More climate oops: Climate Scientists Oppose “Doomerism”
Biden’s rhetoric is “misleading and unhelpful,” said Michael Mann, a climate scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. The best way to view what lies beyond 1.5 C is as a…
More climate oops: Models versus Actuals
NOAA has a web site where you can view modeled versus actual climate for your location. Will post on that another day. For now, these two charts from elsewhere: The…
Climate oops: Canadian government study
Let’s pause there for a moment: 6.6 per cent after 80 years is a very small number. Canada has set out ambitious economic growth plans based on high levels of…
Climate oops: Bad messaging
Many things said in the media about climate are not true. They focus on improbable, scary scenarios – and link every puff of wind to climate change and predict doom,…
Climate Yes!: “Why climate doomerism is wrong”
Spot on: I don’t want to talk about whether pessimism is accurate. I want to focus on whether it’s useful. People might defend doomsday scenarios as the wake-up call that…
Climate oops: Largest seller of carbon offsets accused of being a scam
The world's largest seller of carbon offsets is accused of being a scam, possibly selling 30x more offsets than were actually realized.
Follow up: Jet passenger killed by turbulence?
March 3, 2023 After the March 3d, 2023 incident, there was much publicity about a former government official killed “by turbulence” while her family flew on a private jet flight.…
Published in Nature: “Political endorsements can affect scientific credibility”
In 2020, Nature endorsed Joe Biden in the US presidential election. A survey finds that viewing the endorsement did not change people’s views of the candidates, but caused some to…
Bill Gates: Telling people to live in the dark and not eat meat will not solve climate change
It’s unrealistic to expect climate change to be meaningfully mitigated by expecting global demand for energy to drop significantly or people to stop eating meat, Bill Gates said at an…
Energy: The inability to build new electric transmission lines
The inability to construct new, large electric transmission lines over hundreds of miles hampers the ability to use “Green energy” which must be routed from where it is available to…