Commentary • Watts Up With That? https://wattsupwiththat.com The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:09:21 +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 Commentary • Watts Up With That? https://wattsupwiththat.com 32 32 146051786 The Cult of Darkness https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/23/the-cult-of-darkness-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cult-of-darkness-2 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/23/the-cult-of-darkness-2/#comments Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10273091 From MasterResource By Edward Hudgins — December 22, 2023 “Energy is not for conserving; it is for unleashing to serve us, to make our lives better, to allow us to…

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/23/the-cult-of-darkness-2/feed/ 26 10273091 They are coming for your car. An insurance insider speaks out. https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/06/they-are-coming-for-your-car-an-insurance-insider-speaks-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=they-are-coming-for-your-car-an-insurance-insider-speaks-out https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/06/they-are-coming-for-your-car-an-insurance-insider-speaks-out/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10271719 As Geoff says – “How else could this be used, who are the people that are going to be using it, and do we trust them?”

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/06/they-are-coming-for-your-car-an-insurance-insider-speaks-out/feed/ 73 10271719 Convicts, cars, rats and the best program you’ve never heard of – lessons for energy https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/05/convicts-cars-rats-and-the-best-program-youve-never-heard-of-lessons-for-energy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=convicts-cars-rats-and-the-best-program-youve-never-heard-of-lessons-for-energy https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/05/convicts-cars-rats-and-the-best-program-youve-never-heard-of-lessons-for-energy/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10270096 That is what can cause one to lose their mind by following energy too closely; the possibility for fantastically productive ‘and’ solutions is not encouraged, it is discouraged. We need to find a way to stop that. Voters, it’s up to you. Don’t fall for baubles or handouts or unreal fantasies. 

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/05/convicts-cars-rats-and-the-best-program-youve-never-heard-of-lessons-for-energy/feed/ 43 10270096 Bone-Chilling: Last Christmas, the U.S. narrowly averted an energy disaster that would have decimated New York City and killed thousands https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/30/bone-chilling-last-christmas-the-u-s-narrowly-averted-an-energy-disaster-that-would-have-decimated-new-york-city-and-killed-thousands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bone-chilling-last-christmas-the-u-s-narrowly-averted-an-energy-disaster-that-would-have-decimated-new-york-city-and-killed-thousands https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/30/bone-chilling-last-christmas-the-u-s-narrowly-averted-an-energy-disaster-that-would-have-decimated-new-york-city-and-killed-thousands/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10269667 Put short, policymakers ignore the importance of the gas pipeline system at our extreme peril.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/30/bone-chilling-last-christmas-the-u-s-narrowly-averted-an-energy-disaster-that-would-have-decimated-new-york-city-and-killed-thousands/feed/ 75 10269667 World Leaders Ignore Growing Safety Issues with Green Energy https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/23/world-leaders-ignore-growing-safety-issues-with-green-energy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-leaders-ignore-growing-safety-issues-with-green-energy https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/23/world-leaders-ignore-growing-safety-issues-with-green-energy/#comments Fri, 24 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10268638 It’s clear that world leaders are ignoring the growing safety problems of green energy. But these fears must be pushed aside in favor of Climatism, the fear of human-caused global warming.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/23/world-leaders-ignore-growing-safety-issues-with-green-energy/feed/ 93 10268638 In Denial about the Science – Part 2, ARC in London https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/04/in-denial-about-the-science-part-2-arc-in-london/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-denial-about-the-science-part-2-arc-in-london https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/04/in-denial-about-the-science-part-2-arc-in-london/#comments Sat, 04 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10266920 If Western civilisation is to persist, it needs more than anything else to save its science, because otherwise our civilisation will be conquered and replaced.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/11/04/in-denial-about-the-science-part-2-arc-in-london/feed/ 150 10266920 The Jupiter Effect: The Hubris of Green Central Planners https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/06/the-jupiter-effect-the-hubris-of-green-central-planners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-jupiter-effect-the-hubris-of-green-central-planners https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/06/the-jupiter-effect-the-hubris-of-green-central-planners/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10263372 Leaders who believe they can command the forces of nature and the global economy with edicts and decrees are bound to face the harsh realities of the world

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/06/the-jupiter-effect-the-hubris-of-green-central-planners/feed/ 72 10263372 Superfund Cleanups Descend Into Uncertainty https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/05/superfund-cleanups-descend-into-uncertainty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superfund-cleanups-descend-into-uncertainty https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/05/superfund-cleanups-descend-into-uncertainty/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10263344 Now confusion will reign, cleanups will be delayed, and responsible corporations will balk at undertaking costly cleanups.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/05/superfund-cleanups-descend-into-uncertainty/feed/ 24 10263344 Truth and Science: A Nobel Laureate’s Advice to Students https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/04/truth-and-science-a-nobel-laureates-advice-to-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=truth-and-science-a-nobel-laureates-advice-to-students https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/04/truth-and-science-a-nobel-laureates-advice-to-students/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10263190 By Ron Barmby Dr. John Clauser is an experimental physicist of the highest order. His 2022 Nobel Prize in physics is enough to make him one of the preeminent scientists…

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/04/truth-and-science-a-nobel-laureates-advice-to-students/feed/ 66 10263190 AI Part II: Power-hungry AI data systems will follow cheap, reliable energy, no matter what the fuel is https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/25/ai-part-ii-power-hungry-ai-data-systems-will-follow-cheap-reliable-energy-no-matter-what-the-fuel-is/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-part-ii-power-hungry-ai-data-systems-will-follow-cheap-reliable-energy-no-matter-what-the-fuel-is https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/25/ai-part-ii-power-hungry-ai-data-systems-will-follow-cheap-reliable-energy-no-matter-what-the-fuel-is/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10261697 ...the world’s AI machinery will come to life in whatever corner of the world that stands ready with an industrial site and a reliable power source.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/25/ai-part-ii-power-hungry-ai-data-systems-will-follow-cheap-reliable-energy-no-matter-what-the-fuel-is/feed/ 40 10261697 The Wolf and the Lamb — Alimonti et al. 2022 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/14/the-wolf-and-the-lamb-alimonti-et-al-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wolf-and-the-lamb-alimonti-et-al-2022 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/14/the-wolf-and-the-lamb-alimonti-et-al-2022/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10260169 I had hoped that with climate science had gotten beyond this sort of tragic misbehavior.  The silence of other scientists in the field has been  even more appalling that the original offense.   But the same bad actors just don’t seem to be able to restrain their lesser natures.  Shall I name them?  Michael Mann, Greg Holland, Lisa Alexander, Steve Sherwood, Friederike Otto, Stefan Rahmstorf. 

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/14/the-wolf-and-the-lamb-alimonti-et-al-2022/feed/ 159 10260169 Modeling the Universe https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/13/modeling-the-universe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=modeling-the-universe https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/13/modeling-the-universe/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10260125 “In cosmology, a plausible explanation of the history of the universe has formed by making simple assumptions about stuff we know nothing about — dark matter and dark energy — but that nonetheless makes up 95 percent of the universe. Supposedly this “dark side” of the universe interacts with the 5 percent of known stuff — atoms — solely through gravi

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/13/modeling-the-universe/feed/ 115 10260125 Why Your Local Newspaper and TV Station Get Climate Facts Wrong https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/03/why-your-local-newspaper-and-tv-station-get-climate-facts-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-your-local-newspaper-and-tv-station-get-climate-facts-wrong https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/03/why-your-local-newspaper-and-tv-station-get-climate-facts-wrong/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10259149 The Climate News – found on the front pages and in the climate/environment sections of your newspaper, magazines, news broadcasts, and the push feed from your social media sites is not news. It is climate alarm propaganada carefully manufactured and shared by professional climate propaganda cabals like Covering Climate Now (CCNow) – they may be “true believers” but they are intentional in their knowing creation of propaganda.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/09/03/why-your-local-newspaper-and-tv-station-get-climate-facts-wrong/feed/ 117 10259149 Some Concerns about the Recent Republican Debate https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/26/some-concerns-about-the-recent-republican-debate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-concerns-about-the-recent-republican-debate https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/26/some-concerns-about-the-recent-republican-debate/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10258270 The fact that so many believe in the false climate crisis makes Dick Lindzen, perhaps the leading authority on geophysical fluid dynamics, look more and more like a prophet:

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/26/some-concerns-about-the-recent-republican-debate/feed/ 382 10258270 The Climategate Gang Rides Again! https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/25/the-climategate-gang-rides-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-climategate-gang-rides-again https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/25/the-climategate-gang-rides-again/#comments Sat, 26 Aug 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10258108 The renewed and reinforced Climategate Gang has risen once more, bullying Springer Nature Publishing into retracting a peer-reviewed paper by colluding with the climate crisis news cabal, featuring The Guardian, AFP, and the UK’s Sky News.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/25/the-climategate-gang-rides-again/feed/ 139 10258108 EXCLUSIVE: President Joe Biden’s ‘Climate Emergency’ Declaration Speech in Maui https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/21/exclusive-president-joe-bidens-climate-emergency-declaration-speech-in-maui/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exclusive-president-joe-bidens-climate-emergency-declaration-speech-in-maui https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/21/exclusive-president-joe-bidens-climate-emergency-declaration-speech-in-maui/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10257452 But, the left's mantra has been "never let a good crisis go to waste." Facts simply don't matter to them.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/21/exclusive-president-joe-bidens-climate-emergency-declaration-speech-in-maui/feed/ 184 10257452 Confusion about Confabulations https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/19/confusion-about-confabulations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=confusion-about-confabulations https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/19/confusion-about-confabulations/#comments Sun, 20 Aug 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10257347 “Finally, these programs are not sentient, they simply use massive amounts of text to predict one word after another, and their outputs may mix truth with patently false statements called hallucination

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/19/confusion-about-confabulations/feed/ 149 10257347 Doubts About Droughts https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/18/doubts-about-droughts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=doubts-about-droughts https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/18/doubts-about-droughts/#comments Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10257184 “Drought is a complicated phenomenon, and can be hard to define. One difficulty is that drought means different things in different regions. A drought is defined depending on the average amount of precipitation that an area is accustomed to receiving.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/18/doubts-about-droughts/feed/ 62 10257184 Comments On The Insanity Of EPA’s New Power Plant Rule https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/12/comments-on-the-insanity-of-epas-new-power-plant-rule/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comments-on-the-insanity-of-epas-new-power-plant-rule https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/12/comments-on-the-insanity-of-epas-new-power-plant-rule/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10256647 These proposed methods to allow combustion power plants to continue to exist are not real and can never work. EPA intends to force the closure of all such electricity generation facilities.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/12/comments-on-the-insanity-of-epas-new-power-plant-rule/feed/ 76 10256647 The Evil of Climate Alarmism: Dissecting Michael Walsh’s: Hoax of the Millennium https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/05/the-mirage-of-climate-alarmism-dissecting-michael-walshs-hoax-of-the-millennium/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mirage-of-climate-alarmism-dissecting-michael-walshs-hoax-of-the-millennium https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/05/the-mirage-of-climate-alarmism-dissecting-michael-walshs-hoax-of-the-millennium/#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10255588 The bugbear du jour is "emissions," a nebulous, one-size-scares-all excuse imposing an otherwise clearly insane policy on a body politic that has never once voted to starve itself to death.

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