Is this the Beginning of the End – or at least the End of the Beginning?On November 10, 1942, after British and Commonwealth forces defeated the Germans and Italians at the Second Battle of El Alamein, Winston Churchill told the British Parliament, “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of…
Walter E. Williams
How Do You Get 50% of Americans to Believe in Global Warming? Rob Them of an Education
Democrats take pride in that they are the Education and Climate Change Party. Intentions, not outcomes, are clearly what are important to Democrats. Democrats, the Feel Good Do Nothing Party. Ignorance is a powerful, useful and essential tool for passing the Democratic agenda and getting Democrats elected. Earlier this month, the 2017 National Assessment of…
General
Tell Ottawa to back off on carbon taxes – II
This one is a corollary for people who think the “trapped heat” from Greenhouse Gases reduces Earth’s radiation to space. Climate scientists assert that our planet without greenhouse gases would radiate about 239 watts per meter to space. What does the Earth radiate to space WITH greenhouse gases, then? 239 watts per meter. Quick item…
Alan Stewart
Tell Ottawa to back off on carbon taxes – I
Sierra Club oxymoron of the ‘first water’. AGW can ignite H20. The hyperbole never ends but very, very creative. Apt analogy with ‘Black’ Alan. The graph above, origin unknown, totally contradicts ‘Back Radiation’ which also verifies convection without which the earth would be without H20. The atmosphere is not a G—h (REFUSE TO USE THE…
E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D.
What’s a “Climate Skeptic”?
In his recent article “Four Reasons Alarmists Are Wrong on Climate Change,” Cornwall Alliance Research Associate for Developing Countries Vijay Jayaraj distinguished what, following widespread usage, he called climatechange alarmists, deniers, and skeptics. The “alarmists” generally think that human emissions of carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) are driving global warming so rapid and eventually…
Vijay Jayaraj
When Rice is Worth Gold: Legalization of Golden Rice in the Fight against Poverty
Golden Rice was declared safe for consumption by Canada recently. This has huge implications for the rest of the world, where Golden Rice can be vital resource in tackling vitamin A deficiency and malnutrition. Genetically modified (GM) crops are engineered to display traits that are otherwise absent or subdued in natural crops. For example, gene…