“So when the next summer heat wave arrives along with all the negative spin stories demonizing CO2 as its cause, I hope you will remember this post and the numerous scientific studies proving rising CO2 levels helps plants better withstand and recover from temperature-induced stresses. And when you do remember this, please share it with others!”
It’s summer time once again in the Northern Hemisphere. And like every summer, expect the occasional heat wave to set off a fury of news stories hyping the claim that today’s heat waves are caused or made worse by anthropogenic global warming.
Of course there is no clear evidence to support such assertions (sorry, climate model projections are not evidence!). Yet, the warmer temperatures that have finally reached the cold part of the country in which I live got me thinking about my next post exploring the many biological benefits of rising atmospheric CO2.…
Continue Reading“Unsurprisingly, just as in Sri Lanka, the Dutch announcement has created political upheaval. What is surprising is that, in the face of all this, politicians in countries like Belgium and New Zealand want to follow suit.”
As Benjamin Franklin once quipped, “Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.” Unfortunately, experience is often painful and occasionally fatal. Even the most foolish, if they survive, can learn from their own mistakes, but the wise learn from the mistakes of others.
Sri Lanka has made a catastrophic mistake. In 2021, during the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that his country had embarked on a “new agricultural revolution that has sustainability at its core.”…
Continue ReadingEd. note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete MBN for this post can be found here.
Renewables (General):
*** Paved with good Intentions
*** Energy Crises In Germany and Texas Are Exposing The Folly of Renewable Energy
*** Mining Industry Warns Energy Transition Isn’t Sustainable
*** Germany went all in on green energy. Now its economy is on brink of collapse
Wind and Solar Cannot Solve High Power Prices, and Inflation
Wind, Solar And Pipelines All Fail Germany
Wind Energy:
*** Texas Wind Power Failing When State Needs It Most
*** Texas wind power is failing amid a scorching US heat wave
*** New York must balance climate mandates with declining reserve margins to ensure reliability: ISO
*** Kansas State Senator’s Testimony about industrial wind energy
Opponents question science, motivations of putting wind turbines in Lake Erie
Offshore Wind Turbine Threat to Whales is Next Big Argument
GE Shelves Wind Turbine Blade Plant as Renewable Energy Has Been a Tough Go
Solar Energy:
*** Unprecedented IEA report: There’s a huge problem for the clean energy shift and it comes from China
*** LA Times report warns about ‘environmental danger’ in solar transition
It’s Not Working
Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear Power Gets New Push in U.S.,…