Climate Change goes SkyNet. Bigger computers, more power, to ‘make decisions’ for us.

From the Climatic SkyNet department comes news of this upcoming climate-model-supercomputer hootenanny at the University of Illinois in October. What could go wrong if we let a supercomputer make decisions for us?Re Posted From: Climate Change goes SkyNet. Bigger computers, more power, to ‘make decisions’ for us.Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Climate Change goes SkyNet. Bigger computers, more power, to ‘make decisions’ for us.

From the Climatic SkyNet department comes news of this upcoming climate-model-supercomputer hootenanny at the University of Illinois in October. What could go wrong if we let a supercomputer make decisions for us?Re Posted From: Climate Change goes SkyNet. Bigger computers, more power, to ‘make decisions’ for us.Watts Up With That . . . [More]

California Accuses Oil Giant Of Lying About Plastic Recycling In New Lawsuit

The state of California is suing ExxonMobil, alleging that the company deceived the public about how effective recycling plastic products is and facilitating pollution.Re Posted From: California Accuses Oil Giant Of Lying About Plastic Recycling In New LawsuitWatts Up With That . . . [More]

California Accuses Oil Giant Of Lying About Plastic Recycling In New Lawsuit

The state of California is suing ExxonMobil, alleging that the company deceived the public about how effective recycling plastic products is and facilitating pollution.Re Posted From: California Accuses Oil Giant Of Lying About Plastic Recycling In New LawsuitWatts Up With That . . . [More]

The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship Is Underappreciated – And May Now Be Under Threat

While global markets have calmed since the 2022 energy crisis, geopolitical tensions have worsened, there is war in Europe and the Middle East, and economic nationalism and protectionism are on the rise. Uncertainty reigns, which makes the North American energy alliance Premier Kenney championed all the more important. However, a sector-by-sector cap-and-trade system designed to meet Canada’s ambitious economy-wide 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) goals is threatening this increasingly important partnership.   Re Posted From: The U.S.-Canada Ener . . . [More]

The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship Is Underappreciated – And May Now Be Under Threat

While global markets have calmed since the 2022 energy crisis, geopolitical tensions have worsened, there is war in Europe and the Middle East, and economic nationalism and protectionism are on the rise. Uncertainty reigns, which makes the North American energy alliance Premier Kenney championed all the more important. However, a sector-by-sector cap-and-trade system designed to meet Canada’s ambitious economy-wide 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) goals is threatening this increasingly important partnership.   Re Posted From: The U.S.-Canada Ener . . . [More]

Wrong, Time, Climate Change Did Not Cause Flooding in Europe

The European flood discussed in the article was not unprecedented. The Danube River, which carried much of the flooding in Europe this year, had an even worse flood in 1997. Similar floods devastated Budapest in 1838, Vienna has always fought with the Danube, and there are many other longstanding historical records of major floods throughout history in the region.Re Posted From: Wrong, Time, Climate Change Did Not Cause Flooding in EuropeWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Wrong, Time, Climate Change Did Not Cause Flooding in Europe

The European flood discussed in the article was not unprecedented. The Danube River, which carried much of the flooding in Europe this year, had an even worse flood in 1997. Similar floods devastated Budapest in 1838, Vienna has always fought with the Danube, and there are many other longstanding historical records of major floods throughout history in the region.Re Posted From: Wrong, Time, Climate Change Did Not Cause Flooding in EuropeWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Arctic Ice Still There!

Another summer ends, and yet again the Arctic sea ice refuses to melt away!Re Posted From: Arctic Ice Still There!Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Arctic Ice Still There!

Another summer ends, and yet again the Arctic sea ice refuses to melt away!Re Posted From: Arctic Ice Still There!Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Remember that ‘let’s dump iron in the ocean’ experiment? Nature is actually doing it.

We have in the past made fun of ideas to fertilize the ocean with iron dumped by ships. The last experiment failed miserably. Meanwhile nature says, hold my beer.Re Posted From: Remember that ‘let’s dump iron in the ocean’ experiment? Nature is actually doing it.Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Remember that ‘let’s dump iron in the ocean’ experiment? Nature is actually doing it.

We have in the past made fun of ideas to fertilize the ocean with iron dumped by ships. The last experiment failed miserably. Meanwhile nature says, hold my beer.Re Posted From: Remember that ‘let’s dump iron in the ocean’ experiment? Nature is actually doing it.Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Yes, Louisiana, there is a Scandal-“Pause”

This confession that DoE indeed has copies of such a study on liquified natural gas exports strongly indicates that the administration has been telling a spectacular non-truth to the public about the basis for “this crazy LNG permitting pause [t]he consequences [of which] will be dire for the industry in four to five years, but they also carry national security implications now.”Re Posted From: Yes, Louisiana, there is a Scandal-“Pause”Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Yes, Louisiana, there is a Scandal-“Pause”

This confession that DoE indeed has copies of such a study on liquified natural gas exports strongly indicates that the administration has been telling a spectacular non-truth to the public about the basis for “this crazy LNG permitting pause [t]he consequences [of which] will be dire for the industry in four to five years, but they also carry national security implications now.”Re Posted From: Yes, Louisiana, there is a Scandal-“Pause”Watts Up With That . . . [More]

If You Want an Investment Portfolio Full of Dog Stocks Try Filling it With Renewable and Green Punts

Out in the real world where serious money talks, it is becoming obvious that the conclusion has been drawn that many green technologies, unless subsidised by the state, provide profit-free, second-rate solutions to problems invented around a politicised climate crisis.Re Posted From: If You Want an Investment Portfolio Full of Dog Stocks Try Filling it With Renewable and Green PuntsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

If You Want an Investment Portfolio Full of Dog Stocks Try Filling it With Renewable and Green Punts

Out in the real world where serious money talks, it is becoming obvious that the conclusion has been drawn that many green technologies, unless subsidised by the state, provide profit-free, second-rate solutions to problems invented around a politicised climate crisis.Re Posted From: If You Want an Investment Portfolio Full of Dog Stocks Try Filling it With Renewable and Green PuntsWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #612

“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”� Richard Feynman [H/t William Readdy]Re Posted From: Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #612Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #612

“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”� Richard Feynman [H/t William Readdy]Re Posted From: Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #612Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Looming European energy crisis: A lesson in averages that won’t soon be forgotten

Hundreds of millions of people without adequate heating fuel in the dead of winter is not particularly funny. If a cold winter strikes, all the yappiest energy-transition-now dogs will fade into the woodwork, distancing themselves from the disinformation they’ve propagated and the disaster they’ve engineered. People in position of responsibility will have no choice but to speak out loud the words they’ve dared not utter for a decade: you need hydrocarbons, today, tomorrow, and for a very long time yet. So start acting like it.Re Posted Fr . . . [More]

Looming European energy crisis: A lesson in averages that won’t soon be forgotten

Hundreds of millions of people without adequate heating fuel in the dead of winter is not particularly funny. If a cold winter strikes, all the yappiest energy-transition-now dogs will fade into the woodwork, distancing themselves from the disinformation they’ve propagated and the disaster they’ve engineered. People in position of responsibility will have no choice but to speak out loud the words they’ve dared not utter for a decade: you need hydrocarbons, today, tomorrow, and for a very long time yet. So start acting like it.Re Posted Fr . . . [More]