policies brought the opposite outcome .
Seven years ago financial losses sustained by coal-fired plants as a result of competition from subsidised renewables forced the Northern and Hazelwood power stations to close .
The outcome was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thinks laws preventing power stations closing will prevent a reoccurrence of this but it is doubtful firms could trade while insolvent .
Moreover , industry sources suggest the intrusion is so great investors might take legal action against the government .
AGL ’ s response to Kean ’ s plans was to shelve new investments .
These developments have led Kean to give voice to his barely disguised socialism and fulminate against Big Business that refuses to cop losses by doing the government ’ s bidding .
Kean copped an earful from federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the precarious nature of a renewables-rich energy supply in an electricity system where supply and demand must be precisely balanced for every 86,400 seconds a day .
The unpredictable variability of wind and solar adds further expenses to their intrinsic high cost .
Indeed , negative prices are almost a daily occurrence and the difficulties are so great that the market manager is spending consumers ’ money to switch off subsidised surplus wind and solar .
That said , the federal government ’ s policies are not markedly different from those of state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on renewables that have created the present high costs and unreliability , while putting taxpayer dollars into speculative funding of hydrogen and other new technologies that might replace coal .
Twenty years ago , soon after the dawn of the national electricity market , the divestiture of political interventions and privatisations that came with this produced a world-beating electricity supply system .
The only way to restore this is through a market unpolluted by subsidies , regulations and directions .
Sadly , the replacement of market forces by subsidies means government intervention is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Craig Kelly and Labor ’ s Joel Fitzgibbon , who recognise the low cost and reliability advantages of fossil fuels .
Ranged against these are powerful lobbies advocating for closure of fossil-fuel generation — in some cases out of environmental zealotry and in other cases to benefit from subsidies .
The Australian

Wind and solar don’t run on sunshine and breezes, they’re powered by massive and endless subsidies. Remove the subsidies and both so-called ‘industries’ would disappear in a heartbeat.
The perpetual claims about wind and solar competing with dispatchable generation sources, such as coal, gas and nuclear, ring hollow when talk turns to reducing the subsidies and forcing the unreliables to face true competition – unleashed and unbridled. At which point, rent seekers start muttering about being ready to compete, but just not yet.
Then there’s the endless drivel about our ‘inevitable transition’ to an all wind and sun powered future not only delivering reliable electricity at 1970s prices, but delivering an endless stream of groovy ‘green’ jobs.
No State or country that’s ever chased the wind and solar Nirvana has experienced either: power prices rocket; and both jobs and industries disappear. South Australia being a prime example.
It’s against that backdrop that a handful of Australian politicians are beginning to stand up for the jobs that depend upon reliable and affordable power.
One of them, Queensland Senator, Matt Canavan has joined forces with Barnaby Joyce and Liberal MP Craig Kelly in an effort to demand an end to the self-serving nonsense being peddled by NSW’s Energy Minister, Matt Kean.
Kean is a close compatriot of Michael Photios (a champion for Australia’s renewable energy rent seekers, including AGL) and former PM, Malcolm Turnbull – a disgruntled ghost who has been pushing to expand and extend Australia’s, already obscene, raft of subsidies to wind and large-scale solar ever since he was ditched by his party for promoting a plan that would have done just that. Of course, with his son Alex heavily invested in the renewables scam, Turnbull has every reason to do everything in his power to keep the gravy train running: Born Lucky: Stars Align Perfectly for PM’s Son with Mammoth Bet on Wind Power Outfit Infigen
Where the gormless Kean and cynical Turnbull and their mates seek to profit at the misery of their compatriots, Canavan, Joyce and Kelly are in their fighting for Australian industries and jobs at a time when every employment opportunity counts, like never before.
Federal Nationals slam state Coalition’s ‘pixieland power plan’
The Australian
Greg Brown
1 December 2020
The climate wars have re-emerged in the Coalition, with Nationals MPs urging Scott Morrison to build a new coal-fired power station while a Liberal MP wants the government to commit to a net-zero emission by 2050 target.
Nationals MP Matt Canavan used the Coalition partyroom on Tuesday to savage the NSW Coalition government’s energy road map, which passed state parliament last week and encourages investment in low-emissions energy to replace ageing coal-fired power stations.
The former resources minister said the government needed to tear up its $2bn energy agreement struck in January, which included federal funding for emissions reduction initiatives and a commitment to more gas supply.
Senator Canavan said the government should back a taxpayer-funded coal-fired power station in the NSW Hunter Valley.
He accused NSW of passing “radical legislation” without consulting the federal government.
He said the policy undermined the Morrison government’s program to underwrite new energy projects, with gas projects being put on hold.
Senator Canavan questioned why rural people should be kept up at night by “noisy wind farms just so guilt-ridden inner-city people can sleep”.
Partyroom sources say Senator Canavan was supported by fellow Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce and Liberal MP Craig Kelly.
Liberal National Party MP Warren Entsch, meanwhile, outlined his hope that the government would sign up to a target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Mr Entsch, the member for the north Queensland electorate of Leichhardt, told the ABC a 2050 target was “not unreasonable’’.
“I was certainly opposed to 2030, I thought the timeline was too short,’’ he said, adding, “we certainly are in a position, I think, to be able to give that commitment and I hope that down the track we do that”.
Queensland Liberal senator Gerard Rennick pushed back against Mr Morrison’s indication that the government would resist using Kyoto carry-over credits to achieve its 2030 Paris targets.
“Every carbon credit had come at the expense of someone’s livelihood,’’ Senator Rennick said.
“To not count all carbon credits would be a slap in the face to workers and industries, especially agriculture, who have reduced their emissions at great expense to their wellbeing.
“Australia signed up to Kyoto in good faith and exceeded its targets. It should not be punished because it was one of the few countries to do so.”
Mr Joyce said the Prime Minister needed to come out against the Berejiklian government’s “pixieland power plan”.
“There has to be a sober assessment to stop an impending fiasco as we destroy our power reliability,” Mr Joyce said.
“This means hard decisions by leaders and that means the PM will unfortunately otherwise be held accountable to the extent that he could have avoided an impending power collapse.”
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean said Mr Joyce and Senator Canavan were arguing against lower power prices.
“Matt Canavan wanting to build a coal-fired power station is just asking people to pay more for their electricity bills and is the equivalent of him wanting everyone to abandon Netflix and go back to watching black and white television,” Mr Kean said.
The Australian
Matt Kean comes from a parallel universe, where mathematics, physics, economics, logic and reason have been banished like troublesome teenagers. Kean, like every character profiteering from the greatest environmental and economic fraud in history, resorts to the usual waffle about wind and solar underpinning some kind of technological utopia.
If wind and solar were even remotely competitive, then they wouldn’t need subsidies. If they were even vaguely reliable, then there would be no need for coal-fired or gas-fired electricity, at all.
In NSW – as in every other state in the Commonwealth – when the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in, every last MW is being generated by coal, gas, hydro and, increasingly these days, diesel fuelled generators.
It’s a simple equation, Matt: for every MW of wind or solar there has to be a matching MW of coal, gas, hydro or diesel generation capacity connected to the grid and ready to dispatch in an instant.
The added capital costs in capacity duplication – and in the increased costs to grid managers, trying to balance supply and demand caused by chaotically intermittent wind and solar – are nothing short of astronomical. And provide the explanation as to why Australian power prices are now among the highest in the world (wind and solar ‘powered’ South Australia’s retail prices win, hands down).
Alan Moran picks up that thread below, as he takes a look at the snouts still gouging around at Australia’s renewable energy subsidies trough.
Subsidies drain power from the electricity market
The Australian
Alan Moran
2 December 2020
Last week’s virtual Climate and Energy Summit screened politicians, industry leaders and bureaucrats, many of whom have been responsible for destroying the world’s most competitive electricity industry. The sledgehammer has been subsidies through regulations and government spending, which are running at $7bn a year.
Speakers included US Democratic Party activist Audrey Zibelman, who came to Australia as a refugee from the 2016 Trump victory and is returning as a Google executive to help refill the Washington swamp. Zibelman heads the Australian Energy Market Operator, which she transformed into a policymaking body fostering increased renewable energy supplies by spending $17.4bn on new transmission in addition to the $10bn for Snowy pumped storage. She assisted in designing the new NSW subsidy package.
Also featured was Kerry Schott, who was picked by Malcolm Turnbull to head the Energy Security Board, which is at the apex of the electricity industry’s dozen regulatory agencies. Schott’s energy industry experience includes having sold, for $1m, the NSW government power station Vales Point, which now makes annual profits of $60m.
Among the many openly speaking for the renewables lobby was Anna Skarbek of ClimateWorks. Skarbek raised the goal for renewables supply of 100 per cent of electricity to 700 per cent, arguing Australia could soak up sunlight and export it, a delusion assisted by a mirage involving its conversion into hydrogen power.
Politicians included Victoria’s Lily D’Ambrosio, who has pioneered a damaging subsidisation of renewable energy to prove the ALP’s green credentials and save inner-city seats. The state’s spendthrift 2020 budget provides even more subsidies.
But NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean is the new standard bearer for government control over the industry. Last week he pushed through the NSW parliament a package of imposts on electricity consumers and central planning machinery. This is designed to leverage $32bn in new private investment in renewables and the transmission lines they will require.
Kean maintains a game changer is that the cost of renewables has plummeted. But not one of the 24 gigawatts of wind, grid solar or rooftop solar would have been installed without a subsidy. Nor, as the state’s new legislation demonstrates, would any future supply be built without assistance.
Kean claims these regulations will lower prices. The assumption is subsidised renewable power will force down prices of all electricity supplies, with non-subsidised coal-fired plants running at a loss but remaining operating. But 20 years of such policies brought the opposite outcome. Seven years ago financial losses sustained by coal-fired plants as a result of competition from subsidised renewables forced the Northern and Hazelwood power stations to close. The outcome was a doubling of wholesale prices.
Kean thinks laws preventing power stations closing will prevent a reoccurrence of this but it is doubtful firms could trade while insolvent. Moreover, industry sources suggest the intrusion is so great investors might take legal action against the government. AGL’s response to Kean’s plans was to shelve new investments.
These developments have led Kean to give voice to his barely disguised socialism and fulminate against Big Business that refuses to cop losses by doing the government’s bidding. Kean copped an earful from federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor, who recognises the precarious nature of a renewables-rich energy supply in an electricity system where supply and demand must be precisely balanced for every 86,400 seconds a day. The unpredictable variability of wind and solar adds further expenses to their intrinsic high cost. Indeed, negative prices are almost a daily occurrence and the difficulties are so great that the market manager is spending consumers’ money to switch off subsidised surplus wind and solar.
That said, the federal government’s policies are not markedly different from those of state governments. The commonwealth retains the subsidies on renewables that have created the present high costs and unreliability, while putting taxpayer dollars into speculative funding of hydrogen and other new technologies that might replace coal.
Twenty years ago, soon after the dawn of the national electricity market, the divestiture of political interventions and privatisations that came with this produced a world-beating electricity supply system. The only way to restore this is through a market unpolluted by subsidies, regulations and directions.
Sadly, the replacement of market forces by subsidies means government intervention is advocated even by backbenchers Matt Canavan, Craig Kelly and Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon, who recognise the low cost and reliability advantages of fossil fuels. Ranged against these are powerful lobbies advocating for closure of fossil-fuel generation — in some cases out of environmental zealotry and in other cases to benefit from subsidies.
The Australian


iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-05--Get ready for nationwide blackouts under Biden

California ’ s climate and energy policies will bring thousands of blackouts to entire country The power disaster unfolding in California will soon occur across the country , if Joe Biden gets his way .
The Golden State has been sweeping away the forms of energy that have provided reliable electricity for decades , under the same agenda the former Vice-President is planning for America as a whole .
Power outages are now commonplace in California .
Last summer , the state suffered its first rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years .
Imagine if this happened in Chicago in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trouble is explained by officials who now openly admit to an over-reliance on wind and solar power .
The governor said there was not enough wind to keep the turbines going , while cloud cover and nightfall restricted solar power .
The Los Angeles Times recognized the root of the problem : “ … gas-burning power plants that can fire up when the sun isn ’ t shining or the wind isn ’ t blowing have been shutting down in recent years , and California has largely failed to replace them … ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of megawatts behind its needs .
Governor Gavin Newsom admitted , “ we failed to predict and plan for these shortages ” and took ( nominal ) responsibility for the rolling blackouts .
Now he wants everyone to conserve power , while the state looks for new sources of energy , most likely fossil fuel-generated power from neighboring states .
All this is happening while California continues its intention to transition to 60 % renewable energy by 2030 and 100 % “ climate-friendly energy ” by 2045 , as required by state law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ open letter to Newsom , the heads of the California ’ s Energy Commission , Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission wrote : “ We are unwavering in our commitment to meeting California ’ s clean energy and climate goals.
” Team Biden plans to go even further , committing to making the entire nation 100 % renewable within 15 years .
The United States would fall tens of millions of megawatts behind on its electricity needs .
Like the California government , the incoming Biden-Harris administration is acting entirely under the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manmade calamity that can be stopped by eliminating fossil fuel use .
They are clearly unaware of the Climate Change Reconsidered series of reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC ) .
These documents summarize thousands of studies from peer-reviewed scientific journals that either refute or cast serious doubt on the climate scare .
They conclude that we are not causing a climate crisis .
Yet , in their October 6 report , Preliminary Root Cause Analysis – Mid-August 2020 Heat Storm , the same heads of California ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Public Utilities Commission highlighted the “ climate change-induced extreme heat storm across the western United States ” as the first cause of the blackout .
In their view , apparently , shutting down coal , gas and nuclear power plants in California and in states from which California imports electricity played only minor roles .
California ’ s determination to shift to so-called “ green ” energy – which is actually anything but clean , green , renewable and sustainable – is being echoed by politicians across the nation .
The result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t enjoy California ’ s mostly benign weather , is going to be that those in the poorest neighborhoods and those on fixed incomes may be forced to choose between heating and eating .
It also means people trying to run their homes , offices , factories , hospitals and schools on intermittent , weather-dependent , much more expensive wind and solar power will have to get used to never knowing when or for how long their electricity will be on or off .
Now in California ; soon in the entire USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the understanding that portions of the system will be offline from time to time .
Power companies compensate for this with reserve power at the ready .
However , California has closed its margin for error in response to anti-nuclear and anti-fossil fuel sentiments and climate change concerns .
Team Biden intends to do this for the entire United States .
Power outages can not always be avoided and are more common than one may think .
For example , between 2008 and 2017 , Illinois had 871 outages , the tenth most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as many , giving it the dubious distinction of ranking number two in the list .
But these pale in comparison to California which has the least reliable electrical power system in the nation .
It leads in power outages every year .
Between 2008 and 2017 , it had 4,297 power outages !
The origin of the problem is partly California ’ s Senate Bill 1368 , which in 2006 established the state ’ s emission standards to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants .
Following that year , eleven coal-fired power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to biomass .
Only one coal-fired plant remains .
The state also reduced its normal reliance on energy from out of state coal plants .
Yielding to anti-nuclear activists , the state also closed all but one nuclear plant , Diablo Canyon .
That plant generates about 18,000 Gigawatt-hours of reliable electricity every year , fully 8.6 % of California ’ s total generation .
But Diablo Canyon will soon be closed too .
Not surprisingly , during its construction and operation , anti-nuclear protests were common ; nearly two thousand people were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ period in 1981 .
In response , in 2016 , the California Public Utilities Commission approved a Pacific Gas & Electric Joint Proposal to phase out the state ’ s remaining nuclear power .
That means the operating licenses for Diablo Canyon ’ s two units will not be renewed when they expire in 2024 and 2025 .
Ironically , the Commission did not approve Pacific Gas & Electric ’ s proposal for resources to replace the station ’ s output .
It does not appear to matter that nuclear reactors produce no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are hated by the enviro-radicals who drive California ’ s energy policy and are steadily putting the state even further behind the 8-ball .
It gets worse .
California now requires that all new homes be nearly entirely electric .
It wants citizens to switch their natural gas stoves to electric , as part of their global warming initiatives .
More than 30 cities have already enacted bans on gas appliances , including San Francisco .
The state also hopes to eliminate all gasoline and diesel cars in favor of plug-in electric automobiles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affordable electricity will rise by leaps and bounds , just as supplies are steadily reduced , and partially replaced by expensive , intermittent , weather-dependent power .
Just as Mr. Biden promises for the nation as a whole , California is sacrificing reliable electrical power as part of its impossible crusade to “ stop climate change.
” Of course , this will have no impact on our planet ’ s climate , because ( a ) climate change is mostly natural and not driven by carbon dioxide , and ( b ) all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ backup batteries will be manufactured overseas , mostly in China , using fossil fuels and simply moving the source of ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions .
However , it will certainly spur sales of candles , flashlights , propane heaters , and natural gas , gasoline and diesel generators .
So , welcome to America ’ s future under a Biden-Harris-Kerry- AOC Administration .
America , the blackouts are coming .
Ohio-based Dr. Jay Lehr is Senior Policy Advisor to the Ottawa , Canada-based International Climate Science Coalition ( ICSC ) .
Tom Harris @ @ @ @ @ @

North Korea, coming to the US.
California’s climate and energy policies will bring thousands of blackouts to entire country
Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris
The power disaster unfolding in California will soon occur across the country, if Joe Biden gets his way. The Golden State has been sweeping away the forms of energy that have provided reliable electricity for decades, under the same agenda the former Vice-President is planning for America as a whole.
Power outages are now commonplace in California. Last summer, the state suffered its first rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years. Imagine if this happened in Chicago in the middle of winter.
California’s trouble is explained by officials who now openly admit to an over-reliance on wind and solar power. The governor said there was not enough wind to keep the turbines going, while cloud cover and nightfall restricted solar power. The Los Angeles Times recognized the root of the problem:
“… gas-burning power plants that can fire up when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing have been shutting down in recent years, and California has largely failed to replace them …”
Consequently, the state has fallen thousands of megawatts behind its needs. Governor Gavin Newsom admitted, “we failed to predict and plan for these shortages” and took (nominal) responsibility for the rolling blackouts. Now he wants everyone to conserve power, while the state looks for new sources of energy, most likely fossil fuel-generated power from neighboring states.
All this is happening while California continues its intention to transition to 60% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% “climate-friendly energy” by 2045, as required by state law.
Indeed, in their October 6 open letter to Newsom, the heads of the California’s Energy Commission, Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission wrote: “We are unwavering in our commitment to meeting California’s clean energy and climate goals.”
Team Biden plans to go even further, committing to making the entire nation 100% renewable within 15 years. The United States would fall tens of millions of megawatts behind on its electricity needs.
Like the California government, the incoming Biden-Harris administration is acting entirely under the unfounded belief that climate change is a manmade calamity that can be stopped by eliminating fossil fuel use. They are clearly unaware of the Climate Change Reconsidered series of reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC).
These documents summarize thousands of studies from peer-reviewed scientific journals that either refute or cast serious doubt on the climate scare. They conclude that we are not causing a climate crisis.
Yet, in their October 6 report, Preliminary Root Cause Analysis – Mid-August 2020 Heat Storm, the same heads of California’s Energy Commission, Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission highlighted the “climate change-induced extreme heat storm across the western United States” as the first cause of the blackout.
In their view, apparently, shutting down coal, gas and nuclear power plants in California and in states from which California imports electricity played only minor roles.
California’s determination to shift to so-called “green” energy – which is actually anything but clean, green, renewable and sustainable – is being echoed by politicians across the nation. The result, especially in states that don’t enjoy California’s mostly benign weather, is going to be that those in the poorest neighborhoods and those on fixed incomes may be forced to choose between heating and eating.
It also means people trying to run their homes, offices, factories, hospitals and schools on intermittent, weather-dependent, much more expensive wind and solar power will have to get used to never knowing when or for how long their electricity will be on or off. Now in California; soon in the entire USA.
Coherent energy systems are designed with the understanding that portions of the system will be offline from time to time. Power companies compensate for this with reserve power at the ready. However, California has closed its margin for error in response to anti-nuclear and anti-fossil fuel sentiments and climate change concerns. Team Biden intends to do this for the entire United States.
Power outages cannot always be avoided and are more common than one may think. For example, between 2008 and 2017, Illinois had 871 outages, the tenth most by state. Texas had nearly twice as many, giving it the dubious distinction of ranking number two in the list.
But these pale in comparison to California which has the least reliable electrical power system in the nation. It leads in power outages every year. Between 2008 and 2017, it had 4,297 power outages!
The origin of the problem is partly California’s Senate Bill 1368, which in 2006 established the state’s emission standards to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants. Following that year, eleven coal-fired power plants were closed and three were converted to biomass. Only one coal-fired plant remains.
The state also reduced its normal reliance on energy from out of state coal plants.
Yielding to anti-nuclear activists, the state also closed all but one nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon. That plant generates about 18,000 Gigawatt-hours of reliable electricity every year, fully 8.6% of California’s total generation.
But Diablo Canyon will soon be closed too. Not surprisingly, during its construction and operation, anti-nuclear protests were common; nearly two thousand people were arrested for civil disobedience during a two-week period in 1981. In response, in 2016, the California Public Utilities Commission approved a Pacific Gas & Electric Joint Proposal to phase out the state’s remaining nuclear power. That means the operating licenses for Diablo Canyon’s two units will not be renewed when they expire in 2024 and 2025.
Ironically, the Commission did not approve Pacific Gas & Electric’s proposal for resources to replace the station’s output. It does not appear to matter that nuclear reactors produce no greenhouse gas emissions during operation. They are hated by the enviro-radicals who drive California’s energy policy and are steadily putting the state even further behind the 8-ball.
It gets worse. California now requires that all new homes be nearly entirely electric. It wants citizens to switch their natural gas stoves to electric, as part of their global warming initiatives. More than 30 cities have already enacted bans on gas appliances, including San Francisco. The state also hopes to eliminate all gasoline and diesel cars in favor of plug-in electric automobiles.
This means demand for reliable, affordable electricity will rise by leaps and bounds, just as supplies are steadily reduced, and partially replaced by expensive, intermittent, weather-dependent power.
Just as Mr. Biden promises for the nation as a whole, California is sacrificing reliable electrical power as part of its impossible crusade to “stop climate change.” Of course, this will have no impact on our planet’s climate, because (a) climate change is mostly natural and not driven by carbon dioxide, and (b) all those wind turbines, solar panels and backup batteries will be manufactured overseas, mostly in China, using fossil fuels and simply moving the source of ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
However, it will certainly spur sales of candles, flashlights, propane heaters, and natural gas, gasoline and diesel generators.
So, welcome to America’s future under a Biden-Harris-Kerry- AOC Administration. America, the blackouts are coming.
_______________________________________________________
Ohio-based Dr. Jay Lehr is Senior Policy Advisor to the Ottawa, Canada-based International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC). Tom Harris is Executive Director of ICSC.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-05--Kamikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan Has Had A Slight Cooling Trend Since 1987

Kamikawa is located in Hokkaido Prefecture , which is the coldest part in Japan .
The temperature of the town @ @ @ @ @ since 1987 .
The period of 32 years is not short .
However , I @ @ @ @ @ ’ t like such data because they love the myth that temperature across the globe @ @ @ @ @ CO2 .

Kamikawa is located in Hokkaido Prefecture, which is the coldest part in Japan.
The temperature of the town shows a slight cooling trend since 1987.
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The period of 32 years is not short.
However, I guess that climate alarmists don’t like such data because they love the myth that temperature across the globe is rising steadily due to CO2.


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