Climate Change Sanity

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Environmental Journalism Going Extinct?

Posted on March 9, 2013 | Leave a comment

Pointman’s March 8, 2013 posting is titled “A Species Facing Extinction”. In the posting Pointman concludes the public is growing tired of one scare after another by the alarmist’s. This is coupled with the economic problems the world is having. The public has to cope with new taxes and the threat of making the price of energy skyrocket. They have had enough. Pointman says that this is evident in that major media players understand that this is one crisis that is not selling papers or TV space that it once was. The New York Times has closed its environmental desk. The Washington Post is reassigning environmental reporters to other work. We are aware that the profit motive is draining away as people begin to look to more rational presentations of the news in other arenas.

Posted in AGW, Climate Alarmism, Environment, fossil fuels, Global Temperatures, Media Bias

Solar Cycle 24 Activity Compared To Previous Solar Cycles

Posted on March 8, 2013 | 1 comment

Solar Cycle 24 activity dropped off in February. Charts for sunspots and F10.7 cm radio flux follow:

Posted in AGW, Environment, Global Temperatures, Solar Activity, Solar Cycle 24, Solar Flux, Sun, sun and climate, Sunspots

Why Has The Price Of Gasoline Gone Up.

Posted on March 5, 2013 | 1 comment

The US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency (EIA) says that the recent rise in gasoline prices was due in part to an increase in the cost of crude oil and the “crack price spread”. The average U.S. retail price for regular motor gasoline is up about 45 cents per gallon since the start of 2013, reaching $3.75 per gallon on February 18. Crack price spread is defined as: “Crack spreads are differences between wholesale petroleum product prices and crude oil prices. These spreads are often used to estimate refining margins. Crack spreads are a simple measure based on one or two products produced in a refinery (usually gasoline and distillate fuel). They do not take into consideration all refinery product revenues and exclude refining costs other than the cost of crude oil.”

Posted in Domestic Energy, fossil fuels, Off Shore Resources, Oil and Gas Exploration, Personal Automobiles, US Manufacturing Companies

February Volt And Leaf Sales Update

Posted on March 5, 2013 | 1 comment

February sales of the Volt and the Leaf were slightly higher than in January. January Volt sales were 1140 and February sales were 1629 while Leaf’s numbers were January 650 and February 653. The recent rise in gas prices will probably result in an increase sales in the next several months.

cbdakota

Posted in AGW, Alternative Energy, Batteries, Electric Vehicles, fossil fuels, Personal Automobiles, US Auto Manufacturers

Collapsing Consensus–Next Targets Are The Professional Societies

Posted on February 25, 2013 | 1 comment

In my previous posting I wondered when the “consensus” scientists would begin to openly call into question the theory that CO2 is the primary forcing agent driving global warming. The longer the “pause” in global warming continues, (the IPCC head, Dr. Pachuri said the pause is now at 17 years), the harder it must be to steadfastly hold to the CO2 theory. Skeptics largely agree that CO2 is a forcing agent but have maintained that natural forces were probably the dominate force. In my opinion, the Sun is most likely the major forcing agent even though the exact mechanism has yet to be proven.

Posted in AGW, Climate Alarmism, Climate Models, CO2, CO2 positive feedback, Global Temperatures, Government Regulations, Government Revenues, Solar Activity, sun and climate

Where Are The “Consensus” Scientists Hiding?

Posted on February 24, 2013 | Leave a comment

Dr Rajendra Pachauri admits that there has been no global warming for 17 years. Dr Pachauri is, if you don’t know, the leader of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a branch of the UN. The IPCC has issued reports on climate change which conclude—- burning of fossil fuels releases CO2 causing a “dramatic” increase in global temperatures. The IPCC documents have had widespread influence. For example, the US EPA successfully used these reports as the technical justification to declare CO2 a hazardous pollutant that needed to be regulated. The IPCC’s belief is that natural forces are inconsequential.

For the last 17 years, CO2 emissions resulting from fossil fuel burning have increased. The measurement of atmospheric CO2 has climbed steadily over these 17 years and yet the global temperature has not risen. Proving that the natural forces indeed are consequential.

Posted in Al Gore, cap and trade, CO2, Domestic Energy, Environment, EPA, fossil fuels, Global Temperatures, Government Regulations, Government Revenues, IPCC, Renewable Energy, Solar Cycle 24, Solar Cycle 25

Dr Evans: “Climate Change in 12 Minutes-The Skeptic’s Case”

Posted on February 22, 2013 | 2 comments

Dr David Evans has made a youtube video titled “Climate Change in 12 Minutes-The Skeptic’s Case”. The focus of this video is the “positive feedback” claimed by the greens which they claim amplifies the effect of CO2. This positive feedback is used in all the green’s computer models. These computer outputs are incompatible with the actual data. Air and ocean temperatures as well has the tropical hotspots do not agree with computer output. In fact, a negative feedback appears to exist that reduces, rather than amplify, the effect of CO2.

See Evan’s video by clicking here.

cbdakota

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Posted in AGW, Climate Models, CO2, CO2 positive feedback, Global Temperatures, IPCC, Ocean heat content

Extreme Weather A Non-Starter When Facts Are Examined

Posted on February 20, 2013 | 1 comment

If you are alarmed by the forecasts of dreadful things that are going to happen because of global warming, there is good news. The good news is that since the beginning of the alarmist’s 25+ year campaign to frighten you, nearly all their forecasts have failed to come true. The media would do their readers and themselves a real service if they actually reviewed and published the global warming alarmist’s forecasts versus actual outcomes for temperature, hurricanes, sea level, etc.. But they don’t, so you get a new batch of dire forecasts from the same people who have yet to demonstrate they can make a forecast that ultimately matches reality.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=159813511

Posted in AGW, Climate Alarmism, Climate Models, CO2, Global Temperatures, Hurricanes, Storms/hurricanes, Tornados

Asteroid DA14 Passes By Earth Friday 15 Feb.

Posted on February 15, 2013 | Leave a comment

NASA provides the video animation of asteroid DA14 that passes near-by the Earth on Friday 15 February 2013. The asteroid will be about 17,150 miles (27,600 kilometers) above Earth’s surface.

cbdakota