We’re All Living Longer, Despite What The Experts Say!

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By Paul Homewood

If we were to  believe the experts who warn us about all the things we are dying from, we would probably all be dead three times over!

Whether it’s air pollution, alcohol, obesity, diabetes, smoking, NHS funding, climate change, and goodness knows what else, the warnings are invariably dire.

The reality however is that death rates have been coming down for decades, and people are living longer than ever before:

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Globally the picture is just the same:

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There are almost endless reasons for all of this, but one thing is absolutely clear. Longer, healthier lives are the product of modern society.

And , as we know, we would not have the benefits of a modern, developed society without an abundant supply of fossil fuels.

The world is not a perfect place, never has been and never will be. But it is clearly moving in the right direction.

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March 8, 2017 at 04:54AM

British Solar Industry Faces Devastating 800% Tax Increase

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Some businesses and schools that generate electricity from rooftop solar panels will have to pay rates for the first time, while others will face a massive tax rise.

Britain’s solar industry is facing devastation and consumers could see energy bills rise after the Chancellor Philip Hammond refused to listen to pleas to cancel a planned tax hike of up to 800 per cent on rooftop solar schemes.

The Solar Trade Association described the Government’s refusal to bend over the increase – due to come into force in April – as “nonsensical” and “absurd”.Bizarrely, state schools with solar panels will be forced to pay, while private schools will remain exempt.

Mr Hammond barely mentioned the energy sector in his speech – apart from a promise to help the oil and gas industry “maximise exploitation” of the remaining reserves in the North Sea.

According to the Government’s own figures, solar power is expected to become the cheapest form of electricity generation sometime in the 2020s.

But the UK solar industry lost 12,000 jobs last year and there has been an 85 per cent reduction in the deployment of rooftop solar schemes.

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March 8, 2017 at 04:09AM

Climate not a priority for public

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A new survey is out today, European Perceptions of Climate Change (EPCC), on public opinion in the UK, France, Germany and Norway. It’s being talked about at an echo chamber conference, see the twitter tag #EPCC17.  It’s also discussed in the Guardian. The authors include some of the ‘usual suspects’, Nick Pidgeon and Adam Corner. The […]

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March 8, 2017 at 04:01AM

Understanding the Global Temperature III

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In the last article I concluded that a reasonable proxy for global temperature could be produced using CET, then sea temperatures (HADSST3) then UAH6. However, that left me wondering why land based temperatures were so appalling. So, I decided to … Continue reading →

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March 8, 2017 at 02:59AM