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therightinsight.org/All-Goal-and-No-Plan
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2/17/25 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy,Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties 21 (COP21) in Paris, France produced the Paris Accords, a non-binding agreement under which the participating nations agreed to take actions necessary to achieve a goal...
therightinsight.org/All-Electric-Everything
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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 ...
therightinsight.org/All-Electric-Storage
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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...
therightinsight.org/Alternative-Approaches
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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 ...
therightinsight.org/America-First-Trumps-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...
therightinsight.org/An-Engineers-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 ...
therightinsight.org/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 ...
therightinsight.org/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, ...
therightinsight.org/Anomalous-Anomalies-2023
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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 (“...
therightinsight.org/Anomaly-vs-Temperature
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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 ...
therightinsight.org/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 ...
therightinsight.org/Answering-Frequently-Asked-Questions-about-the-Inflation-Reduction-Acts-Energy-Subsidies
therightinsight.org/Apocalyptic-versus-post-apocalyptic-climate-politics
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8/25/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Are-fossil-fuel-CO2-emissions-good-or-bad
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9/8/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy,Climate Change
therightinsight.org/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.
This means that any increase in the global average surface ...
therightinsight.org/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 ...
therightinsight.org/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 ...
therightinsight.org/Baseload-Replacement
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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 ...
therightinsight.org/Beware-Flawed-Energy-Assumptions-Incite-Delusional-Scenarios
therightinsight.org/Bias-Undisclosed-conflicts-of-interest-are-a-serious-problem-in-the-climate-change-literature
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2/7/25 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
From: Conflicted - Substack
By: Jessica Weinkle
Date: January 9, 2025
Bias
Undisclosed conflicts of interest are a serious problem in the climate change literature
A flurry of commentary on bias indicates the ...
therightinsight.org/Biden-Climate-Plan
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10/20/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
therightinsight.org/Biden-in-11th-hour-action-bans-new-offshore-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-most-federal-waters
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1/17/25 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy,Climate Change
therightinsight.org/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...
therightinsight.org/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 ...
therightinsight.org/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...
therightinsight.org/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...
therightinsight.org/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...
therightinsight.org/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...
therightinsight.org/Blue-Green-New-Deal-6
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6/23/20 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Government Under the Blue/Green New Deal
1. Housing, Buildings, Civic ...
therightinsight.org/Book-review-Climate-Uncertainty-and-Risk-By-Judith-Curry
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10/26/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Bootleggers-Baptists-and-The-Jones-Act
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 ...
therightinsight.org/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, ...
therightinsight.org/California-Wildfire-Lawfare
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3/17/25 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy,Climate Change
- Ed Reid
An appropriate topic for any discussion of lawfare, whether lawsuits alleging violation of existing laws or legislation leading to new law, is the issue of standards of evidence.
Standards of evidence refer to the amount of evidence or ...
therightinsight.org/Californias-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 ...
therightinsight.org/Call-that-science
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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...
therightinsight.org/Capacity-Factors
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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.
The capacity factors shown for both wind and solar, while they are the actual percentage...
therightinsight.org/Capacity-Factors-2024-10-01
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10/1/24 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy,Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Capacity factor: The ratio of the electrical energy produced by a generating unit for the period of time considered to the electrical energy that could have been produced at continuous full power operation during the same period. (EIA...
therightinsight.org/Cautionary-Tales
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2/24/25 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy,Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The consensed climate science community and their allies in government, environmental organizations and the media are focused on Net Zero by 2050. They assert that solar and wind can power an economical, stable and reliable electric ...
therightinsight.org/China-Paris-Accords
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3/2/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
China is the most populated nation on earth. China also has the second largest economy among the nations of the earth. China is a signatory to the Paris Accords, which recognize it as a developing nation. China is also earth’s largest...
therightinsight.org/Chinas-Long-Game
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9/6/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy,Climate Change
- Ed Reid
China is aggressively pursuing economic development, including construction of numerous coal generating stations, steelmaking facilities and cement kilns. These actions, while inconsistent with the goal of the Paris Accords, are consistent ...
therightinsight.org/Chinese-Climate-Leadership
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8/15/17 at 6:52 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Numerous recent articles have asked questions in this general form: “Will America Let China Lead the World?” These articles suggest that the US had the leadership role on climate change and that US withdrawal from the Paris ...
therightinsight.org/Class-is-In-Know-the-Facts-on-Extreme-Weather-and-Climate-Module-1-of-3
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9/26/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Class-is-In-Know-the-Facts-on-Extreme-Weather-and-Climate-Module-2-of-3
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10/3/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Class-is-In-Know-the-Facts-on-Extreme-Weather-and-Climate-Module-3-of-3
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10/10/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Classes-of-DEFRs
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9/24/24 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy,Climate Change
- Ed Reid
It is broadly, though not universally, acknowledged that a Net Zero electric grid powered predominantly by intermittent renewable generation sources such as wind and solar would require support from dispatchable generation sources to &ldquo...
therightinsight.org/Clean-Power-Plan-Redux
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11/14/17 at 6:04 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has signed an order rescinding the Clean Power Plan. This action will trigger an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding potential future emissions reductions and reduction strategies. This action ...
therightinsight.org/Climaskeptiphobia
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2/25/20 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
-phobia (noun combining form) (Merriam Webster)
- exaggerated fear of
- intolerance or aversion for
The consensed climate science community has not been particularly congenial to, cooperative with or even tolerant ...
therightinsight.org/Climate-and-Fairy-Tales
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5/16/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Discussions of climate and climate change frequently call to mind several children’s fairy tales and the story of a fairy tale kingdom. This suggests a lack of seriousness in these discussions, though the participants frequently view ...
therightinsight.org/Climate-Insensitivity
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12/1/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The consensed climate science community has consensed on the hypothesis that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are largely or totally responsible for the recent increase in global average surface temperature. Some even refer to CO2 as the climate...
therightinsight.org/Climate-equals-Sum-of-Weather
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8/22/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Climate characterizes the average weather conditions for a particular location over a long period of time (usually 30 years). World Meteorological Organization
Weather is a series of events occurring at a specific location at a specific ...
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