Wind Integration: Incremental Emissions from Back-Up Generation Cycling (Part I: A Framework and Calculator) — MasterResource

The general conclusion is clear: industrial wind power does not produce the claimed benefits of reductions in fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions when up-and-down backup generation inefficiencies are taken into account.

Another parallel with the Maunder Minimum « Watts Up With That?

Activity and timing of the current minimum, as well as the timing of the Solar Cycle 24 maximum in 2015, is paralleling the start of the Maunder Minimum. There is no data to date which diverges from the pattern of the start of the Maunder Minimum.

The Migrant Mind: Saving the Bangladeshi's

While debating global warming, I am often told that if we don't do something we will drown the Bangladeshi people. That of course presumes that they are so stupid as to stand still while the ocean waters cover them--which says something about the lunacy and condescension of the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) advocates.

NCAR: Number of record highs beat record lows – if you believe the quality of data from the weather stations « Watts Up With That?

I believe this study is hopelessly flawed due to the fact that the authors take the data from the weather stations at face value without considering bias due to measurement error or siting error, both of which are rampant in the US surface station network.