Is cheap 24/7/365 solar power on its way? Roger Andrews takes a look at recent claims made on the Motley Fool.
Blowout 181
An eclectic mix of energy and climate news stories from around the world.
The Towering Inferno
Labour will insulate four million homes and the Lib-Dems will ensure that four million properties receive insulation retrofits by 2022.
100% Renewables – in Texas
Many islands, states and countries have set themselves the goal of generating 100% of electricity from renewable sources. Roger Andrews puts Texas’ plans under the microscope.
Blowout 180
An eclectic mix of energy and climate news from around the world.
50% RE in the UK – the Ugly Facts
I imagine that the RE generators will be breaking out the Champagne. While if you are a hard-pressed, energy poor pensioner, you are probably wishing you’d bought another blanket.
UK General Election
I conclude my tour of UK political party energy manifestos with a look at the Lib-Dem and UKIP offerings. One of those is as squeaky green as green can be while the other will lead the UK out of Paris.
Blowout 179
An eclectic mix of energy and climate news from around the world.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fusion Machines
Robert Hirsch provides a unique perspective on the economics of fusion power.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Nukes
Emmanuel Macron has pledged to to cut the amount of nuclear electricity in France from 75% to 50% by 2025.
The UK General Election
The Labour Party Renewable Energy Manifesto at a glance.
Blowout 178
An eclectic mix of energy and climate news stories from around the world.
UK General Election
The Tories’ Energy Manifesto
Catastrophic climate change
Catastrophic climate change – A reminder of what the IPCC actually said
Blowout
An eclectic mix of energy and climate news from around the world.
Who leads the World in the Crusade against climate change?
Most countries come last equal.
We don’t need no stinking giant fans
3,295,492 stinking giant fans won’t save us
The Planet Has A Fever
Amarillo, Texas — yesterday.
Snowing sideways in Amarillo!! Yes it's still April 29th! #phwx #TXwx pic.twitter.com/A1uUzLtY4U
— Luigi Meccariello (@LFMWx) April 30, 2017
Y2Kyoto: Ice Whine
Hard freezes in some of France’s famous wine-making regions, including Champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy, have caused extensive damage.
Temperatures plunged in all three regions last week, sometimes to below -7C (19°F).
In the Bugey region near Lyon, winemakers said the damage was extensive, with some vineyards totally destroyed.
“Frost destroyed everything – shoots are dead,” Julien Hubail, expert at the Bugey wine union, said. “In winemakers’ memory it had never happened, no one had ever experienced such a severe freeze.”
In Champagne the frost impact is worse than last year’s, and last year was down more than 20% from the year before that.
h/t Maz2
#FakeClimate
A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion.
Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin told The Wall Street Journal Monday that bureaucrats within former President Barack Obama’s administration spun scientific data to manipulate public opinion. […]
Press officers work with scientists within agencies like the National Oceanic Administration (NOAA) and NASA and are responsible for crafting misleading press releases on climate, he added.
Koonin is not the only one claiming wrongdoing. House lawmakers with the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, for instance, recently jumpstarted an investigation into NOAA after a whistleblower said agency scientists rushed a landmark global warming study to influence policymakers.
But they’re not going to go without a fight…