Daily Archives: June 26, 2014

Can Residential Solar Be Competitive Next Year?

June 26, 2014 – 9:03 pm

One CEO thinks so (Green Car Reports) Solar power for your home has been around a long time, but for many homeowners, it’s required subsidies, special financing arrangements, and still delivered long payback periods. That’s changing fast, according to the CEO of a major Texas electric utility. David Crane, who runs NRG Energy, says that […]

By William Teach Posted in Energy 9 Comments

Paper Blames “Pause” On Natural Variability

June 26, 2014 – 4:47 pm

And says it’s “not so unusual” (The Hockey Schtick) Shaun Lovejoy has published a new paper which cites his prior claim of 99.9% confidence that one of the two temperature graphs below is your fault, and the other due to natural variability. (snip-check the graphs at the link) In Lovejoy’s new paper, he acknowledges a […]

By William Teach Posted in Collapsing Science, Global Warming Comments Off on Paper Blames “Pause” On Natural Variability

If All You See…

June 26, 2014 – 1:00 pm

…is a kitchen that could contain an evil refrigerator, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Jammie Wearing Fools, with a post on Obama’s economic delusions.

By William Teach Posted in If All You See Comments Off on If All You See…

Bummer: Cows, Not Coal, Is The Real “Climate Change” Danger

June 26, 2014 – 12:10 pm

So this whole anti-coal campaign has been a waste of time? Cows — Not Coal — Are the Real Climate Change Culprits President Obama recently likened denying climate change to believing the moon is made of cheese. As it turns out, ignoring this particular food’s role in climate change is just as irresponsible. Getting serious […]

By William Teach Posted in AGW Scaremongering, Global Warming 2 Comments

Surprise: EPA Also “Lost” Emails

June 26, 2014 – 6:57 am

I mentioned a Mark Stein article in the previous post. Something else he wrote It’s worse when the supposedly impartial civil service uses those powers in the service of the ruling party: The merger of party and state is the very definition of “banana republic”. And it’s worst of all when they get away with […]

By William Teach Posted in Enviroweenies, Government 2 Comments

Did Lois Lerner Seek IRS Audit Of Sen. Chuck Grassley?

June 26, 2014 – 6:37 am

Fox News runs with they headline that she did, and Rep. David Camp thinks she did, but, Grassley thinks she was targeting a Tea Party group. Some news orgs follow along with the Grassley targeted meme, others go with group targeted Congressional investigators have uncovered emails showing ex-IRS official Lois Lerner targeted a sitting Republican […]

By William Teach Posted in Democrats, Taxation 5 Comments
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