Tag Archives: sustainability

How the Green Energy Transition Makes You Poorer: Crony capitalism at work

Posted on March 28, 2025 by budbromley

by Matt Ridley (bio below) A leaked government analysis has found that Net Zero could crash the economy, reducing GDP by a massive 10% by 2030. Yet the spectacular thing about this analysis is that it expects this to happen … Continue reading →

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Low Energy-IQ Politicians, Be Gone! Reblog of post by Ron Clutz with added comment

Posted on March 20, 2025 by budbromley

Bud: What is the difference and meaning of buffered vs unbuffered EROI? Grok 3 beta (03/20/2025 1:10 PM HST): In the context of energy systems, EROI stands for Energy Return on Investment, a metric used to evaluate the efficiency of … Continue reading →

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Today’s discussion with Grok 3 beta AI engine: ICLEI and Henry’s Law

Posted on February 22, 2025 by budbromley

Grok 3 beta February 22, 2025 ICLEI, or Local Governments for Sustainability, gets its funding from a mix of sources that keep its operations humming across its global network of over 2,500 cities and regions. The backbone comes from membership … Continue reading →

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The Scientific Case Against Net Zero: Falsifying the Greenhouse Gas Hypothesis

Posted on December 16, 2024 by budbromley

Journal of Sustainable Development; Vol. 17, No. 6; 2024ISSN 1913-9063 E-ISSN 1913-9071Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Received: September 11, 2024 Accepted: November 2, 2024 Online Published: November 15, 2024 (1) Sheffield University Management School, The University of … Continue reading →

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Europe’s Energy Problem by Drieu Godefridi, and our chance to learn by their mistakes

Posted on November 26, 2024 by budbromley

I sent the following email to our local Hawaii county government, which is run by a mayor and county council. Please circulate these materials to the Mayor and Mayor-Elect as well as the County Council and Sustainability team.  Hopefully this … Continue reading →

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Henry’s Law, briefly

Posted on October 23, 2024 by budbromley

Contrary to what you have probably read, heard or been taught, the addition of human-produced CO2 to the atmosphere by burning natural gas, oil and coal does not increase the global CO2 concentration of the atmosphere.  Nor will sequestration of … Continue reading →

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Is hydrogen green energy or efficient?

Posted on October 19, 2024 by budbromley

Allow me to let these two gentlemen speak for me, https://youtu.be/RPvQZgafvzA?si=HsQqUY0hc-_Dlofn   This begins with a humorous skit by John Cleese but becomes technical.  This is by Welsh comedian Paul Burgess, a fellow you may also remember from the Monty Python … Continue reading →

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Radiative emissions from greenhouse gases?

Posted on October 3, 2024 by budbromley

I learned the following from the perspective of chemical measurement instrumentation and field theory instead of photonic (i.e., particle with no mass) theory. When a so-called “greenhouse” gas molecule passes through a field of full spectrum long wave infrared radiation … Continue reading →

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Senator Ted Cruz to Koch Group: No, Global Warming Is Not Real

Posted on July 16, 2024 by budbromley

By ELIANA JOHNSON August 3, 2015 12:50 AM Dana Point, Calif. –  Senator Ted Cruz on Sunday got perhaps the most enthusiastic applause of any Republican presidential candidate to appear before the 450 donors drawn to Southern California for the Koch brothers’ … Continue reading →

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Prof. William Happer: “More CO2 is good for the world”

Posted on July 15, 2024 by budbromley

July 16, 2024 Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University William Happer discussed common misconceptions in climate science, especially the negative reputation given to CO2, on Sky News Australia last year. “More CO2 is good for the world, it’s not bad … Continue reading →

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