By Paul Homewood

Chris Morrison on the IPCC story I ran last week:

Last December the Daily Sceptic published an article reporting that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) could be preparing to start blaming humans for individual bad weather events. Straws-in-the-wind stuff, based on an IPCC press release claiming a century of burning hydrocarbons had resulted in “more frequent and intense extreme weather events”.

“One-off weather attribution is a pseudoscience based mostly on the flimsy findings of computer models. Two imaginary atmospheres with different levels of carbon dioxide are compared, and, hey presto, claims are made that a weather event is x times more likely to be caused by humans.”

To date, the IPCC has failed to detect that humans using hydrocarbons have led to worse bad weather on the simple scientific ground that it is impossible, with current data sources, to remove the overwhelming role of natural variation. Our story was prescient. It’s all change at the IPCC, with the appointment of Attribution Queen Friederike Otto and a troop of fellow attributionists to take charge of writing a new chapter on extreme weather for its forthcoming seventh climate science assessment report. With the foxes now in charge of the chicken coop, political order can be restored, with the IPCC science more closely aligned with current Net Zero political requirements.

Full story here.

Chris highlights the green-blob funding behind Otto’s World Weather Attribution outfit, as their own website admits:

https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/about/

The IPCC is supposed to offer impartial advice to governments. How then can they justify turning over a whole Chapter of the report to a team who most definitely are not impartial?

As others such as Roger Pielke Jr have pointed out, the rise of weather attribution has occurred because of the failure of successive IPCC Reports to find any disturbing trends in extreme weather, whether due to global warming or otherwise, despite intensive efforts. Yes, of course there are regional variations and cycles, the sort of things that have always occurred.

And this has always been the IPCC’s problem, removing the overwhelming role of natural variation.

But when it comes to major impacts, the most recent IPCC Report, AR6, was able to find no evidence at all of any worsening in extreme weather, other than a trend to more extreme heat, which was fully offset by a reduction in extreme cold:

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter12.pdf

With Net Zero policies dying on the vine all around the world and the public beginning to wake up to the crippling costs imposed on them as a result, the IPCC now appear to have lost patience with the well established scientific practice of collecting and analysing data. Instead they will rely on dodgy computer models, which can be programmed to come up with whatever results they want.

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August 25, 2025 at 03:46AM

The party is serious about going after shale gas. Critics complain about anything they can think of but the evidence of its success in the US is out there. Voters may find appeal in UK-sourced gas rather than expensive LNG and other imports. It would be likely to benefit many more UK workers than so-called green jobs, and be able to supply new and existing gas-fired power stations, needed to support the creaking electricity grid. Reform says ‘net zero’ targets and policies are a waste of time and money in a cash-strapped UK economy with sky-high energy prices.
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Trapped in underground rocks, a potential energy resource has eluded generations of British politicians, says BBC News.

It’s called shale gas and the method of getting it out of the ground, known as fracking, has proved politically difficult.

Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, has been banned many times by different prime ministers since 2011 over concerns about earthquakes and environmental impacts.

And yet despite this, Reform UK – which is leading in national opinion polls – believe it’s worth going after the gas again.

“We’ve got potentially hundreds of billions of energy treasure in the form of shale gas,” Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader and energy spokesperson, says.

“It’s grossly financially negligent to a criminal degree to leave that value underground and not to extract it.”

The party led by Nigel Farage is telling energy firms to get ready to “drill, baby, drill” if it gets into government after the next general election.

Reform UK says it’s serious about shale – but will its plans succeed where so many others have failed?
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So, how would Reform UK navigate this political minefield?

Firstly, Tice says, Reform UK would lift any fracking ban immediately.

Secondly, he says, a Reform UK government would work with oil and gas companies using new extraction techniques to explore for shale gas at a couple of independently monitored fracking wells.

“That will confirm the quantity of gas available and satisfy people that it’s safe,” Tice says.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has identified four areas where there’s potential for commercial shale gas extraction, with the largest spanning Lancashire and several counties in the Midlands.
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Reform UK’s Andrea Jenkyns, the Lincolnshire mayor, is also a fracking enthusiast and recently met Egdon Resources, an oil and gas firm that has licences for targeting shale gas in an area known as the Gainsborough Trough.

The company has been touting analysis by accounting firm Deloitte, which estimates that gas in the trough could be worth £140bn to the UK economy and create 250,000 jobs.

The Deloitte assessment is not public and Egdon Resources would not share a copy with the BBC.

Mark Abbott, the CEO of Egdon Resources, says the company would look to invest millions in shale gas “if the regulatory environment allowed that”.

He says that “clearly Reform has a policy which is more supportive than we’ve seen for a while”.

Star Energy Group is another company that has interests in areas with potential shale deposits.

Its CEO Ross Glover has met Reform UK councillors in Lincolnshire, where the party controls the county council.

“We know there’s a world class resource there,” Glover says. “I believe the UK needs whatever indigenous energy it can get, be it wind, solar, geothermal.”

Full article here.
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Image: Fracking – note the deep shaft

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August 25, 2025 at 03:31AM

My latest in the Daily Caller.

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August 25, 2025 at 02:48AM

It is exciting to start a tech blog. Your mind projects thousands of visitors to your site on a daily basis, and reads your reviews on new tech devices, programs, and applications. You might later discover that you have low traffic, non-interactive readers or your content is simply attracting.

However, if you think that your tech blog is at a dead end, you are wrong. It simply means there is something you aren’t doing right. The following are seven ways your technology blog is failing, and what you can do about them.

Reason #1 – You Don’t Know Your Audience

Lack of knowledge on who you are targeting is another reason why your tech blog might not be growing. You have not clearly identified your audience. Ask yourself if you are writing for an ordinary consumer who wants easy tips. Or are you writing to a professional who requires detailed reviews and technical information?

By failing to niche yourself as a reader, you end up writing something that is too general. On its part, the readers will not feel addressed on the blog. Spend time getting to know your target audience. See what they are searching, what time they are spending on the internet, and what types of technology challenges they face.

Reason #2 – You Are Overdependent on AI Writing

The generation of articles using Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the pressing issues, as some bloggers are relying on it excessively. Although AI might be able to assist you in the initial process or correcting grammar, it cannot think like you. Technological readers desire actual experiences, points of view and human touches.

When you have AI write your entire blog without any input on your part, it will come off as flat and robotic. It won’t take long before the reader realizes that the content doesn’t sound like a human opinion. They need to know what you think of a product, how you used it and what you recommend.

Hence, if you happen to apply AI as an assistant, make sure that you humanize your articles first before posting them, by putting in your own voice, telling your stories, and offering opinions. That is what sets your blog apart from the many other technological websites.

Reason #3 – Your Content is Flat

Many tech blogs do not work because they are too superficial. It is not enough to write a fast review of a new phone or an application. Surface-level reviews are already offered online by major tech platforms. When you wish readers to select your blog, go more in-depth.

Explain, rather than merely listing product features, how the features make a difference your audience’s life. Compare products. Share the results of your own tests. Discuss the strengths and the weaknesses. The higher the value you deliver, the better the readers will trust you and visit again.

Reason #4 – Your postings Are Not Constant

When you post irregularly, the readers will not be familiar with your post frequency. Blogs that update their content every now and then are also favoured by the search engines, as this indicates the site is active. It is not necessary to share something every day, but it is better to come up with a schedule that you can follow. Possibly every week, or every other week. This will create trust over time in your audience and your blog’s success will grow gradually.

Reason #5 – Neglecting the SEO Basics

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) may look like a hard concept to grasp. However, the inability to implement it could be why readers are not seeing your blog. Unless you have the right keywords, structure, and links in your post, nobody can locate your blog in Google search. You should also analyse what consumers are demanding in technology.

For instance, you probably can write not only about the best laptops, but also about the best 2025 laptops for students or about budget gaming laptops. Good header usage, meta description and internal links to related articles can serve as such SEO tricks with the help of which you can make substantial changes in your search engine rankings.

Reason #6 – You Never Market Your Blog

Most bloggers believe that after they have written a blog, readers will just find and read it. Unfortunately, that is not how it is. Marketing is equal to writing. Unless you are actively sharing your blog, it won’t be viewed by many people.

Moreover, you ought to advertise your posts on social platforms such as X (Twitter), LinkedIn and Facebook. Become a member of forums, online communities and discussion groups. Write comments on other blogs and inform people using your knowledge.

Reason #7 – You Fail to Create a Brand

Your blog must possess an identifiable style, design and voice. Readers ought to realize that it is your blog as soon as they read your articles. Your blog could be devoted to inexpensive technology, environment-saving devices or unique innovations. Once you develop a brand, readers will be better able to trust and remember you. That is the way minor blogs become big sites.

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