Author Archives: Andy May

Australia Warns Ferries about EVs

By Andy May h/t Don Keiller and Ken Gregory Australia’s Maritime Safety Authority has issued a domestic commercial vessel safety alert on the risks of ferrying battery powered cars (EVs), download it here. Each ferry operator must conduct a risk assessment for their vessel to ensure that they are capable of dealing with potential EVContinue reading “Australia Warns Ferries about EVs”

Can extreme heat make parts of the Earth too hot for humans?

By Andy May In another “How the hell did this paper pass peer-review?” incident we find yet another PNAS absurdity by Daniel Vecellio and colleagues (Link), that is described by a truly awful summary in Science Daily here. The paper tells us, correctly, that any wet-bulb temperature above 35°C is dangerous for humans. This particularContinue reading “Can extreme heat make parts of the Earth too hot for humans?”

Leah Stokes, PNAS, and Conflicts of Interest

By Andy May Leah Stokes is the senior author of a new paper in PNAS, Prevalence and predictors of wind energy opposition in North America, in which she blames White people for opposing wind projects. She goes on to say that “…wealthier, Whiter communities [opposition] leads to continued pollution in poorer communities, and communities ofContinue reading “Leah Stokes, PNAS, and Conflicts of Interest”

Marcel Crok Speaks in the Danish Parliament

By Andy May Clintel’s Marcel Crok gave the Keynote Lecture at the Climate Realism conference: The Climate Emergency is Canceled. The conference was in Copenhagen, Denmark in their beautiful Parliament building. His presentation is in English (Marcel’s English is very good) and his presentation can be viewed on Youtube here.

Can Google Bard AI Lie?

By Jonathan Cohler, Andy May, and Willie Soon Here we ask the question, can AI lie? It seems so. AI (artificial intelligence), is based on neural networks. The theory of learning and adaptive neural networks was first developed in the 1940s, probably by Donald Hebb, a Canadian psychologist, who described a process of learning thatContinue reading “Can Google Bard AI Lie?”

A Conversation with Google Bard on the Consensus

By Andy May It turns out it is trivially easy to get Google’s AI product “Bard” to admit it is biased about climate change. Others, like Jonathan Cohler have managed to get “Bard” to admit it lied. I didn’t get that far, but I did get it to admit to bias. The last portion ofContinue reading “A Conversation with Google Bard on the Consensus”

Climate scientists admit they have a 90% chance of being wrong about Arctic sea ice

Guest Post by Javier Vinós Arctic sea ice is lowest during the month of September, and its average extent during this month is a useful metric for measuring Arctic sea ice decline during the current period of global warming. During the 1980s and 1990s, September Arctic sea-ice extent (SIE) showed a moderate decline (Figure 1).Continue reading “Climate scientists admit they have a 90% chance of being wrong about Arctic sea ice”

More on the statistical dispute between Scafetta and Schmidt

By Andy May The argument about the proper way to estimate error in the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) ERA5 weather reanalysis dataset between Nicola Scafetta and Gavin Schmidt has finally been published by Geophysical Research Letters. Schmidt, Jones, and Kennedy’s comment is here (Schmidt, Jones, & Kennedy, 2023), and Scafetta’s response isContinue reading “More on the statistical dispute between Scafetta and Schmidt”

Wall Street Journal Article on Exxon’s “beliefs”

By Andy May Open letter to the authors of the Wall Street Journal article: “Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change,” by Christopher M. Matthews and Collin Eaton. Dear Mr. Matthews and Mr. Eaton, I was quite surprised to see your article in the news section of the September 14, 2023 issue of the WallContinue reading “Wall Street Journal Article on Exxon’s “beliefs””

The Buzz about The Frozen Climate Views of the IPCC

By Andy May Our new book, The Frozen Climate Views of the IPCC: An Analysis of AR6, is creating a lot of attention and excitement around the world. It is the first authoritative critique of the new IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) climate change report, “AR6.” AR6 ignores all climate change research that goesContinue reading “The Buzz about The Frozen Climate Views of the IPCC”