Congress Republicans Demand Answers From The IEA
By Paul Homewood The GOP members of the Senate and House Committees on Energy have written to Fatih Birol, asking for explanations as to why the IEA has strayed from its core purpose of promoting...
View ArticleWhy won’t Chris Packham have a real debate on climate?
By Paul Homewood On Sunday, the BBC did something unusual. It invited Luke Johnson, a climate contrarian, to join a panel with Laura Kuenssberg to discuss net zero. As followers of this debate will...
View ArticleHow Canada’s energy experiment backfired – and why smart meter Britain is next
By Paul Homewood As residents of Ontario, Canada, look forward to the arrival of summer after months of sub-zero temperatures, they are advised to think carefully about when to fire up the...
View ArticleJim Dale Gets It Wrong Again
By Paul Homewood The clown strikes again! For many, the summer of 2022 sticks in the mind like a sweat-soaked shirt to the back beneath the country’s blazing 40C heatwave. The UK saw temperatures...
View ArticleLaw to limit petrol car sales is ‘terrible for the UK’, warns Vauxhall maker
By Paul Homewood From The Telegraph: The net zero crackdown on combustion engines could force the maker of Vauxhall to scale back its presence in Britain, its boss has warned. Carlos Tavares,...
View ArticleOzone hole: Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby/Paul Kolk In BBC world, everything bad is due to climate change! For Antarctic wildlife, exposure to the Sun’s damaging rays has increased in recent years,...
View ArticleFree Electricity
By Paul Homewood David Turver looks at the myth of “free” electricity: The full post is here. As David explains, there is no such thing as free electricity. The costs of generating and...
View ArticleThe Heart of Climate Deception Temperature
By Paul Homewood This is a very thorough summary of a number of issues surrounding global temperature measurements:
View ArticleTidal & Geothermal CfD Prices
By Paul Homewood I had not noticed at the time, but the last CfD round, AR5, included some tidal and geothermal projects. . https://cfd.lowcarboncontracts.uk/ The amounts are tiny, 94 and 12 MW...
View ArticleNet Zero Watch brands new windfarm subsidy ‘obscene’
By Paul Homewood The logic of floating wind farms is that they can operate in much deeper waters, thus accessing stronger winds. The corollary is therefore that they should provide cheaper power....
View ArticleBritain must spend £30bn to strip CO2 from atmosphere and hit net zero,...
By Paul Homewood h/t Doug Brodie Britain must invest £30bn in a network of massive air cleansing systems designed to strip CO2 from the atmosphere if it is to reach net zero, a...
View ArticleNational Grid’s Claims On Interconnectors Not Credible
By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public More green propaganda from the National Grid: Interconnectors strengthen security of supply by providing a proven, reliable way for electricity to flow...
View ArticleGlobal Temperatures and Reduced Cloud Cover
By Paul Homewood h/t AC Osborn A very telling pair of graphs from Ole Humlum’s Climate4You:...
View ArticleA glimpse inside Dubai’s futuristic new airport, set to be the biggest on Earth
By Paul Homewood Does this sound as if anyone else in the world gives a toss about aviation emissions? Within ten years Dubai’s main airport will move to a new desert mega-hub, projected to be...
View ArticleCoal India Ltd Increased Coal Output By 10% Last Year
By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler From World Coal: https://www.worldcoal.com/coal/09042024/cil-reports-growth-in-coal-production-for-fy24/ In short then output has risen by 40% in the last...
View ArticleMali’s “Impossible Heatwave” Was Not Even A Record
By Paul Homewood You will no doubt remember this pack of BBC lies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68835575 As I commented at the time, the article was focussed on Bamako, the...
View ArticleNet Zero Watch says Coutinho must translate words into action
By Paul Homewood Net Zero Watch has welcomed the news that Claire Coutinho has told a conference of entrepreneurs that energy policy is ‘at a fork in the road’. The Energy Secretary described ‘an...
View ArticleThe Case Against Net Zero
By Paul Homewood Robin Guenier, long time contributor to Notalot, is to be congratulated for his article in Daily Sceptic today: In October 2008, Parliament passed the Climate Change Act...
View ArticleThe Used EV Timebomb
By Paul Homewood h/t Dave Ward Money Mail can today reveal a timebomb looming in the second-hand market for electric vehicles (EVs). Our investigation found that many EVs could become almost...
View ArticleOpen Letter To Claire Coutinho
By Paul Homewood At the end of February, I penned this open letter to Claire Coutinho, following a dearth of wind. One of my contacts is actually in her constituency, so was able to write to her as a...
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