Monday, October 01, 2012

Green Weenie of the Week: Matt Damon | Power Line
But what earns Damon the coveted Power Line Green Weenie Award is the fact, reported by Lachlan Markay at the Heritage Foundation, that the film was partly financed by Middle Eastern oil interests. Hmmm, can’t imagine why they’d want to hobble new American energy production.
The New Nostradamus of the North: Greenpeace UK endorsing a bigger role for coal?
Greenpeace's support for the German model, is a clear endorsement for increasing the role of coal in global and European energy production. Will we soon see Greenpeace campaigning for a renaissance of the British coal industry?
Skeptic's Corner: The Solar Market?
Solar startups have been picked off one by one cheaply – or filed for bankruptcy – over the past 19 months because the global solar market has been plagued by a glut of solar panels.
Follow Up On My E-Mail Request To Linda Mearns Of NCAR | Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.
The actual ability of climate models to predict (in hindcast) EVEN the current climate is very limited.
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Predicting “climate change” is even more of a challenge. The climate models have shown NO skill at predicting CHANGES in regional climate statistics.

In may be convenient to ignore these issues in order to keep the grant and contract money flowing, but unless these fundamental flaws can be refuted, research money and time is being wastefully spent.
Presidential Debate: Climate Change Cheat Sheet — MasterResource
But the climate effect of greenhouse gas emissions from the production from fossil fuels, in net, appears to be less than it is being projected by the world’s best climate models. Yet all climate models agree that U.S. actions alone in reducing greenhouse gas impacts will not have practical impact on the climate. Ipso facto, arguments about energy policy should not be grounded in terms of real-world climate change, present or future.

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