{"id":350584,"date":"2024-11-08T09:48:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350584"},"modified":"2024-11-08T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:48:49","slug":"york-minster-sell-its-soul-for-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350584","title":{"rendered":"York Minster Sell Its Soul For Solar\u00a0Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Martin Brumby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are used to the BBC lying, but I would imagine it would be a serious offence for a churchman<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy8np3dj7jdo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So what is all this extreme rainfall \u201cofficials\u201d are rambling on about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longest series of rainfall data in NE England is at Durham, and daily rainfall patently is not getting worse there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the same applies to monthly rainfall. In fact the last time Durham had more than 150mm of rain in a month was in 2010:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/pub\/data\/weather\/uk\/climate\/stationdata\/durhamdata.txt<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, what about all of this \u201cdecay and movement\u201d the BBC is rattling on about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to York Minster, they have a 100-year rolling programme of conservation work, needing \u00a32.5m a year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/yorkminster.org\/discover\/conservation\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Current priorities include the St Cuthbert window, irreplaceable glass and refurbishment of the Grand Organ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also ongoing work in the South Quire Aisle:<\/p>\n\n\n

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This work is addressing six centuries of exposure to the elements, not a couple of decades of global warming, as the BBC would like you to think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These sort of problems are not new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As reader Martin Brumby recalls, there was a major refurbishment project in 1965. He tells me he visited the works and still has the booklet about the work, which he has sent me.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a32 million was a lot of money in those days, and was obviously a real threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBC article goes on to glowingly report the installation of solar panels on the Minster roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suspect that this silly scare story has been propagated as a puff piece for renewables, and not a serious technical assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No doubt it will rake in some more funding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So what is all this extreme rainfall \u201cofficials\u201d are rambling on about?<\/p>\n

The longest series of rainfall data in NE England is at Durham, and daily rainfall patently is not getting worse there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":350606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818389,691818056,691821950,691818412,691831383],"class_list":{"0":"post-350584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-climate-change","10":"tag-extreme-rainfall","11":"tag-solar-panels","12":"tag-york-minster","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Minster-1.jpg?fit=1100%2C849&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1tcA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":349649,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=349649","url_meta":{"origin":350584,"position":0},"title":"Flash Floods In\u00a0Spain","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"31\/10\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, the flash floods in Spain have been devastating. 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