1/3: By reflecting away 30% +/- of the incoming solar radiation the albedo, which could not/would not exist without the atmosphere/GHGs, makes the earth cooler not warmer much like that reflective panel behind a car’s windshield. Remove the atmosphere/GHGs and the albedo goes with it, i.e. no water vapor or clouds, no snow or ice, […]
March 18, 2021 by PA Pundits - International
By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ There have been dozens of good books written in the past decade telling the true stories countering the incessant lies of alarmists blaming impending environmental disasters on carbon dioxide emissions. None have been better than the newest contribution by Patrick Moore and certainly none as up to date as this […]
April 11, 2020 by PA Pundits - International
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ “Gatebreaker” is a word I use to describe a special kind of document that until recently has been few and far between. It is a one or two page nontechnical refutation of a specific alarmist argument. It is something a student or citizen can use to confront an alarmist gatekeeper, […]
November 10, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By Larry Bell ~ It’s important to realize that global temperatures and atmospheric CO2 levels have fluctuated greatly through entirely natural causes over hundreds, thousands, and millions of years. This began long before humankind lit cave fires, ancient Romans donned cool togas and sandals, or Icelandic Vikings tended cattle, sheep and goats on previously warm […]
August 21, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By Larry Bell ~ A petition being submitted by hundreds of independent climate scientists and professionals from numerous countries to heads of the European Council, Commission and Parliament declares “There is No Climate Emergency.” Briefly summarized, the request for consideration conveys five urgent messages: Climate change is real and has been occurring with nature-driven cold […]
August 17, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By Craig Rucker ~ People with the temerity to correct the record on climate change must be silenced. That’s the outrageous point of a new study published in the journal Nature Communication. “The time has arrived for professional journalists and editors to ameliorate the disproportionate attention given to (climate change contrarians) by focusing instead on career experts and […]
August 15, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By Steve Goreham ~ Modern transportation is amazing. Each day, millions of people fly, drive, or are transported across our world for business, pleasure or to see distant family members. These trips, which are powered by petroleum-based fuels, were all but impossible a century ago. But today, many of our leaders call for elimination of […]
June 18, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: The Greens’ Goal has Always Been to Make Renewable Energy Expensive Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Power Beats Everything Else The Levelized Cost of Electricity from Existing Generation Resources Observations on the Alliance for Market Solutions’ ‘conservative’ case for […]
May 29, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: Costly Wind Power Menaces Man and Nature Solar and wind have struggled to compete against cheap natural gas EPA: Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Rulemaking Process Citizens unwittingly pay billions for […]
May 14, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: Study: Renewable Energy Mandates Cause Large Electricity Price Increases U-Turn: German Christian Democrats Ditch Carbon Tax Big oil goes big green Pushback against IDA reforms in NYS Renewable Energy Destroying Ecosystems: Pennsylvania House Approves Four Interesting Environmental […]
April 30, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Since there is such a diversity of interesting articles, I’m subdividing the most noteworthy material into several categories. Greed Energy Economics: Study: Renewable Energy Mandates are a costly failure Worldwide Buyer’s Remorse Sets in for Costly Renewable Energy Solar Energy […]
April 9, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. President Trump caused quite a stir in a recent speech when he said that wind turbine noise could cause cancer. Of course the press immediately attacked him as being ignorant, dishonest, anti-wind, etc. Since I wasn’t sure about the facts, […]
April 5, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By Adam Houser ~ “It is high, it is far, it is…GONE!” For any New York Yankees baseball fan, that iconic home run line from broadcaster John Sterling will bring back years of memories from World Series and playoff runs past. Unfortunately, Sterling’s famous call fits more than just the Bronx Bombers’ knack for slugging […]
April 2, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ Rejecting a claim by Philadelphia-based Clean Air Council and attorneys representing two Pennsylvania school boys that people have a constitutionally guaranteed due process right to a “life-sustaining climate,” a federal Judge has dismissed a bizarre legal case challenging the Trump administration’s climate policies. In his Fen. 19 decision, U.S. District […]
March 26, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: NY Turbine Leaseholders hit with Liens for Wind Developer’s Unpaid Bills Wind & solar are always ruinously expensive President Trump Seeking Major Cuts to Renewable Subsidies The Costs of Decarbonization… Green Tyranny Leaves EU Households, Economy in […]
March 23, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ As our children skip school to chant climate alarmist slogans, you may wonder “Where do they get this stuff?” Of course they get some of it from their teachers, but these teachers get a lot of it via the U.S. Federal Government. The sad fact is that a number of […]
March 5, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: Study: Renewables get outsized federal subsidies EIA: Solar Growth Could make it More Expensive, not Less Next money ‘crop’ for farmers? Solar panels Big Oil Is Investing Billions in Renewable Energy It’s Time to Sunset Some Renewable […]
September 10, 2021 by Nick Anaxagoras
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