Tag: Science

OK, here’s the first chapter of Strangers in a Strange Homeland, the USA road-trip book, which will be published by Arcade Publishing later this year, hopefully. I don’t usually publish drafts of work in progress, but, as my regular readers know, I’ve been more or less totally out of commission for the last four months… Read More The Map is Not the Territory

This will be a very brief update on my health and legal battles for subscribers. There won’t be any opining on Iran or Epstein or Trump or anyone or anything else. First, my heartfelt thanks to all the paid subscribers who have hung in there with me during these last few months of non-activity. I’m… Read More No Robots

I’m going to be out of commission for a while. I’ll spare you (or deny you) the gory details. The short version is, I am in pretty bad shape, and, after a couple more unpleasant diagnostic procedures, I’m going to get operated on by a big, scary-looking robot like the one in the photo above.… Read More Medical Leave

Has America been made great again enough for you yet? I asked that question back in May of last year in a column titled The Godzilla Window. It didn’t go over very well at the time, at least not with my conservative readers. Here are a couple excerpts … Personally, I don’t know how much… Read More The Golden Age of America Made Great Again

Three armed Berlin police officers arrived at my door this morning with a warrant to search my apartment. They conducted the search, interrogated me and my wife, and confiscated my computer. The search warrant was issued in connection with a new criminal investigation of me by the Berlin State Prosecutor. Once again, as in 2023,… Read More A Visit by the German Thought Police

OK, I’m not back in the U.S.S.A. quite yet, but I’ll be there Sunday night, assuming (a) the German officials allow me to leave, and (b) the Guardians of American Greatness at JFK Airport let me into the country. I think they have to let me in. I’m still a U.S. citizen, after all, so… Read More Back in the U.S.S.A.

Here comes Road Trip Update No. 4. Road Trip Update No. 4 will probably be the second to last update before the road trip begins on September 11th. It includes a few exciting additions and adjustments to our ever-evolving itinerary, and some other details that you might find interesting. Before we get into Road Trip… Read More All Apologies

OK, here comes America Road Trip Update No. 3. America Road Trip Update No. 3 is going to be predominantly promotional. It’s also going to be a little sappy, probably, which I know is out of character for me, but I’m extremely grateful to all the kind readers who are organizing gatherings and dinners and… Read More The Kindness of Strangers

Here comes Road Trip Update No. 2. It’s a bit of a weird update, as you are about to discover. Before we get into it, I want to convey my heartfelt thanks to all the kind readers who have invited us into their homes, and are organizing gatherings of people to come talk with us,… Read More Epistle to the Wokians

[N.B. This is America Road Trip Project Update No. 1, originally published on Substack. I am publishing it here on the Consent Factory blog late, having just published Update No. 2.] So the America Road Trip Project is coming together quickly. This will be the first of a series of updates I plan to post… Read More Strangers in a Strange Homeland

Nobody in their right mind would have designed such a system. Unfortunately by the time of the next election, most of the damage will be irreversible. The post Grid Balancing Costs Set to Rise To £8 Billion By 2030 appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

The mission, it turns out, is not to save the planet. It is to remake capitalism in the image of the administrative state. And the bill, as always, will be paid by ordinary Britons. The post From Tilak’s Substack appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

“Competition on its worst day is better than regulation on its best day.” The post It’s Time for Texas to Get Competitive on Transmission Development appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

The net zero agenda requires a deliberate ignorance of how the modern world functions. South Korea rose from the ashes of war to become a global economic titan because it embraced the power of energy-dense, reliable fossil fuels. Turning away from this proven model in favor of unproven, weather-dependent technologies is a recipe for economic ruin. The post South Korea’s Net Zero Boast Crumbles appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

RCP8.5 is mostly dead, let's hope it becomes truly dead. The post RIP Doomsday Model RCP8.5 – A Quiet but Profound Shift in Climate Science appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

The ongoing come-uppance of the mainstream media needs to reach business reporting. In a new political climate, that time is now at the Wall Street Journal. The post WSJ Energy Reporting: Improvement Needed appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

"... As coal and nuclear generation expand ... they may displace domestic renewable energy ..." The post Claim: Japan’s Coal and Nuclear Push Risks Displacing Renewable Energy appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

“The record negative prices are the market’s loudest warning signal that we have an oversupply of unstable generation, but a dramatic lack of flexibility and storage capacity,” Klimanachrichten summarizes. The post Oversupply Of Volatile Solar Energy Leads To Record NEGATIVE Prices! appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

...changes in solar intensity across latitudes and seasons are argued here to be a primary driver of the observed patterns and a useful guide for anticipating future regional trends.  Broadly, the NH has strong upward temperature trends while the SH is cooling in the high latitudes that will eventually progress to the mid-latitudes as both maximum daily insolation and poleward advection decline. The post Changing Sunlight, Weather & Climate appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

“Congress now has an opportunity—and an obligation—to correct this flawed process by requiring rigorous, upfront, full-footprint review of radar impacts on air safety and national security before any further offshore wind projects proceed to construction or operation.” The post BOEM Offshore Wind Approvals: Radar Risks Identified, Not Resolved appeared first on Watts Up With That?.