Air Conditioning: Thank You Fossil Fuels

It’s the time of the year when the climate alarmists are out in force, blaming the severity of every heat wave or heat dome on … man-made global warming. I sometimes comment on the dire posts with the simple point: stop whining and turn on the air conditioner, or add a mist machine to your most precious outdoor space.

I heard stories from my father about how, prior to A/C, his parents used to buy blocks of ice that were then placed in front of an electric fan to produced conditioned air. Cool!  No whining, but action. Adaptation and, going forward, resiliency.

I was reminded of this when I read a recent recent post at LinkedIn by Frederick Ruehr, most recently with the Georgetown University Law Center, on seven ways our ancestors coped with the heat of summer.…

Happy 4th: Driving, Grilling, Fireworks

Independence Day could also be called the CO2 Holiday with all the driving, grilling, and fireworks. So ignore the climate alarmists and eco-snoops. Celebrate the traditions of July 4th with gusto!

Drive to a favorite place, grill outdoors to your heart’s desire, use plastic for convenience, keep the house cool and drinks cold, and watch the fireworks. The climate will not notice.

Here are some photos for inspiration.

Andrew Dessler on Texas Heat: Vague but Exaggerated

“Rob, your question makes zero sense & and I don’t have the patience to deal with people like you. Please crawl back under the rock you emerged from or I’ll ban you from my substack. Seriously: your next comment that displeases me is your last, so make sure it’s a doozy.” (Andrew Dessler, below)

Climatologist Andrew Dessler, a leading figure on the alarmist side of the debate, is a piece of work–extremely smart and knowledgeable but biased and short-tempered. His personality is akin to that of Joe Romm of yesterday and Michael Mann today–arrogant, condescending, petty. Dessler is certain that he knows what is to be known about all things climate and energy. But, really, he does not know what he does not know. (Yes, climate science is highly uncertain, and climate models are a mess.)…

Pretty Industrial Wind Turbines? (eco-activist reports from the pristine)

‘Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate’ (1988 exaggerations vs. today)

So What Has Changed? (Revkin/NYT Alarmism in 2006)

In Search of the “Greenhouse Signal” in the 1990s (and when did they know?)

“In Climate Debate, Exaggeration Is a Pitfall” (NYT article revisited)

Private Property Rights vs. Industrial Wind/Solar: Reply to Giberson

Limits to Wind and Solar on the Grid: A Discussion