On Monday, April 28, at noon, life changed for Spaniards. With the sun at its peak, the country’s largely solar-powered electrical grid shut down. … Read more
The April 23, 2025, Saanich News has an article, “Sea-level rise threatens Vancouver Island communities,” stating that “scientists” warn that by 2050, some B.C. coastal areas could be permanently underwater by 2050.
This article is a reality check on these scientists.… Read more
Canada has made a legal commitment to achieve “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050. Back in 2015, then-Prime Minister Trudeau promised that climate action will “create jobs and economic growth” and the federal government insists it will create a “strong economy.” The truth is that the net zero policy generates vast costs and very little benefit—and Canada would be better off changing direction.… Read more
The pre-election polls show that many Canadian voters wish to reward Justin Trudeau’s ten years of disastrous Liberal economic policies with another four or more years of the same under new party leader Mark Carney.
While prime minister, Trudeau frequently claimed his policies were aimed at “growing the economy.” But by “growing the economy,” Trudeau didn’t mean the fossil-fuel economy; he meant the still non-existent, all-electric “green” economy.… Read more
The electric car is widely seen as a simple, clean solution to climate change. In reality, it’s inefficient, relies on massive subsidies, and leaves behind a trail of pollution and death that is seldom acknowledged.… Read more
“Globalization” was useful shorthand for the view that held sway in the 1980s and 1990s of a world of free and open markets and self-restraining governments. In many circles it has now been replaced by “globalism.” … Read more
This post features videos of talks by Friends of Science president Ron Davison and Climate Realists of BC member Paul MacRae at the March 11, 2025 launch of Energy & Climate at a Glance: Facts on 22 Prominent Climate Topics, to which both speakers contributed.
Ron spoke on “Net Zero – Climate Policy is All Pain, for Minimal Gain!” and Paul’s talk was entitled “Why We Can’t Abandon Fossil Fuels, and Why We Shouldn’t.” To see the videos, click on the images below.… Read more
We continue to be baffled by alarmist claims that the long, cold winter of 2024-25 did not happen, is not happening, and must not happen.
Sometimes things occur that surprise us and run contrary to our general understanding of the world, but when they do we notice them and admit them. (Under which heading file that thus far in 2025 Arctic sea ice extent is at its lowest in a decade, the opposite of 2024.)… Read more
European countries have led the drive to adopt green energy policies. Their collective experiences provide a sobering message for the rest of the world on the costs and ineffectiveness of green energy policies.
When energy costs rise, almost all other costs in a society are affected, leading to more regulation, rising costs, rising taxes, rising subsidies, rising indebtedness, and rising inflation. It is also leading to deindustrialization as European manufactured goods become increasingly uncompetitive. … Read more
As the sun heats the earth’s surface, the earth radiates infrared energy back into space. The earth slowly heats up until the amount of infrared energy it radiates into space equals the amount of solar energy absorbed by the earth’s surface. … Read more