Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Fair Wind

A few interesting clips from an article by Christopher Booker (Telegraph, Rise of sea levels is 'the greatest lie ever told', March 28, 2009):
The reason why Dr Mörner, formerly a Stockholm professor, is so certain that these claims about sea level rise are 100 per cent wrong is that they are all based on computer model predictions, whereas his findings are based on "going into the field to observe what is actually happening in the real world".

Regarding wind farms:
Britain’s largest windfarm companies are pulling out of wind as fast as they can. Despite 100 per cent subsidies, the credit crunch and technical problems spell an end to Gordon Brown’s £100 billion dream of meeting our EU target to derive 35 per cent of our electricity from “renewables” by 2020.

Meanwhile the Government gives the go-ahead for three new 1,000 megawatt gas-fired power stations in Wales. Each of them will generate more than the combined average output (700 megawatts) of all the 2,400 wind turbines so far built. The days of the “great wind fantasy” will soon be over.

[Emphasis mine.]

Just in case I'm accused of never pointing to any good news... the above should suffice as proof that I'm not good news immune.