Reports Of Arctic Ice Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated…Greenland Ice Mass Near Record

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Polar snow and ice cover rarely cooperates, no matter what side of the warming issue you may be on. It changes so fast.

When ice cover climbs, skeptics like to claim that it shows global warming isn’t what it is often hyped up to be. And when ice cover drops to satellite era record lows, the alarmists start screaming and hollering, forgetting that low ice levels were not uncommon in the past 100 years. They freaked out just some months ago when the yearly autumn Arctic sea ice recovery faltered and fell to “record” lows. Immediately they began predicting near ice-free conditions for the coming summer.

Just as the weather does, polar ice and snow cover also acts unpredictably, and now just a few months later Northern Hemisphere snow and ice cover is back within the normal range.

Winter snow and ice cover trend for the Northern Hemisphere has in fact been trending upwards since statistics started.

Source: Rutgers University

And when one applies the 30-year weather mean used to define climate, the winter trend since 1987 is strongly upwards. So is the autumn trend. This 2017 winter was well above average, ranking in the top 10.

Greenland snow and ice mass is currently also near record levels:

Source: DMI.

As meteorologist Joe Bastardi, said, it’s going to take a fair amount of warmth to make the added ice go away again. The following chart shows the changes since Sept. 1, 2016.

The vast majority area of Greenland has seen snow and ice gain over the past 9 months. Moreover, Arctic temperatures for now are below normal:

Source: DMI.

The big development in recent Arctic news is the “recovery” of Arctic sea ice extent, which now is back in the normal range. Quoting in part Mark Twain, reports of its death “have been greatly exaggerated”. Just months ago, alarmists were claiming an irreversible death spiral.

Source: DMI

Depending on Arctic weather conditions later this year, anything is possible as to what the Arctic does over the coming months. One thing is sure: It’s death has long been exaggerated.

 

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May 23, 2017 at 01:31AM

Burbo Bank–One Of Ed Davey’s Follies

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In Jillian Ambrose’s naive little piece yesterday about offshore wind, she stated:

 

 

 

As I pointed out about another similar claim that she made, these contract prices, guaranteed under the CfD mechanism, are at 2012 prices. This is because the system was originally set up during 2013. By sticking to the same base year of 2012, all contracts can be directly compared.

 

 

 

Because all CfD contracts are index linked, Burbo’s price has now increased to £161.71/MWh, almost four times the current wholesale price.

 

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Burbo is rated at 258 MW, generating 904 GWh a year, assuming loading of 40%. Based on current prices, it receives a subsidy of £119.11/MWh, which equates to £108 million a year, guaranteed for 15 years. In other words, a total of £1620 million, all to be paid for on electricity bills and passed onto Burbo’s owners, DONG.

 

Burbo was one of eight contracts awarded by Ed Davey in April 2014. So desperate was he to get these projects built that he agreed extortionate prices, without even going through an auction, and in the full knowledge that costs would soon start going down if he were to wait a little longer.

 

 

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At current prices, this little lot is costing consumers £1.5bn a year in subsidies, for just 5% of the UK’s electricity.

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May 23, 2017 at 01:21AM

The Undeniable “Consensus” is That There is an Overwhelming Liberal Media Bias

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For all their talk about “inclusion,” “equality,” “fairness,” “diversity,” and “equal opportunity,” the liberals may talk the talk, but they certainly don’t walk the walk. This kind of extreme bias is also seen regarding the staffing of our colleges and universities. While the “consensus” regarding climate change is debatable, the bias of the press is […]

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May 23, 2017 at 01:06AM

Former Official: Trump Is ‘Going To Go Farther’ Than Reagan In Cutting EPA

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A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official believes the Trump administration will go even further than the Reagan administration in terms of curbing the agency’s power over the economy. “It looks like Pruitt and the Congress and this administration are undoing EPA and their regulations,” Jovita Pajarillo, the former assistant director of EPA Region 9’s […]

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May 23, 2017 at 12:36AM