{"id":377288,"date":"2025-05-06T17:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=377288"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:33:38","slug":"geoengineering-madness-and-the-iberian-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=377288","title":{"rendered":"Geoengineering madness and the Iberian nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"377294\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=377294\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OIG.xIbeO\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OIG.xIbeO_.jpeg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/05\/04\/geoengineering-madness-and-the-iberian-nightmare\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/jeff-reynolds\/\">Jeff Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The global warming doom industry has reached an inflection point. Those of us on the rational side of the debate have pointed out for decades how the predictions of catastrophe have stubbornly refused to come true, while the predictions have gotten progressively more sensational. Voters have routinely rejected government-enforced economic sacrifice for the climate, but the 2024 elections revealed a more proactive motivation for them: Voters want to see the silly and wasteful climate hysteria industry dismantled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the fact that voters clearly don\u2019t want the global warming doom industry to mess with their family finances, the industry just keeps chugging along with its crazy ideas. Why, it\u2019s almost as if it\u2019s a cult, the way they fervently believe in things demonstrably untrue. No amount of rational argument will dissuade them from their goals of changing the atmosphere. This week\u2019s worst climate cult stories include a milestone: The world\u2019s first multi-nation blackout caused by green energy! We also have even more brazen attempts at geoengineering the skies; another implosion in the EV market; a revelation that the Biden administration broke the Strategic Petroleum Reserve when they drained it; and the Trump administration targeting blue state climate action plans (read: taxes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Good News segment this week includes several positive stories including the EPA\u2019s victory lap over 100 accomplishments in the first 100 days of Trump 2.0; a \u201ckill shot\u201d on the Chinese solar industry; and the leftie freakout over the removal of hundreds of compromised climate scientists from the National Climate Assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Iberian Nightmare and the Collapse of European Renewables<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 16, Spain announced to the world it had reached a grand achievement: 100 percent renewable energy on its electrical grid. By April 28, that achievement had turned to catastrophe, when the entire grid collapsed and plunged Spain and Portugal\u2014which imports electricity from Spain\u2014into chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN &#8211; Spain blackout: All fingers point to solar power. Red El\u00e9ctrica warned about the risks associated with renewable energy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kEcIpxEkA8\">pic.twitter.com\/kEcIpxEkA8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1917189078728294546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energy expert David Blackmon explains that the surge in solar and wind power caused the grid to fail, and backup systems that normally supply emergency energy from nuclear-exporting France automatically shut off to prevent system overload. A clear warning of things to come if the world continues to expand renewable energy production. Ironically, war correspondent Michael Yon happened to be at the Panama Canal during the Iberian blackout and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/michaelyon.substack.com\/p\/blackouts-in-europe-while-blades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">witnessed more wind turbine blades<\/a>&nbsp;on their way to Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, Germany has created a complete mess of its energy production by relying so heavily on renewables. Prices have skyrocketed, but climatic conditions have led to a drop in energy production (i.e. the wind stopped blowing.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This Week in EV Implosions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our buddy Kevin Killough over at Just the News had the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/energy\/house-repeal-california-waiver-first-mile-long-road-undo-biden-ev-mandate\">low-down this week<\/a>&nbsp;on Congress ending a special Biden-era carveout for California that had national implications as a&nbsp;<em>de facto<\/em>&nbsp;national EV mandate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House on Wednesday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/energy\/house-revokes-waiver-biden-granted-california-which-allowed-many-states\">passed a measure repealing a waiver<\/a>&nbsp;that the Biden administration, in its final days, had handed California. The waiver allowed the state to set emissions standards higher than those set by the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration passed a bundle of rules and regulations that, while not requiring drivers to buy EVs, set emissions standards that automakers must comply with by making an increasing portion of their sales EVs. Opponents of the rules say they function as a&nbsp;<em>de facto<\/em>&nbsp;EV mandate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because California commands such a large portion of the American economy, its environmental mandates have an outsized impact on the auto industry. If this bill passes the Senate and gets signed into law by President Trump, it will offer significant relief to carmakers and consumers alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geoengineering Madness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBD, just a bunch of scientists demanding that we cause acid rain and other dangerous side effects to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jonfleetwood.substack.com\/p\/geoengineers-want-boeing-777s-to\">cool the atmosphere<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists are proposing to modify Boeing 777 aircraft to spray sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere in an attempt to cool the Earth in the name of debunked, so-called \u201cclimate change\u201d\u2014despite fully acknowledging the serious risk of acid rain and other environmental disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new study published today in Earth\u2019s Future openly admits that this method, called stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), would sharply increase dangerous side effects like acid rain because it requires \u201cthree times more\u201d aerosol to achieve the same cooling effect compared to previous high-altitude schemes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing like dumping huge amounts of pollution into the atmosphere to save the climate.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Didn\u2019t we spend the entire decade of the 1970s singing about, and then ending, sulfur dioxide air pollution? The solution to global warming is more smog? To paraphrase former President Biden, C\u2019mon, man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breaking the Strategic Petroleum Reserve<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of former President Biden, his plan to draw down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to bring down gas prices right before midterm elections led to unintended consequences. Unexpectedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Energy Secretary Chris Wright just revealed that Biden drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserves so rapidly\u2014to drop prices before the election\u2014that it damaged half the facilities. <br><br>They\u2019re now in the process of repairing them with taxpayer funds.<br><br>Unreal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x2eiaG7nDO\">pic.twitter.com\/x2eiaG7nDO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1916931322007728570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seriously, can these envirowackos do anything right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue State Climate Blues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attorney General Pam Bondi has taken aggressive action this week to take on blue states and their crazy climate efforts. According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2025\/05\/01\/justice-department-sues-hawaii-michigan-vermont-and-new-york-over-state-climate-actions\/\">the AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Justice Department filed lawsuits against four states this week, claiming their climate actions conflict with federal authority and President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-waltz-national-security-signal-db2443f6fed98e4067edd57f26f23603\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lng-exports-trump-energy-dominance-offshore-drilling-f0e0d3b2dfb0f6a3e81cadd2dcd56696\">energy dominance agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOJ on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan over their planned legal action against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change. On Thursday, the DOJ sued New York and Vermont, challenging their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-change-damage-new-york-8afab2d111f71786e3d89c5326d2a4cf\">climate superfund laws<\/a>&nbsp;that would&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-climate-ai-data-energy-fossil-fuel-243008a52381e5861f845c038f01f1b8\">force fossil fuel companies<\/a>&nbsp;to pay into state-based funds based on previous greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese burdensome and ideologically motivated laws and lawsuits threaten American energy independence and our country\u2019s economic and national security,\u201d Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. \u201cThe Department of Justice is working to \u2018Unleash American Energy\u2019 by stopping these illegitimate impediments to the production of affordable, reliable energy that Americans deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s long past time for America to fight back against this extreme, ideological lawfare conducted by rabid progressives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now for this week\u2019s Good News segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EPA\u2019s 100 Achievements in 100 Days<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 30, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin released a brag list of 100 actions taken in the first 100 days of the Trump administration. Highlights include ending the \u201cTijuana River sewage crisis\u201d (eww); several updated clean water standards that had languished unapproved by previous administrations; completion of Phase 1 of the hazardous materials cleanup after the Los Angeles wildfires; review of dozens of pesticides; and several actions to assist in the cleanup after Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/aboutepa\/100-days-100-environmental-accomplishments\">full list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cKill Shot\u201d on Chinese Solar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a little-noticed victory in the Trump tariff actions against China, an eye-popping 3,400 percent tariff on solar cells and panels was characterized as a \u201ckill shot\u201d on their dominance of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3,403.96% on solar cells and panels is a kill shot for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CCPChina?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CCPChina<\/a>&#39;s solar industry. It also totally neuters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XiJinping?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XiJinping<\/a>&#39;s retaliatory threat against countries which are cutting tariff deals with Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iNueJOvoCE\">https:\/\/t.co\/iNueJOvoCE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Solomon Yue (@SolomonYue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolomonYue\/status\/1914700627688722463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tariffs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Byron_Wan\/status\/1914489329562608103\">specifically target<\/a>&nbsp;Chinese companies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The duties are imposed on goods that are found to benefit from unfair pricing by foreign companies and unfair subsidies to foreign companies by their governments. Solar cell and panel imports will face countervailing duties varying by the products\u2019 country of origin: up to 3,403.96% for Cambodia, up to 799.55% for Thailand, up to 542.64% for Vietnam and up to 168.80% for Malaysia. Certain major manufacturers, such as Hounen Solar (\u660a\u80fd\u5149\u7535), Trina Solar Science &amp; Technology (\u5929\u5408\u5149\u80fd), and Jinko Solar Technology (\u6676\u79d1\u80fd\u6e90) are being hit with company-specific rates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One must ask, why hasn\u2019t an American president taken such actions before now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Climate Purge Continues Apace; Leftists Writhe in Agony<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cprogressive\u201d outlet Vox is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\/411048\/trump-national-climate-assessment-scientists\">up in arms<\/a>&nbsp;about President Trump firing compromised climate scientists from the National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated annual report. In their telling of it, \u201cThe Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists this week who were working on a major report on climate change, part of an effort to obscure a scientific reality that\u2019s at odds with the administration\u2019s agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Hill<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/newsletters\/energy-environment\/5273976-trump-dismisses-scientists-from-national-climate-assessment\/\">explained further<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists who were working on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/5243464-trump-administration-cuts-climate-assessment-contracts\/?email=467cb6399cb7df64551775e431052b43a775c749&amp;emaila=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042&amp;emailb=054528e7403871c79f668e49dd3c44b1ec00c7f611bf9388f76bb2324d6ca5f3&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=CMS%204.29%20EE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assessment<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>received an email<\/strong>&nbsp;Monday saying, \u201cwe are now releasing all current assessment participants<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>from their roles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe scope of the [National Climate Assessment] is currently being reevaluated,\u201d the email, shared with The Hill on Tuesday, said. \u201cAs plans develop for the assessment, there may be future opportunities to contribute or engage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesperson for NASA,&nbsp;<strong>which supports the assessment<\/strong>, reiterated that the report\u2019s scope was being reevaluated, but did not comment further. A White House official provided a similar statement and also did not provide further comment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pretty obvious what\u2019s going on here. The Trump administration is following through on campaign promises to reestablish American energy dominance, and phony climate concerns will no longer be allowed to get in the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is exactly what America voted for in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This article originally appeared at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/restoration-news.com\/worst-climate-stories-of-the-week-geoengineering-madness-and-the-iberian-nightmare\">Restoration News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global warming doom industry has reached an inflection point. Those of us on the rational side of the debate have pointed out for decades how the predictions of catastrophe have stubbornly refused to come true, while the predictions have gotten progressively more sensational. 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