This is my October Required Viewing. Dr. Judith Curry is one of the world's foremost climate scientists yet she speaks in an easy-to-understand manner. John Stossel's questions about climate change are impressive, obviously a lot of research went into them.  Please take the time to view the interview. For the record, Judy's views are similar to mine.  I do wish add a couple of items: there are very good reasons to decarbonize energy regardless of climate. That is why I am so in favor of it. Nuclear and hydro (where practical) are the way to go. Wind energy is a bad joke that needs to be terminated.  The heat the world has experienced in 2023 is likely primarily due to the Tonga volcanic eruption. Because we haven't seen an eruption exactly like this before, it may keep the heat around in 2024 -- especially if the El Nino sticks around. However, some oceanographic forecasts are calling for a La Nina in the Pacific by the 2024 hurricane season.  However, based on the ...

Since Facebook and others are censoring one of the world's premier climate scientists, I'll post the interview with Dr. Judith Curry here. It is well worth your time. 

Dr. Judith Curry is one of the world's most esteemed climate scientists. Earlier in her career, she believed global warming was an emergency. Over time, as data accumulated, she has come to believe that -- while it is a problem to be managed -- it is not an existential crisis.  Her column, published on her blog earlier today, on the topic of energy and climate. is excellent. I'm very pleased she gave me permission to reproduce it below.  The faux urgency of the climate crisis is giving us no time or space to build a secure energy future Posted on   December 27, 2022   by Judith Curry There is a growing realization that emissions and temperature targets are now detached from the issues of human well-being and the development of our 21st century world. JC note:   this is the text of my op-ed for SkyNews that was published several weeks ago For the past two centuries, fossil fuels have fueled humanity’s progress, improving standards of living and increasing the lif...

This video, "There is No Climate Emergency" by Dr. Judith Curry -- one of the world's foremost climate scientists --  has been "hidden" by YouTube. That means that when you search for the video, it no longer comes up. See the results of my search, below. When Judy believed that global warming was a potential catastrophe, she was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal  and elsewhere. Over time, she changed her mind based on the complete lack of evidence that global warming is an existential problem. She also agrees with me that forecasting the climate or weather 80 years from now (all of the predictions for the year 2100) is absurd.  For Judy's scientific honesty, she has suffered a great deal professionally. For example, see this headline from Nature ,  which (until it degenerated into a shill for global warming propaganda) was one of the world's most prestigious science publications.  "Turns on her colleagues." Has there ever been a les...