Climatism

Carbon Capture and Storage—the Edsel of Energy Policies

October 15, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
The war on climate change has produced many dubious “innovations.” Intermittent wind and solar energy sources, carbon markets that buy and sell “hot air,” and biofuels that burn food as we drive are just a few examples. But carbon capture and storage is the Edsel of energy policies. Carbon capture and storage (CCS), also called… Read more

Climate Change is Dominated by the Water Cycle—Not Carbon Dioxide

October 7, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
Climate scientists are obsessed with carbon dioxide. The newly released Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that “radiative forcing” from human-emitted CO2 is the leading driver of climate change. Carbon dioxide is blamed for everything from causing more droughts, floods, and hurricanes, to endangering polar bears and acidifying the… Read more

Climate Policies Lock Chains on Developing Nations

September 30, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
As part of his climate change initiative announced in June, President Obama declared, “Today I’m calling for an end of public financing for new coal plants overseas unless they deploy carbon capture technologies, or there’s no other viable way for the poorest countries to generate electricity.” Restrictions on financing will reduce the supply and increase… Read more

A Science-Based Rebuttal to Global Warming Alarmism

September 10, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
On September 23, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is scheduled to release the first portion of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). AR5 will conclude once again that mankind is causing dangerous climate change. But one week prior on September 17, the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) will release its second report,… Read more

Wind Turbines Clutter the North German Countryside

August 28, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
Earlier this month, my wife and I toured the scenic German countryside of Schleswig-Holstein. We drove northwest from Hamburg, the largest city in the North German Plain, to St. Peter-Ording, a small resort town on the North Sea. We traversed fields of sheep and cattle, vegetables, corn, and grain, and passed historic towns of quaint… Read more

Why the Climate Models are Wrong

July 30, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
Climate science is in turmoil. Contrary to predictions by the world’s leading climate models and despite rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years. How can it be that the climate models are wrong? Last October, the UK Daily Mail announced that temperature data from the UK Meteorological… Read more

Hot Weather and Climate Change—A Mountain from a Molehill?

July 3, 2013 Steve Goreham 0
On Sunday, Death Valley temperatures reached 129oF, a new June record high for the United States, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas reached 117oF, tying the previous record set in 1942 and 2005. National Geographic, NBC News, and other media ran stories attributing the Southwest heat wave… Read more