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Tag Archives: fossil fuels
Matt Ridley on fossil fuels!
Matt Ridley had an article in The Times called Africa needs to be rich – rather than green, in which he essentially argues that Africa needs fossil fuels, including coal. Admittedly, he did acknowledge his own coal interests. I realise … Continue reading
Matt Ridley on fossil fuels
After it being shown that Matt Ridley is benefitting from coal mines on his estate, you might think that he would take a step back and be a little more circumspect in his promotion of the use of fossil fuels. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Global warming, Science
Tagged fossil fuels, Matt Ridley, Sea ice, Wall Street Journal
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Cumulative matters
I was contemplating writing a post about a discussion I had on Twitter regarding whether or not we should focus on adaptation while developing technology, but I don’t really have the time now. The one comment I will make is … Continue reading
Salby again!
After my last encounter on Bishop-Hill, I had a thought that I might simply avoid commenting there. However, when someone suggested that Rupert Darwall was a perceptive chap, I couldn’t resist pointing out that this was only true if regarding … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, IPCC, Science
Tagged Andrew Montford, atmospheric CO2, Bishop-Hill, fossil fuels, Murry Salby, Rupert Darwall
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One World government
I commented in a post a couple of days ago that we should probably avoid risking the Arctic warming by 10 degrees or more and that the only way that I thought this could be achieved was by avoiding raising … Continue reading
Community-driven solutions to climate change
I thought I’d write a post while AT is away which he hopefully won’t mind me doing. I feel a bit frustrated by the lack of discussion about solutions for climate change. There’s much pointless bickering about things we shouldn’t really … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Global warming
Tagged 2 Degrees, AGW, Climate change, Energy, fossil fuels, Global warming
123 Comments
Doh!
Bjorn Lomborg has a new article in The Times called At last, a Plan B to stop global warming. It’s paywalled, so I read it here. What Bjorn suggests is not only brilliant, but it’s so simple that it’s a … Continue reading
Watt about doubling the burn?
Willis Eschenbach has a new post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) called Double the burn – Scotty. In this post he calculates how much we would need to increase our use of fossil fuels in order for the per … Continue reading
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