Category Archives: Global warming and climate change policy

Why doesn’t the left prefer the truth to outright falsehood since the lies will create major harm in all our lives, even their own?

Posted on 11:56 pm, August 17, 2019 by Steve Kates

In case you didn’t see it. The media plus all of their readers and viewers prefer lies to truth. Why that is cannot be explained since the lies will make their lives far, far worse, while the truth will allow … Continue reading →

Posted in Global warming and climate change policy, Media | 63 Comments

Remember the choke point. How sustainable is renewable energy?

Posted on 8:29 pm, August 16, 2019 by Rafe Champion

This is a draft of a chapter in the work in progress to explain why Wind and Solar power cannot replace coal and gas to provide reliable power until massive amounts of wind and solar power can be stored to … Continue reading →

Posted in Global warming and climate change policy, Rafe | 44 Comments

New offshore wind threatens to double British power prices

Posted on 10:13 pm, August 14, 2019 by Rafe Champion

Lets increase the supply of cheap renewable energy! What could go wrong? Item 7 on the list. A recently released report by Professor Gordon Hughes of Edinburgh University provides a stark warning of the implications for energy costs of this … Continue reading →

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Dueling narratives – a confrontation of alarmists

Posted on 12:11 pm, August 14, 2019 by Rafe Champion

On one hand Andy Pitman the primary climate modeler in the nation trashes the claim that droughts are linked to climate change. “…as far as the climate scientists know there is no link between climate change and drought.” “…there is … Continue reading →

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Climate loonies arrested in Brisbane

Posted on 9:38 pm, August 7, 2019 by Rafe Champion

Almost 60 protesters were arrested during a climate change protest in Brisbane yesterday, with dramatic footage emerging of a police officer pursuing an activist and pinning him to the ground. https://t.co/W3DPv8EBSi @@JoelDry7 #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/bPpVuwvp04 — 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) August 6, … Continue reading →

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Rising seas. Going backwards in Sydney Harbour! And more

Posted on 1:56 pm, August 7, 2019 by Rafe Champion

Breaking news. Global warming about to bite in SE Australia. Behind the paywall of course but you get the idea. Pity about the fires in N NSW! Thundersnow, damaging winds, blizzards and bitterly cold temperatures are set to batter southern … Continue reading →

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McCrann vs Kohler in The Weekend Australian 3-4 August

Posted on 8:29 pm, August 5, 2019 by Rafe Champion

Terry McCrann referred to a suggestion from Kohler 2 years ago to look to the RE future with special reference to a “little company named ReNu Energy” that was putting solar panels on the rooves of shopping centres. At the … Continue reading →

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The deep roots of Extinction Rebellion

Posted on 10:00 am, August 4, 2019 by Rafe Champion

Climategate all over again. From the “A miracle has occurred” department. It appears that the same people who are dumb enough to glue themselves to pavement to protest climate, apparently have no clue about online security of their own organization. … Continue reading →

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More bad news on wind turbines in Bass Straight. Grid-wrecking bird killers

Posted on 12:16 pm, July 27, 2019 by Rafe Champion

Wrecking the grid with the Robbins Island turbines. A wind farm on Robbins Island will simply extend the variations in power supplied to the mainland while making no difference to the correlations of wind through the states in the wholesale … Continue reading →

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Denying warm periods again, a massive defence of windmills and Henry Ergas on the indigenous voice.

Posted on 7:37 pm, July 26, 2019 by Rafe Champion

Jo Nova replies to the latest effort to revive the “hockey stick”of recent warming. For five or so years believers didn’t really mention the Medieval Warm Period. Too bruised by the embarrassment of Hockey Stick Zombie failures. But it’s an … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Cultural Issues, Global warming and climate change policy, Rafe | 18 Comments