Month: April 2017

Hydrogen gas grid for Leeds moves a step closer

Hydrogen gas grid for Leeds moves a step closer

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By Paul Homewood

 

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Tallbloke carries this story from Utility Week.

According to the report, this research project being funded by the Network Innovation Allowance, which the National Grid tell us is:

an Ofgem incentive for funding smaller innovation Projects that can deliver benefits to customers.

In other words, the good old taxpayer is shelling out.

Given that the cost of converting the lucky 320,000 householders of Leeds to hydrogen is estimated to be £2bn, I don’t quite work out how OFGEM can claim that it can “deliver benefits to customers.”

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April 29, 2017 at 11:09PM

Climate gullibles

Climate gullibles

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I was struck by this headline: Ottawa Climate March attracts thin but enthusiastic crowd I started thinking “at least some people have the will to get involved in civic life – even if they’re currently being used by big green … Continue reading

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April 29, 2017 at 09:37PM

Record snowfall in Russia

Record snowfall in Russia

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Fire and ice in the same photo

28 April 2017 – “Mutnovskaya geothermal power station in Kamchatka faced a record-breaking amount of snow during winter 2017.”

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Thanks to Clay Olson for this link


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April 29, 2017 at 09:35PM

Trump Promises To Make ‘Big Decision’ On ‘One-Sided Paris Deal’ Soon

Trump Promises To Make ‘Big Decision’ On ‘One-Sided Paris Deal’ Soon

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President Donald Trump has promised to make a “big decision” on the “one-sided” Paris climate deal soon as he alleged that the US is being unfairly targeted by asking to pay money while major polluting nations like Russia, China and India are contributing nothing.

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President Donald Trump marked his 100th day in office in a speech in Pennsylvania by  promising to make a “big decision” on the “one-sided” Paris climate deal in the next two weeks – full speech here

In a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania, a state that helped tip the election in his favor, Trump said the Paris Agreement on Climate Change is “one sided.”

“I will be making a big decision on the Paris accord over the next two weeks and we will see what happens,” he said in his speech to mark the first 100 days of his presidency.

“…like the one-sided Paris climate accord. Where the US pays billions of dollars (for the Paris Climate Accord) while China, Russia, and India have contributed (to pollution) and will contribute nothing,” Trump alleged as the audience booed to the Paris Agreement.

The Paris climate deal within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was signed in 2015 by 194 countries and ratified by 143. It aims to hold the increase in average global temperature to below 2 degrees above pre-industrial level by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Trump claimed that it is estimated that for compliance with the agreement could ultimately shrink Americas GDP by USD 2.5 trillion over a 10-year period.

“That means factories and plants closing all over our country,” he said and alleged that the Washington?s ?dishonest media? would not report because it is is part of the problem.

“Their priorities are not my priorities, and they are not your priorities, believe me,” he said.

“They are all part of a broken system that has profited from this global theft and plunder of American wealth at the expense of the American worker. We are not going to let other countries take advantage of us anymore because, from now on, it is going to be America first,” Trump said.

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April 29, 2017 at 09:22PM