Guess I’m A Tory « Musings from the Chiefio

Who Knew…. This video is by Roger Helmer, MEP. You will find it, and more, on his blog at:

http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/

He has the tag line “Straight Talking”, and boy, does he!

Pretty much covers it all, technical included, and does it with gusto. A great “primer” for anyone who is wondering just why Global Warming Panic is a waste of hot air.

The Answer Really is 42! « Musings from the Chiefio

Tallbloke has a very interesting article that finds that, modulo a “magic number” of 42, the running total of sunspot number has a very strong “wiggle match” to the temperature of the planet. Basically, that running total of sunspot number serves as a proxy for retained heat, that shows up in the ocean temperature. The “42″ is the average of sunspots where there is no net temperature change, where we are presently in thermal balance with solar output.

A Republican Enigma on Renewables (Sen. LeMieux, please check your premises) — MasterResource

What is clear is that Senator LeMieux has friends in high places – places where already successful energy interests squeeze taxpayers first, and ratepayers later, through renewable energy projects.

Also clear and indisputable is that without support from Congresspersons with uneducated views of energy - the U.S. wind industry simply would never have been born. A true marketplace simply demands a higher quality product at a lower price and with more certain delivery terms. Perhaps it is finally time to cut instead of stretching – the wind industry’s umbilical cord.

Billionaire Wants The Rest Of Us To Pay More Money To Stay Warm | Real Science

Maybe he can run his airplanes off wind power.

Cancún climate change talks: Richard Branson calls for global carbon [swindle] taxes | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Branson said that Virgin planes could fly on biofuels within three to five years. "The biggest prize has to be clean fuel. We are investing 100% of our profits from aviation into fuel research. It looks like fuel derived from algae or isobutanal should be powering our aircraft. Both have got products going into test phases. We are perhaps three to five years away."

He said Virgin had considered slowing planes down to save fuel. "But it actually uses more fuel," he said.

"I was hoping by now we would be towing planes to the end of the runways. But we've found there was stress on the front of the plane. Boeing is now looking at battery power to drag planes along the ground from the front wheels.