climatedepot--2020-07-29--GOP embraces liberal environmentalism skeptic Shellenberger with radical plan for nuclear energy – S

GOP embraces liberal environmentalism skeptic Shellenberger with radical plan for nuclear energy – Set to testify on Capitol Hill

Shellenberger ’ s views and his status as a critic of climate change “ alarmists ” are being embraced by House Republicans , who invited him to testify as their witness at a hearing Tuesday afternoon held by a special climate committee .
He pushes ideas that go beyond what other pro-nuclear advocates and Republican supporters propose , envisioning a smaller role , if any at all , for other zero-emission energy sources such as renewables and for technologies to eliminate pollution from fossil fuel plants such as carbon capture .
“ Conventional wisdom is we need a mix of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Washington Examiner .
“ There is no technical or economic reason for that.
” Michael Shellenberger , a self-described liberal Democrat who is critical of mainstream environmentalism , is betting on nuclear energy as the dominant fuel of the future .
Shellenberger ’ s views and his status as a critic of climate change “ alarmists ” are being embraced by House Republicans , who invited him to testify as their witness at a hearing Tuesday afternoon held by a special climate committee .
He pushes ideas that go beyond what other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ envisioning a smaller role , if any at all , for other zero-emission energy sources such as renewables and for technologies to eliminate pollution from fossil fuel plants such as carbon capture .
“ Conventional wisdom is we need a mix of nuclear and renewables , ” Shellenberger told the Washington Examiner .
“ There is no technical or economic reason for that.
” Shellenberger has drawn attention in recent weeks for his new book , Apocalypse Never : Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All , in which he seeks to apologize for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scare.
” His vision for the future of nuclear energy is unconventional .
He opposes developing smaller advanced reactors that utilities , private companies , and even the Trump administration are counting on to help make nuclear an economically competitive component of a low-carbon energy future .
Instead , Shellenberger is advocating for the federal government to encourage building traditional large , light-water plants similar to the first wave built in the United States in the 1950s and ’ 60s .
He says the government should identify a “ national champion company ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia and China to sell U.S. nuclear plants abroad .
The Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia is the only large nuclear power plant under construction in the U.S .
It has suffered years of cost overruns and delays .
“ If you really care about climate change , you should be demanding a massive scale-up of nuclear power , ” Shellenberger said .
“ There are serious questions about why we subsidize a nuclear industry that has no intention of building large , light-water reactors we need to compete with China and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ necessarily opposed ” to nationalizing the U.S. nuclear industry in order to force the build-out of large plants .
“ You get energy dominance when you align everything behind nuclear energy dominance , ” Shellenberger said .
In his book , Shellenberger declares that the conversation about climate change has “ spiraled out of control.
” He questions climate scientists who worry about “ tipping point scenarios ” of global warming damages , which he says are no more likely than other “ potentially catastrophic scenarios , including an asteroid impact , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus.
” Shellenberger casts himself as a “ rational environmentalist ” who nonetheless cares about combating climate change .
In the short term , he says , the U.S. should export natural gas to developing countries that rely on coal .
But long term , he says , only nuclear can substitute for fossil fuels sufficiently to meet growing levels “ of energy consumption required for universal human prosperity.
” Some of his former colleagues who support nuclear power say Shellenberger ’ s ideas are too prescriptive .
“ Nuclear is an essential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too much opposition , but powering the planet is a big job , and you wouldn ’ t want to put all your eggs in any technology basket , especially when fossil fuels are still growing all over the world , ” said Alex Trembath , deputy director of the Breakthrough Institute , an environmental research center that supports developing clean energy technologies to address climate change .
Shellenberger is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and previously worked there with Trembath .
Shellenberger left the group in 2015 to found Environmental Progress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power .
Jessica Lovering , another former Breakthrough colleague who studies nuclear economics at Carnegie Mellon , worries Shellenberger ’ s focus on a strong role for the government in spurring nuclear power is damaging .
She notes that there is an emerging consensus , even among some once-skeptical Democrats and environmental groups , that nuclear will be necessary in any future zero-emissions scenario .
“ One of the reasons people don ’ t like nuclear is it ’ s seen as hierarchical , pushed by big government and associations of the military-industrial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We don ’ t have an authoritarian , top-down system in the electricity sector , and I don ’ t think any of us want that.
” Trembath said , “ Logically , you could do a massive , government-run build-out of nuclear power plants , but no one is asking for that.
” He said that in order to do it , the government would need to nationalize the electricity sector , which has become deregulated and decentralized since the nuclear heyday .
“ There is no appetite for that on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ There is no reason to think it ’ s going to happen.
” Nuclear is currently the world ’ s largest source of zero-carbon electricity , but wind and solar are growing faster , aided by falling costs that have helped it compete with natural gas , a fossil fuel and the dominant power source in the U.S. , replacing dirtier coal .
Most economic models and analysts envision a future low-carbon grid that combines nuclear , which runs around the clock , with renewables such as wind and solar , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sun and the wind , in addition to battery storage and other technologies like carbon capture for fossil fuel plants and hydrogen .
“ It ’ s easier , faster , and cheaper to do it with a mix of technologies , ” Lovering said .
Shellenberger opposes renewables , arguing that wind and solar make electricity more expensive because they are “ unreliable , ” requiring backup with battery storage along with transmission lines to deliver the power across the country .
He says renewables involve extensive land and mining to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harms wildlife .
“ Renewables make electricity expensive everywhere they ’ ve been deployed in scale , ” Shellenberger said .
Trembath and Lovering say Shellenberger is overstating the challenges of renewables .
Wind and solar plants cost little to operate once built and produce electricity more cheaply than natural gas and coal in many parts of the world .
“ It ’ s a sort of an illogical extension of legitimate criticism and challenges facing wind and solar , ” Trembath said .
“ I don ’ t think wind and solar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let alone the entirety , of U.S. electricity anytime soon , but no technology generates a majority of our electricity now.
” Shellenberger contends that could change with nuclear power , if only developers and policymakers focused more on building large , light-water reactors , which he considers more economical and efficient .
He argues that there is “ no market ” for smaller reactors , which have never been deployed but are being spurred by bipartisan majorities in Congress and the Trump administration betting on them ultimately being cheaper and safer .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ costs , they produce less electricity than a traditional reactor , meaning they don ’ t enjoy the same economy of scale .
Supporters of small reactors note the Development Finance Corporation recently lifted its ban on funding nuclear projects overseas with the purpose of helping a plethora of U.S.-based startup companies developing small reactors compete with state-backed competitors .
“ The export demand in most emerging and frontier markets will be for small , flexible , and lower-cost options , ” said Todd Moss , executive director of the Energy for Growth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are actively considering small nuclear reactors but not large ones .
Backers also expect small reactors to be more versatile , with their size enabling them to be used in remote areas that are vulnerable to power outages and in industrial processes requiring high heat .
“ Demonstrating American-made advanced nuclear reactors must run alongside a continued commitment to large light water , ” said Rich Powell , executive director of ClearPath , a conservative group that favors nuclear and carbon capture , another technology favored by both parties that Shellenberger argues is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says the U.S. should stick with what ’ s worked before .
“ The breakout of small reactors is wishful thinking , and even if you did want one , the Russians and Chinese are much better positioned to sell you one , ” Shellenberger said .
“ Why not just build nuclear plants ?
”


climatedepot--2020-07-29--‘We need a New Global Deal’ – UN Sec. Gen Guterres Warns a ‘New Model for Global Governance’ Is Comi

‘We need a New Global Deal’ – UN Sec. Gen Guterres Warns a ‘New Model for Global Governance’ Is Coming – ‘Living in balance with nature’

As the world continues to grapple with the deadly consequences of the coronavirus pandemic , U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said only one thing is certain in its wake : “ a new model of global governance ” is coming and the globalist body is doing all it can to hurry its arrival .
The Portugese socialist made his prediction Saturday as he delivered the Nelson Mandela Lecture and spoke of the need for the U.N. to address “ the huge gaps in governance structures and ethical frameworks ” the epidemic has exposed .
He said : “ To close those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Social Contract possible , we need a New Global Deal to ensure that power , wealth and opportunities are shared more broadly and fairly at the international level .
A new model for global governance must be based on full , inclusive and equal participation in global institutions .
A New Global Deal , based on a fair globalization , on the rights and dignity of every human being , on living in balance with nature , on taking account of the rights of future generations , and on success measured in human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best way to change this .
The worldwide consultation process around the 75th anniversary of the United Nations has made clear that people want a global governance system that delivers for them.
” Guterres then outlined his plan for the future of the world , citing his “ New Global Deal , ” to be based on “ a fair globalization , on the rights and dignity of every human being , on living in balance with nature , on taking account of the rights of future generations , and on success measured @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the best way to change this.
” The 71-year-old professional bureaucrat claimed a “ worldwide consultation process around the 75th anniversary of the United Nations has made clear that people want a global governance system that delivers for them.
” He also maintained the time has come for the “ developing world ” to have a far stronger voice in global decision-making .
This reformation of international governance will be linked to financial relief and the forgiveness of debt for struggling countries .
He said : This is not the first time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Socialist Party who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 , has spoken fondly of his desire to see the world recast along socialist principles .
As Breitbart News reported , earlier this month he demanded “ more robust global governance , ” adding the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , regional authorities such as the African Union and the European Union ( E.U . )
to a list of organizations he says can bring “ order ” to a future world disrupted by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Global Wake-up Call ’ , the unelected head of the globalist body said “ from COVID-19 to climate disruption , from racial injustice to rising inequalities , we are a world in turmoil.
” His solution to that disorder is more big government , and more bureaucratic institutions in more places , delivered via the U.N. and its multiple agencies all funded by the contributions of taxpayers around the world .

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climatedepot--2020-07-30--Alex Epstein: Talking Points on the Joe Biden Energy Plan – ‘It will bring about is an economic & se

Alex Epstein: Talking Points on the Joe Biden Energy Plan – ‘It will bring about is an economic & security crisis in America’

Joe Biden ’ s energy plan calls for outlawing reliable fossil fuel electricity and mandating unreliable solar and wind electricity .
This will not stop CO2 emissions from rising but it will destroy American industry , impoverish American consumers , and jeopardize American security .
• Energy schemes around the world based on “ unreliables ” —solar and wind—have been driving up electricity costs , harming economies , destroying domestic industries , and harming consumers .
Germans pay 3X US electricity prices to get just 1/3 of their electricity from solar and wind .
• Instead of learning from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden Plan seeks to do far worse by outlawing reliable fossil fuel electricity and forcing Americans to pay over $ 4 trillion– $ 15,000 a household–for a solar and wind-based grid that can ’ t possibly work .
• Joe Biden says that forcing Americans to rely on unreliable solar and wind will create jobs .
But making electricity unreliable and unaffordable doesn ’ t create jobs , it destroys them .
Just ask the UK aluminum industry , which “ green energy ” schemes is driving out of business .
• Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on unreliable solar and wind will help middle-class Americans .
But the cost of energy drives the cost of everything .
Skyrocketing energy costs will drive skyrocketing food , housing , healthcare , and transportation costs .
• America is already too reliant on unreliable solar and wind .
That ’ s why utilities are already blacking out many of their industrial customers .
And why grids in TX and the Northeast are warning of blackouts for everyone if policies don ’ t change .
Biden ’ s Plan will guarantee blackouts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a ban on fracking , which is required to produce over 60 % of American oil and 75 % of American natural gas , would destroy millions of jobs and once again make us dangerously dependent on the Middle East and Russia .
Do we want to be at the mercy of the likes of Vladimir Putin ?
• Joe Biden ’ s plan to force Americans to use unreliable solar and wind won ’ t stop global CO2 levels from rising , because China and others won ’ t be stupid enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it will bring about is an economic and security crisis in America .
• If Joe Biden and other Democrats want to lower global CO2 emissions , they should stop demonizing and criminalizing reliable , non-carbon nuclear energy and lower-carbon natural gas .
Instead , the Biden Plan continues the overregulation of nuclear and supports banning natural gas .


climatedepot--2020-07-30--Analysis: Biden’s false climate promises

Biden ’ s multi-trillion dollar climate action is full of promises that the law says he can not keep .
Promising to do what you can not do is a false promise .
Here are some big ticket examples .
Biden says “ If I am elected I will do the following : Create millions of good , union jobs rebuilding America ’ s crumbling infrastructure from roads and bridges to green spaces and water systems to electricity grids and universal broadband… Create 1 million new jobs in the American auto industry , domestic auto supply chains , and auto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electric vehicle charging stations… Provide every American city with 100,000 or more residents with high-quality , zero-emissions public transportation options through flexible federal investments with strong labor protections that create good , union jobs and meet the needs of these cities… ” What is wrong with these grand promises ?
Simple .
The President of the United States has no authority , or the money , to do any of these things .
That authority ( and money ) belongs solely to the U.S. Congress .
So here is what these promises really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If elected I promise to do the following : Beg Congress to do something about America ’ s crumbling infrastructure .
I will propose a big plan but what they do is up to them .
Implore Congress to somehow create a lot of jobs in the American auto industry .
How they do it is up to them .
Repeatedly ask Congress to build a lot of zero-emissions public transit stuff .
I will bug the hell out of them .
( What they do is up to them . )
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ?
In fact they are pretty humble , because Congress , not the President , runs the U.S. Government .
That who is President is all important is just a myth , albeit a seemingly universal myth .
Nor is the Congress likely to do much of this hugely expensive stuff , even if the Democrats win both houses , which is also unlikely .
Unlikely + unlikely = very unlikely .
This is especially true because Biden ’ s undocumented cost estimate of two trillion dollars is way low .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would require trillions of dollars in new taxes , which is political suicide , especially in the House where every seat is voted on every two years .
The symbolic House Climate Crisis Committee put out an even grander than Biden ’ s , but like the toothless Committee that plan is just symbolic .
Note by the way that there is no mention of all these jobs being union in the real promises .
Even Congress can not make that happen .
There are “ Buy American ” clauses in Federal contracts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Can Bid On This ” clauses .
That would be truly unconstitutional .
It has been suggested that all this pro-union rhetoric is to make up for Biden ’ s unacceptably truthful admission that killing the fossil fuel industry would kill hundreds of thousands of jobs .
Or it may be because AOC , who is on unions , is his top climate plan planner .
In any case it is yet another false promise .
People running for President should only promise to do what Presidents can actually do .
They can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretend to .
Biden ’ s climate promises are so false they are absurd .
You can ’ t get there from here .


climatedepot--2020-07-30--German Climate Realist Scientists Launching Climate Science Videos To Disalarm The Public

German expert scientists , geologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning and chemist Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt , need funding to get out climate realist message , which the well-funded activists don ’ t want you to hear .
On television and on YouTube , climate warnings dominate .
As normal citizens it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with who is unjustifiably stirring up fear of climate and who is trivializing relevant dangers .
The YouTube channel “ Climate Change Crash Course ” is committed to a fair and technically sound presentation .
The first two information videos have already been uploaded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ technology was tested , a lot of improvisation had to be done .
Computers crashed , hard disk space became scarce , sound cards failed – the usual stuff .
For this reason we decided to upgrade technically and to buy a suitable video editing laptop .
In addition , an external sound card and microphones are needed , a camera is to be repaired .
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climatedepot--2020-07-30--Hottest summers in the last 2000 years were during Roman times

A new study near Sicily shows the sea surface temperatures were a whole two degrees Celsius warmer then .
The worst-case scenario of the Paris Agreement has already happened , and it was nearly 2,000 years ago .
And instead of being a baked-earth apocalypse , the Roman empire flourished during the warmth and declined as it cooled .
Time to burn oil and Make Rome Great Again ?
The expansion of the Roman Empire coincided with the warmest period in the Mediterranean of the last 2,000 years .
A formanifera with the awkward name of Globigerinoides ruber apparently likes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 to 50 m down .
Depending on the temperature , it ends up with slightly different ratios of calcium and magnesium .
At some point it dies , sinks and sits in a mud layer on the sea floor 475m below .
Eventually , for this lucky mud , someone digs it out and analyses it .
This new study suggests the Mediteranean warmed up during Roman times from AD 1 to AD 500 .
This was the Roman Climatic Optimum — an era we are spending trillions to avoid .
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climatedepot--2020-07-30--Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Climate Change

For the past five years , I ’ ve been watching and listening to this debate on global warming/climate change .
I told myself that when I retire ( which I did ) , I was going to take a hard look into this very controversial issue to try and understand what it ’ s all about .
I spent months reading articles , books , watching interviews on TV with scientists , along with the many online videos from people in all fields of climate science , and visiting many websites about the climate .
I have corresponded with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the subject .
What I learned was encouraging .
1 ) The Earth has been warming since the last Ice Age ended .
No surprise there .
2 ) CO2 is not a pollutant like some suggest but rather a life-sustaining gas that all life depends on .
3 ) The Earth ’ s temperature has risen slightly over the years but did so before CO2 rose and after the Little Ice Age ended .
4 ) As CO2 levels have risen so has food production and the greening of our planet .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sea levels have risen slightly due to some ice melt and the ocean waters expanding ( which is to be expected ) .
6 ) Once CO2 in the atmosphere drops to 150 ppm , life starts to die .
7 ) There have been several times in Earth ’ s history of warming and cooling and much higher CO2 levels in the atmosphere before humans .
8 ) I could not find any evidence of severe weather increasing in intensity or frequency for tornados , hurricanes , droughts , or floods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ From all I have read , many scientists say we are now entering a long , downward slide into a global cooling cycle that is not good for humans or the food products we depend on .
Of course , my research led me to some questions of my own .
Here are just a few .
1 ) What should the ideal concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere be and why ?
2 ) When climate change alarmists hold meetings and town halls , why do they avoid mentioning the past cycles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
3 ) Why do people who believe humans don ’ t contribute much in the way of CO2 get threatened with funding cuts or can only apply for grants that don ’ t allow for the study of natural climate cycles ?
4 ) More people die from colder climates ( Lancet Journal ) .
So wouldn ’ t we want a warmer climate ?
5 ) If climate science is settled as some think , then why do end-of-the-world deadlines keep changing ?
6 ) Why did the Earth ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or even cool in the past even when CO2 kept rising ?
7 ) Former EPA Administrator Lisa P Jackson became the first federal official to declare CO2 a pollutant .
If CO2 is a pollutant , why does OSHA say an employee in the workplace can be exposed to CO2 levels of 5,000 ppm during an 8-hour workday ?
8 ) Why all the alarmism ?
Is it really about climate or is it about money , or power , or both ?
9 ) And why does the U.N. IPCC alter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state : “ No study to date has positively attributed all or part [ of the climate change observed to date ] to anthropogenic [ man-made ] causes ” .
( “ The Science of Climate Change , 1995″ IPCC Report ) These are just a few questions people should think about .
Ed Walbroehl spent 47 years in aviation , which included studying the weather as part of flight training , while his radar training in the U.S. Air Force that got him interested in weather .
Climate has now become his @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-07-30--Climate Alarmism, Not Temperatures, Set Arctic Records

Stories claiming global warming is setting all-time heat and wildfire records in Siberia and the Arctic continue to dominate media attention this week .
Objective scientific evidence , however , shows the summer has brought similar heat and fire outbreaks to the Arctic many times before .
On July 25 , Voice of America published an article titled , “ Siberian Heat Wave and Melting Arctic Sea Ice Indicate Climate Change , Scientists Say.
” A July 27 headline in Science Focus proclaimed , “ Climate change : Arctic heatwave temperatures reach possible all-time high.
” Had the writers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they could have easily found summer heatwaves and fires in the Arctic have been common throughout history .
Scientists have documented Arctic temperatures as high or even higher during the early part of the 20th century .
Concerning fires , numerous peer reviewed journal articles , using ice cores and tree ring data show the Arctic region has warmed , dried , and , burned numerous times throughout the past 2,000 years , and likely before .
A 2016 article in the journal Regional Environmental Change discusses how large forests in Siberia have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The authors of a chapter in the 1995 book , Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia , report data from tree rings and lake deposits show Siberian forests have long been “ shaped by complex interactions of climate , forest fires , insect outbreaks , and humans.
” So , fires in the Arctic circle are not historically unusual , and neither , the data shows , are heat waves .
In a recent Climate Realismarticle , meteorologist and Heartland Institute senior fellow Anthony Watts references a 2013 Associated Press article that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on June 27 , 1915 , in Fort Yukon , [ Alaska ] according to official records of the National Weather Service .
Records date back to 1904.
” Watts also notes that the 100-degree reading in Verkhoyansk , Siberia , in late June of this year , topped Verkhoyansk ’ s previous record ( 37.3C / 99.1F ) by just a single degree .
Indeed , NASA data show that hottest June on record in Verkhoyansk remains June 1912 , which was more than 100 years of global warming ago .
Moreover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for an entire summer season remains 1917 , also more than 100 years ago .
Media alarmism about Arctic climate may be at an all-time high , but Arctic temperatures certainly are not .
The post Climate Alarmism , Not Temperatures , Set Arctic Records appeared first on Climate Realism .


climatedepot--2020-07-30--Paper: Banning Gasoline Cars Would Be ‘A Colossal Error’

A new paper ( PDF ) published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation reveals another major flaw in plans to electrify the economy .
According to the author , Professor Gautam Kalghatgi , because most vehicles will still run on fossil fuels in ten years ’ time , banning the sale of new ones would prevent any improvement in the efficiency of most of the vehicle fleet .
“ Even with an improbable hundred-fold increase to 10 million in battery electric vehicle numbers in 2030 , 75 % of cars will still run on petrol and diesel , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manufacturer is going to invest in more advanced cars if they are banned from selling them.
” And Professor Kalghatgi says those advances could bring about significant improvements in efficiency : “ If a battery car delivers a 25 % saving in greenhouse gas emissions on a life cycle basis , the overall reduction for the UK would be less than 4 % by 2030 .
Larger emissions reductions could be delivered with a 5 % improvement in fuel consumption of petrol and diesel vehicles .
“ Banning the sale of new petrol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibility of future emissions reductions in this sector by freezing the technology of a vast majority of vehicles running U.K. transport for decades to come.
” Professor Gautam Kalghatgi is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering , the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers .


climatedepot--2020-07-30--What If You Can’t Resell Your Electric Car?

The expenses of owning an electric vehicle have always stood in the way of mass adoption , even in China , which has an extensive subsidy program .
Starting from the cost of the battery to how far a charge will take drivers , not to mention the shortage of points where they can plug in , there ’ s a lot to grapple with before green cars can overtake those powered by internal combustion engines .
Much of the anxiety stems from batteries – the price , technology , density , and where to charge them .
Manufacturers have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ price on a per kilowatt-hour basis .
Technology has improved , with different materials helping cars run longer and further , thus needing less charge .
The chemistry has become more stable .
In May , for instance , Svolt Energy Technology Co. , owned by the parent of China ’ s Great Wall Motor Co. , launched the world ’ s first battery that doesn ’ t use the controversial yet once-essential cobalt .
It costs less than the mainstream competition and has higher density , meaning more energy is packed into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news is , battery prices are dropping , down to 1.1 yuan ( $ 0.13 ) per watt-hour in 2019 from 2.1 yuan per watt-hour in 2016 .
That also means that the cost of electric vehicles is coming down ( though the good ones still aren ’ t that affordable ) , since batteries typically account for 50 % to 60 % of their value.But therein lies the trap : As the technology evolves and drives prices of new vehicles lower , existing owners are taking a disproportionate beating in the secondhand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids is less than 40 % of the original purchase price , versus 50 % to 70 % on conventional cars .
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts note that consumer concerns about the quality and reliability of “ old batteries appear to weigh on used cars ’ prices.
” That doesn ’ t really help make the case for current new buyers , either .
Then there are underlying demand trends .
Sales of all cars were falling even before Covid-19 .
The market for batteries has been inching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe .
Installations fell around 30 % in June from the previous year in the world ’ s largest auto market , China .
Driven by regulatory pressures , vehicle manufacturers are tying up with and taking big stakes in battery makers to push forward ways to make greener cars .
But confidence to buy them hasn ’ t picked up in most countries , despite subsidies in some shape or form to encourage sales .
Meanwhile , the auto market in China is maturing and that has changed preferences , too .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to buy is an asset that depreciates faster and is more expensive than its main competition , in this case , cars with internal combustion engines .
Buying behavior in China shows as much : Purchases are being delayed until automakers drop their prices for electric cars below 300,000 yuan to qualify for the government ’ s rebate program .
The post What If You Can ’ t Resell Your Electric Car ?
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climatedepot--2020-07-30--Hunter Biden Made Millions From Chinese Coal As Dad Decimated US Coal

Despite democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declaring “ no coal plants in America ” and suppressing the industry as vice president , an investment fund directed by his son Hunter has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into Chinese communist party-owned coal companies .
The former Vice President gutted American coal while in office , echoing a similar sentiment on the 2020 campaign trail with dictums such as “ getting rid of fossil fuels ” and telling coal miners to “ learn to code.
” Meanwhile , Bohai Harvest , a private equity firm Hunter Biden directed since its 2013 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yancoal .
The majority shareholder of the coal company is a Chinese state-owned enterprise Yankuang Group .
Alongside two state-owned Chinese banks , Bohai Harvest pledged $ 950 million , and in return “ collect [ ed ] interest of 8.55 % a year on $ 760 million of the bonds , plus interest of up to 15 % a year on the remainder.
” The Wall Street Journal identified Bohai Harvest as gaining “ control ” of the mines .
Announced in February 2016 , while Biden was still Vice President , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and is set to expire in 2024 .
While Hunter Biden pledged to divest of his stake in the company in 2019 , the Daily Caller revealed he retained shares for months after his announcement .
Now , it is alleged he still owns 10 percent of the fund , meaning that if his father ’ s presidential ambitions materialize , his son would ostensibly be beholden to the interests of a foreign government .
And not just any foreign government : the hostile and repressive Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden ’ s routine monetization of his political connections and credentials : Bohai Harvest was a billion-dollar joint venture between Rosemont Seneca Partners , an investment fund founded by Hunter Biden and Obama-era Secretary of State John Kerry ’ s stepson in 2009 , and the state-owned Bank of China notoriously birthed less than two weeks after Hunter traveled to China alongside his father .
Another level of hypocrisy , Biden bills himself as a fierce environmental advocate despite his family directly profiting from China ’ s dirty coal industry , disproportionately responsible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , Biden is keen on issuing inoperable regulations on American coal companies : under his administration ’ s questto “ bankrupt ” American coal , the industry lost over 80,000 jobs and 400 coal mines in just eight years .


climatedepot--2020-07-30--Biden: ‘We Can’t Rebuild Our Economy And Meet This Crimate Clisis’

Joe Biden got tongue-tied while reading a teleprompter on Tuesday , saying , “ We can ’ t rebuild our @ @ @ @ @ clisis .
[ sic ] ” After Biden first approached the podium , he attempted @ @ @ @ @ fell flat .
“ Good afternoon everyone , ” he said .
“ Welcome to @ @ @ @ @ he continued , before standing for several moments , mouth agape .
“ Actually , @ @ @ @ @ down where I used to work .
That was a joke , ” Biden said @ @ @ @ @ heard laughing .
Another time , a reporter was forced to correct the candidate when @ @ @ @ @ was to host the Republican National Convention .
Biden said it would be in Tallahassee @ @ @ @ @ , “ Jacksonville ?
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climatedepot--2020-07-30--Environmentalism’s Radical Next Generation Is Already Here

This past week , a new group calling itself Beyond Politics ( BP ) threw buckets of bright-pink paint at the entrances to the London offices of four global NGOs , including Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace .
“ We have no words to describe our disgust , ” messages left at the scene told their targets .
“ We accuse you of appeasing radical evil.
” BP accuses NGOs of not taking the issue of climate change seriously enough .
“ In the face of this monstrosity , what have you done ?
Fuck all that ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has yielded little media attention , but it illustrates the global environmental movement ’ s bizarre and longstanding contradictions .
BP and its petty vandalism were the brainchildren of Extinction Rebellion ( XR ) cofounder Roger Hallam , who got himself excommunicated from his own movement after he told German newspaper DieZeit that the Holocaust had been “ almost a normal event .
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just another fuckery in human history.
” Hallam ’ s confidence was not dented by exile and charges of anti-Semitism , however .
After all , he had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standing start to a global concern in just a matter of months .
Motivated by “ the indescribable suffering and death of billions of people , ” Hallam now demands that big NGOs either “ drive your organizations into a final battle with this genocidal regime ” or “ disband yourselves.
” Though Hallam is credited with cofounding XR , he forgets the role of money in its ascendancy .
It was through the generosity of , among others , billionaire hedge-fund manager Christopher Hohn that XR could afford offices , legal costs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diems .
Though populated by self-identifying system-crashing anti-capitalists , XR suited Hohn ’ s £30-billion portfolio , which he uses to threaten companies such as BlackRock and Moodies with “ divestment ” should they fail to conform to green diktats .
Hallam is right about one thing .
Green NGOs have developed cozy relationships with the establishment .
Even XR , which managed to bring only a few thousand people out into London ’ s streets , nonetheless succeeded in shutting down those streets , thanks to the nearly full cooperation of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support of London mayor Sadiq Khan .
Within a year , XR was invited by MPs to give evidence to committees at the very government departments that its protests had shut down .
Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Gove held a conference with the group to discuss its demands .
Parliament declared a “ climate emergency ” and convened a “ Citizens Assembly ” to hasten the government on a path toward its newly stated “ net zero ” ambition .
All as XR had demanded .
How was this possible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cash in the bank , but it is an organization with just a few thousand members , with unpopular aims—bringing down governments and dismantling industrial , democratic , and capitalist society .
It is the close relationship between radical environmentalism and the government that better accounts for XR ’ s success than any power XR generated for itself .
XR succeeded not because it had mobilized the British public but because it used cash from philanthropic funds to reanimate a small army of surplus activists as an off-the-shelf PR outfit , with well-established @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to media and government .
It was ever thus .
Environmentalism has long been lucrative for the well-connected , who are able to tap into streams of cash from philanthropic foundations to service corporate social-responsibility virtue-signaling PR and government propaganda—big business , in other words .
Very big .
The blueprint for this pact was established in the 1980s when the United Nations appointed Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland to the World Commission on Environment and Development ( WCED ) .
Brundtland ’ s 1987 report , Our Common Future , laid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” global political order .
In Brundtland ’ s schema , ordinary voters have no role in the body politic of the global ecological Utopia .
In place of the democratic competencies of national governments , NGOs will serve as the real intermediaries between supranational governance , industry , finance , and science on the one hand , and the hoi polloi on the other .
Thus , whereas green NGOs were once seen as single-issue campaigns or charities , they are today recast as “ civil society.
” The quid pro quo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
First , they must act like dignified members of global society , able to mingle politely with royalty , corporations , billionaires , dignitaries , and despots .
Second , street-level environmentalists need to act as would a popular movement – a task which , despite the green movement ’ s half-century of history , it has not yet achieved .
Hence , green activism is better characterized by high-profile , media-friendly stunts and shrill , alarmist rhetoric than by representative membership organizations with coherent constitutions and founding objectives .
This more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tension and a liability for the movement : the believers created by the unchallenged narrative of imminent doom are themselves left out of the cozy insiders ’ compact .
Earlier this year , Michael Moore and director Geoff Gibbs ’ s film , Planet of the Humans , blew the green movement ’ s cover in the political mainstream .
The film argued that , as radical as high-profile greens pretend to be , they are in fact the placemen of billionaires and corporate interests .
Moreover , green energy turns out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as any other extractive industry , and it requires the public—rather than the venture-capitalist backers of radical environmental movements—to provide subsidies for the demolition of forests and natural landscapes .
It is because the coordinates of the climate change debate are so easily turned upside-down that the green movement turns on its own with aggression usually reserved for its putative enemies .
Moore and Gibbs ’ s film was swiftly denounced as an abomination—a work of “ far-right , ” “ white supremacist ” fossil-fuel propaganda that must be censored .
Through its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has spawned a growing movement of those whom it can not accommodate and can not answer : fire-and-brimstone ecological zealots that no policy will ever satisfy .
Fearmongering , it turns out , is a Pandora ’ s box .
Pink paint is just the start .
Coming over the horizon are Greta Thunberg ’ s contemporaries : an entire generation whose sense of the future is being shaped by ecological propaganda .
What will this next generation do ?
They can ’ t all be bought off , as many in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobs in eco-consultancies or NGOs to service the interests of hedge-fund managers .
But they have learned from that generation ’ s teachers , scientists , and governments to despise democracy .
And they have learned that the way to assert themselves is to take to the streets—not to give voice to carefully articulated grievances but to perform infantile tantrums .


climatedepot--2020-07-30--Net Zero: Every Urban Street And Front Drive Will Be Dug Up as parof tupgrading of the power cables

Electrification of heat and transport will create huge challenges in terms of generating capacity .
But what is often forgotten is the upgrading of the cables which bring the power into our towns and homes : London , 16 July : The UK faces a £200 billion bill to rewire the country if the government follows through on plans to electrify the country ’ s homes and transport systems .
That ’ s because installation of electric car chargers and heat pumps will push up demand for power beyond the capacity of the existing wiring .
The findings are set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Global Warming Policy Foundation , which is published today .
According to author Mike Travers , this will mean that most streets in the UK will need to be dug up ( with diesel-driven machinery ) : “ At present new home car chargers and heat pumps are using up all the spare capacity .
But we will soon reach the point where the network will not be able to handle the extra demand .
So in towns and cities , the underground cables which carry the power will be inadequate .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to dig up almost every urban street and many rural ones too .
The whole distribution grid is going to need to be replaced.
” And the cables that carry power into the homes will need to be dug up too .
“ The power cables taking electricity into your home probably run underneath your front drive .
So if you want a car charger and a heat pump you are going to have to pay to dig it up .
If you have an expensive monoblocked drive , that will not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and smart meters in homes are going to have to be upgraded too.
” Travers has estimated the cost of all this work at around £200 billion , even before considering the cost caused by the disruption .
“ Many homeowners will be paying thousands ” , he says .
Mike Travers CEng , MIMechE , FIET is an electrical engineer , whose career spanned periods in the Royal Engineers , in the hydroelectric sector , and industry .
He previously sat on the the IET Wiring Regulations Committee and was the industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Grid Codes for Scotland .
His paper is entitled The Hidden Cost of Net Zero : Rewiring the UK and can be downloaded here ( pdf )


climatedepot--2020-07-30--Data From 2 Independent Studies Show No Correlation Between CO2 And Temperature

German climatologist Professor Dr. Horst-Joachim Lüdecke recently took data from two independent studies and superimposed them .
The result shows the long claimed atmospheric CO2-global temperature correlation doesn ’ t exist .
The first data set was global temperature anomaly going back 600 million years , taken from the results of a paper by Came and Veizer , appearing in Nature ( 2007 ) and plotted below ( blue ) : The second data set was of atmospheric CO2 going back 600 million years , taken from a published study by Berner ( 2003 ) , also appearing in Nature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above chart in blue .
The plots were combined in the above chart to see how well they correlated , if at all .
The result : no correlation .
For example , as the chart shows , 150 million years ago the atmospheric CO2 concentration was over 2000 ppm , which is 5 times today ’ s atmospheric concentration of 410 ppm – a level that some climate scientists say is already “ dangerously high ” .
Yet , the global temperature 150 million years ago was more than 2°C below the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the relationship was even far more on its head : atmospheric CO2 concentrations were more than 10 times today ’ s level , yet the global temperature was a frigid 3.5°C below the mean !
“ There ’ s no correlation between earth temperature and CO2 , ” Prof. Lüdecke concludes , observing recorded data .


climatedepot--2020-07-30--Flawed Models Are Throwing Off Climate Forecasts Of Rain And Storms – Efforts to attribute specific

Flawed Models Are Throwing Off Climate Forecasts Of Rain And Storms – Efforts to attribute specific weather events to ‘global warming’ are rife with errors

Efforts to attribute specific weather events to global warming , now much in vogue , are rife with errors Climate scientists can confidently tie global warming to impacts such as sea-level rise and extreme heat .
But ask how rising temperatures will affect rainfall and storms , and the answers get a lot shakier .
For a long time , researchers chalked the problem up to natural variability in wind patterns—the inherently unpredictable fluctuations of a chaotic atmosphere .
Now , however , a new analysis has found that the problem is not with the climate , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forecast its behavior .
“ The climate is much more predictable than we previously thought , ” says Doug Smith , a climate scientist at the United Kingdom ’ s Met Office who led the 39-person effort published this week in Nature .
But models don ’ t capture that predictability , which means they are unlikely to correctly predict the long-term changes that are most influenced by large-scale wind patterns : rainfall , drought , flooding , and extreme storms .
“ Obviously we need to solve it , ” Smith says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from several leading modeling centers , casts doubt on many forecasts of regional climate change , which are crucial for policymaking .
It also means efforts to attribute specific weather events to global warming , now much in vogue , are rife with errors .
“ The whole thing is concerning , ” says Isla Simpson , an atmospheric dynamicist and modeler at the National Center for Atmospheric Research , who was not involved in the study .
“ It could mean we ’ re not getting future climate projections right.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of overall global warming , which is driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases .
And it has a hopeful side : If models could be refined to capture the newfound predictability of winds and rains , they could be a boon for farming , flood management , and much else , says Laura Baker , a meteorologist at the University of Reading who was not involved in the study .
“ If you have reliable seasonal forecasts , that could make a big difference.
” The study stems from efforts at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO ) , a large-scale wind pattern driven by the air pressure difference between Iceland and the Azores .
The pressure difference reverses every few years , shunting the jet stream north or south ; a more northerly jet stream drives warm , wet winters in northern Europe while drying out the continent ’ s south , and vice versa .
In previous attempts to project the pattern decades into the future , a single model might yield opposite forecasts in different runs .
The uncertainty seemed “ huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ … ] The missed predictability appears to be universal .
“ This is being pursued everywhere , ” says Yochanan Kushnir , a climate scientist at Columbia University , whose team reported last week in Scientific Reports that rainfall in the Sahel zone is more predictable than models indicate .
In forthcoming work , a group led by Benjamin Kirtman , an atmospheric scientist and model developer at the University of Miami , will flag similar missed predictability in wind patterns above many of the world ’ s oceans .
Kirtman thinks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ code .
For the time being , he says , “ You ’ re probably making pretty profound mistakes in your climate change assessment ” by relying on regional forecasts .
For example , models predicted that the Horn of Africa , which is heavily influenced by Indian Ocean winds , would get wetter with climate change .
But since the early 1990s , rains have plummeted and the region has dried .
The missing predictability also undermines so-called event attribution , which attempts to link extreme weather to climate change by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming is altering wind patterns .
The changes in winds , in turn , affect the odds of extreme weather events , like hurricanes or floods .
But the new work suggests “ the probabilities they derive will probably not be correct , ” Smith says .
The post Flawed Models Are Throwing Off Climate Forecasts Of Rain And Stormsappeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-07-30--MIT Scores Big Climate Donation by Promoting False Crop Claims

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology published an article this morning falsely claiming climate change causes crop failure , hunger , and poverty .
The article , titled “ $ 25 million gift launches ambitious new effort tackling poverty and climate change , ” asserted an avalanche of fake climate claims to justify a huge donation to MIT .
Well , at least MIT demonstrated which side of the climate debate benefits from the vast majority of climate activist money .
Among MIT ’ s false assertions is that climate change is causing or will cause food shortages and an increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vast as its effects may be , climate change also presents a diverse set of problems to tackle .
Among other things , climate change , as well as fossil-fuel pollution , is expected to reduce crop yields , raise food prices , and generate more malnutrition … , ” writes Peter Dizikes , the author of the article .
The facts say just the opposite , and MIT should know that .
As my colleague James Taylor , president of The Heartland Institute , recently noted in a Climate Realism article , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( FAO ) keeps meticulous records of each country ’ s agricultural production , as well as global agricultural production .
FAO reports global cereal production ( the vitally important corn , wheat , and rice crops ) set an all-time record in 2019 .
Moreover , FAO expects 2020 crop production to surpass the 2019 record .
New records in 2019 and 2020 are not surprising considering new crop yield records are set virtually every year during this period of modest warming .
Indeed , the carbon dioxide humans have added to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contributing to record crop yields .
Warmer temperatures and longer growing seasons have also aided crop production .
The benefits have brought about the largest decline in hunger , malnutrition , and starvation in human history .
The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC ) meticulously researched and published Climate Change Reconsidered II : Biological Impacts and its follow-up document , Climate Change Reconsidered II : Fossil Fuels .
These two NIPCC publications show the use of fossil fuels has dramatically reduced poverty and hunger throughout the world .
As NIPCC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billion people to the planet since 1968 , poverty and hunger have fallen at a faster rate than at any time in human history .
Forty-four percent of the world ’ s population lived in extreme poverty in 1981 .
Since then , the share of people living in extreme poverty fell below 10 percent in 2015 .
And although more than 700 million people worldwide still suffer from persistent hunger , according to the United Nations , the number of hungry people has declined by two billion since 1990 .
Additionally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more food available per person than there was 30 years ago—all occurring during this period of consistent and modest global warming .
Food abundance increased even as the amount of land devoted to agriculture declined over the same period .
Forests and pastures have reclaimed former farm fields , benefiting wildlife and the environment .
This has happened due to two primary factors : ( 1 ) the widespread use of modern technologies related to agriculture , many of which depend on fossil fuels , and ( 2 ) increased carbon-dioxide levels in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by The Heartland Institute , “ The Social Benefits of Fossil Fuels , ” documents many of these benefits .
According to the report , “ the increase in atmospheric [ carbon dioxide ] concentration … caused by the historical burning of fossil fuels has likely increased agricultural production per unit [ of ] land area by 70 percent for C3 cereals [ which include rice , wheat , oats , cotton , and evergreen trees ] , 28 percent for C4 cereals [ which include sorghum , maize , and various grasses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ melons , 62 percent for legumes , 67 percent for root and tuber crops , and 51 percent for vegetables.
” The MIT researchers were either ignorant of the agricultural benefits of atmospheric carbon dioxide or simply sold out to score a nice $ 25 million donation – on top of their many other climate alarmism donations .
Either way , the beneficial impact of carbon dioxide and global warming on crop production and declining human hunger is one of the most important global developments in recent decades .
The post MIT Scores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Claims appeared first on Climate Realism .


climatedepot--2020-07-31--UN adjusting past data: ‘Magnitude of claimed global warming since the mid-1800s has tripled in the

UN adjusting past data: ‘Magnitude of claimed global warming since the mid-1800s has tripled in the last few years’ – IPCC Claimed 0.6°C Warming From 1861-2014 But Now Claim 1.72°C Warming From 1850-2015

The magnitude of claimed global warming since the mid-1800s has tripled from 0.56°C to 1.72°C in the last few years .
As recently as 1994 , the IPCC claimed global surface temperatures had risen “ 0.3 to 0.6°C ” ( 0.45°C ) since 1861 .
By 2001 , it was changed to 0.61°C warming from 1861 to 2000 ( IPCC TAR 2001 ) .
In 2013 , the IPCC claimed there was a hiatus from warming from 1998-2012 and that “ almost all CMIP5 historical simulations [ 111 of 114 ] do not reproduce the observed recent warming hiatus ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2014 the journal Nature was still investigating “ the case of the missing heat ” in the 16-year hiatus ( Tollefson , 2014 ) .
As recently as 2015 scientists were still pointing out “ global mean surface warming has stalled since the end of the twentieth century.
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HadCRUT3 – the dataset the IPCC used until AR5 – suggested a slight ~0.05°C cooling from 2001 to 2014 , which would mean the warming from 1861 to 2014 amounted to about 0.56°C .
Now a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 ) claims global surface temperatures rose 1.72°C from 1850 to 2015 , which would mean more than 1.1°C warming has been added to the mid-1800s to 2010s temperature trend just in the last few years .
Interestingly , this same paper claims Total Solar Irradiance variations alone are responsible for 0.5°C of the warming from 1950 to 2016 , with the decline in cloud cover corresponding to galactic cosmic ray intensities since the early 1980s .
So without the added/changed/adjusted temperatures during the last few years , it could be said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent warming .
Perhaps this is why the added/changed/adjusted temperatures have just recently appeared .


climatedepot--2020-07-31--The coming man-made misery if the Green New Deal is enacted

I have some progressive friends who refuse to believe that agenda-driven zealots pushing the Green New Deal will be able to enact it because we are so much in debt , we can ’ t afford it .
When has that ever stopped zealots before ?
In fact why , given the attacks of our nation ’ s foundational values of life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , is that not their goal ?
I try to look at everything people who think differently from me look at because of 3 reasons : 1 ) there may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to know what they know .
3 ) refers to 2 , in studying what they are saying if they are right , I wish to adopt it , for it makes me better .
If not I am still better because I did the work to strengthen my ideas .
So other ideas are immensely valuable to me , but in the realm of climate and weather , that is being shut down , which circles back to the real agenda talked about above .
So I listen to proposals from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The proposals out there , about 0 carbon emissions , while perhaps capturing the imagination of people that fear what they have indoctrinated with , is like thinking we will have the technology to pull the Old “ Beam me Up Scotty ” from Star Trek by 2035 .
We did not even have “ shovel ready jobs ” when that was proposed , what makes anyone think that we will be able to supply the energy lifeline for freedom with this .
And the contradictions continue The proponents of this are embracing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manufacturing , the very things that have been outsourced and we were told would never come back again by those same people .
I certainly agree with buy American , but why would anyone want to put in charge the very people that said those jobs were gone ?
And where is the energy going to come from to power these factories ?
I am an old “ greenie ” I want to take this issue off the table .
It no longer matters what guys like me think about the causes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anymore , its a matter of really finding out who is serious about this without motives that limit American exceptionalism We can do it The republicans have a trillion tree proposal in congress ( there are 2 democrats on board , why not more ? )
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Just watching the co2 curve shows you what happens when leaves come back on trees in the northern hemisphere .
SO USE NATURE TO CORRECT THE FEARED IMBALANCE NO MATTER WHAT THE CAUSE !
2 ) embrace nuclear power , Even former Nasa scientist James Hansen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming ) has advocated for that .
3 Carbon Capture .
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Of course Natural Gas is a co2 friendly source , but rest assured , that industry is going to get hit .
I can not understand why anyone who is truly concerned with this , would not embrace these ideas rather than the same ideas that failed miserably in countries like Spain and Germany .
But let me show you what there is to deal with in hot summers if there is not the energy to cool our homes or businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about how hot the summer is .
Well look at this The summer so far has temperatures 2-3 above average , which is warm but not that big a deal yet , in a swath of the nation , Countering cool is in the northwest .
But more people are warmer than average than cooler And in the sulltry southeast , a normal to below normal summer is occurring .
that is not just one year , but 6 ( and keep mind , that period was a track race for US hurricane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperatures unlike what is going on today , where nighttime lows are higher , it was the core of the day that was scorching Nighttime lows were not as warm because it is so dry , which promotes a greater range of temperatures .
Here is the drought index ( wonder why there was a dustbowl ? )
so if this happened before , why can ’ t it happen again , but imagine if it did and you did not have what we have today to mitigate this ?
contrast that to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as drought severity But the whole point of this exercise is to show that if there is not the energy needed to cool our homes ( or warm them in winter ) then misery will ensue .
And it will be manmade , by agendas enacted that would limit your ability to counter what nature is in control of .
I am not against developing any source of energy and encourage it , but shutting down what is known based on a still unknown is not the way to do such a thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man is messing up the climate , my ego has to put aside to face the very real idea that we have an increasing bloc of voters that do fear this .
So if there is a way to address the fear that is BENEFICIAL to our nation , supplies those that fear it with a hope for a future , and far less costly than something that requires the belief that somehow you can change what has naturally occurred for the entire life of the planet , then any rational person , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not , should be looking for ways to take this issue off the table .
We are going to find out real quick if such ideas as what I have listed come out , who is really serious about this issue , and who is using it for another agenda .
In the meantime , Man-made misery lurks , for a different reason than the one so many have been indoctrinated .


climatedepot--2020-07-31--New Climate Summary: Heatwaves Are LESS Frequent and Severe – 1930s had most heatwaves

Heatwaves during recent decades remain far less frequent and severe than was the case during the 1930s – nearly 100 years of global warming ago , reports a new topical summary at the website Climate at a Glance .
When climate alarmists react to annual summer heatwaves by claiming they are being caused by global warming , people interested in the truth now have a concise , compelling source for rebuttal .
According to Climate at a Glance : U.S. Heatwaves , a majority of each state ’ s all-time high temperature records were set during the first half of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of global warming ago .
Also , the most accurate nationwide temperature station network , implemented in 2005 , shows no sustained increase in daily high temperatures in the United States since at least 2005 .
Heatwaves have always been a natural part of the American climate .
Global warming will not put an end to heatwaves .
However , global warming is not making heatwaves much worse , either , if at all .
That is because the lion ’ s share of the Earth ’ s modest warming occurs during winter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the poles .
The graph below illustrates how heatwaves were much more frequent and severe during the 1930s .
Also , data show recent heatwaves are well within historically typical ranges .
Like all other aspects of the well-funded Climate Delusion , claims that global warming is causing more frequent and severe heatwaves wilt under the heat of scientific scrutiny .


climatedepot--2020-07-31--Latest Crackpot Claim: Tropical Plants Harmed By Global Warming

This just in : Further in the all-effects-of-climate-change-are-bad category , we hear that “ Tropical plants closer to the equator are most at risk from climate change because it is expected to become too hot for many species to germinate in the next 50 years , UNSW researchers have found.
” On the face of it , this conclusion is implausible .
Global warming should drive species from their current habitats to ones that used to be cooler , away from the Equator toward the poles , in which case cold-weather life forms would hit the wall first ( say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while things like orchids would be the last to go , migrating from Central America to Wisconsin and ultimately Baffin Island before going off the edge .
As even the Guardian admits , “ When left unattended , trees migrate toward more favorable conditions through a process known as seed dispersal , in which seeds are carried by the wind or birds to new places , taking root where the weather and water are right.
” But when it ’ s climate change , warming can ’ t even expand the range of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that !
It ’ s almost as if Mother Nature reacts protectively during times of ( slow , gradual , perfectly normal climate evolution ) and takes steps to ensure her progeny ’ s welfare .
As the Guardian story cited above observes with wonder : There is an impressive array of pine species at the Nature Conservancy ’ s Plum Creek preserve in Maryland – loblolly , Virginia , shortleaf – creating a landscape that emits the smell of Christmas well into the summer .
But a newcomer to the preserve has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of conservationists in the age of climate change .
But longleaf is not native to Maryland , and many scientists believe they should not be planted at Plum Creek , or anywhere outside of their natural range .
These relatively young trees are part of an experiment to determine if human intervention could help the pines migrate north as climate change alters its natural range… Assisted migration has been accused of being expensive and risky , a case of humans playing God .
This being the Guardian , the worry is that even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new priest class of the atheist Left ) , neither gimpy old Gaia nor God himself won ’ t be able to move fast enough to save herself .
And a “ restoration ecologist ” named Deborah Landau blames — you guessed it — the coming of the white man for the retreat of the ugly , scrub longleaf pines .
Longleaf pine once blanketed 90 million acres of the American southeast , but today it inhabits only 3 % of its original range .
According to Landau , longleaf was “ practically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chesapeake Bay when Europeans showed up 400 years ago .
“ We truly feel it would have eventually arrived on its own , ” she says .
Instead , longleaf pine forests were decimated by logging and fire suppression , their growth fragmented by human development .
Climate change — is there anything it can ’ t do ?


climatedepot--2020-07-31--The climate left attacks Nobel laureate William D. Nordhaus

• William D. Nordhaus , having received the 2018 Nobel Prize in economics largely in recognition of his integrated assessment model of the science and economics of climate policies , now is under attack from the environmental left , almost certainly because that model does not support the policy preferences of the climate alarmists .
• The alarmists ’ assertions about prospective climate phenomena are driven by climate models that have predicted the past and present poorly , under a set of assumptions that are deeply dubious .
Those assertions are inconsistent with the evidence , and the alarmists ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the application of low ( or zero ) discount rates , on the grounds that such discount rates are appropriate as a tool with which to incorporate the interests of future generations .
That premise is incorrect .
• The proponents of the climate “ crisis ” attack on fossil fuels are driven by an imperative almost entirely ideological .
That rather than any reliance on “ science ” explains why a dedicated scholar like Nordhaus finds himself under attack .
Having received the 2018 Nobel Prize in economics largely in recognition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particular the development and application of the Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy ( DICE ) model—William D. Nordhaus now is under attack from the environmental left.1 This emerging criticism of Nordhaus ’ analytic framework is curious at a minimum .
After all , is it not more study and analysis—more “ science ” —that the proponents of the “ crisis ” view of climate policy seek ?
The short answer to that question : decidedly not.2 Nordhaus ’ work is careful and detailed .
Like any serious body of analysis , it raises more questions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for example , to question several of the underlying assumptions—and DICE can be criticized on several fronts.3 The same is true for Nordhaus ’ policy argument in favor of a carbon tax or other such pricing policies , a policy prescription much more questionable than often asserted.4 But Nordhaus ’ absolute honesty and rigorous approach to economic analysis are beyond reproach , which is one general reason that he now is under attack even though he favors such policies as the Paris agreement to reduce greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ participating.5 For reasons summarized below , Nordhaus ’ argument for an international “ climate club ” enforcing the Paris agreement is unlikely to prove workable.6 But that is not the central issue here .
Instead , Nordhaus—by no stretch of the imagination a climate policy skeptic—is under attack more centrally because DICE has not provided answers consistent with the ideological demands of the climate alarmists , and Nordhaus has refused to bend to the political winds .
In the DICE model under a wide range of reasonable assumptions , and even under many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ satisfy a benefit/cost test , and the same is true for the other two major integrated assessment models.7 Accordingly , DICE provides no support for the ideological attack on fossil fuels , on the freedom that they facilitate , or for such “ net-zero ” policies as the Green New Deal.8 Notwithstanding the continued references to “ science , ” it is the bottom line in terms of climate ideology that motivates the environmental left .
In that fundamental political context , DICE is worse than useless , which means that Nordhaus stands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arguments .
• For the announcement of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences , see Nobel Prize , “ The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2018 , ” https : //www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2018/summary/ .
For materials on the Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy ( DICE ) model , see William Nordhaus , “ Scientific and Economic Background on DICE Models , ” February 3 , 2020 , https : //sites.google.com/site/williamdnordhaus/dice-rice .
See also William Nordhaus , “ Home Page of William D. Nordhaus , ” http : //www.econ.yale.edu/~nordhaus/homepage/homepage.htm .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day 2020 : The Exhaustion of the Climate Left , ” RealClearMarkets , April 22 , 2020 , https : //www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/04/22/earth_day_2020_the_exhaustion_of_the_climate_left_489297.html .
• See Benjamin Zycher , “ The Social Cost of Carbon , Greenhouse Gas Policies , and Politicized Benefit/Cost Analysis , ” Texas A & M Law Review 6 ( 2018 ) : 59–76 , https : //www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SCC-TAMU-LR-Final-fall-2018.pdf ; Kevin D. Dayaratna , Ross McKitrick , and David Kreutzer , “ Empirically Constrained Climate Sensitivity and the Social Cost of Carbon , ” Climate Change Economics 8 , no .
2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; and Kevin D. Dayaratna and David Kreutzer , “ Loaded DICE : An EPA Model Not Ready for the Big Game , ” Heritage Foundation , November 21 , 2013 , https : //www.heritage.org/environment/report/loaded-dice-epa-model-not-ready-the-big-game .
• See Benjamin Zycher , “ The Deeply Flawed Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax , ” American Enterprise Institute , March 7 , 2017 , https : //www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-deeply-flawed-conservative-case-for-a-carbon-taxconservatives-endorse-the-broken-windows-fallacy-reject-evidence-and-rigor/ ; and Benjamin Zycher , “ Observations on the Alliance for Market Solutions ’ ‘ Conservative ’ Case for a Carbon Tax , ” American Enterprise Institute , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ //www.aei.org/research-products/report/ observations-on-the-alliance-for-market-solutions-conservative-case-for-a-carbon-tax/ .
• See William Nordhaus , “ The Climate Club : How to Fix a Failing Global Effort , ” Foreign Affairs , May/June 2020 , https : //www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-04-10/climate-club .
• See Benjamin Zycher , “ Trump Is Absolutely Correct to Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement , ” InsideSources , November 12 , 2019 , https : //www.insidesources.com/trump-is-absolutely-correct-to-withdraw-from-the-paris-climate-agreement/ .
• Details of the Climate Framework for Uncertainty , Negotiation , and Distribution ( FUND ) model can be found at Fund-Model.org , “ FUND Model , ” http : //www.fund-model.org/ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Greenhouse Effect ( PAGE ) model , see Chris Hope , “ The Marginal Impact of CO for PAGE2022 : An Integrated Assessment Model Incorporating the IPCC ’ s Five Reasons for Concern , ” Bridging Sciences & Policy 6 , no .
1 ( 2006 ) : 19–56 , https : //journals.sfu.ca/int_assess/index.php/iaj/article/view/ 227/190 .
• Indur Goklany , “ Fossil Fuels , and Human and Environmental Well-Being , ” International Conference on Climate Change , March 2017 , https : //www.researchgate.net/publication/324761275_Fossil_Fuels_and_Human_and_Environmental_Well-Being .
See also Zycher , “ Earth Day 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Autonomy and Automobility , ” Independent Review II , no .
1 ( Summer 1997 ) : 5–28 , https : //www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_02_1_lomasky.pdf ; and Benjamin Zycher , The Green New Deal : Economics and Policy Analytics , American Enterprise Institute , April 2019 , https : //www.aei.org/spotlights/the-green-new-deal-economics-and-policy-analytics/ .


climatedepot--2020-08-03--Rush Limbaugh: BBC Says I’m Part of a Conspiracy to Dispute Man-Made Climate Change

RUSH : I got a great opportunity here to illustrate the way the left thinks things happen on this program , and it ’ s current .
Stand by there on audio sound bite number 2 and number 3 .
This is on BBC Radio 4 and it happened today over in the United Kingdom .
BBC Radio 4 ’ s podcast , How They Made Us Doubt Everything , episode 6 .
It is an unidentified actor recreating an advertisement , and the host here is some guy talking to the Climate Investigations Center Founder Kert Davies about an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is BBC , Radio 4 , there are two soundbites to this and here is the first one .
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR : Stop panicking .
I ’ m here to tell you that the facts simply don ’ t jibe with the theory that catastrophic global warming is taking place .
So folks , grab hold of yourselves and get the whole story before you make up your mind .
Right now , you can get a free packet of easy to understand information about global warming .
Just call this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advert you ’ re hearing was sent to the radio host Rush Limbaugh in 1991 .
DAVIES : Rush Limbaugh was the most widely listened to conservative talk-show host at that time on radio stations across the country .
We have the language that Rush Limbaugh read on the air .
RUSH : So that actor is me .
( imitating voice ) “ Stop panicking .
I ’ m here to tell you that the facts simply tonight jibe with the theory.
” So they ’ re putting together this bit , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rush Limbaugh was the most lively listened to conservative talk show host at the time on radio stations across the country.
” Still is , you dummkopfs .
Still am .
I don ’ t remember this stupid ad .
I ’ ll guarantee you if the ad ran , fine and dandy .
But if people on this program came up with the idea that global warming was a left-wing hoax , it was because of me , not some silly , stupid ad .
Because global warming , man-made global warming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Marxist agenda .
I hope you people at the BBC are getting this , because you are participating in a hoax , in a fraud .
There is no man-made global warming .
We don ’ t have the ability , we don ’ t have the power because if we did we could have stopped it .
But we can ’ t .
Nobody ’ s saying climate change isn ’ t happening ’ cause it happens every day .
The earth is not static .
The earth is changing constantly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sahara dust age .
We have no control over it .
The best we can do is adapt , which is what we do .
But causing it is intellectually absurd to believe this .
But , anyway , these guys , BBC 4 , they ’ re very concerned here because man-made global warming is not important to a lot of people , and it doesn ’ t poll anywhere near where these people want it to be , one of the top five most important issues .
And more and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t believe it .
Now with COVID-19 , they couldn ’ t even care less about it .
Here ’ s the second part of the bite where the host and the Climate Investigation Center founder continue discussing it all .
PETER POMERANTSEV : This is written by a group calling themselves the Information Council on the Environment .
It ’ s run by the group that represents the electrical companies in America .
DAVIES : The key line from that one is that they want to reframe the science from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ targeting lower educated white males .
NARRATOR : In 1991 pollsters had already clocked that what they called the lower educated older white males could be swayed on climate change .
They had decided the way to reach this audience was through a new phenomenon of conservative radio hosts who were beginning to question the mainstream media and liberal elites .
Sound familiar ?
We put this to Rush Limbaugh , but at the time of broadcast he hasn ’ t responded .
RUSH : Well , that ’ s because nobody told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me , but I wouldn ’ t have responded to you anyway because you people are idiots and don ’ t have the slightest idea about this issue .
Why in the world do you think I ’ m gon na respond to a bunch of klutzes like you who want to try to convey that the problem in America from issue to issue to issue is dumb , stupid , uneducated white males ?
You guys are white males .
What makes you not dumb and stupid ?
I guess you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t seen you .
But by the way , this is another great point .
In 1991 , this is 30 some odd years ago , 28 years ago , and that ’ s how long white men have been blamed , dumb , stupid white men have been blamed for everything .
And the reason that conservative media has been so successful is that we found a way to reach stupid white guys .
It would make sense that liberals have lost them because the liberals are so smart , so elite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the liberals could not keep these people in their audiences .
When in fact you take a look at some of the biggest stupidity , some of the gigantic sophistry that ’ s happening out there today is found in the Democrat Party and on the American left , some genuine , real stupidity .
Remember we were asking last week if you remembered — what was the name of that movie starring Michael Douglas ?
( interruption ) Falling Down .
The angry white male made about that time — 1991 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meme , if you will , it has been a hashtag , if you will , for almost 30 years .
There ’ s nothing new about it .
And it is intellectually vacant as a realm of criticism .
It ’ s one of the most easy and stupid criticisms you can make , but it serves their purpose because how do you indict an entire population , the stupid , uneducated , white male .
And then you blame him for everything , including the anger .
And why is he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rejected .
He ’ s been rejected by intelligent , elite liberals .
He ’ s been rejected by the university and by academe , he has been rejected by a higher class of women , he has been rejected by his own children .
They add all this stuff up , and this is how they tell themselves that they are failing to win politically .


climatedepot--2020-08-03--Distinguishing Truth From Green Propaganda

Perhaps the most famous example of green propaganda has been the persistent claim that 97 % of climate scientists agree that man-made climate change endangers the planet .
Studies sporting the 97 % figure were debunked in 2014 .
In one such study , four independent reviewers found that only 0.3 percent of 11,994 abstracts cited actually stated that human activity is the primary cause of global warming .
But forget about a measly 97 % !
In November 2019 , the green propaganda machine upped the ante .
Now , they claimed , there is a 100 % scientific @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of climate change .
100 percent ?
!
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What about the “ 350 [ peer-reviewed ] paperspublished since 2017 [ that ] subvert the claim that post-1850s warming has been unusual ” and dozens of additional articles in 2019found “ that there ’ s nothing alarming or catastrophic about our climate ” ?
Another commonplace tactic of green propaganda has been simply to fudge actual temperature records .
Environmentalist and computer model expert Tony Heller has documented many of those shenanigans in a series of eye-opening videos .
( Here is another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , the official keeper of temperature records for the United States was , according to The Wall Street Journal , explicitly exempted from the Data Quality Act – the federal law that requires sound science in policymaking .
Another fertile field for green propaganda shenanigans is the “ peer-review ” process .
First , many scientists believe that the peer review process itself is broken .
Some describe it as “ a form of censorship ” – a gatekeeper to keep out dissenters .
Others assert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engender bias , incompetence…ineffectiveness , and corruption.
” Dr. John Ioannidis , who has been so on-target with his critiques of data gathering and modeling in connection with COVID-19 , maintains that the “ hotter ” a field of scientific research is ( “ hotter ” meaning more popular and active ) “ the less likely the research findings are to be true.
” And what field of scientific research has been hotter than climate change for the last 30 years ?
Second , as we have learned from Climategate emails and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been highly incestuous , with key figures in the alarmist camp arranging to review each other ’ s work while shielding their work from review by other scientists .
Third , the late IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri haughtily asserted that IPCC uses only peer-reviewed science .
Not so .
The IPCC ’ s much-ballyhooed “ climate bible ” ( the 2007 report that garnered a Nobel Peace Prize for IPCC ) cited 5,587 non-peer-reviewed sources such as “ press releases , newspaper and magazine clippings , working papers , student theses , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ green advocacy groups.
” A common propaganda technique is to tell only one side of the story .
Thus , green propaganda hyped the record-warm temperature of 64.94 degrees F. ( 18.3 C. ) in Antarctica in February this year .
While hyping a record summertime high in the southern hemisphere , the green propagandists turned a blind eye to the record wintertime low in the Northern Hemisphere that had happened a month earlier – specifically , a temperature reading of minus 86.8 degrees F. ( -66C ) in Greenland .
Similarly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Verkhoyansk touched 100 degrees F. on June 20 , the green propaganda machine went into overdrive .
( That temperature was less than one degree above the previous record high set in 1988 . )
They failed to mention that such heat north of the Arctic Circle was not unprecedented .
The temperature reached 100 degrees F. in Fort Yukon , Alaska way back on June 27 , 1915 .
Oh , by the way , I didn ’ t see any green reports that the people of Verkhoyansk woke up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Wild temperature gyrations are a fact of life there due to peculiar topography and other natural factors .
Did you catch the BBC report about the Antarctic glacier Thwaites melting rapidly ?
That ’ s true , but the report failed to mention that active volcanoes beneath the glacier are causing the melting .
Banning SUVs will not keep Thwaites from melting .
Last September , 250 news organizations around the world openly proclaimed a coordinated campaign to convince their readers and viewers of the urgent need for political action to address @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s climate summit that month .
Any pretense of journalistic impartiality was explicitly disavowed .
The media outlets openly and proudly announced themselves as advocates ( propagandists ) for their favored viewpoint .
Variety magazine even featured an articleentitled , “ Is Hollywood Doing Enough to Fight the Climate Crisis , ” as if the entertainment industry should be in the vanguard of public brainwashing .
Meanwhile , some green zealots are insisting that the green propaganda aimed at children here and abroad over the last few decadesneeds to be ramped up .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to help young people critique and rethink…deeply ingrained assumptions , attitudes , and expectations that run throughout history , and now endanger much of life on Earth.
” I ’ ll leave you with a question : Do you really know the truth about climate change , or have you heard green propaganda so many times that you just assume what they say is true ?