The Harm from Bad Science (Part I: Pesticides)
By Paul Driessen -- October 23, 2018“[Today’s] fraudulent work is also used to underwrite and justify mass tort lawsuits that likewise threaten corporations, industries, our agriculture and economy, our health and welfare – while enriching a cabal of dishonest lawyers, scientists, politicians and allied pressure groups.”
Scientific pranks and frauds go back centuries. They used to be humorous, even harmless. Indeed, some of the greatest hoaxes are astounding for their audacity – and for the gullibility of folks they fooled, even when the victims were themselves brilliant scientists (at least in their own minds).
Johann Beringer’s fossil trove in Würzburg, Germany uncovered frogs petrified in the very act of mating, insects while feeding and other amazing feats of fossilization – or fabrication. The “fossils” were actually a practical joke on the good doctor by his envious colleagues.…
Continue ReadingEnergy & Environmental Newsletter: October 22, 2018
By John Droz, Jr. -- October 22, 2018The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult WiseEnergy.org for more information).
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
Globally, $2.4 TRILLION per year required for renewables
The high cost of being a ‘Good Neighbor’ to Big Wind
Are Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants Less Expensive Than New Gas, Wind or Solar?…
Continue ReadingBehind the IPCC Curtain: the Costs of Climate Mitigation Policy
By Mark Krebs -- October 18, 2018“Financing the IPCC’s conclusions via carbon taxes would bankrupt even the wealthiest countries; even at the low end of the IPCC estimates…. Alas, we have to destroy the global economy to save it.”
The 48th session of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change convened from 1-5 October 2018, in Incheon, Republic of Korea. On Oct. 6, 2018 the UN’s IPCC modified downward the Paris Agreement goal of a maximum 1.5 deg. C rise requiring net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The following day, the IPCC released its voluminous “special report” shown by the following screenshot:
Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/
The report went to great lengths estimating the environmental costs of climate change and the benefits (including economic benefits) from implementing their “findings,” but never analyzed the economic costs. In fact, Chapter 1 of the IPCC special report said this about economic cost/benefit analyses (p.…
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