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A Critical Examination of the Six Pillars of Climate Change Despair - Highlighted Article

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  • 2/16/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change

 

From: Watts Up With That

By: Doug R Rogers

Date: January 19, 2023

 

A Critical Examination of the Six Pillars of Climate Change Despair


World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’[1]
World close to ‘...

A Failure of Belief

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  • 8/18/20 at 3:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

“One of the problems we face in the United States is that unfortunately, there is a combination of an anti-science bias that people are — for reasons that sometimes are, you know, inconceivable and not understandable — ...

A Failure of Proof

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  • 10/6/20 at 3:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

In the previous commentary, A Failure of Belief, I asserted that neither science nor authority should require belief, but that both should require proof. I also asserted that both science and authority had demonstrated that they did not ...

A Little Perspective

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  • 1/17/17 at 7:33 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The angst-ridden, consensed climate science community is focused on an increase in global average near-surface temperature of approximately 0.7°C (1.3°F) per century, or a total increase of approximately 0.9°C (1.6°F) since ...

A Look Back: The Coming Ice Age

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  • 12/5/16 at 8:52 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The Coming Ice Age - Harper's Magazine - Sept. 1958

A friend brought this to my attention today. It is almost 60 years old. (Note the name of the authoress of the article.)

Very interesting. I had not seen it previously. I don&...

A Mostly Wind- and Solar-Powered U.S. Economy Is a Dangerous Fantasy - Highlighted Article

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  • 5/12/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change

 

From: Gatestone Institute

By: Francis Menton

Date: April 25, 2022

 

A Mostly Wind- and Solar-Powered U.S. Economy Is a Dangerous Fantasy

 

When President Biden and other advocates of wind and solar generation speak, ...

A New Paradigm - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 1/31/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Electric grids have demonstrated the ability to adapt to some fraction of intermittent renewable generation, as long as there is sufficient dispatchable generation available to meet contemporaneous grid demand when the intermittent ...

A Rational Transition - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 6/4/24 at 6:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The Administration has set the nation on a rapid transition to an “all-electric everything” energy economy powered predominantly by intermittent renewable energy. The goal is to complete this transition by 2050. There is ...

A Stake Through the Heart – Trump’s View of Existing Climate Change Activities

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  • 6/20/17 at 6:25 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The Trump Administration has raised a number of questions regarding the US and global efforts to limit climate change. Each of these questions must be addressed calmly, carefully, and comprehensively. The Administration must be extremely ...

A Way Forward

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  • 7/14/20 at 3:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don&...

A ‘Plan B’ for addressing climate change and the energy transition - Highlighted Article

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  • 3/31/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change

 

From: Climate Etc.

By: Judith Curry

Date: March 17, 2022

 

A ‘Plan B’ for addressing climate change and the energy transition

 

I have a new article published in the latest issue of International Affairs ...

A ‘Sixth Mass Extinction’ Coming Up? Crunching the Numbers - Highlighted Article

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  • 8/11/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change

 

From: Watts Up With That

By: Paul MacRae

Date: July 18, 2022

 

A ‘Sixth Mass Extinction’ Coming Up? Crunching the Numbers


In a popular textbook on writing creative non-fiction, the authors echo a familiar ...

Abandon Fossil Fuels, Empower China - Highlighted Article

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  • 8/24/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change

 

From: Watts Up With That

By: Don Ritter

Date: August 1, 2023


Abandon Fossil Fuels, Empower China


Autocratic Producers (primarily Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Russia, Iran, Qatar, Venezuela and China) and certain democratic (or ...

Achieving Net Zero: A report from a putative delivery agency - Highlighted Article

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  • 3/17/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change

 

From: The Global Warming Policy Forum

By: Michael Kelly

Date: March 2022

 

Achieving Net Zero: A report from a putative delivery agency

 

Preface

I imagine that I have been appointed the first CEO of a new agency ...

Activists Are Pushing Climate Hysteria - Highlighted Video

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  • 7/21/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change

By: PragerU

 

Adaptation and Survival

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  • 4/9/19 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The universe is estimated to be approximately 13.7 billion years old. Our solar system is estimated to be approximately 4.6 to 5 billion years old, while the earth is estimated to be approximately 4.3 to 4.6 billion years old. Earth’s...

Adaptation Is the Answer - Highlighted Article

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  • 9/14/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change


From: National Review

By: JOEL KOTKIN & HÜGO KRÜGER

Date: August 18, 2023


 

Adaptation Is the Answer


Humans have adapted to a changing climate before, and we can do it again.

The world is careening toward a ...

Additional Perspective - Temperature Anomaly Record

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  • 3/28/17 at 7:31 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

It is generally acknowledged that human influence on global climate was minimal prior to approximately 1950. Therefore, virtually all climate change prior to 1950 is considered to have been the result of natural climate variation or a ...

Advance the Science

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  • 12/11/18 at 5:53 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

 

 

An open memo to key organizations skeptical of catastrophic anthropogenic climate change.

 

To:    American Enterprise Institute

American Legislative Exchange Council

Cato Institute

Competitive ...

Alarmism / Skepticism

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  • 9/1/20 at 3:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

A recent study raised issues regarding climate alarmism and climate skepticism and disinformation. The following statement from the study is the subject of this commentary.

"... the amount of literature examining climate change ...

All-Electric Everything - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 5/14/24 at 6:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The Administration’s All-Electric Everything goal would require the addition of approximately 4,800 GW of storage supported rating plate capacity renewable generation with a capacity factor of approximately 30%, depending on the ...

All-Electric Storage - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 4/30/24 at 6:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The US Administration has established a goal of transitioning all energy end uses in the economy to electric end uses by 2050. This would be a massive undertaking, requiring the application of currently non-existent technology, particularly...

Alternative Approaches - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 8/23/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

There are fundamentally two approaches to the adoption of new technology. The more common approach has been to introduce and market the product, process, or service embodying the new technology and allow the market to adopt the new ...

America First – Trump’s Climate Change Budget

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  • 5/2/17 at 6:29 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The Trump Administration has released “America First, A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again”. The blueprint is long on direction and short on details. The implications of this document for climate change are significant...

An Engineer’s Observations

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  • 11/22/16 at 8:21 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Several aspects of government-funded climate science appear both curious and disturbing. The current level of government funding of climate science is certainly adequate to support rigorous scientific investigation, data gathering and ...

Analytical Caution

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  • 9/29/20 at 3:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The previous commentaries on coincidence and causation regarding temperature anomalies and sea level referred to two interactive composite graphs (here and here). These graphs each combine paleoclimatic estimates of historical conditions ...

Anomalous Anomalies

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  • 10/25/16 at 9:41 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

NASA GISS and NCEI have released their June Climate anomalies; and, they are anomalous. GISS and NCEI both have access to all of the same near-surface temperature data; and, both use the same sea surface temperature anomaly product, ...

Anomalous Anomalies - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 4/18/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

anomalous: inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected

anomalies: deviations from the common rule

Global warming is monitored by estimating successive global average temperature anomalies  (“...

Anomaly vs. Temperature - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 3/19/24 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

 

anomaly: something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified: something anomalous

temperature: degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale

Source: Merriam-Webster

 

The primary focus of the ...

Another One Bites the Dust – Judith Curry Resigns

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  • 2/14/17 at 7:19 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Dr. Judith Curry has resigned her position at Georgia Tech, in frustration over “the politics and propaganda that beset climate science”. Dr. Curry explained,

“the deeper reasons have to do with my growing disenchantment ...

Apocalyptic versus post-apocalyptic climate politics - Highlighted Article

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  • 8/25/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change

From: Climate Etc.

By: Judith Curry

Date: August 9, 2022

 

Apocalyptic versus post-apocalyptic climate politics


The Inflation Reduction Act that has passed in the US Senate contains a healthy dose of funding for energy and ...

Are fossil-fuel CO2 emissions good or bad? - Highlighted Article

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  • 9/8/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change

 

From: Watts Up With That

By: Andy May

Date: August 30, 2022

 

Are fossil-fuel CO2 emissions good or bad?


This is the transcript, with minor edits to get it into blog post format, of my keynote speech to the Division of ...

Asymptotes

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  • 7/24/18 at 8:19 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Atmospheric physics establishes that the impact of incremental additions of CO2 to the earth’s atmosphere approaches zero asymptotically, as shown in the graph below.

Heating Effect of CO2

This means that any increase in the global average surface ...

Attribution Absurdity

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  • 4/23/19 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

In the current mantra of the consensed climate science community, every adverse weather-related event is alleged to have been caused by, or worsened by, climate change. Unverified climate models are being used in attribution studies to ...

Barely Measurable?

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  • 8/6/19 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Several recent media articles have suggested that even if the US adopted the Green New Deal, or somevariant thereof, which reduced or eliminated US CO2 emissions, the impact on global warming would be “barely measurable”. These ...

Baseload Replacement - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 7/19/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Baseload powerplants operate continuously at, or close to, their rated capacity to meet the continuous demand on the electric grid. Nuclear power plants are typically operated as baseload plants. Some coal power plants are also operated as ...

Biden Climate Plan

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  • 10/20/20 at 3:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The Biden Climate Plan is very similar in scope and intent to the Democrat Climate Platform with one notable exception. The Democrat climate platform does not mention the Green New Deal, though the Biden Plan identifies it as a “...

Blame Game

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  • 10/12/21 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”, Ronald Reagan

The utility industry challenges discussed in the previous commentary, Reliability Roulette...

Blue/Green New Deal #1

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  • 5/19/20 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

A group of climate change activists and anti-capitalists has sent an “Open Letter and ...

Blue/Green New Deal #2

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  • 5/26/20 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

This commentary and those that follow will analyze the programs in each policy proposal which...

Blue/Green New Deal #3

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  • 6/2/20 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

This commentary and those that follow will analyze the programs in each policy proposal which...

Blue/Green New Deal #4

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  • 6/9/20 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

This commentary and those that follow will analyze the programs in each policy proposal which...

Blue/Green New Deal #5

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  • 6/16/20 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

This commentary and those that follow will analyze the programs in each policy proposal which...

Blue/Green New Deal #6

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  • 6/23/20 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Book review: Climate Uncertainty and Risk, By Judith Curry - Highlighted Article

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  • 10/26/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change

 

From: CFACT

By: Rupert Darwall

Date: October 12, 2023


Book review: Climate Uncertainty and Risk, By Judith Curry


Just over three decades ago, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed by ...

Bootleggers, Baptists, and The Jones Act

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Suppose that a freak Atlantic storm pummels the city of Boston, leaving it flooded for days and cut off from services by land and air—trucks cannot reach it and planes cannot land. But a Canadian transport ship happens to be passing ...

Building Anxiety

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  • 7/23/19 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The consensed climate science community, the media and progressive politicians are experiencing high anxiety regarding climate change. However, they have been relatively unsuccessful in building similar high anxiety among voters in the US, ...

California’s Drought

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  • 4/18/17 at 7:10 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The past several years featured a never-ending stream of stories about California’s never-ending drought and its supposed roots in climate change. The past few weeks have featured a stream of stories about California’s experience with an ...

Call that science? - Highlighted Article

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  • 7/4/24 at 6:00 AM
  • Climate Change


From: Climate Discussion Nexus

By: OP ED Watch

Date: June 5, 2024


Call that science?


A correspondent recently sent us a poster “A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science” that we found very interesting because it wasn’t...

Capacity Factors - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 5/2/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

 

The US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration chart below is arguably accurate but inarguably misleading.

 


Capacity Factor by Energy Source in 2020

 


The capacity factors shown for both wind and solar, while they are the actual percentage...