iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-03--Roger Pielke Jr: The unstoppable momentum of outdated science

As long as the ‘ implausible scenarios ’ cited here are allowed past peer review , the problems described below aren ’ t going to go away .
Climate exaggeration seems to be something of a sport these days .
– – Much of climate research is focused on implausible scenarios of the future , but implementing a course correction will be difficult , reports The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .
A 2015 literature review found almost 900 peer-reviewed studies published on breast cancer using a cell line derived from a breast cancer patient in Texas in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirmed that the cell line that had long been the focus of this research was actually not a breast cancer line , but was instead a skin cancer line .
Whoops .
Even worse , from 2008 to 2014 — after the mistaken cell line was conclusively identified — the review identified 247 peer-reviewed articles putatively on breast cancer that were published using the misidentified skin cancer cell line .
A cursory search of Google Scholar indicates that studies continue to be published in 2020 mistakenly using the skin cell line in breast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experience is that science has momentum , and that momentum can be hard to change , even when obvious and significant flaws are identified .
This is particularly the case when the flaws exist in databases that underlie research across an entire discipline .
In 2020 , climate research finds itself in a similar situation to that of breast cancer research in 2007 .
Evidence indicates the scenarios of the future to 2100 that are at the focus of much of climate research have already diverged from the real world and thus offer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions .
A course-correction is needed .
In a new paper of ours just out in Environmental Research Letters we perform the most rigorous evaluation to date of how key variables in climate scenarios compare with data from the real world ( specifically , we look at population , economic growth , energy intensity of economic growth and carbon intensity of energy consumption ) .
We also look at how these variables might evolve in the near-term to 2040 .
We find that the most commonly-used scenarios @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the real world , and that divergence is going to only get larger in coming decades .

As long as the ‘implausible scenarios’ cited here are allowed past peer review, the problems described below aren’t going to go away. Climate exaggeration seems to be something of a sport these days.
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Much of climate research is focused on implausible scenarios of the future, but implementing a course correction will be difficult, reports The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF).
A 2015 literature review found almost 900 peer-reviewed studies published on breast cancer using a cell line derived from a breast cancer patient in Texas in 1976.
But in 2007 it was confirmed that the cell line that had long been the focus of this research was actually not a breast cancer line, but was instead a skin cancer line. Whoops.
Even worse, from 2008 to 2014 — after the mistaken cell line was conclusively identified — the review identified 247 peer-reviewed articles putatively on breast cancer that were published using the misidentified skin cancer cell line.
A cursory search of Google Scholar indicates that studies continue to be published in 2020 mistakenly using the skin cell line in breast cancer research.
The lesson from this experience is that science has momentum, and that momentum can be hard to change, even when obvious and significant flaws are identified. This is particularly the case when the flaws exist in databases that underlie research across an entire discipline.
In 2020, climate research finds itself in a similar situation to that of breast cancer research in 2007.
Evidence indicates the scenarios of the future to 2100 that are at the focus of much of climate research have already diverged from the real world and thus offer a poor basis for projecting policy-relevant variables like economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions. A course-correction is needed.
In a new paper of ours just out in Environmental Research Letters we perform the most rigorous evaluation to date of how key variables in climate scenarios compare with data from the real world (specifically, we look at population, economic growth, energy intensity of economic growth and carbon intensity of energy consumption). We also look at how these variables might evolve in the near-term to 2040.
We find that the most commonly-used scenarios in climate research have already diverged significantly from the real world, and that divergence is going to only get larger in coming decades.
Continued here.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-03--President Trump: “The most important speech I’ve ever made” – Video

“ Our election system is now under coordinated assault and siege , ” says President Trump .
And yet , I find hardly a mention of this in the mainstream media .
Please forward this to everyone you can .
Nevada sent out millions of ballots to ‘ voters , ’ says Trump .
“ Whether they were dead or alive.
” Wisconsin sent absentee ballot-request forms to all voters , says Trump .
“ This opened the flood gates to massive fraud.
” “ It ’ s a widely known fact that the voter rolls are packed with people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including those who are deceased , have moved out of their state , and even are non-citizens of our country.
” “ Dozens of counties in the key swing states have more registered voters on the rolls than they have voting-age citizens , including 67 counties in Michigan.
” “ All of this is evidence.
” “ In Wisconsin , the State ’ s Board of Elections could not confirm the residency of more than 100,000 people , but repeatedly refused to remove those names from its voter rolls before the election .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ We have in all swing states either major infractions , or outright fraud , which is far greater in numbers of votes than we need to overturn the results of a state.
” Wisconsin had a major dump of votes at 3:42 in the morning .
“ If we are right about the fraud , Joe Biden can ’ t be president.
” In some cases , poll watchers were locked out of the building .
Tens of thousands of people who came to vote in person were told they had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they hadn ’ t !
In other cases , people who came to vote , people who were happy to be exercising their right to vote , and went up to vote , were told that they can ’ t vote .
“ I ’ m sorry , they were told , I ’ m sorry , you have already voted , by mail-in ballot .
Congratulations .
We received a ballot , so you can no longer vote.
” They didn ’ t know what to do , so many people just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and went home .
“ But many people complained , and complained vehemently.
” “ This happened tens of thousands of times , all over the country.
” Then Trump talks about the Dominion voting system , which , with the change of a chip can change a vote for Trump into a vote for Biden .
“ What kind of a system is this ?
We have to go to paper .
Maybe it takes longer , but the only secure system is paper .
In one Michigan county , as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were wrongly switched from Trump to Biden .
And this is just the tip of the iceberg .
This is just what we caught .
How many didn ’ t we catch ?
Are there hundreds of other examples throughout the country ?
Are there thousands ?
We just got lucky .
And they called it a ‘ glitch.
’ But we found numerous ‘ glitches ’ that evening .
Ninety-six percent of its ( Dominion ’ s ) donations went to Democrats.
” The President goes on to point out that Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in governorships , in the House of Representatives , and the Senate , and that “ it is statistically impossible ” that the person who led the charge ( him ) , lost .
Pollsters , honest pollsters , have said that it ’ s not possible that the person who lead all of those winners to victory would have lost .
It ’ s not possible .
“ There ’ s something wrong .
I ’ ll tell you what ’ s wrong .
Voter fraud.
” “ The Democrats had this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ And there is no one happier , right now , than China.
” “ Many people received two three , and even four ballots .
They were sent to dead people by the thousands .
In fact dead people , and we have many examples , filled out ballots , made applications , and then voted.
” “ Millions of votes were cast illegally in the swing states alone .
And if that ’ s the case , the results in the swing states must be overturned , and overturned immediately.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Supreme Court will do what is right for our country.
” “ We ’ re showing you hundreds of thousands ( of votes ) , far more than we need , far more than the margin , far more than the law requires … what is necessary to win the state.
” “ The media knows this , but they don ’ t want to report it .
In fact , they outright refuse to even cover it.
” “ Even what I ’ m saying now will be demeaned and disparaged.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latest part of their four-year effort to overturn the results of the 2016 election .
And it ’ s been like living in hell .
Our opponents have proven many times , again and again , that they will say anything , and do anything , to get back into power ; the corrupt forces that are registering dead voters , and stuffing ballot boxes , are the same people who have perpetrated one phony and fraudulent hoax after another , you ’ ve been watching it now for four years.
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“Our election system is now under coordinated assault and siege,” says President Trump. And yet, I find hardly a mention of this in the mainstream media.
Please forward this to everyone you can.
Nevada sent out millions of ballots to ‘voters,’ says Trump. “Whether they were dead or alive.”
Wisconsin sent absentee ballot-request forms to all voters, says Trump. “This opened the flood gates to massive fraud.”
“It’s a widely known fact that the voter rolls are packed with people who are not eligible to vote, including those who are deceased, have moved out of their state, and even are non-citizens of our country.”
“Dozens of counties in the key swing states have more registered voters on the rolls than they have voting-age citizens, including 67 counties in Michigan.”
“All of this is evidence.”
“In Wisconsin, the State’s Board of Elections could not confirm the residency of more than 100,000 people, but repeatedly refused to remove those names from its voter rolls before the election. They knew why. Nobody else did.”
“I knew why. They’re illegal voters.”
“We have in all swing states either major infractions, or outright fraud, which is far greater in numbers of votes than we need to overturn the results of a state.”
Wisconsin had a major dump of votes at 3:42 in the morning.
“If we are right about the fraud, Joe Biden can’t be president.”
In some cases, poll watchers were locked out of the building.
Tens of thousands of people who came to vote in person were told they had already voted by mail-in ballot. But they hadn’t!
In other cases, people who came to vote, people who were happy to be exercising their right to vote, and went up to vote, were told that they can’t vote. “I’m sorry, they were told, I’m sorry, you have already voted, by mail-in ballot. Congratulations. We received a ballot, so you can no longer vote.”
They didn’t know what to do, so many people just said “that’s strange” and went home. “But many people complained, and complained vehemently.”
“This happened tens of thousands of times, all over the country.”
Then Trump talks about the Dominion voting system, which, with the change of a chip can change a vote for Trump into a vote for Biden.
“What kind of a system is this? We have to go to paper. Maybe it takes longer, but the only secure system is paper.
In one Michigan county, as an example, they found 6,000 votes that were wrongly switched from Trump to Biden. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. This is just what we caught. How many didn’t we catch? Are there hundreds of other examples throughout the country? Are there thousands? We just got lucky. And they called it a ‘glitch.’ But we found numerous ‘glitches’ that evening. Ninety-six percent of its (Dominion’s) donations went to Democrats.”
The President goes on to point out that Republicans had spectacular – and unexpected – success in governorships, in the House of Representatives, and the Senate, and that “it is statistically impossible” that the person who led the charge (him), lost.
Pollsters, honest pollsters, have said that it’s not possible that the person who lead all of those winners to victory would have lost. It’s not possible.
“There’s something wrong. I’ll tell you what’s wrong. Voter fraud.”
“It’s corrupt. Detroit is corrupt.”
“The Democrats had this election rigged right from the very beginning.”
“And there is no one happier, right now, than China.”
“Many people received two three, and even four ballots. They were sent to dead people by the thousands. In fact dead people, and we have many examples, filled out ballots, made applications, and then voted.”
“Millions of votes were cast illegally in the swing states alone. And if that’s the case, the results in the swing states must be overturned, and overturned immediately.”
“Hopefully, and respectfully, the Supreme Court will do what is right for our country.”
“We’re showing you hundreds of thousands (of votes), far more than we need, far more than the margin, far more than the law requires … what is necessary to win the state.”
“The media knows this, but they don’t want to report it. In fact, they outright refuse to even cover it.”
“Even what I’m saying now will be demeaned and disparaged.”
“The mail-in voting scam is the latest part of their four-year effort to overturn the results of the 2016 election. And it’s been like living in hell. Our opponents have proven many times, again and again, that they will say anything, and do anything, to get back into power; the corrupt forces that are registering dead voters, and stuffing ballot boxes, are the same people who have perpetrated one phony and fraudulent hoax after another, you’ve been watching it now for four years.”
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-03--Another warm El Nino year

Another warm El Nino year

2020 is gearing up to be another warm year , strongly affected by natural and regional weather events It ’ s that time of the year again when some meteorological organisations predict what the average global temperature might be for the full , current year .
Not that we have all the data for 2020 , obviously , for most global temperature datasets haven ’ t even processed November ’ s data yet .
Making a prediction with only just over 80 % of the data available is a risky procedure and most sensible scientists would be very circumspect about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announcements are done for political purposes and , in a typical year , always as a precursor to a UN climate conference .
2020 has been a warm year , one of the warmest – and warm years make many people throw caution to the wind , making claims based on select facts they like , ignoring the ones they don ’ t like .
Let ’ s go back a few years to the early part of this decade when global temperature had been stagnating for more than ten years and not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But then came 2014-15 when they started rising again , peaking in 2016 .
Many voices proclaimed that this was evidence that global temperatures were now accelerating ‘ out of control ’ , something their models had been predicting all along .
The climate was making up for all the unchanging years of the so-called global warming hiatus , it was claimed .
Never mind that the sudden rise between 2014 and 2016 was occurring much faster than could be due to greenhouse forcing alone .
However , it was not a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a record El Nino .
For some commentators , however , an El Nino is a finite event .
According to its definition – a specific temperature increase in a certain region of the Pacific – an El Nino is either on or off .
Hence , they said that subsequent warm years after 2016 were warm due to greenhouse forcing , not El Nino .
They argued that average global temperature since then was not influenced by any El Nino warming .
But that ’ s clearly not the case .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is obviously not independent of its peak and neither is the decline afterwards , else why did that increase not continue after the El Nino ’ s ‘ interruption.
’ So , a year can still be showing the warming influence of previous El Nino conditions whilst not having an El Nino event , something many journalists and even the General Secretary of the World Meteorological Organisation ( WMO ) , Prof Taalas , prefer to ignore .
Now take a look at global temperatures of 2020 and the past decade in general @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data shows that quite a number of months earlier this year were affected by El Nino conditions , very different from what Prof. Taalas insinuated .
Another point to consider is the distortion caused by averaging regional temperature events to draw a global picture .
The BBC said that the most notable warmth this year was recorded in the Siberian Arctic , where average temperatures were 5C above average .
Indeed , if you look at the graph accompanying the WMO ’ s press release you will immediately see that most of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Siberian Arctic – while the rest of the world has seen comparatively little change from previous years .
This means we will have to wait several more years before being able to assess global temperature trends outside significant natural weather events .
But this won ’ t be easy because we are currently witnessing the start of a La Nino – the opposite of El Nino – and thus the prospect of temperature stagnating or even a drop in temperatures .
A strong La Nina , such as the one in 2007 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming .
The conclusion is that whenever climate scientists or journalists talk about a very warm year that is evidently influenced by El Nino warming it is not so much about global warming , but more about significant natural as well as regional weather events that are making a big difference .
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2020 is gearing up to be another warm year, strongly affected by natural and regional weather events
It’s that time of the year again when some meteorological organisations predict what the average global temperature might be for the full, current year. Not that we have all the data for 2020, obviously, for most global temperature datasets haven’t even processed November’s data yet. Making a prediction with only just over 80% of the data available is a risky procedure and most sensible scientists would be very circumspect about doing so. But these premature annual announcements are done for political purposes and, in a typical year, always as a precursor to a UN climate conference.
2020 has been a warm year, one of the warmest – and warm years make many people throw caution to the wind, making claims based on select facts they like, ignoring the ones they don’t like.
Let’s go back a few years to the early part of this decade when global temperature had been stagnating for more than ten years and not increasing significantly, as many had predicted. But then came 2014-15 when they started rising again, peaking in 2016. Many voices proclaimed that this was evidence that global temperatures were now accelerating ‘out of control’, something their models had been predicting all along. The climate was making up for all the unchanging years of the so-called global warming hiatus, it was claimed.
Never mind that the sudden rise between 2014 and 2016 was occurring much faster than could be due to greenhouse forcing alone.
However, it was not a coincident for many observers that 2016 experienced a record El Nino. For some commentators, however, an El Nino is a finite event. According to its definition – a specific temperature increase in a certain region of the Pacific – an El Nino is either on or off. Hence, they said that subsequent warm years after 2016 were warm due to greenhouse forcing, not El Nino. They argued that average global temperature since then was not influenced by any El Nino warming.
But that’s clearly not the case. The build-up in temperatures before recent El Ninos is obviously not independent of its peak and neither is the decline afterwards, else why did that increase not continue after the El Nino’s ‘interruption.’ So, a year can still be showing the warming influence of previous El Nino conditions whilst not having an El Nino event, something many journalists and even the General Secretary of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Prof Taalas, prefer to ignore.
Record warm years have usually coincided with a strong El Niño event, as was the case in 2016. We are now experiencing a La Niña, which has a cooling effect on global temperatures, but has not been sufficient to put a brake on this year’s heat. Despite the current La Niña conditions, this year has already shown near record heat comparable to the previous record of 2016,” said Prof. Taalas.
Now take a look at global temperatures of 2020 and the past decade in general. Looking at the monthly and quarterly data shows that quite a number of months earlier this year were affected by El Nino conditions, very different from what Prof. Taalas insinuated.
Cold & warm episodes by season; NOAA Climate Prediction Center
Another point to consider is the distortion caused by averaging regional temperature events to draw a global picture. The BBC said that the most notable warmth this year was recorded in the Siberian Arctic, where average temperatures were 5C above average. Indeed, if you look at the graph accompanying the WMO’s press release you will immediately see that most of the warm temperature anomalies this year occurred in the Siberian Arctic – while the rest of the world has seen comparatively little change from previous years.
Global map of temperature anomalies relative to the 1981-2010 long-term average from the ERA5 reanalysis for January to October 2020. Graphic: Copernicus Climate Change Service / ECMWF
This means we will have to wait several more years before being able to assess global temperature trends outside significant natural weather events. But this won’t be easy because we are currently witnessing the start of a La Nino – the opposite of El Nino – and thus the prospect of temperature stagnating or even a drop in temperatures. A strong La Nina, such as the one in 2007, could numerically depress years of global warming.
The conclusion is that whenever climate scientists or journalists talk about a very warm year that is evidently influenced by El Nino warming it is not so much about global warming, but more about significant natural as well as regional weather events that are making a big difference.
Feedback: David.whitehouse@thegwpf.com
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-03--A New Experiment Finds Only A 1.3°C Temperature Differential For Contained Air With 0.05% Versus 100

A New Experiment Finds Only A 1.3°C Temperature Differential For Contained Air With 0.05% Versus 100% CO2

A new balloon experiment ( inadvertently ) demonstrates just how weak and inconsequential CO2 ’ s warming effect is .
Levendis et al .
( 2020 ) tried using an experiment with air-filled ( 99 % nitrogen and oxygen ) versus CO2-filled ( 100 % CO2 ) balloons to demonstrate a consequential warming effect for CO2 .
But their study may have demonstrated the opposite .
In the experiment a heat source was applied and then removed ( shut off ) to 3 different-sized balloons with 100 % ( 1,000,000 ppm ) CO2 in them .
They compared the rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cooling rate for a balloon filled with regular room air that has ~790,000 ppm nitrogen ( N2 ) , ~210,000 ppm oxygen ( O2 ) , ~9,000 ppm Argon ( Ar ) , and ~500 ppm CO2 .
The results revealed the temperature inside the 1,000,000 ppm CO2 balloons cooled just ~1.3°C ( 0.5 to 2.0°C ) more slowly after 6½ minutes than the balloon with ambient air with ~500 ppm CO2 .
Put another way , raising CO2 concentrations from 500 ppm to 1,000,000 ppm only leads to a warming ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She or he suggested what ’ s being observed in Air-vs.-CO2 experiments like these is the comparison of convective heat transport for lighter N2 and O2 molecules relative to heavier CO2 molecules .
In other words , this is a molecular density experiment and doesn ’ t represent the “ actual physics of the greenhouse effect.
” Reviewer # 2 even suggests “ finessing ” the paper with a disclaimer that says this is “ not how CO2 warms the Earth ” as she or he wonders aloud “ what ’ s the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reviewer # 2 is correct .
These lab experiments claiming to show CO2 ’ s special role in the greenhouse effect only demonstrate denser molecules like CO2 ( 44 u ) slow heat loss better than ( 29 u ) lighter ( N2 and O2 , air ) molecules , just as a heavier coat slows cooling better than a lighter coat .
In fact , Argon ( Ar ) has a much larger representation in the atmosphere ( ~9,000 ppm , or 0.9 % ) than CO2 does , but it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a role in the greenhouse effect .
But as Wagoner and colleagues ( 2010 ) point out , Ar can be shown to reduce cooling ( i.e.
, “ cause ” warming ) with “ identical ” rates and magnitudes as CO2 molecules do in experiments like these because both Ar and CO2 have similar molecular densities ( 40 vs. 44 u ) whereas N2 and O2 ( 29 u ) do not .
Wagoner and colleagues clearly affirm their support for the anthropogenic global warming ( AGW ) cause in their paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a demonstration of CO2 ’ s special and significant greenhouse effect role it “ is difficult to demonstrate convincingly.
” This is because the magnitude of the CO2 ’ s radiative effect is already “ more than an order of magnitude smaller ” than observed in experiments like these that merely affirm the larger convective cooling reduction for denser vs. lighter molecules .
A real-world demonstration of CO2 ’ s “ specialness ” as a greenhouse gas has yet to be observed .

A new balloon experiment (inadvertently) demonstrates just how weak and inconsequential CO2’s warming effect is.
Levendis et al. (2020) tried using an experiment with air-filled (99% nitrogen and oxygen) versus CO2-filled (100% CO2) balloons to demonstrate a consequential warming effect for CO2. But their study may have demonstrated the opposite.
In the experiment a heat source was applied and then removed (shut off) to 3 different-sized balloons with 100% (1,000,000 ppm) CO2 in them. They compared the rate of cooling for these CO2-filled balloons to the cooling rate for a balloon filled with regular room air that has ~790,000 ppm nitrogen (N2), ~210,000 ppm oxygen (O2), ~9,000 ppm Argon (Ar), and ~500 ppm CO2.
The results revealed the temperature inside the 1,000,000 ppm CO2 balloons cooled just ~1.3°C (0.5 to 2.0°C) more slowly after 6½ minutes than the balloon with ambient air with ~500 ppm CO2. Put another way, raising CO2 concentrations from 500 ppm to 1,000,000 ppm only leads to a warming (reduced cooling) effect of 1.3°C.
Reviewer #2 sympathetically urged rejection of the paper for publication in its initial form and continued to criticize it after edits were made to the manuscript. Perhaps recognizing it would not be helpful to the cause to publish an experiment exposing just how minuscule a warming effect CO2 has,sympathetically urged rejection of the paper for publication in its initial form and continued to criticize it after edits were made to the manuscript.
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She or he suggested what’s being observed in Air-vs.-CO2 experiments like these is the comparison of convective heat transport for lighter N2 and O2 molecules relative to heavier CO2 molecules. In other words, this is a molecular density experiment and doesn’t represent the “actual physics of the greenhouse effect.” Reviewer #2 even suggests “finessing” the paper with a disclaimer that says this is “not how CO2 warms the Earth” as she or he wonders aloud “what’s the point of publishing the paper”.
Reviewer #2 is correct. These lab experiments claiming to show CO2’s special role in the greenhouse effect only demonstrate denser molecules like CO2 (44 u) slow heat loss better than (29 u) lighter (N2 and O2, air) molecules, just as a heavier coat slows cooling better than a lighter coat.
In fact, Argon (Ar) has a much larger representation in the atmosphere (~9,000 ppm, or 0.9%) than CO2 does, but it is not considered a greenhouse gas that plays a role in the greenhouse effect. But as Wagoner and colleagues (2010) point out, Ar can be shown to reduce cooling (i.e., “cause” warming) with “identical” rates and magnitudes as CO2 molecules do in experiments like these because both Ar and CO2 have similar molecular densities (40 vs. 44 u) whereas N2 and O2 (29 u) do not.
Wagoner and colleagues clearly affirm their support for the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) cause in their paper, but they seem to lamentably admit that a demonstration of CO2’s special and significant greenhouse effect role it “is difficult to demonstrate convincingly.” This is because the magnitude of the CO2’s radiative effect is already “more than an order of magnitude smaller” than observed in experiments like these that merely affirm the larger convective cooling reduction for denser vs. lighter molecules.
A real-world demonstration of CO2’s “specialness” as a greenhouse gas has yet to be observed.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-03--CNN: “most countries are still choosing fossil fuels over clean energy”

Who feels like shedding a tear , that the unprecedented opportunity , the Great Reset Green New Deal Build Back Better renewable revolution is foundering on the rocks of political and economic reality ?
We ’ re at a turning point on climate change .
But most countries are still choosing fossil fuels over clean energy , report says ( CNN ) Governments of the world are at a “ critical juncture ” for shaping the climate ’ s future but are on course to produce too many fossil fuels in the decade ahead , a new report has found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ degrees Celsius ( 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit ) — which scientists say would avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change — countries need to wind down their fossil fuel production by 6 % every year between now and 2030 , according to the 2020 Production Gap report .
Instead , countries are on track to produce an increase of 2 % per year .
And as governments pour money into their economies in a bid to recover from the coronavirus pandemic , they risk locking the world into a climate disaster by investing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as power , aviation , and car manufacturing , according to the new analysis from the Stockholm Environment Institute , International Institute for Sustainable Development ( IISD ) , Overseas Development Institute ( ODI ) , E3G and the UN Environment Programme .
“ We find ourselves at a critical juncture at this time .
While global fossil fuel production will dip sharply this year , government action and recovery measures are poised to shape our climate future , ” said Ploy Pattanun Achakulwisut , SEI scientist and co-author of the report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pre-Covid production levels that lock-in severe climate disruption , or they could set the stage for a managed wind down of fossil fuel production .
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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Who feels like shedding a tear, that the unprecedented opportunity, the Great Reset Green New Deal Build Back Better renewable revolution is foundering on the rocks of political and economic reality?
We’re at a turning point on climate change. But most countries are still choosing fossil fuels over clean energy, report says
By Helen Regan, CNN
Updated 1401 GMT (2201 HKT) December 2, 2020
(CNN)Governments of the world are at a “critical juncture” for shaping the climate’s future but are on course to produce too many fossil fuels in the decade ahead, a new report has found.
To limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) — which scientists say would avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change — countries need to wind down their fossil fuel production by 6% every year between now and 2030, according to the 2020 Production Gap report.
Instead, countries are on track to produce an increase of 2% per year.
And as governments pour money into their economies in a bid to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they risk locking the world into a climate disaster by investing more heavily in fossil fuel industries — such as power, aviation, and car manufacturing, according to the new analysis from the Stockholm Environment Institute, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), E3G and the UN Environment Programme.
“We find ourselves at a critical juncture at this time. While global fossil fuel production will dip sharply this year, government action and recovery measures are poised to shape our climate future,” said Ploy Pattanun Achakulwisut, SEI scientist and co-author of the report.
“They could either return to pre-Covid production levels that lock-in severe climate disruption, or they could set the stage for a managed wind down of fossil fuel production.”
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-03--Call to show ‘global leadership’ with North Sea production cuts

No end to the manufactured climate hysteria as the oil industry is put in the spotlight once again , on the now usual pretext of net zero ‘ carbon emissions ’ .
How tinkering with the tiny 0.04 % of the atmosphere belonging to carbon dioxide could make much difference to anything , is not considered relevant and is just presented as a fact , which is not correct .
– – – The UK and Scottish governments have been urged to set five-yearly targets for North Sea production cuts , using the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the industry for net zero , reports Energy Voice .
The Institute for Public Policy Research ( IPPR ) made several suggestions as to how ministers could take advantage of the Covid-19 crisis , which has already seen a drop in oil extraction .
But it said the UK Government must take responsibility for the “ overwhelming majority of the costs of transition ” – as Westminster has “ received the overwhelming majority of oil and gas revenues ” .
The think tank wants the two administrations to work together to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the amount of oil and gas extracted , consumed in and exported from the UK to help achieve net zero emissions by the Scottish and UK government targets of 2045 and 2050 respectively .
It also suggested the law should be changed to cap extractions to prevent the UK from exporting surplus fuels that generate carbon emissions abroad .
Oil and Gas UK has already set an industry target of slashing emissions in half by 2030 and 90 % by 2040 , ahead of the UK ’ s net zero legal target of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ IPPR said ministers in Scotland and London could “ show global leadership and demonstrate the economic , environmental and reputational benefits of being a major historical oil and gas producer to announce a timetable to wind down fossil fuel production to align with net zero ” .
The Net Zero North Sea report stressed : “ We must reshape the oil and gas industry , to help us achieve net zero emissions and restore nature in Scotland and across the UK .
“ Doing so will also require a long-term plan for reducing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the coming years .
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No end to the manufactured climate hysteria as the oil industry is put in the spotlight once again, on the now usual pretext of net zero ‘carbon emissions’. How tinkering with the tiny 0.04% of the atmosphere belonging to carbon dioxide could make much difference to anything, is not considered relevant and is just presented as a fact, which is not correct.
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The UK and Scottish governments have been urged to set five-yearly targets for North Sea production cuts, using the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to “show global leadership” and “reshape” the industry for net zero, reports Energy Voice.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) made several suggestions as to how ministers could take advantage of the Covid-19 crisis, which has already seen a drop in oil extraction.
But it said the UK Government must take responsibility for the “overwhelming majority of the costs of transition” – as Westminster has “received the overwhelming majority of oil and gas revenues”.
The think tank wants the two administrations to work together to “set clear five-yearly targets” to cut the amount of oil and gas extracted, consumed in and exported from the UK to help achieve net zero emissions by the Scottish and UK government targets of 2045 and 2050 respectively.
It also suggested the law should be changed to cap extractions to prevent the UK from exporting surplus fuels that generate carbon emissions abroad.
Oil and Gas UK has already set an industry target of slashing emissions in half by 2030 and 90% by 2040, ahead of the UK’s net zero legal target of 2050.
By acting now, the IPPR said ministers in Scotland and London could “show global leadership and demonstrate the economic, environmental and reputational benefits of being a major historical oil and gas producer to announce a timetable to wind down fossil fuel production to align with net zero”.
The Net Zero North Sea report stressed: “We must reshape the oil and gas industry, to help us achieve net zero emissions and restore nature in Scotland and across the UK.
“Doing so will also require a long-term plan for reducing oil and gas extraction from UK waters over the coming years.”
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--German Renewable Energy Insanity: Shutting Down a 5 Year Old Coal Plant, No Plan to Fill the Energy

German Renewable Energy Insanity: Shutting Down a 5 Year Old Coal Plant, No Plan to Fill the Energy Gap

h/t Krishna Gans – According to the German climate website Kalte Sonne , the renewables obsessed German and city of Hamburg governments intend to shut down local coal and nuclear power plants , but have no serious plan to make up the resulting energy shortfall .
Hamburg ’ s large power plant Moorburg is shut down – after 5 years of operation The decision announced by the Federal Network Agency , according to which the coal-fired power station Moorburg will cease power production after 5 years of operation by the operator Vattenfall , will make the power supply in northern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on December 31st In 2021 , the Brokdorf nuclear power plant will also be shut down due to the Nuclear Energy Phase- Out Act .
After that there are no more large power plants in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein that could compensate for the strong fluctuations in wind and solar energy .
That was the main reason of the construction of the 1600 MW large power plant Moorburg how ’ s then First Mayor Olaf Scholz in the remarkable inauguration speech stated : “ The prosperity of an industrial society depends to a large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or procuring the required energy and keeping it available .
In such a way that it is firstly available to companies and consumers with a secure supply , secondly : economically , thirdly : sustainably and environmentally friendly … Hamburg also and above all has many electricity-intensive large consumers and the city is proud to have them at the location .
She can not and does not want to do without them .
Whether steel , copper and aluminum , but also aircraft construction or scientific companies such as the German electron synchrotron @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a difficult time in Hamburg without a reliable and inexpensive power supply …reliably and with a high degree of utilization of what we can extract from the earth .
“ From the end of 2021 , the fate of Hamburg ’ s electricity supply will depend on five high-voltage lines in the west , east and south of Germany .
Hamburg ’ s industry alone consumes an unbelievably large amount of 11 million megawatt hours of electricity every year .
The jug goes to water until it breaks .

Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Krishna Gans – According to the German climate website Kalte Sonne, the renewables obsessed German and city of Hamburg governments intend to shut down local coal and nuclear power plants, but have no serious plan to make up the resulting energy shortfall.
Hamburg’s large power plant Moorburg is shut down – after 5 years of operation
3rd December 2020 from cold sun
The decision announced by the Federal Network Agency, according to which the coal-fired power station Moorburg will cease power production after 5 years of operation by the operator Vattenfall, will make the power supply in northern Germany a lot less secure. Because on December 31st In 2021, the Brokdorf nuclear power plant will also be shut down due to the Nuclear Energy Phase- Out Act .
After that there are no more large power plants in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein that could compensate for the strong fluctuations in wind and solar energy. That was the main reason of the construction of the 1600 MW large power plant Moorburg how’s then First Mayor Olaf Scholz in the remarkable inauguration speech stated :
“The prosperity of an industrial society depends to a large extent on whether it succeeds in generating or procuring the required energy and keeping it available. In such a way that it is firstly available to companies and consumers with a secure supply, secondly: economically, thirdly: sustainably and environmentally friendly … Hamburg also and above all has many electricity-intensive large consumers and the city is proud to have them at the location. She cannot and does not want to do without them. Whether steel, copper and aluminum, but also aircraft construction or scientific companies such as the German electron synchrotron, DESY, they would all have a difficult time in Hamburg without a reliable and inexpensive power supply …reliably and with a high degree of utilization of what we can extract from the earth. “
From the end of 2021, the fate of Hamburg’s electricity supply will depend on five high-voltage lines in the west, east and south of Germany. Hamburg’s industry alone consumes an unbelievably large amount of 11 million megawatt hours of electricity every year. The jug goes to water until it breaks.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--‘Ditch high definition and new tech to fight climate change’, say Royal Society miserablists

The climate obsessed BBC pushes its ridiculous carbophobia message yet again .
But they don ’ t mention one obvious option – turn off the BBC .
– – – Streaming a television show in standard definition can shave a little off your ‘ carbon ’ emissions , a report from scientists at the UK ’ s Royal Society says .
— [ quote marks added ] HD video streaming on a phone generates about eight times more in emissions than standard definition ( SD ) , it says .
And , on a small screen , the viewer might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BBC News .
Platforms and regulators should limit streaming resolution and default to SD , the authors urged .
The report says digital technology ’ s estimated contribution to global emissions ranges from 1.4 % to 5.9 % of the global total .
Another simple way to save energy is for people streaming music to turn off any accompanying video if they ’ re just listening , not watching , the authors say .
They estimate such small moves could save up to 5 % of the emissions from a streaming service – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ achieved by running YouTube ’ s servers on renewable energy .
The report also suggests owning and using devices for longer before trading them in , because the emissions created in making a new device are significant .
Some of the numbers in the report are contested .
But it says that if you change your mobile phone every two years , the manufacturing represents about half of all the emissions it will generate through its lifetime .
But if individuals keep their phones for four years instead of two , that contribution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason , the report says buying a device second-hand – or sharing equipment – also reduce the share of so-called “ embodied emissions ” .
Full article here — if you can take any more .

The climate obsessed BBC pushes its ridiculous carbophobia message yet again. But they don’t mention one obvious option – turn off the BBC.
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Streaming a television show in standard definition can shave a little off your ‘carbon’ emissions, a report from scientists at the UK’s Royal Society says. — [quote marks added]
HD video streaming on a phone generates about eight times more in emissions than standard definition (SD), it says.
And, on a small screen, the viewer might not even notice the difference, says BBC News.
Platforms and regulators should limit streaming resolution and default to SD, the authors urged.
The report says digital technology’s estimated contribution to global emissions ranges from 1.4% to 5.9% of the global total.
Another simple way to save energy is for people streaming music to turn off any accompanying video if they’re just listening, not watching, the authors say.
They estimate such small moves could save up to 5% of the emissions from a streaming service – a reduction comparable to what’s achieved by running YouTube’s servers on renewable energy.
Keep phones longer
The report also suggests owning and using devices for longer before trading them in, because the emissions created in making a new device are significant.
Some of the numbers in the report are contested.
But it says that if you change your mobile phone every two years, the manufacturing represents about half of all the emissions it will generate through its lifetime.
But if individuals keep their phones for four years instead of two, that contribution is significantly reduced.
For the same reason, the report says buying a device second-hand – or sharing equipment – also reduce the share of so-called “embodied emissions”.
Full article here — if you can take any more.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Dems caught on camera pulling suitcases of ballots from under tables in Georgia in the dead of night

The team in State Farm Arena in Atlanta sent home observers and the press , said they ’ d stop counting .
But then those dedicated and democratic souls decided to work on for at least two more hours during which time they pulled four suitcases out from under a table and took them to the machines and processed them all night , all captured on the CCTV .
What ’ s the penalty for fake ballots in Georgia ?
At 10pm in State Farm Arena , all the other poll observers and Fox news were sent home and told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But after they left , a woman in a yellow shirt pulled a suitcase out at 11:02pm and took it to the counting desks .
We all know what kinds of ballots don ’ t come in official boxes and don ’ t need to be viewed by Republicans .
The question is — will the Democrats be able to win the Georgia Senate Runoffs if Republican poll watchers refuse to go home til the counting is finished ?
The other question is — was there CCTV from all the other swing @ @ @ @ @

How Georgia was won
(Just more baseless claims of voter fraud for the media to not report.)
The team in State Farm Arena in Atlanta sent home observers and the press, said they’d stop counting. But then those dedicated and democratic souls decided to work on for at least two more hours during which time they pulled four suitcases out from under a table and took them to the machines and processed them all night, all captured on the CCTV. What’s the penalty for fake ballots in Georgia?
At 10pm in State Farm Arena, all the other poll observers and Fox news were sent home and told the counting would resume in the morning. But after they left, a woman in a yellow shirt pulled a suitcase out at 11:02pm and took it to the counting desks.
We all know what kinds of ballots don’t come in official boxes and don’t need to be viewed by Republicans.
The question is — will the Democrats be able to win the Georgia Senate Runoffs if Republican poll watchers refuse to go home til the counting is finished?
The other question is — was there CCTV from all the other swing states and […]
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Elon Musk: Electric Vehicles will Double Electricity Demand, but Renewables And Grid Scale Batteries

Elon Musk: Electric Vehicles will Double Electricity Demand, but Renewables And Grid Scale Batteries will Deliver

Elon Musk claiming his coming in 2021 fully autonomous vehicles are safer than human drivers , and how renewables can supply the redoubled energy needs of the future , though they will need lots of grid scale batteries .
Musk predicts full autonomy from 2021 , says EVs will double electricity demand Speaking at an Axel Springer event in Berlin , Musk said he thinks that by 2030 the “ vast majority ” of new cars will be electric and almost all will have Level 5 autonomous driving .
“ Ten years from now , the vast majority of cars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of cars , and almost all ( new ) cars will be autonomous , ” he said at the event he attended to accept the Axel Springer award for “ the inventive spirit and innovative power ” with which he has “ revolutionised several industries ” .
But the transition to electric vehicles will also great more demand for electricity , he noted , adding to demand for more renewable sources of energy .
As the transition to electric cars picks up pace , intermittent electricity from renewable sources such as wind and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ batteries , Musk said .
“ Together with large battery packs , both things need to be combined , wind power with battery packs and solar energy , ” Musk said .

Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Elon Musk claiming his coming in 2021 fully autonomous vehicles are safer than human drivers, and how renewables can supply the redoubled energy needs of the future, though they will need lots of grid scale batteries.
Musk predicts full autonomy from 2021, says EVs will double electricity demand
DECEMBER 2, 2020
BRIDIE SCHMIDT
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Speaking at an Axel Springer event in Berlin, Musk said he thinks that by 2030 the “vast majority” of new cars will be electric and almost all will have Level 5 autonomous driving.
“Ten years from now, the vast majority of cars will be electric, maybe 70-80% of cars, and almost all (new) cars will be autonomous,” he said at the event he attended to accept the Axel Springer award for “the inventive spirit and innovative power” with which he has “revolutionised several industries”.
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But the transition to electric vehicles will also great more demand for electricity, he noted, adding to demand for more renewable sources of energy.
As the transition to electric cars picks up pace, intermittent electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar will need to be stored in batteries, Musk said.
“Together with large battery packs, both things need to be combined, wind power with battery packs and solar energy,” Musk said.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Claim: San Francisco Covid-19 Exodus – 89,000 Families have Left

Your new neighbour could be Californian ; Covid-19 and presumably Covid-19 lockdowns appear to be the final straw for people living in California ’ s filthy crime ridden big cities .
As many as 89,000 households have left San Francisco since March , the latest sign of an exodus spurred by the pandemic As many as 89,000 households have moved out of San Francisco since the start of the coronavirus pandemic .
That ’ s according to San Francisco-based site Public Comment , which worked with the United States Postal Service to track requests for a change of address between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Some households relocated to neighbouring areas like Marin County and Oakland .
For those who decamped the Bay Area entirely , they spread to cities and towns across the country .
According to Public Comment , Las Vegas was the No .
1 destination , followed by Palm Beach County , Florida ; Seminole County , Florida ; the Denver region ; and Beaverton , Oregon , a city just west of Portland .
Read more : The tech elite are abandoning Silicon Valley in droves because of ‘ monoculture ’ and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ re headed The migration out of San Francisco may be due , at least in part , to some tech companies shutting their offices and no longer requiring employees to live nearby .
In August , anonymous workplace chat app Blind surveyed 3,300 tech workers about living in the Bay Area the survey found that 15 % had already left the area and 60 % said they would leave if they could .

Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Your new neighbour could be Californian; Covid-19 and presumably Covid-19 lockdowns appear to be the final straw for people living in California’s filthy crime ridden big cities.
As many as 89,000 households have left San Francisco since March, the latest sign of an exodus spurred by the pandemic
AVERY HARTMANS DEC 2, 2020, 6:06 AM
As many as 89,000 households have moved out of San Francisco since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
That’s according to San Francisco-based site Public Comment, which worked with the United States Postal Service to track requests for a change of address between March 1 and November 1, 2020.
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Some households relocated to neighbouring areas like Marin County and Oakland. For those who decamped the Bay Area entirely, they spread to cities and towns across the country. According to Public Comment, Las Vegas was the No. 1 destination, followed by Palm Beach County, Florida; Seminole County, Florida; the Denver region; and Beaverton, Oregon, a city just west of Portland.
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Read more: The tech elite are abandoning Silicon Valley in droves because of ‘monoculture’ and high taxes” here’s where they’re headed
The migration out of San Francisco may be due, at least in part, to some tech companies shutting their offices and no longer requiring employees to live nearby. In August, anonymous workplace chat app Blind surveyed 3,300 tech workers about living in the Bay Area the survey found that 15% had already left the area and 60% said they would leave if they could.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--GWPF -NOTE TO THE GOVERNMENT

GWPF -NOTE TO THE GOVERNMENT

The Prime Minister ’ s radical decarbonisation plans will burden Britons with astronomical costs which will trigger rising public discontent .
The Prime Minister , Boris Johnson , has today announced that as part of the drive to Net Zero the United Kingdom will aim to cut its emissions in 2030 by 68 % as compared to the 1990 baseline , a substantial increase over and above the previous 57 % target .
The official 1990 baseline for the UK ’ s greenhouse gas emissions is 794.4 MtCO2e ( million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent ) .
Increasing the official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 68 % reduction implies a total reduction of 540 MtCO2e per year .
The cost of emissions reductions through current policies , such as wind power , is approximately £100-£150/tCO2e , and , in spite of industry propaganda , figures of more than £200/tCO2e are plausible for the future .
Hence , the new target translates to a cost of between £50 billion and £100 billion per year .
The “ Express Service ” required to deliver the Prime Minister ’ s target can only increase this cost still further .
Even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , spending at this level will place a significant burden on households already faced with the long-run impact of the measures taken to address coronavirus .
British businesses will see their competitiveness post-Brexit eroded when they most need to be rebuilding their position in the international markets .
`` Boris Johnson is indulging in radical gesture politics in the run up to COP26 , and attempts to send friendly messages to Mr Biden .
But these gestures come at astronomical costs and burdens which are unsustainable .
`` As the unaffordability and infeasibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public discontent will only grow while the irresponsibility of this Conservative government is unlikely to be forgotten by voters.
” Here are a few extracts : January 2013 In a Telegraph opinion column entitled “ It ’ s snowing , and it really feels like the start of a mini ice age .
Something is up with our winter weather .
Could it be the Sun is having a slow patch ?
” he wrote the following : [ 10 ] “ As a species , we human beings have become so blind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe that the fate of the planet is in our hands — when the reality is that everything , or almost everything , depends on the behaviour and caprice of the gigantic thermonuclear fireball around which we revolve.
” “ I am all for theories about climate change , and would not for a moment dispute the wisdom or good intentions of the vast majority of scientists .
But I am also an empiricist ; and I observe that something appears to be up with our winter weather , and to call it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the language.
” I wish I knew more about what is going on , and why .
It is time to consult once again the learned astrophysicist , Piers Corbyn .
Now Piers has a very good record of forecasting the weather .
He has been bang on about these cold winters .
Like Turner and the Aztecs he thinks we should be paying more attention to the Sun .
According to Piers , global temperature depends not on concentrations of but on the mood of our celestial orb .
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The Prime Minister’s radical decarbonisation plans will burden Britons with astronomical costs which will trigger rising public discontent.
London, 4 December: The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has today announced that as part of the drive to Net Zero the United Kingdom will aim to cut its emissions in 2030 by 68% as compared to the 1990 baseline, a substantial increase over and above the previous 57% target.
The official 1990 baseline for the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions is 794.4 MtCO2e (million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent). Increasing the official 2030 target from a 57% to a 68% reduction implies a total reduction of 540 MtCO2e per year.
The cost of emissions reductions through current policies, such as wind power, is approximately £100-£150/tCO2e, and, in spite of industry propaganda, figures of more than £200/tCO2e are plausible for the future. Hence, the new target translates to a cost of between £50 billion and £100 billion per year.
The “Express Service” required to deliver the Prime Minister’s target can only increase this cost still further.
Even at the lower end of these estimates, spending at this level will place a significant burden on households already faced with the long-run impact of the measures taken to address coronavirus.
British businesses will see their competitiveness post-Brexit eroded when they most need to be rebuilding their position in the international markets.
Dr Benny Peiser, the GWPF director, said
"Boris Johnson is indulging in radical gesture politics in the run up to COP26, and attempts to send friendly messages to Mr Biden. But these gestures come at astronomical costs and burdens which are unsustainable.
"As the unaffordability and infeasibility of these extreme plans becomes apparent, public discontent will only grow while the irresponsibility of this Conservative government is unlikely to be forgotten by voters.”
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Director, Global Warming Policy Forum
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Reading the above made me find out what Boris has written about climate change before becoming PM. I found an interesting summary here: Boris Johnson | DeSmog UK
Here are a few extracts: January 2013
In a Telegraph opinion column entitled “It’s snowing, and it really feels like the start of a mini ice age. Something is up with our winter weather. Could it be the Sun is having a slow patch?” he wrote the following: [10]
“As a species, we human beings have become so blind with conceit and self-love that we genuinely believe that the fate of the planet is in our hands — when the reality is that everything, or almost everything, depends on the behaviour and caprice of the gigantic thermonuclear fireball around which we revolve.” “I am all for theories about climate change, and would not for a moment dispute the wisdom or good intentions of the vast majority of scientists. But I am also an empiricist; and I observe that something appears to be up with our winter weather, and to call it “warming” is obviously to strain the language.”
“ I wish I knew more about what is going on, and why. It is time to consult once again the learned astrophysicist, Piers Corbyn. Now Piers has a very good record of forecasting the weather. He has been bang on about these cold winters. Like JMW Turner and the Aztecs he thinks we should be paying more attention to the Sun. According to Piers, global temperature depends not on concentrations of CO2 but on the mood of our celestial orb.”
December 20, 2015 Writing in the Telegraph, Johnson argued recent warm winter weather had nothing to do with climate change: [9] “In the view of Piers and his colleagues at WeatherAction, it is all about sun spots, and he is on record as believing that we are now due for a new ‘Maunder Minimum’ – like the famous cold spell in the 17th century, when the Thames froze several times,” Johnson wrote. “Whatever is happening to the weather at the moment, he said, it is nothing to do with the conventional doctrine of climate change.” So, what does he really believe? I don’t think anyone really knows, but the above suggests that he is inconsistent, at least. I hope that his present support for such ruinous policies is simply opportunist. The problem is there are plenty of others who are only too willing to bankrupt the country, even though they must know that these policies will have no measurable effect on the Earth’s temperature or climate.
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Aussie Brown Coal to Clean Hydrogen Plant will Address Carbon Capture “Eventually”

Proponents are celebrating Kawasaki Heavy Industry ’ s planned construction of a coal to hydrogen plant in Victoria , which is intended to prove the viability of the clean hydrogen supply chain .
Just one thing is missing from the proposed clean energy plant ; the part where they capture all the CO2 emitted by burning vast quantities of low grade coal to produce the “ clean hydrogen ” .
A consortium ’ s $ 500m project will produce hydrogen from brown coal in one of the world ’ s first zero-emission energy supply chains .
A Japanese-Australian consortium is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coal in a $ 500 million pilot project seen by its architects as the first step in creating one of the world ’ s first zero-emission energy supply chains .
Kawasaki Heavy Industries , J-Power and Shell Japan have joined Australia ’ s AGL Energy and several international partners to produce , liquefy and ship hydrogen to Japan .
They intend to burn some of the 5 billion tonnes of lignite in the valley , enough to power Victoria for more than 500 years , to produce hydrogen .
Eventually , they intend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process and inject it into under-sea basins in the nearby Bass Strait .
For now , however , their goal is to prove the viability of the supply chain and the emissions will continue to be released into the atmosphere .
Yet , the scepticism remains .
Tesla co-founder Elon Musk has dismissed hydrogen fuel cells as “ mind-bogglingly stupid ” , saying it is inefficient to use them in a car compared with charging a lithium-ion battery directly from a solar panel .
Other critics ask whether producing hydrogen from fossil fuels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given that the industry has so far failed to prove the commercial case for carbon capture and storage .
Environmental groups have also raised objections to the Latrobe project over its use of brown coal .
“ The time for digging up dirty , brown coal is over , ” says Cam Walker , an activist with Friends of the Earth in Victoria .
“ We support the development of green hydrogen produced from renewables .
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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Proponents are celebrating Kawasaki Heavy Industry’s planned construction of a coal to hydrogen plant in Victoria, which is intended to prove the viability of the clean hydrogen supply chain. Just one thing is missing from the proposed clean energy plant; the part where they capture all the CO2 emitted by burning vast quantities of low grade coal to produce the “clean hydrogen”.
Australia ‘hydrogen road’ to Japan set to cut emissions
A consortium’s $500m project will produce hydrogen from brown coal in one of the world’s first zero-emission energy supply chains.
Jamie Smyth and Robin Harding
Dec 1, 2020 – 3.14pm
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A Japanese-Australian consortium is set to begin producing hydrogen from brown coal in a $500 million pilot project seen by its architects as the first step in creating one of the world’s first zero-emission energy supply chains.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, J-Power and Shell Japan have joined Australia’s AGL Energy and several international partners to produce, liquefy and ship hydrogen to Japan. They intend to burn some of the 5 billion tonnes of lignite in the valley, enough to power Victoria for more than 500 years, to produce hydrogen.
Eventually, they intend to capture the carbon generated by the process and inject it into under-sea basins in the nearby Bass Strait. For now, however, their goal is to prove the viability of the supply chain and the emissions will continue to be released into the atmosphere.
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Yet, the scepticism remains. Tesla co-founder Elon Musk has dismissed hydrogen fuel cells as “mind-bogglingly stupid”, saying it is inefficient to use them in a car compared with charging a lithium-ion battery directly from a solar panel. Other critics ask whether producing hydrogen from fossil fuels can ever be made cost-effective or clean given that the industry has so far failed to prove the commercial case for carbon capture and storage.
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Environmental groups have also raised objections to the Latrobe project over its use of brown coal. “The time for digging up dirty, brown coal is over,” says Cam Walker, an activist with Friends of the Earth in Victoria. “We support the development of green hydrogen produced from renewables.”
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Trump legal team files Georgia lawsuit to possibly overturn state’s election – Video

The move comes after a piece of video evidence surfaced .
The Trump legal team has filed a lawsuit in @ @ @ @ @ state ’ s presidential election results , after a piece of video evidence , dubbed @ @ @ @ @ by Rudy Giuliani , has surfaced .
– Newsmax TV ’ s Emerald Robinson and @ @ @ @ @ s a larger view of the Georgia video in question : .
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The move comes after a piece of video evidence surfaced.
The Trump legal team has filed a lawsuit in Georgia to possibly overturn the state’s presidential election results, after a piece of video evidence, dubbed a ‘smoking gun’ by Rudy Giuliani, has surfaced. – Newsmax TV’s Emerald Robinson and John Bachman report
Here’s a larger view of the Georgia video in question:
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iowaclimatescienceeducation--2020-12-04--Biden Promises to Request 100 Days of Mask Wearing to Combat Covid-19

Joe Biden has called for 100 days where everyone has to wear a mask .
But Biden has not clarified whether this mandate will apply to the Obama family and Democrat governors , some of whom have recently behaved like they think all that mask wearing and social distancing which Democrats preach is just for the little people .
Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing among first acts amid COVID-19 pandemic “ On the first day I ’ m inaugurated , I ’ m going to ask the public for 100 days to mask .
Just 100 days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 days .
And I think we ’ ll see a significant reduction ” in the virus , Joe Biden said .
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president , stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he ’ s pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus .
The move marks a notable shift from President Donald Trump , whose own skepticism of mask-wearing has contributed to a politicization of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people reticent to embrace a practice that public health experts say is one of the easiest ways to manage the pandemic , which has killed more than 275,000 Americans .
The president-elect has frequently emphasized mask-wearing as a “ patriotic duty ” and during the campaign floated the idea of instituting a nationwide mask mandate , which he later acknowledged would be beyond the ability of the president to enforce .
To be fair to the Obamas , everyone has to endure moments when their kids misbehave .
Kids will be kids .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ things than little Sasha Obama ’ s social distancing / mask wearing gaff , like accepting questionable directorships with allegedly corrupt foreign companies .
Perhaps President Obama will put his foot down and exert some discipline , by insisting his kids social isolate with the family in the expensive low lying sea side villa President Obama purchased late last year .
Daddy Obama could put the family social isolation time to good use , by educating his kids about Covid safety and sea level rise .

Democrat Presidential wannabe Joe Biden. By David Lienemann – White House (V011013DL-0556), Public Domain, Link
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Joe Biden has called for 100 days where everyone has to wear a mask. But Biden has not clarified whether this mandate will apply to the Obama family and Democrat governors, some of whom have recently behaved like they think all that mask wearing and social distancing which Democrats preach is just for the little people.
Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing among first acts amid COVID-19 pandemic “On the first day I’m inaugurated, I’m going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. Just 100 days to mask – not forever, just 100 days. And I think we’ll see a significant reduction” in the virus, Joe Biden said. By Alexandra Jaffe WASHINGTON — Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he’s pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The move marks a notable shift from President Donald Trump, whose own skepticism of mask-wearing has contributed to a politicization of the issue. That’s made many people reticent to embrace a practice that public health experts say is one of the easiest ways to manage the pandemic, which has killed more than 275,000 Americans. The president-elect has frequently emphasized mask-wearing as a “patriotic duty” and during the campaign floated the idea of instituting a nationwide mask mandate, which he later acknowledged would be beyond the ability of the president to enforce. … Read more: https://abc7.com/joe-biden-mask-mandate-harris-iden-face-anthony-fauci/8477181/
To be fair to the Obamas, everyone has to endure moments when their kids misbehave. Kids will be kids. Some children of politicians do far worse things than little Sasha Obama’s social distancing / mask wearing gaff, like accepting questionable directorships with allegedly corrupt foreign companies.
Perhaps President Obama will put his foot down and exert some discipline, by insisting his kids social isolate with the family in the expensive low lying sea side villa President Obama purchased late last year. Daddy Obama could put the family social isolation time to good use, by educating his kids about Covid safety and sea level rise.
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I find hardly a mention of President Trump ’ s extremely important speech in the mainstream media .
He delivered his remarks on Wednesday .
And yet … have your read about this , or heard about this , in the mainstream media ?
“ Our election system is now under coordinated assault and siege , ” said President Trump .
Please forward this to everyone you can , because the mainstream media is trying to pretend it didn ’ t take place .
In case you are too busy to listen to the entire speech , I have included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to speed .
Nevada sent out millions of ballots to ‘ voters , ’ says Trump .
“ Whether they were dead or alive.
” Wisconsin sent absentee ballot-request forms to all voters , says Trump .
“ This opened the flood gates to massive fraud.
” “ It ’ s a widely known fact that the voter rolls are packed with people who are not eligible to vote , including those who are deceased , have moved out of their state , and even are non-citizens of our country.
” “ Dozens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have more registered voters on the rolls than they have voting-age citizens , including 67 counties in Michigan.
” “ All of this is evidence.
” “ In Wisconsin , the State ’ s Board of Elections could not confirm the residency of more than 100,000 people , but repeatedly refused to remove those names from its voter rolls before the election .
They knew why .
Nobody else did.
” “ We have in all swing states either major infractions , or outright fraud , which is far greater in numbers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results of a state.
” Wisconsin had a major dump of votes at 3:42 in the morning .
“ If we are right about the fraud , Joe Biden can ’ t be president.
” In some cases , poll watchers were locked out of the building .
In other cases , people who came to vote , people who were happy to be exercising their right to vote , and went up to vote , were told that they can ’ t vote .
“ I ’ m sorry , they were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have already voted , by mail-in ballot .
Congratulations .
We received a ballot , so you can no longer vote.
” They didn ’ t know what to do , so many people just said “ that ’ s strange ” and went home .
“ But many people complained , and complained vehemently.
” “ This happened tens of thousands of times , all over the country.
” Then Trump talks about the Dominion voting system , which , with the change of a chip can change a vote for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ What kind of a system is this ?
We have to go to paper .
Maybe it takes longer , but the only secure system is paper .
In one Michigan county , as an example , they found 6,000 votes that were wrongly switched from Trump to Biden .
And this is just the tip of the iceberg .
This is just what we caught .
How many didn ’ t we catch ?
Are there hundreds of other examples throughout the country ?
Are there thousands ?
We just got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ glitch.
’ But we found numerous ‘ glitches ’ that evening .
Ninety-six percent of its ( Dominion ’ s ) donations went to Democrats.
” The President goes on to point out that Republicans had spectacular – and unexpected – success in governorships , in the House of Representatives , and the Senate , and that “ it is statistically impossible ” that the person who led the charge ( him ) , lost .
Pollsters , honest pollsters , have said that it ’ s not possible that the person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ victory would have lost .
It ’ s not possible .
“ There ’ s something wrong .
I ’ ll tell you what ’ s wrong .
Voter fraud.
” “ The Democrats had this election rigged right from the very beginning.
” “ And there is no one happier , right now , than China.
” “ Many people received two three , and even four ballots .
They were sent to dead people by the thousands .
In fact dead people , and we have many examples , filled out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voted.
” “ Millions of votes were cast illegally in the swing states alone .
And if that ’ s the case , the results in the swing states must be overturned , and overturned immediately.
” “ Hopefully , and respectfully , the Supreme Court will do what is right for our country.
” “ We ’ re showing you hundreds of thousands ( of votes ) , far more than we need , far more than the margin , far more than the law requires … what is necessary to win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this , but they don ’ t want to report it .
In fact , they outright refuse to even cover it.
” “ Even what I ’ m saying now will be demeaned and disparaged.
” “ The mail-in voting scam is the latest part of their four-year effort to overturn the results of the 2016 election .
And it ’ s been like living in hell .
Our opponents have proven many times , again and again , that they will say anything , and do anything , to get back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are registering dead voters , and stuffing ballot boxes , are the same people who have perpetrated one phony and fraudulent hoax after another , you ’ ve been watching it now for four years.
” “ They don ’ t put America first.
” “ They don ’ t want America first .
They only want power for themselves .
They want to make money .
That ’ s why they don ’ t want me as your President.
” “ The fraud that we have collected in the last few weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election .
Everyone is saying , ‘ wow !
, ’ the evidence is overwhelming , when they get to see it.
” “ Pennsylvania , Michigan , Nevada , Georgia , Arizona , and most other states , allowed almost anyone to get an absentee ballot and cast their ballot without showing any ID .
The voting took place on the honor system , no identification of any kind was required.
” “ Most Americans would also be shocked to learn that no state in the country verifies United States citizenship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elections .
This is a national disgrace .
No other advanced country conducts elections this way.
” Many European countries have instituted major restrictions on mail-in voting specifically , because they recognize the nearly unlimited potential for fraud.
” “ Out of 42 European nations , all but two prohibit absentee ballots entirely for people who reside inside the country.
” “ The only conceivable reason why you would block common-sense to verify legal eligibility for voting , is you are trying to encourage , enable , solicit , or carry out fraud.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to understand that these destructive changes to our election laws were not a necessary response to the pandemic .
The pandemic simply gave the Democrats an excuse to do what they have been doing , and trying to do , for many , many years.
” “ They wanted to steal the 2020 presidential election .
All of the Democrat efforts to expand mail-in balloting laid the groundwork for the systematic and pervasive fraud that occurred in this election .
“ In Pennsylvania , large amounts of mail-inand absentee ballots were processed illegally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counties without our observers present .
They were not allowed to be present .
In fact , they weren ’ t even allowed in the same room .
They were thrown out of the building and they looked from outside in , but they had no way of even seeing because there were no windows , and the windows that were there were boarded up .
“ Democrats even went to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to block observers from receiving access .
There is only one possible reason that the corrupt Democrat political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counting .
It ’ s because they know they are hiding illegal activity , it ’ s very simple .
This is an egregious , inexcusable and irreversible harm that stains the entire election , yet this unprecedented practice of excluding our observers , our vote watchers , as some people call them , occurred in Democrat run cities in key states all across the nation .
“ Many voters all across Pennsylvania received two ballots in the mail and many others received mail-in ballots for which they never applied .
So many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even know what they were for .
And again , so many received more than one ballot , in some cases more than two ballots , and they happened to be , for the most part , Democrats .
“ In Fayette County , Pennsylvania , multiple voters received ballots that were already filled out .
They didn ’ t know what happened .
In Montgomery County , Pennsylvania , a poll watcher overheard unregistered voters being told to return later to try to vote under a different name .
“ In Michigan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Detroit witnessed city workers coaching voters to vote straight Democrat while accompanying them to watch who they were voting for , violating the law and the sanctity of the secret ballot .
You can ’ t do that .
The same worker say she was instructed not to ask for any ID and not to attempt to validate any signatures .
“ She was also told to illegally back-date ballots , many , many ballots received after the deadline .
This is something that is so unconstitutional , and she estimates that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back dated by her and many others .
Other witnesses in Detroit also saw election officials counting batches of the same ballots many times as well as illegally duplicating ballots .
“ One observer testified to seeing boxes and boxes of ballots all bearing the same signature .
Another observer in Detroit gave sworn testimony that he saw countless invalid ballots that did not belong to properly registered voters and then witnessed election workers in Wayne County entering fake birth dates into the system in order to illegally count them .
“ In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots that do not have matching ballot applications as required by law .
In Georgia , nine observers have testified to seeing countless irregular ballots without the creases or typical markings , indicating that the ballots did not arrive in envelopes as required .
“ A poll watcher in Fulton County estimated that approximately 98 % of the large number of unusually pristine ballots that she witnessed were for Biden , a highly unusual number .
In addition , thousands of uncounted ballots were discovered in Floyd , Fayette and Walton Counties weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were mostly from Trump voters .
“ ( In Detroit ) there were more votes than there were voters .
Think of that .
You had more votes than you had voters .
That ’ s an easy one to figure , and it ’ s by the thousands.
” “ In Pennsylvania the Secretary of State and the state Supreme Court in essence abolished signature verification requirements just weeks prior to the election , in violation of state law .
You ’ re not allowed to do that .
It has to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judge can ’ t do it , a state can ’ t do it , an official can ’ t do it .
“ The only way to determine whether there was an honest vote is to conduct a full review of the envelopes in the relevant states .
You will find that many of them , tens of thousands , have fraudulent signatures .
A full forensic audit is required to ensure that only legal ballots from lawfully registered voters that were properly cast are included in the final count .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , fraud that has never been seen like this before .
It ’ s about poll watchers who are not allowed to watch .
So illegal .
It ’ s about ballots that poured in and nobody but a few knew where they came from , but they were counted , and they weren ’ t for me .
“ I don ’ t mind if I lose an election , but I want to lose an election fair and square .
What I don ’ t want to do is have it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s what we ’ re fighting for , and we have no choice to be doing that .
We already have the proof , we already have the evidence , and it ’ s very clear .
“ Ultimately , I am prepared to accept any accurate election result , and I hope that Joe Biden is as well .
“ But we already have the proof .
We have already have tens of thousands of ballots more than we need to overturn all of these states that we ’ re talking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the highest office in the greatest country in the history of the world .
Every reasonable American should be able to agree based on what we have already documented that we need a systematic analysis of the mail-in ballots to review the envelopes .
“ It ’ s about the signature , and if they ’ re on the envelopes – we can only review the envelopes – and that will tell us everything .
This is the absolute minimum we should expect .
This is not just about my campaign , although @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who ’ s going to be your next President .
This is about restoring faith and confidence in American elections .
“ If we don ’ t root out the fraud , the tremendous and horrible fraud that ’ s taken place in our 2020 election , we don ’ t have a country anymore .
So , with the resolve and support of the American people , we will restore honesty and integrity to our elections and we will restore trust in our system of government .
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I find hardly a mention of President Trump’s extremely important speech in the mainstream media. He delivered his remarks on Wednesday. And yet … have your read about this, or heard about this, in the mainstream media?
“Our election system is now under coordinated assault and siege,” said President Trump.
Please forward this to everyone you can, because the mainstream media is trying to pretend it didn’t take place.
In case you are too busy to listen to the entire speech, I have included written excerpts to help bring you up to speed.
Nevada sent out millions of ballots to ‘voters,’ says Trump. “Whether they were dead or alive.”
Wisconsin sent absentee ballot-request forms to all voters, says Trump. “This opened the flood gates to massive fraud.”
“It’s a widely known fact that the voter rolls are packed with people who are not eligible to vote, including those who are deceased, have moved out of their state, and even are non-citizens of our country.”
“Dozens of counties in the key swing states have more registered voters on the rolls than they have voting-age citizens, including 67 counties in Michigan.”
“All of this is evidence.”
“In Wisconsin, the State’s Board of Elections could not confirm the residency of more than 100,000 people, but repeatedly refused to remove those names from its voter rolls before the election. They knew why. Nobody else did.”
“I knew why. They’re illegal voters.”
“We have in all swing states either major infractions, or outright fraud, which is far greater in numbers of votes than we need to overturn the results of a state.”
Wisconsin had a major dump of votes at 3:42 in the morning.
“If we are right about the fraud, Joe Biden can’t be president.”
In some cases, poll watchers were locked out of the building.
In other cases, people who came to vote, people who were happy to be exercising their right to vote, and went up to vote, were told that they can’t vote. “I’m sorry, they were told, I’m sorry, you have already voted, by mail-in ballot. Congratulations. We received a ballot, so you can no longer vote.”
They didn’t know what to do, so many people just said “that’s strange” and went home. “But many people complained, and complained vehemently.”
“This happened tens of thousands of times, all over the country.”
Then Trump talks about the Dominion voting system, which, with the change of a chip can change a vote for Trump into a vote for Biden.
“What kind of a system is this? We have to go to paper. Maybe it takes longer, but the only secure system is paper.
In one Michigan county, as an example, they found 6,000 votes that were wrongly switched from Trump to Biden. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. This is just what we caught. How many didn’t we catch? Are there hundreds of other examples throughout the country? Are there thousands? We just got lucky. And they called it a ‘glitch.’ But we found numerous ‘glitches’ that evening. Ninety-six percent of its (Dominion’s) donations went to Democrats.”
The President goes on to point out that Republicans had spectacular – and unexpected – success in governorships, in the House of Representatives, and the Senate, and that “it is statistically impossible” that the person who led the charge (him), lost.
Pollsters, honest pollsters, have said that it’s not possible that the person who lead all of those winners to victory would have lost. It’s not possible.
“There’s something wrong. I’ll tell you what’s wrong. Voter fraud.”
“It’s corrupt. Detroit is corrupt.”
“The Democrats had this election rigged right from the very beginning.”
“And there is no one happier, right now, than China.”
“Many people received two three, and even four ballots. They were sent to dead people by the thousands. In fact dead people, and we have many examples, filled out ballots, made applications, and then voted.”
“Millions of votes were cast illegally in the swing states alone. And if that’s the case, the results in the swing states must be overturned, and overturned immediately.”
“Hopefully, and respectfully, the Supreme Court will do what is right for our country.”
“We’re showing you hundreds of thousands (of votes), far more than we need, far more than the margin, far more than the law requires … what is necessary to win the state.”
“The media knows this, but they don’t want to report it. In fact, they outright refuse to even cover it.”
“Even what I’m saying now will be demeaned and disparaged.”
“The mail-in voting scam is the latest part of their four-year effort to overturn the results of the 2016 election. And it’s been like living in hell. Our opponents have proven many times, again and again, that they will say anything, and do anything, to get back into power; the corrupt forces that are registering dead voters, and stuffing ballot boxes, are the same people who have perpetrated one phony and fraudulent hoax after another, you’ve been watching it now for four years.”
“They don’t put America first.” “They don’t want America first. They only want power for themselves. They want to make money. That’s why they don’t want me as your President.”
“The corruption is so rampant.”
“The fraud that we have collected in the last few weeks is overwhelming, having to do with the election. Everyone is saying, ‘wow!,’ the evidence is overwhelming, when they get to see it.”
“Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, and most other states, allowed almost anyone to get an absentee ballot and cast their ballot without showing any ID. The voting took place on the honor system, no identification of any kind was required.”
“Most Americans would also be shocked to learn that no state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections. This is a national disgrace. No other advanced country conducts elections this way.”
Many European countries have instituted major restrictions on mail-in voting specifically, because they recognize the nearly unlimited potential for fraud.”
“Out of 42 European nations, all but two prohibit absentee ballots entirely for people who reside inside the country.”
“The only conceivable reason why you would block common-sense to verify legal eligibility for voting, is you are trying to encourage, enable, solicit, or carry out fraud.”
“It is important for Americans to understand that these destructive changes to our election laws were not a necessary response to the pandemic. The pandemic simply gave the Democrats an excuse to do what they have been doing, and trying to do, for many, many years.”
“They wanted to steal the 2020 presidential election. All of the Democrat efforts to expand mail-in balloting laid the groundwork for the systematic and pervasive fraud that occurred in this election.
“In Pennsylvania, large amounts of mail-inand absentee ballots were processed illegally and in secret in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties without our observers present. They were not allowed to be present. In fact, they weren’t even allowed in the same room. They were thrown out of the building and they looked from outside in, but they had no way of even seeing because there were no windows, and the windows that were there were boarded up.
“Democrats even went to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to block observers from receiving access. There is only one possible reason that the corrupt Democrat political machine would oppose transparency during the vote counting. It’s because they know they are hiding illegal activity, it’s very simple. This is an egregious, inexcusable and irreversible harm that stains the entire election, yet this unprecedented practice of excluding our observers, our vote watchers, as some people call them, occurred in Democrat run cities in key states all across the nation. “Many voters all across Pennsylvania received two ballots in the mail and many others received mail-in ballots for which they never applied. So many got ballots, they didn’t even know what they were for. And again, so many received more than one ballot, in some cases more than two ballots, and they happened to be, for the most part, Democrats. “In Fayette County, Pennsylvania, multiple voters received ballots that were already filled out. They didn’t know what happened. In Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a poll watcher overheard unregistered voters being told to return later to try to vote under a different name. “In Michigan, a career employee of the City of Detroit witnessed city workers coaching voters to vote straight Democrat while accompanying them to watch who they were voting for, violating the law and the sanctity of the secret ballot. You can’t do that. The same worker say she was instructed not to ask for any ID and not to attempt to validate any signatures. “She was also told to illegally back-date ballots, many, many ballots received after the deadline. This is something that is so unconstitutional, and she estimates that thousands and thousands of ballots were improperly back dated by her and many others. Other witnesses in Detroit also saw election officials counting batches of the same ballots many times as well as illegally duplicating ballots. “One observer testified to seeing boxes and boxes of ballots all bearing the same signature. Another observer in Detroit gave sworn testimony that he saw countless invalid ballots that did not belong to properly registered voters and then witnessed election workers in Wayne County entering fake birth dates into the system in order to illegally count them. “In Wisconsin, there are approximately 70,000 absentee ballots that do not have matching ballot applications as required by law. In Georgia, nine observers have testified to seeing countless irregular ballots without the creases or typical markings, indicating that the ballots did not arrive in envelopes as required. “A poll watcher in Fulton County estimated that approximately 98% of the large number of unusually pristine ballots that she witnessed were for Biden, a highly unusual number. In addition, thousands of uncounted ballots were discovered in Floyd, Fayette and Walton Counties weeks after the election, and these ballots were mostly from Trump voters. “(In Detroit) there were more votes than there were voters. Think of that. You had more votes than you had voters. That’s an easy one to figure, and it’s by the thousands.” “In Pennsylvania the Secretary of State and the state Supreme Court in essence abolished signature verification requirements just weeks prior to the election, in violation of state law. You’re not allowed to do that. It has to be approved by the legislature. A judge can’t do it, a state can’t do it, an official can’t do it. “The only way to determine whether there was an honest vote is to conduct a full review of the envelopes in the relevant states. You will find that many of them, tens of thousands, have fraudulent signatures. A full forensic audit is required to ensure that only legal ballots from lawfully registered voters that were properly cast are included in the final count. “This election is about great voter fraud, fraud that has never been seen like this before. It’s about poll watchers who are not allowed to watch. So illegal. It’s about ballots that poured in and nobody but a few knew where they came from, but they were counted, and they weren’t for me. “This election was rigged. “I don’t mind if I lose an election, but I want to lose an election fair and square. What I don’t want to do is have it stolen from the American people. That’s what we’re fighting for, and we have no choice to be doing that. We already have the proof, we already have the evidence, and it’s very clear. “Ultimately, I am prepared to accept any accurate election result, and I hope that Joe Biden is as well. “But we already have the proof. We have already have tens of thousands of ballots more than we need to overturn all of these states that we’re talking about. This is an election for the highest office in the greatest country in the history of the world. Every reasonable American should be able to agree based on what we have already documented that we need a systematic analysis of the mail-in ballots to review the envelopes. “It’s about the signature, and if they’re on the envelopes – we can only review the envelopes – and that will tell us everything. This is the absolute minimum we should expect. This is not just about my campaign, although it has a lot to do with who’s going to be your next President. This is about restoring faith and confidence in American elections. “If we don’t root out the fraud, the tremendous and horrible fraud that’s taken place in our 2020 election, we don’t have a country anymore. So, with the resolve and support of the American people, we will restore honesty and integrity to our elections and we will restore trust in our system of government. Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
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