Smaller fists of fury, not monsters of the past, more likely with hurricanes
powered by Surfing Waves Unlike the 1930s through 1950s, when longer tracked storms would hit the US near their peaks, not since Hugo in 1989 has a storm that was a major for 3 days or more out, reached the coast at peak intensity. The list is amazing. Let’s start with Opal 1995. Georges had been a 4/5. made landfall as a 2/3. Floyd weakened to a 2 from a 4. Lily was a generous 2 from a 4 after having been called 12 hours before the worst hurricane ever to hit Louisiana. Remember. we are saying more than 3 …
Offshore wind costs bound to go up
powered by Surfing Waves If reducing CO2 emissions is the justification for industrializing the ocean with offshore wind, then we need to know what the cost per ton of CO2 reduction is. This number is likely to be ridiculously large, on the order of thousands of dollars a ton. We have already discussed the reduction analysis part, finding that the reductions are likely to be relatively small per MW of wind generating capacity. See my https://www.cfact.org/2023/05/31/offshore-wind-may-not-reduce-co2-emissions/ . …
Republican Presidential Candidates Lining Up in Support of War on Mexico
powered by Surfing Waves On April 10, I wrote about Republican presidential candidates being open to pursuing war on Mexico — sending the US military into Mexico to fight drug cartels despite the opposition of the Mexico government to such intervention. Mexican-American War II advocates, I noted, included candidates Donald Trump, Asa Hutchinson, and Vivek Ramaswamy. It turns out the list of Republican presidential candidates open to such US military action is longer. Republican presidential candidates Tim Sc…
Dethroning the Almighty Dollar?
powered by Surfing Waves This is the text of a talk by AIER Research Faculty Peter C. Earle at the June 7, 2023 Meeting of Alder Unplugged. Good afternoon and thank you for having me. I’ve planned for these remarks to take no more than ten minutes, but economists are about as good at forecasting as politicians are at budgeting. So, it may run a slight bit longer – apologies in advance if it does. About two months ago, on April 4th, I wrote an article entitled “ De-dollarization has Begun ” which w…
The Anti-Communist Crusade
powered by Surfing Waves A central feature of the Cold War racket was the anti-communist crusade. At the behest of the U.S. national-security establishment, the entire nation became obsessed with the commies, both foreign and domestic. The Reds were coming to get us. They were everywhere. They were in Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Russia, China, Guatemala, Chile, Indonesia, Brazil, and most everywhere else. They were in Congress, the military, the executive branch, the political system, the universities, and Hollywood. …
Climate ideology in America’s classrooms
powered by Surfing Waves America’s K-12 classrooms are increasingly becoming indoctrination centers for a one-sided view of climate change, aka, global warming and the supposed existential threat to humankind. The Biden administration, universities, left-of-center think tanks and state governments are developing and spreading climate change curriculum that also contains an explicit activist bent to turn the nation’s children into climate crusaders. While climate and weather issues are not a recent curriculum topi…
Empowering American farmers to stand up, take action
powered by Surfing Waves Farmers across the nation have found themselves on the front lines of the Globalist/Davos drive to reset society. From massive wind and solar farms to the growing land grab called Carbon Capture Pipelines, usable farmland for growing our food is disappearing faster than any of the bogus predictions of melting polar icecaps. The farmers are facing intimidation from powerful corporations and pressure groups as many elected officials stand by, shuffling their feet in nervous inaction. Someth…
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