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 Steve Gorham
Nov 28, 2018 What's Next Aileen? Steve Goreham Steve would be pleased to customize a presentation for your organization. Please contact him at [email protected]. You can also follow Steve on social media at Twitter @stevegoreham. 
Steve Goreham is a speaker, author, and researcher on environmental issues as well as an engineer and business executive. He is a frequently invited guest on radio and television as well as a freelance writer. He’s the Executive Director of the Climate Science Coalition of America (CSCA), a non-political association of scientists, engineers, and citizens dedicated to informing Americans about the realities of climate science and energy economics. CSCA is the US affiliate of the International Climate Science Coalition.
Steve’s first book was Climatism! Science, Common Sense, and the 21st Century’s Hottest Topic (New Lenox Books, 2010), a complete, in-depth discussion of the science, politics, and energy policy implications of the man-made global warming debate. Steve continues to be astonished every day by unfounded claims of looming global warming catastrophe. His newest book, The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism (New Lenox Books, 2012), was written to bring the latest facts to the reader, but to also poke fun at a mankind far down the primrose path of global warming fantasy. Steve holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has more than 30 years of experience at Fortune 100 and private companies in engineering and executive roles. He is a husband and father of three and resides in Illinois. 
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Nov 28, 2018
Interview with Steve Goreham, Author, Speaker & Environmental Researcher Click here if you don't have flash player
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Temperature in Perspective
Climatists argue that the Modern Warming, the rise in global temperatures over the last 130 years, is abnormal in Earth’s history. They then conclude that human contribution to a trace gas in our atmosphere, carbon dioxide, must have caused this rise.
But a closer look at temperatures shows that the rise in Earth’s average temperature over the last 130 years has been only about 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit or 0.7 degrees Celsius. In Chicago, temperatures typically swing from about -5°F on the coldest winter day to about 95°F on the hottest summer day, about 100 degrees in a single year. Compared to the annual swing in daily Chicago temperatures, the one degree rise is global temperatures during the Modern Warming has been tiny.
So have past temperatures been constant, as the Climatists claim? Most geologists know that the sites of London, New York, and Chicago, along with much of the Northern Hemisphere, were buried in ice 20,000 years ago during the last ice age. Global temperatures changed as much as 7°-12°C as Earth moved from glacial to interglacial periods in geologic history.
Temperature cycles of the last 12,000 years from oxygen proxy analysis of Greenland ice cores. Mad, Mad, Mad World Chapter 4.
In addition to the ice ages, a vast body of additional evidence shows that Earth’s temperatures are always changing. While the database of modern thermometer measurements only stretches back 130 years, proxy data allows a look at more distant past temperatures. Measurements of oxygen isotope proxies from ice cores in Greenland show periodic warm and cool periods including the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age, when temperatures were both warmer and cooler than today’s temperatures. Natural climate change is not only real, but continuous.
Climatists argue that the Modern Warming, the rise in global temperatures over the last 130 years, is abnormal in Earth’s history. They then conclude that human contribution to a trace gas in our atmosphere, carbon dioxide, must have caused this rise.
But a closer look at temperatures shows that the rise in Earth’s average temperature over the last 130 years has been only about 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit or 0.7 degrees Celsius. In Chicago, temperatures typically swing from about -5°F on the coldest winter day to about 95°F on the hottest summer day, about 100 degrees in a single year. Compared to the annual swing in daily Chicago temperatures, the one degree rise is global temperatures during the Modern Warming has been tiny.
So have past temperatures been constant, as the Climatists claim? Most geologists know that the sites of London, New York, and Chicago, along with much of the Northern Hemisphere, were buried in ice 20,000 years ago during the last ice age. Global temperatures changed as much as 7°-12°C as Earth moved from glacial to interglacial periods in geologic history.
Temperature cycles of the last 12,000 years from oxygen proxy analysis of Greenland ice cores. Mad, Mad, Mad World Chapter 4.
In addition to the ice ages, a vast body of additional evidence shows that Earth’s temperatures are always changing. While the database of modern thermometer measurements only stretches back 130 years, proxy data allows a look at more distant past temperatures. Measurements of oxygen isotope proxies from ice cores in Greenland show periodic warm and cool periods including the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age, when temperatures were both warmer and cooler than today’s temperatures. Natural climate change is not only real, but continuous.
 sProtesters clashes with riot police. (Etienne De Malglaive / Getty Images)
As the UN Holds Global Climate Talks, Climate Consensus Is Crumbling
By Steve Goreham December 4, 2018 at 1:30pm The 24th Conference of the Parties — COP24 — a United Nations-led effort to fight global climate change, began Monday in Katowice, Poland. More than 15,000 attendees from 190 nations are expected to participate. But as delegates arrive at Katowice 2018, the global climate consensus crumbles around them. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has held annual conferences since COP 1 in Berlin, Germany in 1995, with the goal of establishing obligations on nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Delegates and observers travel each year by carbon-emitting aircraft to exotic global locations, such as Bali, Geneva and Nairobi, to haggle over the timing and amount of emissions reductions. COP 3 in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997 was the first notable Conference of the Parties. COP3 adopted the Kyoto Protocol treaty, which obligated developed nations to reduce emissions 6 to 8 percent below 1990 levels. More than 190 nations adopted the Protocol, with the United States being the major exception. COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico in December 2010 established the “Green Climate Fund,” calling for $100 billion per year to be contributed by developed nations to fund climate projects and programs in the developing nations. COP 16 also adopted the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 2oC warming over pre-industrial temperatures. COP 21 in Paris adopted the Paris Climate Accords on December 12, 2015. The Paris Agreement was a non-binding agreement signed by 196 nations, pledging to reduce emissions from 2020 according to each nation’s own “nationally determined contributions.” The Paris Agreement reaffirmed commitments to the GCF and to limiting global temperature rise to “well below 2 degrees C.” But as delegates arrived for this year’s conference in Katowice, it’s clear that efforts to fight climate change are in trouble. Almost all major nations are behind on their 2015 commitments to reduce emissions. On June 1, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords. Subsequently, the U.S. government slashed funding for UN climate efforts from $1.7 billion in FY 2017 proposed by the Obama administration to only $160 million. Most of the cuts were from the amount proposed for the GCF. Although established at COP 16 in 2010, funding for the Green Climate Fund has always been shaky. But the lure of $100 billion in annual payments from wealthy to poor nations was a major reason for China, India and other developing countries to support UN global warming efforts. In 2014, contributors pledged $10.3 billion to the GCF, with $3 billion pledged by the Obama administration. But only $1 billion of the U.S. pledge was delivered prior to the Trump administration cuts. GCF projects today total less than $5 billion in value. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey of Australia resigned after a meeting in July when no new projects were approved. In addition to the collapse of the Green Climate Fund, rebellious citizens are forcing governments to scale back efforts to “fight” climate change in key nations. On Aug. 24, Scott Morrison replaced Malcolm Turnbull as the new Prime Minister of Australia. Power outages and rising electricity prices from green energy policies played a key role in forcing the change of administration. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who led opposition efforts to change the government, called for Australia to abandon the Paris Accords in July. Threatened with trade sanctions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced in October that Australia would not leave the Paris Accords, but would no longer contribute to the GCF. In Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to strongly support UN climate efforts, but his provincial governments are revolting. The provinces of Alberta, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan now oppose Trudeau’s carbon tax. In Ontario, where electricity prices have skyrocketed, Doug Ford was elected Premier in June. Ford immediately canceled hundreds of renewable energy contracts and eliminated the $14,000CN electric car subsidy. Jair Bolsonaro, elected president of Brazil in October, declared in campaign speeches that he would pull his nation out of the Paris Climate Accords. After Bolsonaro’s election, France’s President Emmanuel Macron threatened not to sign the EU-Mercosur trade deal if Brazil withdrew from the Paris Agreement. Last week Bosonaro stated that Brazil will remain in the agreement, but Brazil also withdrew its offer to host the 2019 COP 25 conference. Last week, President Macron encountered a climate revolt in his own nation. More than 100,000 people took to the streets in Paris to protest his new fuel tax. Yellow-vested demonstrators clashed with police and scaled the Arc de Triomphe. Macron implemented the tax to reduce vehicle use to try to combat global warming. Global climate efforts are crumbling. If the United Nations has its way, we may get to see the 50th Conference of the Parties. But on the other hand, citizens may force governments to stop foolish efforts to try to control global temperatures. Steve Goreham is a speaker on the environment, business and public policy and author of the book Outside the Green Box: Rethinking Sustainable Development. The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website. _________________________________________________________ |
 In this Aug. 15, 2016, file photo, three of Deepwater Wind's turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I. (Michael Dwyer / AP Photo)
Steve Goreham: Taxpayers Are Being Ripped Off By New ‘Green Energy’ Project
By Steve Goreham November 19, 2018 at 3:05pm On Nov. 6, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission approved a project to construct wind turbines near Virginia Beach. The plan calls for construction of turbines 27 miles off the coast, to begin operation by the end of 2020. Virginia electricity ratepayers will pay the exorbitant costs of this project. The project, named Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, will be the first offshore wind project in the mid-Atlantic. Dominion Energy and Orsted A/S of Denmark will erect two six-megawatt wind turbines supplied by Siemens Gamesa of Spain. The estimated project cost is a staggering $300 million, to be paid for in the electricity bills of Virginia businesses and households. According to the Wind Technologies Market Report, U.S. wind turbine market prices in 2016 were just under $1,000 per kilowatt, or about $6 million for a six-megawatt turbine. Virginia will pay 25 times the U.S. market price for the CVOW turbines. The wholesale price for electricity in Virginia is about 3 cents per kilowatt-hour. This is the price received by coal, natural gas or nuclear-generating facilities. The electricity produced from the two offshore turbines will receive 78 cents per kWh, or a staggering 26 times the wholesale price. The SCC acknowledged that the project was not the result of competitive bidding, and that the project was not for needed to improve power system reliability or capacity reserve margin. They also concluded that “it appears unlikely that the cost of offshore wind facilities will become competitive with solar or onshore wind options in the foreseeable future.” Virginia electricity ratepayers will also pay for any project cost overruns. Why would the SCC approve such an expensive project? The SCC pointed out that on six separate occasions, the Virginia General Assembly declared that offshore wind was “in the public interest.” Gov. Ralph Northam said the project would harness Virginia’s “offshore wind energy resource and the many important economic benefits that this industry will bring to our Commonwealth.” What is it about green energy that induces government officials to pay far above market prices? It is doubtful that Northam or Virginia Assembly members would pay 25 times the market price for food, clothing or housing. But they are quick to approve a project that will soak Virginia electricity ratepayers. Beyond the project cost, Virginians should be concerned that these turbines will likely not survive to the end of their projected 25-year life. The CVOW project is the southernmost proposed wind project along the Atlantic Coast and the site of periodic hurricane activity. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 34 hurricanes have been recorded within 100 miles of the project site within the last 150 years. Five of these storms were Category 3 hurricanes, including Hurricane Bob in 1991 and Hurricane Emily in 1993. A hurricane passes through the area about every five years. Project specifications call for the CVOW wind turbines to survive sustained winds of 112 miles per hour. The turbines are also designed to survive waves of 51 feet in height. But it’s doubtful that these turbines will survive either the wind or waves of a major storm. According to the National Hurricane Center, Category 3 hurricanes exhibit sustained winds of 111 to 129 mph, stronger than the design limits. Category 1 hurricanes typically drive waves much higher than 50 feet. Hurricane Florence measured Category 1 wind speeds when it crossed the coast at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on Sept. 14. But just two days before, wave heights of 83 feet were recorded on the northeast side of Florence. Who speaks for the electricity ratepayers of Virginia? It’s certainly not Northam, the General Assembly or Dominion Energy. Long after government officials leave office, Virginia citizens will be on the hook for an expensive offshore wind system that is unlikely to survive the turbulent weather of the Atlantic Ocean. Steve Goreham is a speaker on the environment, business, and public policy and author of the book Outside the Green Box: Rethinking Sustainable Development. The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website. |
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