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New German anti AGW book and extensive media coverage

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Breaking News - new book published in Germany today called "The Cold Sun: Why the Climate Disaster Won't Happen". Also extensive anti-AGW newspaper coverage, amazing!

Today is quite an amazing day in Germany for those of us trying to undo the AGW Co2 agenda.

First off a book by Fritz Vahrenholt has been published called 'The Cold Sun: Why the Climate Disaster Won't Happen'. Fritz a former chemistry professor and leftist state politician with Sebastian Luening, who both work at the renewable energy division of RWE, Germany's second-biggest utility company. Basically the books says that Germans should not take such a negative attitude towards fossil fuels. See the original article here.

Then to top off the day, the German daily Bild leads with “THE CO2 LIES … pure fear-mongering … should we blindly trust the experts?” see here for the original article.
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Bicycle Beano Veggie Cycling Holidays

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Bicycle Beano Cycling Holidays was set up in 1982 (after working for Friends of the Earth) as a 'soft environmental campaign' to actively promote cycling and vegetarianism, and to encourage an awareness of environmental issues. We believed then, and we believe now, that green actions speak louder than green words. We were a green business long before it became fashionable.

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Maths Bug Mental Maths app updated

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Maths Bug, our mental maths training Android application, has been updated!

Maths Bug has undergone quite a few enhancements, namely:

• 3 Strikes play mode, keep playing until you loose your 3 lives;
• One Mad Maths Minute mode, play for one minute and try to get as many right as you can as quickly as you can;
• Extensive hints, tips and tricks;
• Updated high scores that show who is new and who is about leave;
• Tells you what your high score is and what the world high score is for the game you are about to play;
• Improved layout for tablets and small screen devices.

If you are interested you can download it from the Android market. You can also find out more at our maths web page. Fun for children and adults alike!

Enjoy!

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Wind power does not work - critical analysis

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Wind power, when put under critical fact based analysis is a really bad way to provide electrical power.

If you are open minded and prepared to think through a problem to a fact based solution, then I suggest you have a look at this presentation on wind power and how it is a very inefficient, expensive and unreliable provider of power.

The presentation goes into a lot of fact based detail to support the points raised with plenty of real world examples to demonstrate that wind power, as an alternative to existing base/demand load production is really bad idea and does not result in any noticeable improvement in environmental conditions.

I've opened up the comments on this post, so if you wish to discuss please go ahead.

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Maths Bug app is out

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Frustrated by the lack of good maths teaching aid apps out there, we just went and wrote one cool maths game..

Maths Bug App

To help my children learn and improve their general maths ability I wrote an Android app called Maths Bug that makes maths fun. Similar to the way you would use a mathematics worksheet to learn subtractions or do fractions, this app gives you sets of tests to work through on a given area and keeps track of your progress.

Features:

•  9 different tests to challenge you
• Either type your answer or use multiple choice
• Extensive sound effects and graphics to keep you engaged
• Built in scoring depending on speed, accuracy and difficulty level
• Inspired by structured learning systems like Kumon
• Built in world wide high score tables per test or overall
• Change the background to suit your taste
• Built in blackboard to help you with working out
• Works equally well on mobiles or tablets.

If you are on an Android device now you can click here to go straight to the market page.

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ClimateGate FOIA Grepper available

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Search both ClimateGate I and II emails with ease.

I have just put together a ClimateGate FOIA Grepper which allows you to easily search the emails both from ClimateGate I and the recent ClimateGate II.

Of course the emails and phone numbers of those involved have been removed from the results displayed - but you can still search by them if you know them..

Enjoy

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R Value Calculator App Updated!

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Some more functionality has been added to make it more useful.

We have just updated the R Value Calculator app with the following new features:

• Ability to construct a user defined material from a frame and insulation, you choose the frame type and the insulation and the calculator will work out the In and Out R Values and its total depth.
• Energy Conversion calculators for Thermal conductance and resistance, as well as heat flow rate. Avoid the need to do it by hand to convert, let the app take the strain.

This is available from this link or search the market for 'R Value Calculator'. No change in price, so its even better value.

Enjoy and please let us know what you think.

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The Carbon War

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The Carbon War - how the ABC misrepresent the political and social situation in Australia around the Carbon Tax.

The Carbon War

The ABC has recently aired a 4 corners program called  The Carbon War.

Basically its a typical ABC Carbon Tax supporting spin laden program.

First off it focuses solely on the 'organization' behind the anti Carbon Tax movement, totally ignoring the Say YES and Get Up organization on the other side.

Secondly it tries to water down our PM's "There will be no carbon tax under a government I lead" statement before the election by claiming she was always interested in wanting to deal with climate change - basically side stepping the whole point of integrity.

Also they focus on the Co2 pollution per person as being the highest in the world, yet totally ignore that we have one of the highest natural Co2 sequestration per person. They also ignore the total Co2 emissions count and how that pales into insignificance compared to the likes of China and the USA (which don't have Carbon Taxes).
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Energy Consumption Calculator

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New Energy Consumption Calculator, work out appliance/devices energy usage and their cost, with phantom power costs.

Energy Consumption Calculator

Ever wished you could work out how much devices and appliances cost to run and how much standby/phantom power costs you?  Well, now you can!

We have just put together a new online Energy Consumption Calculator to help you do this, it is free to use and you can even record lists of devices for use later

Enjoy! Please tell us what you think.

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Al Gore Spamathon

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Al Gore wants access to your online accounts to spam all your friends!

According to wakeup2thelies.com Al Gore wants to use your Facebook and Twitter accounts to spam all your friends with his message during his 24 hours of reality campaign.

Apart from the security issues with giving anybody access to your accounts and the right to post as you there is just something plainly wrong with letting a 3rd party use your account like this to spam your friends with something you didn't write.

BTW If you want some fun around this event see the article on WUWT.

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CSIRO government funded and government policy directed??

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We look at whether the CSIRO is a 'free' research organization or one whose research is driven by government policy.

CSIRO research, independent of government or not?

This is a really big question and an important one to answer, is it determines the validity of the research and publications by the CSIRO that are consumed by the general public and media at large. If the CSIRO is operated without undue government policy 'directing' then that research can be considered as balanced and fair in coverage. If on the other hand, the CSIRO has been constrained in its remit to fit in with current government policy, then the research, by its nature, is unbalanced and has in effect turned into a weapon of political spin - something that is a rather pale imitation of 'free minded' research.

First off, a rather interesting video from Dr Art Raiche, a retired CSIRO Chief Research Scientist.

 


So based on what Art has said it seems certainly likely that the policy of the current government has got into deciding what research gets done at CSIRO via a formalized management layer. This is not good for their independent point of view.
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Sustainable House Day 2011

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Sustainable House Day is on again.

Sustainable House Day 2011

This year Sustainable House Day falls on September 11th.

For details of what houses are open look here.

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Remote Sensing Editor Resigns over Spencer and Braswell paper

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Publishing a good paper that goes against the climate change 'consensus' is enough for a journal editor to resign over - OMG!

Journal editor resigns over anti-AGW paper - oh the horror!

See this BBC article for the main stream media report on this.

Notice how they do not really refute the paper on any observed data driven grounds, rather refer back to the models as being more 'solid' than the observed data from satellites. Basically a smudge by association...

Jo Anne Nova has a detailed article on this. Apparently this particular news piece has gone super viral - perhaps not exactly what the resignation was meant to cause - talk about shooting yourself in the foot! As I've said before they are their own worst enemy.

Also see here for the paper and a handy primer on the key points. Enjoy!
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Wind power in Australia...

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We look at what wind turbines need to operate then compare to available wind in Australia..

Wind Power in Australia

People keep saying that we can use wind power via turbines in 'wind farms' to, in part, replace base load power. We look specifically at what wind turbines need to operate and at what wind speeds they need to operate, then we look at where in Australia the wind is available in general to do this and draw some conclusions.

What does a wind turbine need?

Wind turbines basically need wind with has three characteristics:

• First off it needs to be of sufficient wind strength to drive the turbine;
• Secondly the wind needs to blow at a consistent and continuous basis. Wind that is gusty is of no use to a wind turbine.
• Thirdly the wind needs to blow from a consistent or slow changing direction; winds that come from different directions rapidly are no use as the turbine cannot cut into the wind quickly enough.
  

According to Wind Turbine Characteristics turbines have a 'cut in speed' where the turbine can actually start turning sufficiently to generate some power. Then there is a point of rated power output where the wind is sufficient to enable maximum output. Then beyond that there is a 'cut out speed' where the wind is too much for the turbine and it needs to stop or risk literally blowing up.
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