Category: Climate Change
Hail to the Hail
The Climate Models Ae Wrong
Golden Age of Coal
POSTED ON DECEMBER 18, 2023 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN ENERGY POLICY
THE GOLDEN AGE OF COAL
You wouldn’t know it from reading the newspapers, but that is what we are living in. The recently-concluded COP28 conference touted a coming end to the use of fossil fuels, with coal first in line for extinction. But that isn’t happening. Robert Bryce has the data:
The [International Energy Agency] expects coal use to rise by 1.4% this year and set a new record of 8.5 billion tons.
So more coal is being burned than ever before.
That increase shows, yet again, how difficult it will be to achieve significant cuts in CO2 emissions from hydrocarbon use. Mainly due to coal use, which accounts for about 40% of emissions from energy, global CO2 emissions will set another new record in 2023 of 36.8 billion tons.
So good luck with “net zero” by 2050, or any other date.
Volcanos Ignored
Cooling
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A new climate reality: Less warming, but worse impacts on the planet
WTF????
The most severe climate change scenarios now appear less likely, but extremes are nonetheless poised to overwhelm societies, scientists say.
In the not-so-distant past, scientists predicted that global temperatures would surge dramatically throughout this century, assuming that humans would rely heavily on fossil fuels for decades. But they are revising their forecasts as they track both signs of progress and unexpected hazards.
/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/06/climate-change-scenarios-extremes/
One for the Road
Switzerland plans to BAN electric cars from the roads and order games consoles turned off during power shortages in a bid to reduce energy consumption
Switzerland will ban the use of electric cars for ‘non-essential’ journeys if the country runs out of energy this winter, the government has announced.
Emergency plans drawn up in the event the Swiss are hit by blackouts also call for shop opening hours to be reduced by up to two hours per day, heating systems in nightclubs to be turned off, and other buildings to be heated to no more than 20C.
Crisis measures could see streaming services and games consoles banned, Christmas lights turned off, and all sports stadiums and leisure facilities closed.
Fanaticism Of The Apocalypse
In Europe, they’re burning garbage to stay warm. “It’s so bad this season that you can smell trash burning every day, which is completely new,” said the 35-year-old mother of three from Jablonna, Poland, near Warsaw. “Rarely can you smell a regular fuel. It’s scary to think what happens when it really gets cold.” The Polish government suspended quality regulations on coal burning for those who can still afford it; 60% of households no longer can. Because of all the garbage burning, the government may soon hand out masks so its residents don’t inhale toxic fumes. Said one of Poland’s most powerful politicians last month, “one needs to burn almost everything, except for tires and similarly harmful things.” The government estimates that 40,000 people died annually from premature deaths from air pollution before the current crisis.
/https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/fanaticism-of-the-apocalypse
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