Tag Archives: Climate change

I’m betting on the sun

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Rockport Conservative

Sometime in the past century it occurred to some people to believe that humans are more powerful than nature, more powerful even than the sun.  Now a sign of real intelligence is returning to the question of what causes climate change.  Why … Continue reading →

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Will someone please get a paddle for Al Gore? Looks like he’s been thrown overboard by the climate people

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Rockport Conservative

At least one of the climate scientists has realized he is not helping their cause.  I found this at Don Surber’s column in the Daily Mail so I linked to the original to see all the scientist said. The scientist … Continue reading →

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AGW has been debunked but some people just don’t get it.

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Rockport Conservative

More than one story on this today, so first we will go to James Delingpole writing in the Telegraph UK.  There have been a number of stories of the CERN report which shock, shock, proves the sun heats the earth. … Continue reading →

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Quotes and links to two related energy items of note

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Rockport Conservative

It seems to me these have a lot to do with each other.  This one is from The Examiner. Obama rubs elbows with regulatory robber barons By: Timothy P. Carney President Obama on Monday was scheduled to give a pep … Continue reading →

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The UK is waking up when it’s too late, it is not too late here

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Rockport Conservative

As I drove across the causeway that connects my village with the larger town I could see far across the bay to the farmlands that are becoming windfarms. It looked as if they were marching straight into our town of … Continue reading →

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Predictions: Climate, Populations, etc

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

This is just a middle portion of a post on PowerLine blog,  You will want to read it all. In 1980 Ehrlich famously made and lost a bet with Julian Simon based on Ehrlich’s predicted scenario of resource scarcity. George … Continue reading →

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One of the things we have learned from Wikileaks concerning Climate Gate

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

Apparently our state department and CIA were interested in getting the right political solution at the Copenhagen climate meeting.  Those cables have been released and pounced upon by reporters.  This is from Pajamas Media but the first stories about  it … Continue reading →

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The Hurricane season that wasn’t

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

Well actually, they were but they didn’t come here.  Hurricane season is over, but the Weather Channel hasn’t relaxed, they are “on it” for the winter storms. American Thinker has some thoughts on the past season. Apocalypse Now! (Or Pretty … Continue reading →

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About the Cancun Convention on AGW or Climate Change as they call it now

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

The Anchoress has such a way with words.  Today’s offering: Rationing Bono &; Other Gaia-Saving Ideas Eschewing teleconferences that could reduce their carbon footprints to almost nothing (assuming they all own computers and work in offices appropriately outfitted with vision-wrecking … Continue reading →

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Another "Gee, who knew?" article on the environment

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Rockport Conservative

This from the Daily Mail online from the UK. Environmentalists ‘exaggerated’ threat to tropical rainforests from global warmingBy David DerbyshireThe threat to tropical rainforests from climate change may have been exaggerated by environmentalists, according to a new study.Researchers have shown … Continue reading →

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