World On Fire?
Folks who live in the great white northland of Minnesota know that summer is a season to be celebrated. The North Star State suffers through long, dark months of brutal…
Storm of Lies
On the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept 29th, Hurricane Ian made landfall along the gulf coast of Florida near Fort Myers. The Category 4 storm had sustained wind velocity of 150…
Life or Death
Last week we began scrutinizing the disastrous effects of net zero policies. We learned how net zero is already harming the United States and Europe. Expensive and unreliable wind and…
The Net Zero Catastrophe
In the last several weeks, we've learned how fossil fuels have been an amazing blessing to humanity. The energy we derive from oil, coal and natural gas has allowed human…
The Powerless World
The human population of the planet earth is now approaching 8 billion. This is a remarkable fact because for many centuries the world's population barely grew at all. Scholars estimate…
The Incredible Blessing of Fossil Fuels
There sure is plenty of bad news lately. The US government recently reported a 0.9% drop in 2nd quarter GDP. (GDP, or gross domestic product, is a measure of our…
The Paris Climate Disaster
On December 12, 2015, nearly every nation on the planet signed the Paris Climate Agreement. The purpose of the agreement is to reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global…
Tempest in a Teapot
Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters of my lifetime. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast near New Orleans, Louisiana. This…
The Dangers of Alcohol
Several weeks ago (Fat and Happy blog) we learned that the state of food production in the world today is amazing and getting even better. I have many relatives in…
Fat and Happy
In last week's blog, Yogi Berra reminded us, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." One of the most frequent predictions made by climate alarmists is that global…