Mann and Hayhoe Vs. Science

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Two years ago, Michael Mann and Katherine Hayhoe predicted longer summers, shorter springs and heat for Colorado. They said Denver was among the top seven cities at risk from global warming.

Climate change in Colorado – Boulder Weekly

How is that working out?  Three weeks ago, the People’s Climate March in Denver was canceled because of a monster snowstorm.

We are forecast to get 5-8 inches of snow today, with a maximum temperature of 40 degrees.

Boulder has never had snow on May 18 before.

The forecast maximum of 40 degrees would make this the coldest May 18 on record in Boulder, and the third consecutive May 18 with cold temperatures.

Climate scientists have demonstrated a track record of being wrong close to 100% of the time, yet policy is being based around their worthless predictions, and any scientist who questions them is ostracized and has their funding cut off.

History will look back on this time as even more ignorant than the days of geocentricism and Galileo. Progressives imagine themselves to be sophisticated and enlightened, when in fact they are actually a bunch of dangerously stupid and stoned useful idiots.

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May 17, 2017 at 11:44PM

Tory energy policy

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Theresa May launched the Conservative’s election manifesto today. Here’s the page relevant to energy policy (click for bigger version): Here are some of the key points: We want to make sure that the cost of energy in Britain is internationally competitive, both for businesses and households We will therefore commission an independent review into the … Continue reading Tory energy policy

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May 17, 2017 at 11:36PM

UK Small Business Energy Costs Have Increased 43% And Price Cap Could Make It Worse

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Planned crackdown on energy prices could see even more crippling costs for British small and medium-sized companies

The proposed government crackdown on energy prices is unlikely to combat a steep increase in energy costs that are hampering small and medium-sized businesses, according to a new study.

Prime Minister Theresa May earlier this month confirmed that the Conservative manifesto will include plans for price controls on energy bills. She claims the voter-friendly intervention will protect around 17 million families on standard variable tariffs from being exploited with sudden and unjustified increases in bills.

But a new analysis by energy consultancy Utilitywise, seen by The Independent, shows that electricity costs for SMEs have already increased by 43 per cent since 2010 and that such caps might introduce even more crippling costs for companies.

Utilitywise, which advises some 40,000 businesses across the UK, says that the Tories’ expected plans would hinder competition in the commercial sector, in turn leading to even higher prices for the SMEs already struggling to cope with ballooning prices.

“These spiralling costs are clearly very damaging for the UK economy, as small business owners are already under a lot of pressure from increased business rates and economic uncertainty with Brexit and now another general election,” Jon Ferris, strategy director at Utilitywise told The Independent.

According to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, SMEs already spend £15bn a year on energy.

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May 17, 2017 at 10:13PM

Green Activist Hulot Named French Ecology Minister, Nuclear Power Plants Face Shut Down

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PARIS, May 17 Green activist Nicolas Hulot was appointed as the minister responsible for environment and energy in the new French government on Wednesday, sending the share price of nuclear utility EDF down as much as seven percent.

EDF shares had rallied strongly since the election of centrist Emmanuel Macron as president on May 7 as investors expected a pro-nuclear energy policy from the new government.

But the appointment of Hulot – France’s best-known environmental campaigner and a former television documentary maker – as ecology minister raised doubts in investors’ minds about the strength of that commitment.

“The market is reacting negatively to Hulot’s appointment. There is a fear of a stricter ecological line given Hulot’s history as an environmental campaigner,” said Andrea Tueni, markets analyst with Saxo Bank. […]

In an interview with Liberation newspaper last month, Hulot said one of France’s main challenges will be to reposition EDF on a path that is compatible with a transition from dependence on nuclear power towards the use of more renewables.

“While elsewhere the energy transition accelerates, EDF gets closer to Areva, overinvests in costly nuclear projects like Hinkley Point, and does not invest enough in renewables,” he told the paper.

Asked by Le Parisien newspaper in March whether France should stop using nuclear energy, he said: “That is a medium-term target”.

“As renewable energy becomes more and more competitive, the nuclear industry business model belongs to the past,” he said.

Asked about a possible closure of the ageing Fessenheim nuclear plant, which former President Francois Hollande promised but did not implement, Hulot said the closure was important but would have a social cost.

“We cannot impose a transition by force. The transition has to be done in an acceptable manner,” he said.

Unlike his predecessor Segolene Royal, who was minister of energy and environment, Hulot’s job title, “minister of ecology and solidarity”, does not mention energy, but government sources told Reuters he will be responsible for energy matters.

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May 17, 2017 at 09:37PM