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Climate ‘Overshoot’? Let’s Go!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 3, 2026

CO2/climate optimism is merited, not more recalibration by falsified merchants of doom.”

David Carlin must be a worried guy outside of his smiling photos.  This “policy, sustainability, and finance expert” has a firm (D. A. Carlin Company) ready to assess your climate/ecology risks for a nice fee. He has the knowledge and answers to the ‘problem’… Or maybe not.

Here is his New Year’s post:

With 2026 beginning, what date would we overshoot the planet’s resources if everyone lived your lifestyle?

Great visualization showing when 100+ countries would exceed a sustainable balance based on the resource use and consumption habits of different nations.

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The U.S. and Canada hit their sustainability threshold in March, so maybe North America should just hibernate for three-fourths of the year.

Carlin ends:

It’s the mirror image of how many earths we would need.

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Energy & Environmental Review: February 2, 2026

By -- February 2, 2026

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Greed Energy Economics:
NYS Electricity bills are out of control because of Cuomo and ‘green’ madness

Unreliables (General):
*** Report: Utility Scale Lithium Based Energy Storage System Issues
*** Report: The Best Battery Chemistry Types for Energy Storage: A Guide to Safety and Efficiency
*** Study: A critical discussion of the current availability of lithium and zinc for use in batteries
Study: Comparative Analysis of Lithium, Sodium, and Zinc Batteries for Power Grid Applications

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** America First Legal Seems To Stump States Suing Trump Administration Over Offshore Wind
Offshore wind lawsuit confusion abounds
How China Sold America the Wind Turbine Scam

Nuclear Energy:
*** German Nuclear Power Phase Out a “Huge Mistake”- Chancellor Merz

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Efforts to Kill PA Gas Industry Disguised as Environmental Protection
US ramps up pressure on UK to abandon net zero

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** New Report: Electrification – can the grid cope?

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Celebrating Paris Climate Agreement at Ten? (postmodernism in action)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 29, 2026

“[The Paris agreement] is a fraud really, a fake. It’s just bullshit for them to say: ‘We’ll have a 2C warming target and then try to do a little better every five years.’ It’s just worthless words…. As long as fossil fuels appear to be the cheapest fuels out there, they will be continued to be burned.” (James Hansen, The Guardian, December 12, 2015)

Jean Boissinot is one disagreeable French fellow. My exchanges with him on social media (see here and here) are less than polite on his side, mixing sarcasm and insults (I might have dementia, he says) amid his (debatable) points. But when he argues success in the face of failure (as predicted by the father of climate alarmism above), perhaps it is time to rest my case.…

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U.S. Out of Paris Climate Agreement

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 28, 2026
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Natural Gas Wins the (Frigid) Day(s)

By -- January 27, 2026
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NYT “Big Oil” Narrative Challenged

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 26, 2026
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Storm Ferm: Remember Uri (centrally planned electricity ‘transition’ in Texas)

By Robert Bradley Jr. --
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Another Exit: Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 23, 2026
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Climate Retreat: Economic, Natural, Positive

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 22, 2026
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DeSmog Backfires Again (fundraising help for ‘skeptic’ organizations?)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 21, 2026
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