A Climate Mistake We Cannot Afford – Watts Up With That?
By Vijay Jayaraj Carbon dioxide (CO₂) has been predominantly portrayed as the chief culprit driving global warming. For decades, this misconception has guided international policies, prompted ambitious targets for reducing CO2 emissions and driven a shift from reliable and affordable energy resources like coal, oil, and natural gas toward problematic wind and solar sources. However, […]
Dog walking forecast 2.12.25
Today may smell a little of wet dog. We’re in for a soggy day, with rain working its way across the area and temperatures struggling to reach 40. Don’t forget your umbrella! Source link
Fossil Fuels Save New England From Freezing in the Dark… Again – Watts Up With That?
Guest “You’re welcome” by David Middleton February 5, 2025 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid MonitorNote: EST=eastern standard time Below average temperatures in the eastern United States during the week of January 19, 2025, resulted in high demand for electricity. On January 21 at 6:00 p.m. eastern time, ISO-New England (ISO-NE), the organization operating an integrated […]
Net Zero Cure Worse Than Climate Change Disease – Watts Up With That?
From David Turner’s EIGEN VALUES Substack My talk for Sacred Cows, slaying the Net Zero myths and Government approach to climate change. David Turver Last week, the Government gave its response to a petition calling for the repeal of the Climate Change Act and for Net Zero targets to be rolled back. The response could […]
A potent winter storm is thumping 1,500 miles of the US. Two more are right behind it | News
(CNN) — The first of this week’s back-to-back-to-back winter storms is dumping snow, ice and rain over a 1,500 mile stretch of the eastern US Tuesday. The second winter storm will hit some of the same areas in quick succession and dump the most substantial snow of the season over Chicago. The third storm is the most serious […]
The Devastating Ecological Carnage Wrought by Wind Turbines – Watts Up With That?
From THE DAILY SCEPTIC by Chris Morrison Evidence continues to grow that onshore wind turbines are causing heavy ecological carnage, with increasing concern focused on the removal of a vast tonnage of insect life. For obvious political, Net Zero reasons, insect decimation is not a well-funded research area, but work in Germany in 2016 put […]
Honey, I Shrunk the Power Plant! – Watts Up With That?
Kevin Kilty In May 2024, Mark Christie, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), had this to say during U.S.Senate testimony. “The United States is heading for a reliability crisis. I do not use the term “crisis” for melodrama, but because it is an accurate description of what we are facing. I think anyone […]
A Thought for Your Pennies – Watts Up With That?
News Brief by Kip Hansen — 11 February 2025 – 550 words LOST: Maybe as many as 250 billion pennies. That’s a lot of pennies. ♫ Where have all the pennies gone? Long time passing? ♬ [apologies to Pete Seeger] The most likely locations are: 1) Wishing wells all over the world. 2) Public fountains. […]
The High Cost of Duplicative Energy – Watts Up With That?
From MasterResource By Bill Peacock “The data make it clear that the only possible rationale for renewable energy—making significant reductions of CO2 emissions—cannot be achieved. The costs of attempting to do this are already imposing heavy costs on economies across the world.” By the 1800s, wind and solar were both mature and successful technologies. Yet as […]
Teardrops at the National Science Foundation – Watts Up With That?
Guest “DOGE, baby, DOGE!” by David Middleton, I receive daily emails from the American Association of Science of America (News From Science), listing some of their latest headlines. I subject myself to this torture because it’s a great source of material for me to mock and ridicule in WUWT posts. This morning’s News From Science […]