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Close Enough, eh James?

Close Enough, eh James?

There is a new post up at WUWT that is a fairly technical analysis of error propagation uncertainly in the latest CMIP6 official climate model scenarios. Here are the conclusions that Pat Frank ends the post with: Not one of those projected temperatures is different from physically meaningless. Not one

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While Everyone Was Distracted …

While everyone was fixated on the latest pronouncement from the podium of truth, or stuck in Auckland’s traffic chaos, or attempting to translate their way through Maori Language Week, or generally thinking about the upcoming election, the NZ Herald slipped in an interesting article, sourced from the Financial Times,

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Ardern Kept in the Dark Again?

Ardern Kept in the Dark Again?

Transcript from 07:16, 25 August 2020, NewstalkZB Mike Hosking Do you look to take over in some way shape or form either the Tauranga City Council or the Invercargill City Council? Jacinda Ardern Why on earth are you making such a suggestion? MH Because the Department has written to

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The Last Chance

The Last Chance

A long time ago (1989) in a city far, far away, (New York) we were all warned.  There is no excuse – you were told: A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming

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Highest Ever In Human History

Highest Ever In Human History

How many times has this phrase been rolled out in the Global Warming disaster era? Whether it is temperature or CO2 levels or sea levels or whatever, there is nothing like a ‘highest ever’ headline to grab a bit of clickbait. NOAA boldly states: Carbon dioxide levels today are higher

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

Interview with actress Robyn Malcom. Bay of Plenty Times, 8 August 2020. What did YOU achieve one year from now? * Jacinda got in again * Green Party’s wealth tax got through * Trump’s lost the election * Boris Johnson has fallen over Well, that is an incredible list of personal achievement

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National’s Upper North Island Infrastructure Package

National’s Upper North Island Infrastructure Package

National’s transport infrastructure package is just the first part of the Delivering Infrastructure theme of its Plan to Get New Zealand Working. Today initial announcements focus on the Upper North Island with announcements planned for across the rest of the country. What projects are part of National’s Upper

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EV Batteries UNacceptable

EV Batteries UNacceptable

Oh, dear! What are the greenie lefties going to do now?  Their most beloved of organisations, the UN has (finally) highlighted the child abuses and environmental devastation involved in the production of batteries for the greenies most beloved means of transport – the EV. The shift to electric mobility is in

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That’s the Climate Sorted, Then

That’s the Climate Sorted, Then

Seattle’s KeyArena is getting a new name, henceforth it will be the Climate Pledge Arena “This unprecedented partnership is the first of its kind in sports and entertainment and is a commitment to tackle the most pressing problem facing our planet, climate change,” the statement said. Jeff Bezos, the

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In Defence of Rates

In Defence of Rates

A recurring theme in this discussion forum is that of Local Authority rates: how high they are; how they are wasted; why they should be held at a zero increase or lowered; and so on and so forth. Are these criticisms fair? Rates are a sensitive topic because they hit

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Putting Their Best Foot Forward

Putting Their Best Foot Forward

The Yanks are inching towards a standard metric at last, throwing off the chains that linked them to the past.  It’s hard yards but they will be in a different league if they can fathom a way through. As long as they don’t make a rod for their

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BLM: Ban Lazy Minds

BLM: Ban Lazy Minds

As the next step towards the inevitable living out the script of the movie Idiocracy, the Mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, has banned the use of the word ‘Chief’ in job titles.  Mayor, Emily Larson, has been wasting Council time and resources discussing this non-issue. Although it doesn’t require a

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What is More Important?  Your Health or The BFD?

What is More Important? Your Health or The BFD?

It seems that The BFD is a clear winner! It has been a while since we looked at the Alexa rankings for various sites in New Zealand. The last report was for the site traffic on whaleoil.co.nz but that is no longer with us and it takes a

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