More News On The Progress Toward Eliminating Fossil Fuels
The bureaucrats of the world, particularly in the UN and developed countries, have the idea that they are going to eliminate all use of fossil fuels by somewhere around 2040-50. They have no conception of how to accomplish that, other than to order from on high that it shall occur and assume that somebody else will figure out the details.…
Facebook Outage Appears to be a DNS Hack
I’m not an IT expert, but I decided to check. Our users can probably provide more detail.…
Homes may have gas cut off if they refuse to take part in hydrogen trial
As usual, the commenters are virtually all critical. But why do these issues always get reported by the dopey Emma Gatten, who has Environmental Editor should be writing about trees and rivers, not energy matters.…
Earth Seems to Be Losing Its Shine Due to Warming Oceans
According to the study, the Earth’s brightness has decreased as a result of warming ocean waters. Now you’re probably wondering, “how do you even measure something like that?” But researchers have their ways. They use the Earth’s reflectance or ‘albedo’, which they calculate using something known as the ‘earthshine’, to keep track of, well, the Earth’s shine.…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #472
One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool. – by George Orwell…
Business Insider: Abolish Fossil Fuel To Stop Global Warming
The climate visionaries have set the target. Now it is up to you engineering types to figure out the details.…
Lomborg on Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes
So, what’s the point, except to scare?…