This Letter to the Editor, written by CO2 Coalition Member Euan Mearns, was published in The Press and Journal, December 8, 2023: Sir, I imagine many P&J readers will be wearing woolly hats and jumpers, huddled around a candle trying to keep warm. It is very cold, calm and dark outside. Ideal conditions for excess… Continue Reading
By Kip Hansen The fact that natural disasters are not increasing and not killing more people – due to climate change or any other fanciful cause — has once more been firmly entered into the peer-reviewed literature in a new paper appearing in the journal Environmental Hazards. The paper is Alimonti and Mariani (2023) titled: Is the… Continue Reading
12.4.2023
No Amount of Subsidies Will Ever Make a Wind/Solar Electricity System Economically Feasible
by Francis Menton The COP 28 climate confab opened today in Dubai. Some 70,000 true believers in the energy transition are said to be gathering. And not one of them appears to be either willing or able to do the simple arithmetic that shows that this can’t possibly work. So far, no country that has… Continue Reading
By Frits Byron Soepyan I am a chemical engineer who once did research on removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the emissions of industrial plants or directly from the atmosphere. But I now see CO2 as a critical plant food necessary for all of life on Earth. Frankly, the more the better. In my former career,… Continue Reading
By John Staddon As the West fitfully weakens industrial civilisation by trying to eliminate oil, coal and natural gas as energy sources, the scientific basis for Net Zero is based more on ‘general agreement’ than hard data. Climate scientists nevertheless sound optimistic about the progress that’s being made in destroying society’s carbon energy base. There are of… Continue Reading
Wyoming Governor Backs Down from CO2 Showdown by Gregory Wrightstone 11/12/23 Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon was standing tall in the saddle when he accepted an invitation to debate publicly his so-called carbon-negative policy in a state heavily engaged in the production of fossil fuels. However, he ultimately backed down. As reported by the Cowboy State… Continue Reading
By Vijay Jayaraj Fox News host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery once made a special video segment on bug cuisine. The idea was to understand how bugs tasted. Why? Because the cuisine is increasingly termed environmentally friendly. The United Nations (UN) claims that a bug-based diet could help tackle climate change. But will giving up your Thanksgiving turkey… Continue Reading
This Letter to the Editor, written by CO2 Coalition Member Euan Mearns, was published in The Press and Journal, November 16, 2023: Sir, Mike Hannan has referred to my view on climate change as Trumpian, and he calls into question my competence (letters 8th Nov). I have a BSc in geology (hons) and PhD in… Continue Reading
By Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D. The urban heat island (UHI) was first described by Luke Howard in 1833 for London, England. Urban area air temperatures are almost always warmer than their rural surroundings, especially at night. Thus, the average human experiences warmer temperatures than they would if they lived in wilderness conditions. This has nothing to do… Continue Reading
This guest column written by CO2 Coalition Member Martin Cornell, originally published at TheFacts.com September 13, 2023, was written in response to the published article “A Shame: Stop treating solar, wind power as enemy.” Your enthusiasm for weather-dependent wind and solar power challenges reason. Over the last week in August and first week in September,… Continue Reading
This Letter to the Editor, written by CO2 Coalition Member Euan Mearns, was published in The Press and Journal, October 28, 2023: Sir, Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is viewed as an essential component of decarbonisation by many OECD governments and has been debated and considered in the UK for at least two decades. The… Continue Reading
This Letter to the Editor, written by CO2 Coalition Member Euan Mearns, was published in The Press and Journal, October 26, 2023: Sir, with reference to the letter from Ivan Reid, 18th October. He is of course totally correct; our winters have become less snowy and milder than during our youth. I recall the deep… Continue Reading
CO2 Rocks! From Hot Rocks to Cool Rocks By Bob Hoye When reviewing the history of our atmosphere, it is fascinating that at first it was all atmosphere and no Earth. And it was mainly hydrogen. Then, due to the implacable nature of gravity, enough of it got together to form our hot Sun, while… Continue Reading
By Gregory Wrightstone As a physicist, John Droz holds in high regard the Scientific Method, a 400-year-old approach to investigating reality. Rooted in Isaac Newton’s work, which included creation of the calculus, the Scientific Method has long underpinned examination of the physical world and technological advancement. Image: CK-12 Foundation, via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 Quite understandable… Continue Reading
By Gregory Wrightstone Before climate science became politicized, historians called warm periods “climate optima” because Earth’s ecosystems and humanity benefited from the blessed warmth. Conversely, during cold periods, the human condition declined. There is a strong correlation between the rise and fall of temperature and the fortunes of great civilizations. After centuries of beneficial warmth… Continue Reading
This Letter to the Editor, written by CO2 Coalition Member Euan Mearns, was published in The Press and Journal, October 18, 2023: Sir, On 4th October, the P&J carried an interesting editorial authored by Andrew Bowie MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. He claimed that the Prime Minister was just starting a net-zero debate. That… Continue Reading
By CO2 Coalition Member Dr. Euan Mearns Sir, In response to the article published by the Director of Communications at Scottish Renewables on 7th October. The article claimed that climate change was the greatest threat to our landscape. I enjoy walking in the Scottish hills and glens and can see no evidence for the change… Continue Reading
The recent drought in the southwestern United States provided fodder for extreme reporting from the mainstream media consistently linking the so-called megadrought to man-made climate change. Now, after California experienced very wet weather during the winter of 2022 – 2023, the “worst drought in recorded history” has completely disappeared. There were no front-page headlines declaring… Continue Reading
Debuting on Newsmax Sunday, October 15th, at 9 p.m. EST, a new documentary, A Climate Conversation rejects extremism in favor of a constructive debate on climate change. A Climate Conversation offers viewers a welcome opportunity to learn about shared values of environmentalism and humanitarian compassion. The film features scientists and economists with deep expertise in… Continue Reading
By Gregory Wrightstone As a supporter of the CO2 Coalition, you likely share our appreciation of the many benefits of CO2. But are you aware that oil, gas and coal are the direct result of nature harnessing the power of the primordial sun via the process of photosynthesis? Most realize that coal (that provided 25%… Continue Reading
By Dr. Euan Mearns What is reported daily as an energy transition bears none of the hallmarks of previous shifts in the energy system that is a fundamental driver of global economies. In the early 19th century, many homes were heated with wood, and transport was by horse, sailing ship or shank’s pony. Industry was… Continue Reading
By Steve Goreham Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. New AI applications are announced daily. Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and many companies tout plans for artificial intelligence capabilities. But the AI revolution is bad news for global efforts to achieve net-zero emissions. The AI revolution is based on high-performance AI chips,… Continue Reading
By CO2 Coalition Member Dr. Euan Mearns Sir, – Reading your letters pages in recent months, there seems to be significant anger within local populations at the implementation of Scottish and UK energy policies, and justifiably so. Here, I try to cast some light on the origins of that anger. In the recent past, sound… Continue Reading