Global Climate Changes

[DSmith21]

China, India, Australia, Japan and Europe are investing by the billions in Renewable energy

China and India are still building new coal fired power plants that are +50 year assets. Their carbon emissions are rising not falling and they are the worlds biggest polluters. China is investing heavily in solar and battery tech because the want to dominate those world markets not because they are trying to reduce their emissions. The US has made great progress in lowering carbon emissions due mainly from switching from coal to natural gas (creates half the carbon) as our main electricity fuel.

 

[BigBlueDave]

Welp. Hockey stick fellar had a bad day. Don't worry too much. NGOs have paid his lawfare from the beginning.

"In Bad Faith"

A DC court sanctions climate scientist Michael Mann and his lawyers for misconduct “extraordinary in its scope, extent, and intent.”

rogerpielkejr.substack.com

The DC Court that heard the defamation case brought by climate scientist Michael Mann against two bloggers has ruled today that Mann and his lawyers acted in “bad faith” during the case, by presenting false claims on multiple occasions related to Mann’s grant funding:

"Here, the Court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that Dr. Mann, through [his lawyers] Mr. Fontaine and Mr. Williams, acted in bad faith when they presented erroneous evidence and made false representations to the jury and the Court regarding damages stemming from loss of grant funding. . . The Court does not reach this decision lightly."​

This ruling follows closely on the heels of the same court reducing the punitive damages awarded to Mann against one of the defedents from $1,000,000 to $5,000. That reduction follows the Court’s order that Mann pay $530,820.21 of legal expenses that his lawsuit resulted in for The National Review — which Mann had also sued, but whose case was dismissed.

Today things went from really bad to a whole lot worse for Dr. Mann.

In today’s ruling the judge pulled no punches, writing of Mann and his two lead lawyers:

They each knowingly made a false statement of fact to the Court and Dr. Mann knowingly participated in the falsehood, endeavoring to make the strongest case possible even if it required using erroneous and misleading information.







All of the background here:

The fraud of Dr. Michael E Mann revealed

The importance of the Mann vs Steyn trial is hard to overmephasise

seemorerocks.substack.com

 

[bigblueinsanity]

That's why you always use more data rather than less when more data is available. More co2 doesn't end life. There was actually more life on Earth when we had more co2. All plant life would die at 150ppm co2. How about we just say thanks to the oil industry for saving life on Earth.

Exactly. The law of large numbers is a law for a reason.

 

[megablue]

Data released on Thursday …

NASA Analysis Shows Unexpected Amount of Sea Level Rise in 2024 - NASA

Last year’s increase was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers.

www.nasa.gov

 

[Deeeefense]

China and India are still building new coal fired power plants that are +50 year assets. Their carbon emissions are rising not falling and they are the worlds biggest polluters. China is investing heavily in solar and battery tech because the want to dominate those world markets not because they are trying to reduce their emissions. The US has made great progress in lowering carbon emissions due mainly from switching from coal to natural gas (creates half the carbon) as our main electricity fuel.

A side benefit from nat gas over coal is it doesn't create sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide which are extremely harmful to the environment and health. Also fly ash disposal is another environmental challenge from coal combustion (I had to deal with this some when I worked at TVA)

The US now produces more power from clean alt energy sources than it does coal which is good news and what can be expected as technology evolves in the energy production sector. Nuc also ready to make a big comback.

 

[GJNorman]

A side benefit from nat gas over coal is it doesn't create sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide which are extremely harmful to the environment and health. Also fly ash disposal is another environmental challenge from coal combustion (I had to deal with this some when I worked at TVA)

The US now produces more power from clean alt energy sources than it does coal which is good news and what can be expected as technology evolves in the energy production sector. Nuc also ready to make a big comback.

Deeeeefense, why don't you post more? The mutants have us outnumbered. The overwhelming opinion on this board, is Trust Big Oil lobbyist opinions of all else.

 

[Deeeefense]

Deeeeefense, why don't you post more? The mutants have us outnumbered. The overwhelming opinion on this board, is Trust Big Oil lobbyist opinions of all else.

All of us, regardless of our positions have one thing in common, our opinions are largely a product of where we get our information from.
There are facts and there are agendas, it's up to each person to sort through it all the way they deem appropriate. I share what I think based on what I believe are reliable and truthful sources when I have time, for what it's worth.