Opinion • Watts Up With That? https://wattsupwiththat.com The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:39:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-WUWT-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Opinion • Watts Up With That? https://wattsupwiththat.com 32 32 146051786 Is Consumer Rejection of EVs behind the Lithium Crash? https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/23/is-consumer-rejection-of-evs-behind-the-lithium-crash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-consumer-rejection-of-evs-behind-the-lithium-crash https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/23/is-consumer-rejection-of-evs-behind-the-lithium-crash/#comments Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10273113 Lithium prices are down lately, and EV manufacturers, the major users of Lithium, have recently announced substantial cuts to production. So why are Lithium miners so optimistic?

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/23/is-consumer-rejection-of-evs-behind-the-lithium-crash/feed/ 130 10273113 Claim: GM Crops are Not the Solution to Climate Change https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/17/claim-gm-crops-are-not-the-solution-to-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=claim-gm-crops-are-not-the-solution-to-climate-change https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/17/claim-gm-crops-are-not-the-solution-to-climate-change/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10272632 Political ecologists worrying that the EU is embracing genetic engineering to protect food supplies from global warming.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/17/claim-gm-crops-are-not-the-solution-to-climate-change/feed/ 163 10272632 Has Australia’s Nuclear Debate Killed Renewable Energy Investment? https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/15/has-australias-nuclear-debate-killed-renewable-energy-investment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=has-australias-nuclear-debate-killed-renewable-energy-investment https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/15/has-australias-nuclear-debate-killed-renewable-energy-investment/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10272483 Expectations that the next Aussie administration will back nuclear over renewables appears to have wrecked attempts to attract private renewable investment.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/15/has-australias-nuclear-debate-killed-renewable-energy-investment/feed/ 61 10272483 Claim: Global Warming is Reducing Maximum Temperatures in the Himalayas https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/15/claim-global-warming-is-reducing-maximum-temperatures-in-the-himalayas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=claim-global-warming-is-reducing-maximum-temperatures-in-the-himalayas https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/15/claim-global-warming-is-reducing-maximum-temperatures-in-the-himalayas/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10272383 Enhanced mixing of air layers at high altitudes is apparently reducing maximum air temperatures in some parts of the Himalayas.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/15/claim-global-warming-is-reducing-maximum-temperatures-in-the-himalayas/feed/ 82 10272383 “Many Will Die”: Climate Scientists Respond to COP28 Fiasco https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/14/many-will-die-climate-scientists-respond-to-cop28-fiasco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=many-will-die-climate-scientists-respond-to-cop28-fiasco https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/14/many-will-die-climate-scientists-respond-to-cop28-fiasco/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10272463 The usual wailing and wild statements we've come to expect in the wake of the annual COP failure.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/14/many-will-die-climate-scientists-respond-to-cop28-fiasco/feed/ 108 10272463 COP28: Were Small Nation Delegates Lured Away so a Deal could be Struck? https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/14/cop28-were-small-nations-lured-away-so-a-deal-could-be-struck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cop28-were-small-nations-lured-away-so-a-deal-could-be-struck https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/14/cop28-were-small-nations-lured-away-so-a-deal-could-be-struck/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10272357 According to small nations delegates they were busy b̵a̵n̵g̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵h̵o̵o̵k̵e̵r̵s̵ finalising the details of their position, when a deal was struck while they were out of the room.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/14/cop28-were-small-nations-lured-away-so-a-deal-could-be-struck/feed/ 81 10272357 “We are rapidly crashing”: Global Warming Extinction Claim https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/12/we-are-rapidly-crashing-global-warming-extinction-claim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-are-rapidly-crashing-global-warming-extinction-claim https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/12/we-are-rapidly-crashing-global-warming-extinction-claim/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10272244 Past global warm epochs were bursting with abundance and life, but apparently this time the computer models tell us we're all going to die.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/12/we-are-rapidly-crashing-global-warming-extinction-claim/feed/ 57 10272244 “Failure … is not an option”: COP28 President Urges Progress https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/11/failure-is-not-an-option-cop28-president-demands-progress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=failure-is-not-an-option-cop28-president-demands-progress https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/11/failure-is-not-an-option-cop28-president-demands-progress/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10272087 "We are making progress" - but it sure doesn't smell like progress.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/11/failure-is-not-an-option-cop28-president-demands-progress/feed/ 63 10272087 475 Carbon Capture Lobbyists Attending COP28 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/10/475-carbon-capture-lobbyists-attending-cop28/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=475-carbon-capture-lobbyists-attending-cop28 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/10/475-carbon-capture-lobbyists-attending-cop28/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10271972 The Lake Nyos disaster demonstrated an uncontrolled urban release of concentrated CO2 has the potential to kill millions of people. But this risk doesn't seem to bother companies chasing funding.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/10/475-carbon-capture-lobbyists-attending-cop28/feed/ 87 10271972 Green Dictatorship: Climate Scientists Urge Acceptance of Their Total Control https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/08/green-dictatorship-climate-scientists-urge-acceptance-of-their-total-control/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=green-dictatorship-climate-scientists-urge-acceptance-of-their-total-control https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/08/green-dictatorship-climate-scientists-urge-acceptance-of-their-total-control/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10271866 “I would like to see a situation where scientists make recommendations and then you track them. You ask governments to sign off on what they will do and then you evaluate how much progress they have made.”

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/08/green-dictatorship-climate-scientists-urge-acceptance-of-their-total-control/feed/ 96 10271866 Predictably, the Rush to Electric Cars Is Imploding https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/07/predictably-the-rush-to-electric-cars-is-imploding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=predictably-the-rush-to-electric-cars-is-imploding https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/07/predictably-the-rush-to-electric-cars-is-imploding/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10271790 Anyone who tells you these power grabs aren’t coming is telling you not to believe your own eyes.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/07/predictably-the-rush-to-electric-cars-is-imploding/feed/ 166 10271790 The Deadly Geo-engineering Idea which Refuses to Die https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/07/the-deadly-geo-engineering-idea-which-refuses-to-die/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-deadly-geo-engineering-idea-which-refuses-to-die https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/07/the-deadly-geo-engineering-idea-which-refuses-to-die/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10271725 Greens seem to have an obsession with dimming the sun, otherwise known as starving plants of sunlight and stripping away our disease resistance.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/07/the-deadly-geo-engineering-idea-which-refuses-to-die/feed/ 71 10271725 WaPo: People will Copy You if you Buy a Heat Pump https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/05/wapo-people-will-copy-you-if-you-buy-a-heat-pump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wapo-people-will-copy-you-if-you-buy-a-heat-pump https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/05/wapo-people-will-copy-you-if-you-buy-a-heat-pump/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10271633 Associate Professor of Philosophy Michael Brownstein thinks you can lead your neighbourhood to climate activism by riding a bike and installing a heat pump.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/05/wapo-people-will-copy-you-if-you-buy-a-heat-pump/feed/ 105 10271633 Communist Pope: Global Warming is because of Greedy Nationalists https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/03/pope-francis-global-warming-is-because-of-greedy-nationalists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pope-francis-global-warming-is-because-of-greedy-nationalists https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/03/pope-francis-global-warming-is-because-of-greedy-nationalists/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10269946 But where is the compassion for families being ruined by energy poverty and unaffordable renewable energy?

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/03/pope-francis-global-warming-is-because-of-greedy-nationalists/feed/ 78 10269946 Mann: “climate deniers are endanging you, your children, and your grandchildren” https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/02/mann-climate-deniers-are-endanging-you-your-children-and-your-grandchildren/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mann-climate-deniers-are-endanging-you-your-children-and-your-grandchildren https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/02/mann-climate-deniers-are-endanging-you-your-children-and-your-grandchildren/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10269663 So what should be done about these dangerous deniers?

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/02/mann-climate-deniers-are-endanging-you-your-children-and-your-grandchildren/feed/ 130 10269663 Daily Mail: COP28 will be an Oil and Gas Contract Bazaar https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/28/daily-mail-cop28-will-be-an-oil-and-gas-contract-bazaar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-mail-cop28-will-be-an-oil-and-gas-contract-bazaar https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/28/daily-mail-cop28-will-be-an-oil-and-gas-contract-bazaar/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10269491 Can you imagine a more hilariously ignoble end to the great push to green the global economy, than for the centrepiece of the green movement to transform into a giant oil and gas market?

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/28/daily-mail-cop28-will-be-an-oil-and-gas-contract-bazaar/feed/ 22 10269491 Billions of Dollars of Aussie Retirement Funds to be Gambled on Britain’s Failing Net Zero Push https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/26/aussie-retirement-giant-gambles-billions-on-britains-failed-net-zero-push/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aussie-retirement-giant-gambles-billions-on-britains-failed-net-zero-push https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/26/aussie-retirement-giant-gambles-billions-on-britains-failed-net-zero-push/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10269333 Betting retirement funds on the honesty, consistency and fiduciary skill of Nut Zero obsessed politicians - what could possibly go wrong?

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/26/aussie-retirement-giant-gambles-billions-on-britains-failed-net-zero-push/feed/ 32 10269333 Climate Protestors Blockade a Port, Demand a 75% Coal Tax https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/26/climate-protestors-blockade-a-port-demand-a-75-coal-tax/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-protestors-blockade-a-port-demand-a-75-coal-tax https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/26/climate-protestors-blockade-a-port-demand-a-75-coal-tax/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10269308 "Rising Tide" are a small group of Aussie radicals who are trying to stand out in a crowded marketplace of climate extremist groups.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/26/climate-protestors-blockade-a-port-demand-a-75-coal-tax/feed/ 20 10269308 How NPR Converted a Southern Christian to the Church of the Climate Crisis https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/24/how-npr-converted-a-southern-christian-to-the-church-of-the-climate-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-npr-converted-a-southern-christian-to-the-church-of-the-climate-crisis https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/24/how-npr-converted-a-southern-christian-to-the-church-of-the-climate-crisis/#comments Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10268696 What kind of religion would climate change be, without some good old fashioned conversion stories?

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/24/how-npr-converted-a-southern-christian-to-the-church-of-the-climate-crisis/feed/ 87 10268696 Claim: High Cost Green Policies will Reduce the Drug Epidemic https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/20/claim-high-cost-green-policies-will-reduce-the-drug-epidemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=claim-high-cost-green-policies-will-reduce-the-drug-epidemic https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/20/claim-high-cost-green-policies-will-reduce-the-drug-epidemic/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10268384 Well meaning researchers not checking their facts carefully enough.

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