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Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
China has slashed
clean energy funding by 39%, leading a global decline
China switches $1B in
‘green’ finance to coal projects in first half of the year
The Misanthropic
Bankers Behind the Green New Deal
How Elon Musk Fooled
Investors, Bilked Taxpayers, etc.
General Electric
shares tank following accusation of ‘bigger fraud than Enron’
NY Offshore Wind bids
rigged for unions
Wind Turbines Can Cause
Sickness, Say Public Health Officials
Wind Turbines and
Adverse Health Effects: A Cardiologist’s View
Duke Energy study
points finger at solar for increased pollution
The Environmental
Disaster of Solar Energy
The Dark Side of
China’s Solar Boom
Explaining Wind
Turbine Lethality
Utility Studies delay
both Wind and Solar Projects in the US Northeast
Renewable Energy Hits
the Wall
Why Wind and Solar
Aren’t Enough
Big Wind’s Big
Headwinds
Wind Project is
Trespassing
Physics Professor:
Turbines could compromise radar signals
Short Video: The Green Real Deal
China and India Will
Watch the West Destroy Itself
The Latest Travesty in
“Consensus” Enforcement
Re-evaluating the
manufacture of the climate consensus
Dr Roy Spencer: How the Media Help to
Destroy Rational Climate Debate
Superior Video: Global Warming — Fact or Fiction
Dr. Tim Ball wins Dr.
Michael Mann lawsuit
Frontal Assault on Our
Standard of Living: Multi-billionaires Are Financing ‘Climate Protectors’!
See how climate
science becomes alarmist propaganda
Climate Change
Discussions Need to Include A Few Cold Facts
The Climate Change
Crisis Racket
Ice-pack of Lies
The Great Failure of
Climate Computer Models
Global Warming?
Climate Doomsayers Are The Problem
Exposing radical UN
sustainability conference
Greed Energy Economics:
China has slashed
clean energy funding by 39%, leading a global decline
China switches $1B in
‘green’ finance to coal projects in first half of the year
The Misanthropic
Bankers Behind the Green New Deal
How Elon Musk Fooled
Investors, Bilked Taxpayers, etc.
General Electric
shares tank following accusation of ‘bigger fraud than Enron’
Rising costs of
electricity generation not stopping in Ontario
Decarbonization in
homes and businesses: at what cost?
Wind power has
successfully exploded electricity prices in Germany
Vestas Q2 profits fall
amid rising costs
Low auction turnout
for German wind power
Renewable Health Matters:
Wind Turbines Can
Cause Sickness, Say Public Health Officials
Wind Turbines and
Adverse Health Effects: A Cardiologist’s View
Duke Energy study
points finger at solar for increased pollution
Renewable Energy Destroying Ecosystems:
The Environmental
Disaster of Solar Energy
The Dark Side of
China’s Solar Boom
Explaining Wind
Turbine Lethality
Short video: Poison wind power
Study: 1,200± tons of insects
are killed by wind turbines in Germany
Wind Developers Bribe
Environmentalists for Permission to Kill Bats
Nuclear Energy:
Report: Advancing Nuclear
Innovation
The new nuclear
option: small, safe and cheap
Nuclear is a clean, reliable
source of energy that we would do well to embrace
Britain’s Mass
Blackout Drives Push For Ever-Reliable Nuclear Power
The New Premise for
Nevada and the Yucca Mt Project
Gas for Electrical Energy:
A State of Denial: New
York’s Natural Gas Blockade
In NY Bob Howarth
Seeks Relevance with Still More Pseudo-Science
Nebraska court upholds
state’s approval of pipeline path
Offshore Wind Energy:
Troubling questions,
concerns raised about off-shore wind projects
Opposition Grows
Against Vineyard Wind Ocean Wind Project
Vineyard Wind 720′
Turbines Risk To Military Radar Unanswered
Wind turbines and
radar mix poorly
NY Offshore Wind bids
rigged for unions
Wind Energy and Blackouts:
Telling the Story of a Blackout
Australia’s Energy
Regulator Sues Four Wind Farm Operators Over Blackout
Former National Grid
director says there should be limits on wind and solar to avoid blackouts
Britain’s Mass
Blackout Drives Push For Ever-Reliable Nuclear Power
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Utility Studies delay
both Wind and Solar Projects in the US Northeast
Renewable Energy Hits
the Wall
Why Wind and Solar
Aren’t Enough
Big Wind’s Big
Headwinds
Wind Project is
Trespassing
Physics Professor:
Turbines could compromise radar signals
Short Video: The Green Real Deal
China and India Will
Watch the West Destroy Itself
Developing nations
surging energy use shatters UN & California’s climate crusade
Michael Moore and His
Turn Against Renewable Energy
President Trump and
Film-maker Moore Join Forces Against Renewables
Wind Power Is
Collapsing In Germany
Climate change turns
Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot
Alaska Oil Drilling: Here They Go Again
Bernie Sanders: Prosecute fossil fuel
execs as criminals
Wind developer reveals
a problem — not enough wind
Trump Says He’s
Unwilling to Risk U.S. Energy Wealth for Windmill ‘Dreams’
The Physical
Impossibility of Renewables Meeting Energy Goals
Sedgwick County (KS)
bans wind farms, restricts commercial solar
Walmart sues Tesla
over string of solar panel fires at its stores
Manmade Global Warming Articles:
The Latest Travesty in
“Consensus” Enforcement
Re-evaluating the
manufacture of the climate consensus
Dr Roy Spencer: How the Media Help to
Destroy Rational Climate Debate
Superior Video: Global Warming — Fact or Fiction
Dr. Tim Ball wins Dr.
Michael Mann lawsuit
Frontal Assault on Our
Standard of Living: Multi-billionaires Are Financing ‘Climate Protectors’!
See how climate
science becomes alarmist propaganda
Climate Change
Discussions Need to Include A Few Cold Facts
The Climate Change
Crisis Racket
Ice-pack of Lies
The Great Failure of
Climate Computer Models
Global Warming?
Climate Doomsayers Are The Problem
Exposing radical UN
sustainability conference
No Evidence That
Climate Change Causes Weather Extremes: (5) Wildfires
No Evidence That
Climate Change Causes Weather Extremes: (6) Heat Waves
Geologist: Four Part Analysis of the Climate Change Issue
Navy quietly ends
climate change task force, reversing Obama initiative
Global Warming? An
Israeli Astrophysicist Provides Alternative View That Is Not Easy To Reject
Podcast: Optimism In The Face
Of The “Bad News Industry”
Blacklist by Nature follows
defamation by BioScience: journals reject ethics of science
Don’t Burn Trees to
Fight Climate Change—Let Them Grow
‘Hottest Temps Ever’
Humanity added to natural warming, but from increased water vapor, not increased CO2. NASA/RSS have been measuring water vapor by satellite and reporting it since 1988 at http://www.remss.com/measurements/atmospheric-water-vapor/tpw-1-deg-product. Fig 3 in my blog/analysis at http://globalclimatedrivers2.blogspot.com is a graph of the NASA/RSS numerical data. When normalized by dividing by the mean, the NASA/RSS data are corroborated by NCEP R1 and NCEP R2.
Blinded by a misguided focus on the increase in CO2, ‘climate science’ has apparently failed to notice that in the period 1988-2002 about 5 water vapor molecules were added for each CO2 molecule. Since 1900, on average, about 3.6 WV molecules were added for each CO2 molecule. The WV increased about twice as fast as calculated from the average global temperature increase (calculation in Section 8).
According to Spectracalc/Hitran, at zero altitude there are about 24 H2O molecules for each CO2 molecule and each H2O molecule is about 5 times as effective at absorb/emit of thermal (LWIR) radiation emitted from earth surface as a CO2 molecule. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECWhyyDUYAA1P89?format=jpg&name=medium
A brief explanation of how CO2, in spite of being a ghg has no significant effect on climate is in the last paragraph of Section 2 in my b/a. A more detailed explanation is provided in http://diyclimateanalysis.blogspot.com as follows: (2nd paragraph after Figure 1): ,,Well above the tropopause, radiation [emitted from molecules there] to space is primarily from CO2 molecules. If you ignore the increase in water vapor near the surface vs time (big mistake), WV averages about 10,000 ppmv. The increase since 1900 in absorbers at ground level is then about 10,410/10,295 = ~ 1%. WV above the tropopause is limited to about 32 ppmv because of the low temperature (~ -50 °C) while the CO2 fraction remains essentially constant with altitude at 410 ppmv; up from about 295 ppmv in 1900. The increase in emitters to space at high altitude (~> 30 km, 0.012 atm), and accounting for the lower atmospheric pressure, is (410 + 32)/(295 + 32) * 0.012 = ~ 1.6%. This easily explains why CO2 increase does not cause significant warming (except at the poles) and might even cause cooling. The exception at the poles (about 13% of earth area) is because it’s cold there at ground level so WV is already very low.,,
Consequences:
1. WV increase is self-limiting so no catastrophe from warming.
2. The increasing water vapor is delaying the average global temperature decline expected by many as a result of the quiet sun and eventual decline of net of ocean surface temperature cycles.
3. CO2 increase has increased plant growth (i.e. food) by at least 15%.
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Energy And Environmental Newsletter – August 29th 2019
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: China has slashed clean energy funding by 39%, leading a global decline China switches $1B in ‘green’ finance to coal projects in first half of the…