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David Defeats Goliath. Again

Over the years I learned how inefficient solar and wind energy are and how it raises prices for consumers. People like the fantasy of “free” power. I think most people are poorly informed about the economics of Green energy. Wall Street, however, knows the numbers and Goldman Sachs projected $1.3 trillion in free federal money for Green projects through 2032.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/22/david-defeats-goliath-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-defeats-goliath-again

Why “Can you provide empirical measured proof of how much warming is caused by CO2?” is a really stupid question

Yet, despite its appeal, it’s not just unanswerable with current methods—it also reflects a misunderstanding of how climate science works. And no matter one's position in the climate debate, including those deeply skeptical of climate alarmism, it's important to recognize why this question, as framed, is fundamentally flawed.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/22/why-can-you-provide-empirical-measured-proof-of-how-much-warming-is-caused-by-co2-is-a-really-stupid-question/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-can-you-provide-empirical-measured-proof-of-how-much-warming-is-caused-by-co2-is-a-really-stupid-question

The Golden Age of Nuclear Energy Is Here

Fortunately, America has an opportunity to turn the page on this anti-energy agenda and fully embrace a new era of nuclear power. In President Donald J. Trump’s first term, he laid the groundwork for innovation-friendly policies that encourage the development of next-generation nuclear technologies. Now, we have the chance to break free from the bureaucratic roadblocks of the past and usher in a golden age of nuclear energy.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/21/the-golden-age-of-nuclear-energy-is-here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-golden-age-of-nuclear-energy-is-here

Net Zero Blamed for Heathrow Shutdown

Net Zero has been blamed for the complete shutdown of Heathrow after an aviation industry expert told Reform MP and Deputy Leader Richard Tice that Heathrow is moving from diesel back-up generators to biomass and the system failed “at the first time of asking” when a local electrical substation went up in flames. The Mail has more.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/21/net-zero-blamed-for-heathrow-shutdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=net-zero-blamed-for-heathrow-shutdown

Trump’s Energy Secretary Offers Africa Freedom from Biden’s Climate Imperialism

“It’s a paternalistic post-colonial attitude that I just can’t stand,” Wright said of the climate evangelism that sought to force others to abandon fossil fuels and adopt largely useless technologies like solar and wind energy.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/20/trumps-energy-secretary-offers-africa-freedom-from-bidens-climate-imperialism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-energy-secretary-offers-africa-freedom-from-bidens-climate-imperialism

MEDIA ADVISORY: President Trump’s Embrace of Coal-powered Energy Is ‘the Right Thing for America’

President Trump said he is authorizing his administration to “immediately begin producing energy with beautiful, clean coal.”

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/19/media-advisory-president-trumps-embrace-of-coal-powered-energy-is-the-right-thing-for-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=media-advisory-president-trumps-embrace-of-coal-powered-energy-is-the-right-thing-for-america

Did AccuWeather Write the Project 2025 NOAA Section?

Project 2025’s argument to restructure the NWS is not convincing. If DOGE used Project 2025 as its guidance for analyzing NOAA, it needs to rethink its approach.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/19/did-accuweather-write-the-project-2025-noaa-section/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=did-accuweather-write-the-project-2025-noaa-section

Tories Abandon Net Zero

The plans for Net Zero by 2050 are impossible. We have to do better than this. That’s why as part of our policy renewal we are going to do something that Labour failed to do in 14 years of opposition. We are going to deal with reality, confront the real problems, answer the real questions and be ready with a plan.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/18/tories-abandon-net-zero/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tories-abandon-net-zero

Northvolt Files for Bankruptcy

Obviously two major factors lie behind this bankruptcy:

The lack of demand for EVs in Europe

The impossibility of competing profitably with batteries made in China

There is no prospect of either of these two challenges being resolved soon.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/17/northvolt-files-for-bankruptcy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=northvolt-files-for-bankruptcy

Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm To Be Dismantled After Just 15 Years Of Operation

The Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm near German North Sea island of Borkum is set to be dismantled after being in operation for only 15 years.

It has become too unprofitable to operate without massive subsidies.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/16/germanys-first-offshore-wind-farm-to-be-dismantled-after-just-15-years-of-operation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=germanys-first-offshore-wind-farm-to-be-dismantled-after-just-15-years-of-operation

Scientists Misreport Climate Cause of LA Wildfires

During the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, the media briefly latched on to a study which apparently blamed climate change for making the blazes more likely to occur and also more intense. But is that really what the study says? Let’s take a look.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/16/scientists-misreport-climate-cause-of-la-wildfires/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scientists-misreport-climate-cause-of-la-wildfires

Trump Energy Choices Saving America From Economic Disaster

The green fantasy has been a product of hubris – a belief that human ingenuity could defy nature’s limits and economic gravity in a single bound. The Trump administration is abandoning this mirage and embracing energy sources that are abundant, affordable and attuned to the world as it is rather than as the deluded wish it to be.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/16/trump-energy-choices-saving-america-from-economic-disaster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-energy-choices-saving-america-from-economic-disaster

Worst climate science doom-scandal ever?

Younger coral has different growth rates to the older ones previously used. When these younger ones are taken out of the calculation, the downturn magically disappears and growth returns to pre-1990 levels.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/15/worst-climate-science-doom-scandal-ever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worst-climate-science-doom-scandal-ever

Met Office Peddle Ridiculous NAO Scare Story

This latest piece of nonsense is another example of how the Met Office have lost their reputation for scientific excellence, dumped to pursue a political agenda.

It is time they faced the same sort of cuts that Trump is wisely imposing on NOAA.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/15/met-office-peddle-ridiculous-nao-scare-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=met-office-peddle-ridiculous-nao-scare-story

The People vs. Gavin Newsom’s Mandate

Only time will tell whether pro-EV lawfare will prevent California – and much of the nation – from continuing its lemming-like march toward the cliff. The 25% are hell bent on forcing the 75% to jump with them, while the 75% only want to be free to make their own choices.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/14/the-people-vs-gavin-newsoms-mandate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-people-vs-gavin-newsoms-mandate

From Paris to Permian, Trump Restoring Rational Energy Policy

Until recently dictated by fear, guilt, and globalist platitudes, energy policy is now on track to reflect reality and respond to the economic imperative for affordable power and the strategic need to stay ahead of the curve in a competitive and dangerous world.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/13/from-paris-to-permian-trump-restoring-rational-energy-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-paris-to-permian-trump-restoring-rational-energy-policy

Antarctica Ice Growing Across Large Areas for at Least 85 Years, Aerial Photos Show

The Copenhagen scientists examined hundreds of old aerial photographs taken for mapping work in 1937. The images were supplemented with a number of photographs taken in the 1950s and 1974 of the same area and a 3D computer reconstruction was produced. This allowed the researchers to examine the evolution of glaciers over a significant time period. In order to determine if recent trends exceed the scale of natural variability, long-term observations are said to be vital.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/11/antarctica-ice-growing-across-large-areas-for-at-least-85-years-aerial-photos-show/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=antarctica-ice-growing-across-large-areas-for-at-least-85-years-aerial-photos-show

Lift the veil on wind power killing eagles

In addition to the allowable kill numbers the eagle death reports should be made public. People need to know that wind projects in their county or state are killing eagles, where and how many. They also need to know how many more kills are proposed.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/10/lift-the-veil-on-wind-power-killing-eagles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lift-the-veil-on-wind-power-killing-eagles