War on Coal: Obama Doesn’t Do Pinprick Strikes
War on Coal: Obama Doesn’t Do Pinpricks http://www.nationalreview.com/planet-gore/358414/war-coal-obama-doesnt-do-pinpricks-henry-payne In the War on Coal, the Obama administration doesn’t do pinprick strikes.The Obama EPA is plotting an attack on the U.S. energy industry that would decimate future coal-plant construction in the name of fighting global warming. Doing an end-run around Congress, the EPA edict would essentially put […]
WSJ: Fracking has done more for the poor in the Obama years that all of its ministrations combined
WSJ: Fracking has done more for the poor in the Obama years that all of its ministrations combined http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/09/wsj-fracking-has-done-more-for-poor-in.html More on Fracking and the Poor The U.S. oil and gas boom added $1,200 to disposable income in 2012. Last week we reported on a study showing that the U.S. oil and natural gas revolution may […]
New paper finds models have a high rate of ‘false alarms’ in predicting drought – – Published in Geophysical Research Letters
New paper finds models have a high rate of ‘false alarms’ in predicting drought http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-paper-finds-models-have-high-rate.html A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds that “On average, less than 30% of the global drought onsets can be detected by climate models,” and that the models have a high rate of “false alarms.” The paper adds […]
New paper finds global potential solar energy is 4-10 times less than previously thought
New paper finds global potential solar energy is 4-10 times less than previously thought http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-paper-finds-global-potential-solar.html A new paper published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews finds the potential electric power that could be generated from solar sources is 4 to 10 times less than previously estimated in the scientific literature [including estimates of the IPCC]. […]
New study finds electric vehicles are the worst polluters in US, China, India
New study finds electric vehicles are the worst polluters in US, China, India http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-study-finds-electric-vehicles-are.html “A joint American-Chinese research report (Shuguang, Ji et. al: Electric Vehicles in China: Emissions and Health Impacts) proves that vehicles powered by electricity from coal-fired power stations result in more soot emissions per passenger kilometre than cars powered by petrol and […]
National Academy of Sciences: Climate modeling not meeting needs of users — usefulness decades away
National Academy of Sciences: Climate modeling not meeting needs of users — usefulness decades away http://junkscience.com/2013/09/13/national-academy-of-sciences-climate-modeling-not-meeting-needs-of-users-usefulness-decades-away/ From the new National Academy of Sciences report on climate modeling: Computer models that simulate the climate are an integral part of providing climate information, in particular for future changes in the climate. Overall, climate modeling has made enormous […]
Shock admission ahead of IPCC report: National Academy of Sciences says climate models not ready for decision-making
Shock admission ahead of IPCC report: National Academy of Sciences says climate models not ready for decision-making http://junkscience.com/2013/09/13/shock-admission-ahead-of-ipcc-report-national-academy-of-sciences-says-climate-models-not-ready-for-decision-making/ From the new National Academy of Sciences report on climate modeling: As the scope of climate models has expanded, so has the need to validate and improve them. Enormous progress has been made in the past several […]
Manmade greenhouse warming to date offset by ‘uncertain amount’ of manmade cooling, says National Academy of Sciences
Manmade greenhouse warming to date offset by ‘uncertain amount’ of manmade cooling, says National Academy of Sciences http://junkscience.com/2013/09/13/manmade-greenhouse-warming-to-date-offset-by-uncertain-amount-of-manmade-cooling-says-national-academy-of-sciences/ From the new National Academy of Sciences report on climate modeling: Current climate models are calibrated during their development process to match observations within reasonable uncertainty ranges. However, the warming to date due to greenhouse gas increases […]
Bloomberg News editorializing to US coal industry: Knuckle under to Obama climate rules or ‘die’
Bloomberg News to US coal industry: Knuckle under to Obama climate rules or ‘die’ http://junkscience.com/2013/09/13/bloomberg-news-to-us-coal-industry-knuckle-under-to-obama-climate-rules-or-die/ Bloomberg News editorializes: The coal industry is warning that proposed federal regulations on new coal-fired power plants will effectively ban their construction. To which there are at least three rational responses: First, what new plants? Second, probably not forever. Third, […]
Can’t get enuf: Climate models erroneously overestimated Global warming figures — 97% failure (talk about consensus)
Can’t get enuf: Climate models erroneously overestimated Global warming figures — 97% failure (talk about consensus) http://junkscience.com/2013/09/13/cant-get-enuf-climate-models-erroneously-overestimated-global-warming-figures-97-failure-talk-about-consensus/ Pentagon News reports: A new study which was conducted by the Nature Climate Change, compared 117 climate predictions of 1990’s to the actual warming. The study found that out of the 117 predictions, only 3 predictions were accurate […]