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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Travesty of Trenberth
As most of you may know by know, Kevin Trenberth got some sort of rebuttal to Spencer and Braswell 2011 published in the Remote Sensing journal. Anthony and Steve Mac covered it here and here. As did Bishop Hill. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Climate
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W.H. argues with WaPo about Administration’s degree of incompetence.
This would almost be funny if it wasn’t entirely fubar. On the heels of the recently revealed Solyndra scandal, emerges another one of a significantly larger proportion. Amazingly, WaPo actually investigated a White House initiative. The Energy Department’s $38.6 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, News and politics
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More insanity on the way?
Today I learned that the stimulus package expires at the end of this month and there are 15 more loan guarantees waiting to be finalized for renewable energy companies. I’ve been told, the definition of insanity is doing the same … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, News and politics
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The Sesame Street Game and Tidal gauge comparisons
I’m not sure if Sesame Street still does this or not, but one part of the program used to contain a basic comparison of objects. And they’d sing a little ditty……… “One of these things look like the other, on … Continue reading
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Why are energy costs rising?
Numbers for 2009 http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/cq/cqaxlfile13.html http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/cq/cqaxlfile2.html 1 000 000 Btu ~ 293 kilowatt hour For coal….. U.S. Total 221 (cents per million Btu)(avg) or .75 cents/kWh Iowa 134 is the lowest…… New Jersey at 401 is the highest. For Nat Gas … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Energy
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Sept 11
On this tenth anniversary of the cowardly attacks on this Nation, I deemed remembering what this Nation was about as appropriate. And to recall some admonishments of people from the past, applying the admonishments to events of today, even … Continue reading
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Compare……..
I’m tired today, so this’ll be brief. After listening to the President last night, I see where he still doesn’t get it and neither does many others. From here. From here. First graph ends in 2009, the second ends in … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
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Predictable reaction to Spencer’s win.
Shelamasays: September 8, 2011 at 5:34 pm I think it’s entirely possible that one of these days a paper by Spencer will actually hold up under scrutiny. I’m not overly optimistic about this one, but you never know. In any … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, News and politics
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New Strategy! Rush to Publish and let blogosphere refine paper!!!!
There’s a new sheriff’s position open in town. Peer-reviewers need not apply! For those that may not be keeping up……. From WUWT…… UPDATE: Dr. Spencer writes: I have been contacted by Andy Dessler, who is now examining my calculations, and … Continue reading
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Bachmann attempts to thwart Republican bid to lose Election
I wasn’t going to write anything more about the “jobs” speech Obama is set to give tonight until after he gives it, but the Republicans seem to be begging me to write. Earlier, it became known that there would be … Continue reading
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