Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Gavin's "Mystery Man" Revealed « Climate Audit
Yesterday, I inquired about the identity of Gavin's "mystery man"? Today (Feb 4) the British Antarctic survey revealed the identity of Gavin's "mystery man". It was…

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Is Coal Still King? Real Pollutants are Falling, and the New Administration is Moving Away from Anti-coal Radicalism — MasterResource
Coal is a different product than it was in past decades. It is much cleaner. And, as always, it is much cheaper and more reliable than renewables such as wind and solar. Its real competition is against natural gas in the generation of electricity.

In short, coal looks to remain a mainstay in the domestic and energy mix to help defeat the Malthusian anti-energy crusade.
Greenhouse Theory Disproved a Century Ago
The claim that carbon dioxide (CO2) can increase air temperatures by "trapping" infrared radiation (IR) ignores the fact that in 1909 physicist R.W. Wood disproved the popular 19th Century thesis that greenhouses stayed warm by trapping IR.

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