Things That Make Me Go Hmm
Hat tip shoehorn Jacinda bans plastic bags… But want us to use plastic bags? There is no mention at all about using a reusable bag to save the planet…hmm If you enjoyed this please share it so others can discover The BFD.
NZ Climate change
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder sunlive.co.nz When I was seven years old, I moved from Nelson to the small town of Takaka when my father George Maunder was appointed Manager of the Bank of New Zealand. We lived in the Bank building and from the balcony I, as a seven-year-
Stuart Smith – Costing & Options Missing from Climate Change Commission
The Climate Commission should be presenting New Zealand with a range of viable options for emissions reduction with cost analysis included, National’s Climate Change Spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “Climate Commission Chair Dr Rod Carr’s column on why he is not recommending a least cost pathway fails to answer
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a standardized index based on the observed sea level pressure differences between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. The SOI is a leading measure of the large-scale fluctuations in air pressure occurring between the western and eastern tropical Pacific (i.e., the state
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from milder/warmer temperatures since about 1997, and two significant warm periods associated with the El Nino events in 1998 and 2015-16.
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 108 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. It’s very common for areas such as Tauranga to have had different observation sites during the years – and the readings from the
A Formal Complaint to the NZ Police
John Rofe Experienced Private Fraud Investigator 2 August 2020 Dear Superintendant, Following many years of investigation and supported by both empirical scientific evidence and having diligently and independently pursued the empirical observations to back up my allegations, I wish to register three complaints of fraud. They are as follows: FORMAL
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder sunlive.co.nz Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 122 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour, from November 1904 to April 1907 the site was described as simply ‘Tauranga’. From
More Certain Than Climate, Economic Doom
Has anyone noticed that there have not been any student protest marches during the school holidays despite a recent climate summit during the holidays? It’s almost as if the protests are really organised by adults with an agenda… If you enjoyed this Satirical image please share it so others
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from milder/warmer temperatures since about 1997, and two significant warm periods associated with the El Nino events in 1998 and 2015-16
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum’ is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots – ‘storms’ on the sun – became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851-1928), who was working at The Royal Observatory at Greenwich
Which Is Better for the Environment, the Train or the Car?
Our government has a policy that they are not investing in new roads much anymore because they want people to switch to public transport, walking or cycling instead. This is part of their stated intent to obey the dictates of the IPCC and reduce our CO2 emissions. Prior to the
Bigtime Wakeup Call
Owen Jennings I remember my father talking of surviving during the great 1929 depression. Meals consisted of what they could grow – often a carrot, a spud and an onion. No credit at the local shop. No new clothes, no car, homemade everything. People knocking on doors asking for food and
NZ Education System Fails Our Children
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Recently some students in Wellington skipped school and marched demanding government action on climate change. Photographs of the event unsurprisingly featured crowds of mostly young women with that look. You know, that wide-eyed earnest but naive and slightly unhinged do-gooder look which makes
Time Extension Needed for Climate Change Report
National has written to Climate Change Minister James Shaw calling for him to extend the report-back time on the Climate Change Commission Report, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “We all want an Emissions Reduction Plan that addresses the environmental challenges we face in New Zealand, but