Category Archives: Science

Will Fusion or Fission power the world?

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Clive Best

Civilisation needs a long term reliable power source if it is to avoid eventual collapse. Renewable energy cannot achieve this because a) it is inherently unreliable and requires gas backup,  b) lasts less than 20 years yet requires huge areas … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, nuclear, renewables | 24 Comments

Whatever happened to the Hiatus in Global Warming?

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Clive Best

The surprise news from the IPCC 5th Assessment report published in 2013 was that the earth had not warmed at all since 1998. This was the so called  Hiatus in global warming lasting some 15 years. The Physical Science Basis … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, climate science, CRU, Hadley, NASA, UK Met Office | 7 Comments

Deducing Climate Sensitivity from Decadal Temperature Data

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Clive Best

Note: This post is superseded by the following post ! The transient climate sensitivity (TCR) is the observed average warming of the earth following a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration. Effectively this means the observed average temperature when CO2 levels … Continue reading →

Posted in AGW, Climate Change, climate science, NOAA | 8 Comments