Category: Mockery

CO2 from Wood/Biomass is worse than Coal

Published on by sunshinehours14 Comments

The new trendy fuel being proposed to replace the EPA/Hansen vilified coal is wood and/or biomass.

One biomass power plant “will emit 1,732 tons per day of carbon dioxide to produce 380,000 MWh of power annually, an emission rate of 3,327 lbs of CO2/MWh. For comparison carbon dioxide emission rates are 2,117 lbs/MWh for existing coal plants,  1,314 lbs/MWh for existing gas plants
and 760 lbs/MWh for new power plants.”

Lets put that in a table.

Fuel lbs of CO2/Megawatt Hour
Biomass 3,327
Coal 2,117
Older Natural Gas 1,314
New Natural Gas 760

“wood fueled biomass power plants emit about 50% more CO2 per MWh than existing coal plants, 150% more than existing natural gas plants and 330% more than new gas power plants.”

Thats right. Biomass/Wood produce 330% more CO2 than a new super-efficient natural gas power plant burning natural gas. And thanks to fracking the gas is super-cheap.

If you believe in the “CO2 will end the world scam”, then please fight hard against wood and biomass power plants. And fight hard for new natural gas power plants.

If you don’t believe, then laugh at the idiots who do. And tell them the truth.

If you are against fracking, and for biomass/wood power planets, you hate the planet.

Burn Wood – Save the Planet

Published on by sunshinehours11 Comment

I love wood stoves. There is nothing like the heat and sounds and smells of killing and burning a tree. Wood burning is renewable. It produces lots of smoke and CO2. What’s not to love.

And it is catching on!  (h/t Tom Nelson)

“Wood, humanity’s earliest fuel for keeping warm, is being touted these days as the latest thing in renewable energy: a greener, often cheaper way to heat a home or building than burning oil or propane or consuming coal-fired electricity.

Save the coal. Kill and burn a tree.

It’s also less expensive to buy and install than solar panels or geothermal systems, advocates say. It’s the workhorse of renewable energy in Europe and should be in the United States,” said William Strauss, president of a Maine-based consulting firm specializing in what it calls “bioenergy.” He spoke recently at a day-long conference in Annapolis aimed at encouraging more use of wood in Maryland to heat homes, offices, schools and even hospitals.”

Bioenergy. Give tree killing and burning a nice new eco-friendly name and its win win!

“Two-thirds of the renewable energy generated in Europe comes from burning wood or other plant-based material”

Sure, Germany and the UK have squandered hundreds of billions on wind and solar, but its good old fashioned CO2 producing burning that does the most work.

While some environmentalists are fully behind expanded reliance on wood-burning for heat, others say that newer stoves and boilers still generate potentially harmful air pollution, especially particulates that can aggravate asthma and cause serious long-term health problems.

They are even dumber than I thought they were.

They also worry that expanding government incentives for wood heat may slow development of other energy sources they think are much greener, such as solar.

Excellent.

And since burning anything to produce energy also puts carbon into the atmosphere, they doubt that promoting wood heat truly helps combat climate change.

Duh!

Slaughtering Old Trees in Germany to Burn Coal And Close Down Nukes

Published on by sunshinehours12 Comments

In order to ensure the lights don’t go out after Germany’s latest stupid energy decision to shut down its nuclear power plants, they are slaughtering 12,000 year old Oaks to dig up up the dirtiest coal – Brown Coal.

Critics of the German government’s energy policy say it is unacceptable to raise C02 emissions by relying on coal as the country moves to switch off all its nuclear power plants by 2022. In order to extract the brown coal from the ground this winter, RWE will cut down 3,900 hectares of the 12,000-year-old oak and hornbeam Hambach forest, leaving just 300 hectares in tact.

Read about it here.

Previous tree slaughtering documented here.

Putin invites Europeans to Siberia for firewood

Published on by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Putin invites Europeans to Siberia for firewood  – thanks Steve (Paris) World class mockery of the stupidity of Europe’s Energy Policies.

 

“The German public does not like the nuclear power industry for some reason,” Putin said, adding that he would not comment on it. “But I cannot understand what fuel you will take for heating,” he said anyway.

“You do not want gas, you do not develop the nuclear power industry, so you will heat with firewood?” Putin asked, as reported by Itar-Tass. “Then you will have to go to Siberia to buy the firewood there,” he said, adding that Europeans “do not even have firewood.”

 

Save The Coal – Kill and Burn Trees Instead

Published on by sunshinehours18 Comments

How insane. The Green AGW Cult is killing whole forests in North America and shipping the dead trees all the way to Europe to be burned for electricity instead of burning coal which has been dead for millions of years.

From the GWPF:

“A British government policy change is causing coal plants to convert to burning biomass, fuelling a huge increase in wood pellet exports from North America. But a new review of biofuels’ impact has cast doubt on their ability to tackle climate change.”

“The European policy is boosting exports of wood pellets from North America. American export volumes are forecast to increase from an estimated 1.5 million tonmes in 2012 to 5.7 million tonnes in 2015, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.

Total Canadian exports to Europe in the second quarter of this year rose 14% from the first quarter, with reports of British Colombian pellet plants running at full capacity thanks to European demand.

Biomass-burning plants in the UK import most of their fuel, mostly from North America, which increases their carbon impact from transportation.”

 

Fastest Arctic Ice Extent Refreeze Ever! (in 31 days)

Published on by sunshinehours14 Comments

Update: Another day another error to report. It appears that the percentage was calculated wrong. Instead of  43.8% it is 83.1%. Still the fastest ever. Corrected table below.

Year Minimum_Extent Extent Extent_Change Extent_Change_Pct
2012 3.36855 292 2.7991 83.1
2008 4.55469 294 3.4633 76
2010 4.59918 294 3.0069 65.4
2005 5.31832 297 3.23051 60.7
1990 6.0191 296 3.49865 58.1
1999 5.68009 287 2.80655 49.4
1991 6.26027 291 2.8399 45.4
2002 5.62456 288 2.49981 44.4
2004 5.77608 295 2.45647 42.5
1989 6.88931 297 2.7717 40.2
2000 5.9442 287 2.30344 38.8
2003 5.97198 292 2.28954 38.3
1979 6.89236 296 2.55691 37.1
1998 6.29922 292 2.32009 36.8
2007 4.1607 289 1.50469 36.2
2006 5.74877 289 1.95637 34
1982 7.15423 288 2.41499 33.8
1984 6.39916 292 2.08442 32.6
1993 6.15699 281 1.99632 32.4
2009 5.05488 287 1.59002 31.5
2011 4.30207 283 1.34784 31.3
2001 6.56774 294 1.98268 30.2
1988 7.04905 287 1.85327 26.3
1986 7.12351 281 1.8491 26
1996 7.15283 286 1.85602 25.9
1981 6.88784 285 1.71672 24.9
1992 7.16324 283 1.77142 24.7
1983 7.19145 283 1.70096 23.7
1985 6.4799 282 1.50769 23.3
1987 6.89159 277 1.55764 22.6
1994 6.92645 280 1.19137 17.2
1980 7.52476 281 0.95144 12.6
1997 6.61353 278 0.75388 11.4
1995 5.98945 284 0.59766 10

Today is day 291 in the Arctic. The minimum in 2012 was on day 260 – 31 days ago.

If you calculate the percentage of ice gained (the refreeze) 31 days after minimum, then 2012 is the fastest refreeze ever!

Arctic Sea Ice Extent has increased by 43.8% since the minimum was reached.

Extents are in millions of sq km.

(And note I am using NSIDC data here and their algorithm is making the refreeze appear slow compared to NORSEX)

Incorrect Table:

Year Minimum_Extent Extent Day Extent_Change Extent_Change_Pct
1979 6.89236 295 2.55691 27.1
1980 7.52476 280 0.95144 11.2
1981 6.88784 284 1.71672 20
1982 7.15423 287 2.41499 25.2
1983 7.19145 282 1.70096 19.1
1984 6.39916 291 2.08442 24.6
1985 6.4799 281 1.50769 18.9
1986 7.12351 280 1.8491 20.6
1987 6.89159 276 1.37713 16.7
1988 7.04905 286 1.76783 20.1
1989 6.88931 296 2.70935 28.2
1990 6.0191 295 3.46791 36.6
1991 6.26027 290 2.69726 30.1
1992 7.16324 282 1.67903 19
1993 6.15699 280 1.85199 23.1
1994 6.92645 279 1.1014 13.7
1995 5.98945 283 0.5189 8
1996 7.15283 285 1.77882 19.9
1997 6.61353 277 0.65032 9
1998 6.29922 291 2.35169 27.2
1999 5.68009 286 2.68723 32.1
2000 5.9442 286 2.32372 28.1
2001 6.56774 293 1.95252 22.9
2002 5.62456 287 2.41992 30.1
2003 5.97198 291 2.10126 26
2004 5.77608 294 2.37329 29.1
2005 5.31832 296 3.09221 36.8
2006 5.74877 288 1.72446 23.1
2007 4.1607 288 1.39556 25.1
2008 4.55469 293 3.33615 42.3
2009 5.05488 286 1.45951 22.4
2010 4.59918 293 2.88065 38.5
2011 4.30207 282 1.35023 23.9
2012 3.36855 291 2.62409 43.8

2012 Average Arctic Sea Ice Extent so far

Published on by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Yesterday I did a post claiming average Arctic Sea Ice Extent was higher than 2007 up to day 290,

I had to issue a correction.

It turned out Arctic Sea Ice Extent was just slightly higher than 2011, but not higher than 2007.

On day 291, 2012’s lead over 2011 has shrunk from 4,633 sq km to 3393.

However, 2007’s  lead over 2012 of 1468 sq km has shrunk to 1104.

And to be clear, just because 2012 has slightly more sea ice than 2012 does not mean the end of the world happened in 2011.

The AGW cult is still quite sure we are now doomed because of the 2nd lowest amount of Arctic Sea Ice Extent (and a cyclone) occurred this year.