The Alliance of British Drivers, The Motorcycle Action Group and Fair Fuel share all the important stories about motoring, the environment and politics which affect us all on a day to day driving basis. Here are the headlines and the links you need to find out the truth.
lobal Climate/ Social/ Political Developments:
1. Northern India’s Big Freeze Intensifies; Cold Wave Enters Vietnam; Freezing Lows And Heavy Snows Hit U.S., More To Come; + Everything Causes Climate Change:
2. Kashmir Freezes At -18°C (-0.4°F); Below Average Antarctic Plateau; Another Round Of Lake-Effect Snow; Cold Waves Lifting Natural Gas Prices; +The Little Ice Age:
3. Snow Returns To Scotland And Wider Europe; Global Temperature Tumbles; Antarctic Sea Ice Recovery; Cold U.S.; + EV Failure:
4. The Era Of Global Boiling Is Over:
https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/the-era-of-global-boiling-is-over?publication_id=576327&post_id=152522937&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
5. Severe Cold Hits Pakistan; Florida Set For Record Cold; Snowy November At RED Mountain; Global Wine Production At Historic Lows; + “Climate-Friendly Milk”: Safety Concerns Over New Cow Feed Additive:
6. U.S. Battered By Cold And Record Snow; Parts Of Ontario Under A Meter Of Snow; Early-December To Deliver Another Burial To Europe; + Solar Decline:
7. Antarctica Sea Ice Has “Slowly Increased” Since 1979, Science Paper Finds:
Antarctica Sea Ice Has “Slowly Increased” Since 1979, Science Paper Finds
8. Six Dead As Record Snowfall Hits S.Korea; Farmers In Northern China Struggle During Record Cold/Snow; Harsh Chill Grips India; Canada At -40.6°C, Greenland Sees -56.3°C; + America’s Arctic Outbreak:
9. Record Snows Hit Siberia And Russian Far East; ECMWF Forecasts Cold Winter For Europe; Half Of China Registers Record Low Temps, Snow Records Broken; NH Snow Cover Steps Up; + Greenland’s 20-Year Cooling Trend:
10. Record Russia Snow; Seoul’s Heaviest November Snow Since Records Began (In 1907); Arctic Blast To Impact 230 Million Americans; + U.S. Cold Front Sends NatGas Futures Soaring Amid Falling Production:
11. Greenland Surface Temperatures Fall for 20 Years in Further Blow to Climate Alarm Narrative:
Greenland Surface Temperatures Fall for 20 Years in Fresh Blow to Climate Alarm Narrative
12. Current “rare” meteorological conditions not so unique, once Hunga-Tonga after-effects are considered:
https://x.com/_ClimateCraze/status/1861234773512835318
13. The “blisteringly hot” Summer the UK didn’t experience in 2024 – contrary to the eco-zeolots’ predictions:
14. ‘Green’ policies advocates ignore that the main beneficiary of European industry offshoring is China; with anything BUT ‘clean, green’ energy generation:
https://x.com/clim8resistance/status/1865011684311732571 &
https://x.com/EdConwaySky/status/1864944187096936938
Climate Reality is Setting in, and That’s ‘Strange’ to the Washington Post:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/climate-reality-is-setting-in-and?publication_id=712558&post_id=152321386&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
15. Climate realism reset time? Though a Man-(should be Mann-)made climate change believer, Helm pinpoints why COPs never succeed. Wish he’d apply similar attention to objective climate science assessment:
16. Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman’ Isn’t About A Real Landman At All:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/taylor-sheridans-landman-isnt-about?publication_id=712558&post_id=152513791&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNDAxNTc2ODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE1MjUxMzc5MSwiaWF0IjoxNzMzMjM1Nzg0LCJleHAiOjE3MzU4Mjc3ODQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi03MTI1NTgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.6OG1gNRG62CciahE_mcDbjqe6n8-sc_o7wL9y6iVJRM&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
17. Big Tech’s Sudden Rush to Nuclear is a Win/Win for America ( & a wake-up call for ‘Mad Ed’ Milliband):
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/big-techs-sudden-rush-to-nuclear?publication_id=712558&post_id=152752477&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNDAxNTc2ODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE1Mjc1MjQ3NywiaWF0IjoxNzMzNTcxNzk3LCJleHAiOjE3MzYxNjM3OTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi03MTI1NTgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.D_ZfpvpdKbIv2IxeoscKa9OlPf8xBQ6FSC3GA-PXYdE&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
18. In 2018, Broken Hill City Council announced its goal to become Australia’s first carbon-free city by 2030. Extended power outages have turned Broken Hill into a Potemkin Village:
https://judithcurry.com/2024/12/05/wind-and-solar-cant-support-the-grid/#more-31718 &
https://x.com/curryja/status/1864725668036252159
19. Seven Reasons To Be Skeptical About SMRs. Small Modular Reactors are promising. But commercializing them will be difficult and require staggering amounts of money. Only a few SMR companies will survive:
https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/seven-reasons-to-be-skeptical-about?publication_id=630873&post_id=152404692&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
20. The Home-Based Battery Storage Fantasy:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-home-based-battery-storage-fantasy-5766603?src_src=opinionnoe&src_cmp=opinion-2024-12-02&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY%2FAidB0GztPN67wcpzIOU5R9xkIHK2cN2s6QQN1hN0GhWCRKZk630NIO
21. New South Wales’ reliance on reliably unreliable solar & wind power has hiked prices to >15$AUS/kWh:
https://x.com/OldMateEngineer/status/1863502156885786639
22. The UK is leading the world in decarbonising and switching to renewables, & so now has some of the highest household electricity prices (36p or 46¢/kWh):
https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/1863556124965761277 &
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/international-domestic-energy-prices
23. Oh, For The Days When Curtailment Simply Meant Putting Less Coal In The Power Station Furnaces!
https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/oh-for-the-days-when-curtailment?publication_id=576327&post_id=152461731&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
24. Chinese coal-powered energy generation massively outstrips that from its “ruinables” (renewables):
https://substack.com/@doomberg/note/c-79052238
25. The Case for Prudence- Emmet Penney’s remarks at the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Conference:
https://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-case-for-prudence?publication_id=502811&post_id=152156491&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
26. Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Big ESG Firms for Rigging the Coal Market:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/texas-ag-ken-paxton-sues-big-esg?publication_id=712558&post_id=152248326&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
27. The Energy Realities Podcast – 12.2.2024: The Canadian Clown Show:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/the-energy-realities-podcast-1222024?publication_id=712558&post_id=152509309&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
28. OPEC+ Preserves Export Cuts Amid Slowing Demand Growth:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/opec-preserves-export-cuts-amid-slowing?publication_id=712558&post_id=152616728&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
29. Trump on Energy, ‘Liquid Gold,’ and the Green New Deal Hoax:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/watchread-trump-on-energy-liquid?publication_id=712558&post_id=152358546&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
30. COP29 is no different to previous ones: they’ve made naff all difference except siphon money from poor people in once rich countries to rich people in poor countries getting richer by using cheap, abundant energy:
https://x.com/7Kiwi/status/1861110006478737495
31. Talking Politics Podcast, 12.4.2024: Analysis of the 2024 election outcome & the shifting demographics in the US voter base that led to the greatest political comeback in American history:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/talking-politics-podcast-1242024?publication_id=712558&post_id=152566005&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
32. Romania’s Supreme Court has overthrown the results of the presidential election. Elites say the vote was hijacked by ‘disinformation’ & ‘foreign interference’. Don’t be fooled by this brazen assault on democracy:
33. Bookmark This One and Reopen in 2044: Eco-alarmism – litany of catastrophic doomsday predictions – all of which have abjectly FAILED to materialise:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/bookmark-this-one-and-reopen-in-2044?publication_id=712558&post_id=152531995&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
34. UK Funds UN Crackdown On Climate Dissent. Britain is one of the main financial backers for this attempt to stifle debate about climate change:
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/uk-funds-un-crackdown-on-climate-dissent/ &
U.K. Government Pours Big Sums into Latest UN Crackdown on Climate Dissent
35. The UN’s Melissa “We Own the Science” Fleming has resurfaced with yet another stupendous lie: “The climate crisis is already causing immense suffering around the world”. Defund the UN climate scammers:
https://x.com/UN/status/1862966834875785410
36. ‘Green’ climate scammers are virtue-signalling frauds: They want to feel good about themselves; but couldn’t care less about the environment:
https://x.com/ChrisMartzWX/status/1861142212312211650
37. In 2007, ‘experts’ predicted an ice-free Arctic “as soon as 2010 or 2015.” Since then, there has been no trend in the Arctic sea ice minimum, mean or maximum extent:
https://x.com/TonyClimate/status/1861118148243792270
38. NASA climate scientist Jay Zwally said: “At this rate, the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free at the end of summer by 2012, much faster than previous predictions”. That ended well:
https://markey.senate.gov/imo/media/globalwarming/resources/articles_id=0018.html
39. Green power that isn’t at all “green”:
https://x.com/lawrie_dr/status/1861089099471331728
40. Denmark receives NO BIDS in its largest-ever wind power tender:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/washington-update-from-the-us-oil-2d1?publication_id=712558&post_id=152752577&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
41. Just as @neso_energy is doubling down on hydrogen as the mainstay of its #FES25 report, BP axes 18 hydrogen projects because they’re not profitable enough:
42. EU Net Zero madness creates an accumulating mountain of unsold BEVs outside Essen in Germany:
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1861465530600722579
43. Ford losing £Bns on BEV sales in the UK as well as in the USA:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/fords-uk-ev-division-delivers-a-familiar?publication_id=712558&post_id=152658600&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
44. Biden Crony Capitalism’s Last Gasp Goes to Rivian:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/biden-crony-capitalisms-last-gasp?publication_id=712558&post_id=152324204&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
45. Doug Sheridan: US EV Startups Are In Dire Straits As Biden’s Days in Office Run Out:
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/doug-sheridan-us-ev-startups-are?publication_id=712558&post_id=152399312&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
46. Thanksgiving Tragedy: Three Dead in Fiery 3 am Electric Car Crash, Driver Right Behind Them Rescues Lone Survivor:
47. An Education in Energy Realism ft. Dr. Scott Tinker:
https://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/an-education-in-energy-realism-ft?publication_id=502811&post_id=152066964&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
48. Buttigieg Tries Fact-Checking Elon and Don Jr. on EVs, Ends Up Humiliating Himself Instead:
Buttigieg Tries Fact-Checking Elon and Don Jr. on EVs, Ends Up Humiliating Himself Instead
49. Tyre & brake particulate air pollution is already worse than from combustion in some places (12.5 times larger in Bologna (2018), 13.9 in Firenze (2020), 11.8 in Torino (2020) & will become main source with electrification:
https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/1862458503375257723 &https://www.emissionsanalytics.com/news/2020/1/28/tyres-not-tailpipe
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Recent Local/ National Developments:
1. Wales Flooding Update: November Data:
https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/storm-bert-wales-flooding-putting
2. £328Bn of Net Zero & energy related subsidies. not too far from the £500Bn p.a. McKinsey estimated NetZero would cost the UK economy (i.e., its taxpayers):
https://x.com/7Kiwi/status/1865688591206080660 &
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/the-economic-transformation-what-would-change-in-the-net-zero-transition/
3. From a former head of Oil and Gas UK: “The achievement of Net Zero is a delusion & will have no meaningful impact at the global level”:
https://x.com/aDissentient/status/1865009247559262286
4. Nuclear plant closures paused amid fear of Net Zero blackouts: EDF is to extend the lifespans of four power stations designed in the 1960s by another two years. Won’t be a surprise if it becomes longer in practice:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/04/shutdown-of-ageing-nuclear-plants-delayed-as-net-zero-fears/
5. New data from the Government shows the UK has the highest industrial electricity prices in Europe almost entirely as a consequence of insane Net Zero-driven policies:
https://davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-industrial-electricity-prices-highest-in-europe
6. Consumers Set to be Reamed by REMA? Proposals for zonal pricing set to send bills even higher:
https://davidturver.substack.com/p/consumers-set-to-be-reamed-by-rema?publication_id=1285567&post_id=151551812&isFreemail=true&r=rbgxo&triedRedirect=true
7. “Energy policy is a vital part of national security & you’ve got Ed Miliband following a completely crazy energy policy… We have our own energy resources, we need to develop our independence:
https://x.com/i/status/1861069599417983393
8. Post COP29 we’re not so much transitioning to renewables as turning away from energy altogether:
https://x.com/7Kiwi/status/1861127383484395883
9. New UK nuclear plants the only way to provide reliable, despatchable low hydrocarbon footprint energy, Blair think-tank warns (truthful for a one-&-only time) – along with next gen. CCGT (tellingly omitted):
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14148281/UK-nuclear-plants-massive-clean-power-AI-Tony-Blair.html
10. The Judge found the Tooting4 guilty of harassing Sadiq Khan. This is a travesty of justice & a deliberate political policy to stop anti-ulez protests. Howard Cox will be supporting an appeal:
https://x.com/HowardCCox/status/1864950118966796342
11. Not only is democracy dead. The illusion of democracy is also dead:
https://x.com/LeilaniDowding/status/1583200003765719042
12. How Net Zero accelerated Britain’s national decline. Widespread push-back against plans to curb carbon emissions leaves the UK isolated:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/29/how-net-zero-accelerated-britains-national-decline/
13. Time for Starmer to Be Honest About What Net Zero Means: Rationing, Blackouts and Travel Restrictions in the Next Five Years:
14. Liam Halligan: Britain has a choice: amend the electric car mandate or let the industry go bust:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/01/britain-has-a-choice-amend-electric-car-mandate-go-bust/
15. Reeves Tax Raid Budget crashes UK business confidence:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/01/business-confidence-crashes-to-lowest-point-since-pandemic/
16. Starmer & Co. (470 strong!!) return from COP29 committed to 81% UK Man-made CO2 reduction by 2030. Rest of World committed to ………..zilch, All UK pain, no UK gain:
https://x.com/latimeralder/status/1861310420361068881
17. Mad Ed Miliband describes NetZero as: “The economic opportunity of our time”, on the day these same insane policies cause the closure of the Vauxhall van manufacturing site in Luton:
https://x.com/aDissentient/status/1861449660570669122
18. Stellantis closes Luton van plant due to government’s Net Zero rules:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8n3n62wq4o
19. Net Zero BEV sales mix mandates come home to roost. Government baulks at resultant job losses:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/british-government-under-pressure-to-review-strict-electric-car-rules-as-large-fines-loom-5767084?src_src=uk_morningbriefnoe&src_cmp=uk_mb_2024-11-29&utm_uk=0&est=AgGx%2B%2Fk6YJBhUxfsOqCNgN4T4%2F%2FCHkTanPX15P%2BlPFgNZWHt7LC9GDrZmoVVTbAZhBlwKOLw
20. UK Government & Blackrock working hand-in-hand to compromise UK food security?
https://x.com/GSGB01/status/1861519576611340626
21. The mark of the beast has arrived: Digital ID to be introduced for pubs and clubs:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/12/08/digital-id-to-be-introduced-for-pubs-and-clubs/
22. We’ve been told repeatedly “renewables” are “9x cheaper than gas”, & that “gas sets the price”. Complete (rhymes with) ‘rowlocks’: David Turver’s analysis shows you pay £14.5 bn in subsidies alone for 14.5p/kWh:
https://x.com/EyesOnThePriz12/status/1865346696302952846 & https://x.com/7Kiwi/status/1865169449235423344
23. MSM sneer at citizen journalists when breaking news they should have, but are too lazy/ afraid to research themselves. UK Government committed to sneaking in CH4-reducing chemicals to ALL cows by 2030:
https://x.com/Artemisfornow/status/1865048842615267834
24. We’ve been lied to; Deep State exposed:
https://x.com/beverleyturner/status/1864382774565589031 &
25. Storm Darragh Hype Is A Climate Lockdown Nudge:
https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/storm-darragh-hype-is-a-climate-lockdown?publication_id=576327&post_id=152761299&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
26. UK “must reduce meat & dairy 50%” – Climate bureaucrats:
27. DESNZ is “costing” renewables using maximum, rather than average, output”. So all DESNEZ’s cost projections belong in the rubbish-bin marked “ludicrously optimistic”:
https://x.com/aDissentient/status/1863539301322998240
28. Curtailment Update: The Scandal Deepens:
https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/curtailment-update-the-scandal-deepens?publication_id=576327&post_id=152532476&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
29. Dale Vince unsuccessfully tries to discredit nuclear power; fearing it will derail the renewables gravy-train:
https://x.com/2still_learning/status/1865149808089960943
30. The No.1 idea for selling more BEVs is to even further subsidise them: workers subsidise the bosses to swan around in Teslas. How progressive:
https://x.com/7Kiwi/status/1863325290211979670 &
https://x.com/Theothebald/status/1863141483089424685
31. In news that will surprise absolutely no-one, EV quotas are open to all kinds of manipulation:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/news/how-zero-emissions-vehicle-mandate-skewing-uk-car-market/
32. Fart-Proofing Cows To Save The Planet – Arla, Aldi, Tesco & Morrisons To Poison Animal Feed to ↓CH4:
https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/fart-proofing-cows-to-save-the-planet
33. Busted: Carbon Brief’s Phony Extreme Weather/Climate Change Attribution Map:
https://jaimejessop.substack.com/p/busted-carbon-briefs-phony-extreme?publication_id=576327&post_id=152315452&isFreemail=true&r=2bg2cy&triedRedirect=true
34. BEV/ICEV sales ratio rules to be watered down?:
https://x.com/RichardWellings/status/1861413501983482128 &
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/26/britain-poised-to-water-down-electric-vehicle-rules/
35. The ‘real reason’ for Nissan collapse revealed as car manufacturer’s finance chief steps down amid bankruptcy battle:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14145869/nissan-collapse-reason-car-manufacturer-bankrupt-honda.html
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Narrative Developments:
1. Greenland ice is melting………….. ERR maybe not:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153616/ &
https://x.com/MatthewWielicki/status/1861518390533226841
2. Flooding Chippenham, UK. Just as predicted – vast areas of the UK are now experiencing major flooding. You should know why already (hint – it’s not Climate Change):
https://x.com/i/status/1860987773173256692
3. The people running the climate alarm show aren’t interested in discussing any details that might be awkward for their assertions of a crisis. Everything being opaque and supposedly beyond question suits them fine:
https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/ipcc-climate-dogma-under-the-microscope/ &
4. The world is heading in the wrong direction because of individuals like Klaus Schwab. His vision is for corporatism = Government facilitated corporate greed masquerading as virtue. A virtue con-trick for an enormous asset and wealth grab by mega corporations:
https://x.com/i/status/1861193030805438477
5. On a scale of 0-100, how willing are you to change your life in order to meet Net Zero targets? Me: -100:
https://x.com/wideawake_media/status/1861112656163147909
6. Every “net zero” scammer should be forced to watch this video. Life without fossil fuels is cold, dark and short. That is an indisputable fact, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 an opinion:
https://x.com/i/status/1860901676053373346
7. You are not bound by anything unless you consent. Lawful Rebellion is a right, stop consenting:
https://x.com/wolsned/status/1863241645782954202
8. The age of the silent majority is over … It’s time for the majority to roar”:
https://x.com/Artemisfornow/status/1863292245794852945
9. We won’t dictate to you how you live your life, BUT by 2050, there will be no flying, no shipping, no meat, you will live in a mud hut, be dead by age 40, & at least half the world’s population will have died:
https://x.com/i/status/1861453384491913551
10. Due to Net Zero, we’re on the way to blackouts & chaos within years. People will die – in cold, dark homes & in hospitals with no power. Every ‘expert’ who’s nudged this along will have blood on their hands”:
https://x.com/i/status/1861368114459361493
11. There is NO climate ‘crisis,’ and the entire climate agenda is a global political & financial power & control fraud pushed by Rockefellers, UN, Gates, King Charles, EU, WEF and a few global corporations:
https://keihatsu.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-climate-change?r=2kx8r6&triedRedirect=true
12. A big company bribes farmers to make changes with a slightly higher price for their products. Unnecessary, experimental, toxic cow-feed additives are introduced into the food-chain to solve a non-existent problem but almost certainly create lots of as yet unforeseen new ones:
https://x.com/A1an_M/status/1863233910626205981
13. At what point does the wilful refusal to look at hard data about renewables costs become dishonesty?
https://x.com/Sam_Dumitriu/status/1860983720016011669
14. GWPF warn of blatant government Net Zero Hypocrisy:
https://x.com/i/status/1861358679687078244
15. One more stepping stone towards “you will own nothing”:
https://x.com/wideawake_media/status/1863358288521298391
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