Bloomberg News: ‘Climate change is leading to more social media use, as the increase in extreme we

Put this together and a vicious cycle emerges: one in which worse weather drives us to spend more time inside on social media, growing more and more enraged and politically polarized. Our representative government responds to this by also growing more and more polarized and dysfunctional and, therefore, unable to deal with big problems like climate change.Re Posted From: Bloomberg News: ‘Climate change is leading to more social media use, as the increase in extreme weather events forces people indoors’Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Bloomberg News: ‘Climate change is leading to more social media use, as the increase in extreme we

Put this together and a vicious cycle emerges: one in which worse weather drives us to spend more time inside on social media, growing more and more enraged and politically polarized. Our representative government responds to this by also growing more and more polarized and dysfunctional and, therefore, unable to deal with big problems like climate change.Re Posted From: Bloomberg News: ‘Climate change is leading to more social media use, as the increase in extreme weather events forces people indoors’Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #631

Quote of the Week: “We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.” — Carl Sagan (1934-1996)Re Posted From: Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #631Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #631

Quote of the Week: “We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.” — Carl Sagan (1934-1996)Re Posted From: Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #631Watts Up With That . . . [More]

London’s Blade Runners: Climate, Class War and the Corruption of Science

The Ulez scheme was introduced in 2019 covering Central London. The increase in Ulez penalties followed the expansion of the scheme in 2021, to include both the North and South Circular roads covering an area of 3.8 million people. Ulez coverage then grew further in 2023 to include the whole of Greater London. It now covers over 1,500 square kilometres and approximately nine million people.Re Posted From: London’s Blade Runners: Climate, Class War and the Corruption of ScienceWatts Up With That . . . [More]

London’s Blade Runners: Climate, Class War and the Corruption of Science

The Ulez scheme was introduced in 2019 covering Central London. The increase in Ulez penalties followed the expansion of the scheme in 2021, to include both the North and South Circular roads covering an area of 3.8 million people. Ulez coverage then grew further in 2023 to include the whole of Greater London. It now covers over 1,500 square kilometres and approximately nine million people.Re Posted From: London’s Blade Runners: Climate, Class War and the Corruption of ScienceWatts Up With That . . . [More]

The Social Cost of Carbon: A Bureaucratic Boondoggle Exposed

Ross McKitrick’s Latest Study Shows SCC Manipulation for Political EndsRe Posted From: The Social Cost of Carbon: A Bureaucratic Boondoggle ExposedWatts Up With That . . . [More]

The Social Cost of Carbon: A Bureaucratic Boondoggle Exposed

Ross McKitrick’s Latest Study Shows SCC Manipulation for Political EndsRe Posted From: The Social Cost of Carbon: A Bureaucratic Boondoggle ExposedWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Dr Will Happer: The Academic Who Knows Where the Bodies are Buried

Dr. Will Happer served in President Trump's first administration. Happer once told Al Gore to his face What you’ve said is absolutely incorrect.Re Posted From: Dr Will Happer: The Academic Who Knows Where the Bodies are BuriedWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Dr Will Happer: The Academic Who Knows Where the Bodies are Buried

Dr. Will Happer served in President Trump's first administration. Happer once told Al Gore to his face What you’ve said is absolutely incorrect.Re Posted From: Dr Will Happer: The Academic Who Knows Where the Bodies are BuriedWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Trump Officially Ends Biden-Era War On American Appliances

“In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources, limited the generation of reliable and affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and inflicted high energy costs upon our citizens,” Trump stated in the executive order. “These high energy costs devastate American consumers by driving up the cost of transportation, heating, utilities, farming, and manufacturing, while weakening our national security.”Re Posted From: Trump Officially Ends Biden-Era War On American App . . . [More]

Trump Officially Ends Biden-Era War On American Appliances

“In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources, limited the generation of reliable and affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and inflicted high energy costs upon our citizens,” Trump stated in the executive order. “These high energy costs devastate American consumers by driving up the cost of transportation, heating, utilities, farming, and manufacturing, while weakening our national security.”Re Posted From: Trump Officially Ends Biden-Era War On American App . . . [More]

Waking Up to Harsh Reality: Airbus Abandon’s Hydrogen Powered Airplanes

Green pie-in-the-sky dream crash lands on the runway of reality.Re Posted From: Waking Up to Harsh Reality: Airbus Abandon’s Hydrogen Powered AirplanesWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Waking Up to Harsh Reality: Airbus Abandon’s Hydrogen Powered Airplanes

Green pie-in-the-sky dream crash lands on the runway of reality.Re Posted From: Waking Up to Harsh Reality: Airbus Abandon’s Hydrogen Powered AirplanesWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Wrong, Earth.com, Cocoa Production Is Not ‘Under Extreme Climate Pressure’ It’s Improving

In the end, the Earth.com story was long on alarming speculation pushing the catastrophic climate change narrative, and short on detailed analysis. The author showed no evidence of reading the report that he cites carefully and in full, or that if he did, that he understood its nuance and caveats related to its results � at least if he did, he didn’t discuss it in his story. There is also no evidence in the story that the writer checked any real-world data before asserting climate change is harming and will threaten cocoa production. That� . . . [More]

Wrong, Earth.com, Cocoa Production Is Not ‘Under Extreme Climate Pressure’ It’s Improving

In the end, the Earth.com story was long on alarming speculation pushing the catastrophic climate change narrative, and short on detailed analysis. The author showed no evidence of reading the report that he cites carefully and in full, or that if he did, that he understood its nuance and caveats related to its results � at least if he did, he didn’t discuss it in his story. There is also no evidence in the story that the writer checked any real-world data before asserting climate change is harming and will threaten cocoa production. That� . . . [More]

The Great Antarctic Sea Ice Flipflop

In 2014 NOAA blamed record high sea ice on global warming. Now NSIDC blames record low sea ice on global warming. Re Posted From: The Great Antarctic Sea Ice FlipflopWatts Up With That . . . [More]

The Great Antarctic Sea Ice Flipflop

In 2014 NOAA blamed record high sea ice on global warming. Now NSIDC blames record low sea ice on global warming. Re Posted From: The Great Antarctic Sea Ice FlipflopWatts Up With That . . . [More]

How Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Fantasy Is Deforesting North Carolina

Everyone I spoke to in North Carolina admitted they were slightly shocked that “tree-loving” and climate change-aware Britain, of all countries, had facilitated the biomass industry �adopting renewable energy accounting rules that didn’t account either for the forests being lost in the US or the carbon emissions from burning the wood.Re Posted From: How Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Fantasy Is Deforesting North CarolinaWatts Up With That . . . [More]

How Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Fantasy Is Deforesting North Carolina

Everyone I spoke to in North Carolina admitted they were slightly shocked that “tree-loving” and climate change-aware Britain, of all countries, had facilitated the biomass industry �adopting renewable energy accounting rules that didn’t account either for the forests being lost in the US or the carbon emissions from burning the wood.Re Posted From: How Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Fantasy Is Deforesting North CarolinaWatts Up With That . . . [More]