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therightinsight.org/The-New-Normal
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2/27/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The US electric utility industry has historically sought to achieve “four nines” (99.99%) reliability of service. One key to achieving very high system reliability has been maintaining an approximate 20% capacity reserve margin ...
therightinsight.org/The-New-Pause-lengthens-to-8-years-9-months
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4/20/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/The-Ongoing-War-on-Climate-Skeptics
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6/14/16 at 9:24 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
therightinsight.org/The-Paris-Climate-Agreement
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7/4/17 at 7:23 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The Paris Agreement “entered into force on 4 November 2016”. A total of 197 “parties” have “ratified” the Agreement. Ratification of the Agreement is voluntary. Establishment of Nationally Determined ...
therightinsight.org/The-Partys-Over
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11/29/16 at 6:16 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The 22nd annual global ecotourism conference, officially known as the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties 22, in Marrakech, Morocco has ended. William Shakespeare might have described the conference results as: “full of sound and fury,...
therightinsight.org/The-Path-to-Deception
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8/25/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Climate science is extremely complex because the climate is extremely complex and not completely understood. Scientific papers which report the results of climate research can be very difficult to read and understand because of the ...
therightinsight.org/The-Psychology-of-Denial
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9/25/18 at 5:50 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The word “denial” has several different definitions depending on the context in which it is used. In the psychological context, it is defined as: “a defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with ...
therightinsight.org/The-Real-Climate-Crisis-Alex-Epstein
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6/15/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/The-Retreat-from-Net-Zero
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3/7/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
From: Net Zero Watch
By: Ross Clark
Date: February 8, 2024
The Retreat from Net Zero
Introduction
The UN meetings on climate change have become renowned for their platitudes, with national leaders falling over each ...
therightinsight.org/The-Silence-of-the-Skeptics
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10/1/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
If a climate scientist produces a climate science research result and no one hears about it, is it still climate science?
Concerted efforts by members of the consensed climate science community to enforce the climate change orthodoxy ...
therightinsight.org/The-State-of-the-Climate-2021
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4/28/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/The-State-of-the-Climate-2022
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5/4/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/The-Truth-the-Whole-Truth-and-Climate-Change
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7/17/18 at 6:17 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Thousands of near-surface temperature data points are collected globally each day. These data points are freely available to each of the global near-surface temperature anomaly producers: NOAA, NASA GISS, Hadley Center/UEA and the Japanese ...
therightinsight.org/The-UN-Has-a-Better-Idea-for-Combating-Climate-Change
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3/27/18 at 6:02 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
therightinsight.org/The-Energy-Trilemma-And-The-Cost-Of-Electricity-OpEd
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3/21/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/The-Hard-Edge-of-the-Climate-Change-Movement
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9/11/18 at 6:40 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The failure of the consensed climate change community (scientists, politicians and media enablers) to gain sufficient traction with their “scary scenarios” has led to the growing exposure of the “Hard Edge” of the ...
therightinsight.org/The-Pause-Returns
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7/19/16 at 8:43 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The climate science community had been troubled by an extended “pause” in global warming prior to two events in the Spring of 2015: the onset of a major El Nino in the NINO region of the Pacific; and, the publication of Karl ...
therightinsight.org/Theory-and-Experiment
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10/11/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Observing and analyzing climate and climate change is an interesting experiment. The experimentalist can establish the events and characteristics to be observed and/or measured, the timing of the start of the observation period and the ...
therightinsight.org/There-is-No-Climate-Emergency-a-Message-to-the-People
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11/10/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Thermal-energy-storage-cost-model
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11/23/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Thermodynamics-of-prime-movers-energy-from-first-principles
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1/4/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Thorough-analysis-by-Clintel-shows-serious-errors-in-latest-IPCC-report
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6/22/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Time-to-Get-Serious
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6/11/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Numerous efforts to validate the results of climate studies have been hampered by refusal of climate researchers to permit open access to study data, statistical data analysis methods, computer code and other study information. This refusal...
therightinsight.org/Time-to-Retire-the-Term-Renewable-Energy-from-Serious-Discussions-and-Policy-Directives-Part-II
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3/14/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Timing-is-Everything
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8/30/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Timing is not a particular issue in market-driven product, process or service transitions. The existing technology applications remain in the market and the new technology applications enter the market and replace them over time. The new ...
therightinsight.org/Tipping-Points
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12/14/21 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
tipping point: the critical point in a situation, process, or system beyond which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place
There has been much discussion regarding potential future climate “tipping points&...
therightinsight.org/To-Peer-or-not-to-Peer
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11/27/18 at 6:09 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The consensed climate science community places great importance on the process of peer review and professes great confidence in its capability to validate its research methods and results and to enhance acceptance of those research methods ...
therightinsight.org/Top-Climate-Scientist-Slams-Climate-Alarm-Carbon-Dioxide-Is-A-Particularly-Ridiculous-Choice-As-A-Pollutant
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11/2/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Tough-Love
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11/15/16 at 8:20 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Open letter to the President-elect Trump Transition Team – Climate Change
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Serious research focused on understanding the climate and the forces which cause it to change is worthwhile and important. However, it ...
therightinsight.org/Toward-A-Vegan-Future
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4/3/18 at 6:18 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
One aspect of the Ultimate Goal of the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming movement is a global conversion to a vegan diet. The sustainability movement asserts that the growing global population is already stressing the available food...
therightinsight.org/Tracking-Climate-Progress
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6/29/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The Biden Administration has established targets of reducing US GHG emissions by 50-52% by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions from the electricity sector by 2035. The Administration has not yet publicized a plan to achieve these targets....
therightinsight.org/Transparency
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3/29/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
I believe that the demonstration project described in the previous commentary should be conducted rigorously and transparently, with broad website access to hourly, daily, monthly and annual data.
The first step in this process would be ...
therightinsight.org/Trillions-Spent-on-Climate-Change-Based-on-Faulty-Temperature-Data-Climate-Experts-Say
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2/22/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Tropical-Cyclone-Attribution
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2/14/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Tropical cyclones (hurricanes in the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific basins and typhoons in the Pacific and Indian Ocean basins) are weather events which involve wind, rain, thunderstorms and storm surge and can trigger tornadoes. The Saffir...
therightinsight.org/Trump-EPA-Accomplishments-and-Challenges
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8/14/18 at 6:42 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the appointment of Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler presents an opportunity to review what has been accomplished at EPA and what challenges remain to be addressed.
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therightinsight.org/Turning-Down-the-Climate-Change-Heat
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3/19/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/UAH-Anomalies
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2/18/20 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The graph below from Dr. Roy Spencer’s website shows the entire history of the UAH satellite temperature anomaly record, which began in 1979. The anomaly has increased at a relatively consistent rate of 0.13°C per decade over the ...
therightinsight.org/Ultimate-Demonstration
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9/12/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
There has not been a successful demonstration of a renewable plus storage grid, even with generation support from fossil, nuclear, geothermal and biomass generators. Previous commentaries (here, here and here) have described a conceptual ...
therightinsight.org/Ultimate-Goal
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11/8/16 at 9:05 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The Movement toward the ultimate goal of a global vegan commune continues apace.
Global Governance:
therightinsight.org/UN-Ambition
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2/11/20 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Ambition a : an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power
(link) b : desire to ...
therightinsight.org/Uncertainty
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5/17/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Definition of uncertain (Merriam-Webster)
1a : not known beyond doubt : dubious an uncertain claim
b : not having certain knowledge : doubtful remains uncertain about her plans
c : not clearly identified or defined a fire of uncertain ...
therightinsight.org/Unfinding-Endangerment-Rescinding-the-Endangerment-Finding
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10/10/17 at 6:13 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
In a discussion on a recent comment thread, one commenter stated that “EPA had the evidence” when it issued its 2009 Endangerment Finding regarding CO2 and other “greenhouse gases”. Now, eight years later, the ...
therightinsight.org/Urban-Heat-Island-Effect
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8/22/17 at 6:23 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
U.S. EPA--https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=75857&from=mn
The above graphic from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (U.S. EPA) clearly illustrates one aspect of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect – the ...
therightinsight.org/Urban-Heat-Island-Effect-2
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9/3/19 at 7:41 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
“An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surroundings. According to the EPA, many U.S. cities have air temperatures up to 10°F (5.6°C) warmer than the surrounding natural land ...
therightinsight.org/US-Coal-Generation
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2/21/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The US currently has approximately 1,250GW of electric generating capacity. Approximately 200GW of that capacity is coal generating capacity, of which approximately 50GW is scheduled to be retired through 2029. The remaining approximately ...
therightinsight.org/US-Coal-Phaseout
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1/11/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The US currently generates more than 500,000,000 Megawatt-hours, or approximately 25% of annual electricity production, in coal-fueled generating stations. Coal generation has decreased by more than half over the past 10 years, largely ...
therightinsight.org/US-EPA-Clean-Power-Plan
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6/28/16 at 9:15 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The primary weapon in the US Administration’s crusade to save the world from anthropogenic global warming (climate change) is the US EPA Clean Power Plan, which sets CO2 emissions limits for coal-fired electric generators which ...
therightinsight.org/US-ICE-Vehicle-Phaseout
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2/1/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
“We need to make green energy much cheaper.”, Bjorn Lomborg
Global policymakers appear to have adopted a uniform approach to the green energy transition – making fossil energy unavailable through supply restriction or ...
therightinsight.org/USA-Climate-Priorities
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8/20/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The UNFCCC, the consensed climate science community and the environmental community assert that the USA should assume the mantle of climate change leadership and prioritize CO2 emissions reductions and financial transfers to the UN Green ...
therightinsight.org/USA-Climate-Priorities-2
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8/27/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The previous commentary on USA Climate Priorities discussed priorities regarding climate science, specifically regarding: accurate temperature measurement; establishment of specific values for climate sensitivity and feedbacks; and, ...
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