The recent International Energy Agency “Net Zero by 2050” study has been justly criticized, says Tilak Doshi in Forbes. The study says that the shift to renewables would have huge benefits. Specifically (this is from the I.E.A. introduction) : “It sets out a cost-effective and economically productive pathway, resulting in a clean, dynamic and resilient…
Tag: Global Warming
Climate Skeptics: Not to Worry. Climate Activists: Get Real
The seemingly preposterous plans for climate change mitigation are just that: preposterous, says Francis Menton, the Manhattan Contrarian. “While we realists may not have the megaphone at the moment, I am very confident that energy realism will ultimately win out, and much sooner than you might think. The reasons are simple: the magical “renewables” don’t…
More Evidence of Forced Labor in China and Africa for ‘Green’ Energy
Reports from Sheffield Hallam University in England and the International Energy Agency strengthen the case that China is forcing its minority Uighur population to produce solar panels. Meanwhile, children as young as seven years old are mining for cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under dangerous conditions; the mined cobalt is processed in…
Climate Activists Are Coming for Your Kitchen
Cities around the country are banning the use of natural gas, starting with new homes. Some state legislatures are fighting back with bans on the bans. “It’s the fastest-growing trend we’ve ever seen,” Panama Bartholomy, head of California group trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, told the Wall Street Journal. Katherine Blunt writes for the…
Laugh a Little: Climate Predictions and How They Panned Out
Paul Homewood of the Global Warming Policy Forum has put together recent predictions of climate change. A few: A Looming Ice Age. Numerous reports in the 1970s reflected concern that the Earth was heading towards a new ice age. These are nowadays often dismissed as mere newspaper gossip, but they were far more than that….
Media Link Texas Outages to Climate Change
As expected, prominent media are linking the disastrous storm that sent temperatures plunging in Texas and shut off power for millions to “climate change.” The New York Times wrote on February 16: “The notion that the global phenomenon of a hotter planet could be sending a shocking cold wave into the southern United States might…