# magness (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover magness. Page: Feed: --- ## [Net Zero ideology ‘putting NHS patients at risk’, warn top doctors](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/net-zero-ideology-putting-nhs-patients-at-risk-warn-top-doctors/) _2026-08-27 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness This really is shameful: From GB News: NHS Net Zero rules could put patients’ lives at risk by threatening supplies of vital medicines, leading doctors have claimed. From April 1 next year, drug companies seeking major new deals to supply NHS medicines will be forced to meet \[…\] ## [Nepal Floods? Blame Them On Climate Change!](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/nepal-floods-blame-them-on-climate-change/) _2026-08-27 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Today’s Climate Porn, courtesy of the Mail: Devastating flash floods and mudslides have wiped out buildings and bridges along the Nepal–Tibet border – with hundreds of tourists still missing. In Nepal, houses and roads were swept away by rushing water and mudslides. Meanwhile, officials in China–controlled \[…\] ## [Don’t Rely on Batteries!](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/dont-rely-on-batteries/) _2026-08-26 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood Further to the Telegraph article about covert attacks on the grid, the topic of battery storage came up in the Telegraph comments – the gist was that we needed much more storage to avert the problem. Earlier today, I came across a DESNZ report on storage, which stated:… ## [Net zero is weakening the grid’s resistance to covert foreign attacks](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/net-zero-is-weakening-the-grids-resistance-to-covert-foreign-attacks/) _2026-08-26 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Cunningham Get them worry beads out! From the Telegraph: At the weekend, The Telegraph revealed that Iranian state-sponsored hackers had succeeded in taking a British power plant offline for four days. Government sources insisted that the power plant was “small scale” and that the stability of the \[…\] ## [Global Wildfires At Record Low This Year](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/global-wildfires-at-record-low-this-year/) _2026-08-26 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Doug Brodie While the media obsesses about record wildfires, the satellite data shows the opposite – worldwide, wildfire area is at the lowest for time of year since records began: In the UK, fires are well below last year’s level and tied with 2019: And in the \[…\] ## [The BBC’s El Nino Apocalypse](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/the-bbcs-el-nino-apocalypse/) _2026-08-26 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood Great article in the Daily Sceptic by Guy de la Bedoyere, who you may recall often appeared on Time Team, as the expert on Roman antiquity: Friday, August 21st 2026 was a slow news day. You could tell because the BBC’s Radio 4 6 O’Clock News led with the \[…\] ## [Grid Upgrades Will Add £200pa to Bills by 2030](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/grid-upgrades-will-add-200pa-to-bills-by-2030/) _2026-08-25 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Cunningham So the £300 saving Ed promised us was a lie! From the Telegraph: Household energy bills will rise by nearly £130 by 2030 as the costs of the Government’s net zero policies mount, EDF has warned. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/08/25/energy-bills-to-rise-by-130-by-2030-amid-net-zero-drive-edf/ OFGEM have already increased the price cap this year by £60… ## [Excess Winter Deaths Cover Up](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/excess-winter-deaths-cover-up/) _2026-08-25 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood For more than a decade, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published annual reports detailing excess winter mortality in England & Wales. In other words, how many more people had died in winter on average, compared to the rest of the year. More explicitly: Or at least they did until 2022, \[…\] ## [COPs Are Not Much Cop!](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/cops-are-not-much-cop/) _2026-08-24 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood Says it all really! ## [Net zero grid upgrade costs spiralling out of control](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/23/net-zero-grid-upgrade-costs-spiralling-out-of-control/) _2026-08-23 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Doug Brodie Another nail in the coffin! From the Telegraph: The costs of upgrading Britain’s energy grid for net zero threaten to spiral out of control, EDF has warned. The French energy company, which operates the UK’s nuclear fleet, said a £70bn programme to modernise the \[…\] ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4Fvy3PCBVc7e) _2026-08-23 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [The Green Con Exposed](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/the-green-con-exposed/) _2026-08-21 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood Great analysis by the Mogg. It’s a shame he was not exposing this years ago, when May, Johnson and Sunak were in power: ## [Hottest July Evah!](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/hottest-july-evah/) _2026-08-20 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood https://www.climate4you.com/images/EQUATOR%20202607%20vs%20last%2010yr%201200km%20AIRSv6.gif While Britain and parts of NW Europe have baked in recent weeks, large regions of the world have experienced extreme cold. In particular, all of those areas surrounding Britain and France were affected by temperatures well below normal in July. Does not look like global warming to me! ## [New Report Says Miliband’s Clean Power Plan Will Cost £320 Billion](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/new-report-says-milibands-clean-power-plan-will-cost-320-billion/) _2026-08-19 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Doug Brodie A new bombshell report destroys the case for Net Zero: Executive Summary The UK’s expensive electricity is weighing on the nation. Rising bills are repressing the discretionary income of British households and high industrial electricity prices are discouraging inbound investment. This paper quantifies the logical failures that \[…\] ## [Rising temperatures are bringing “new” marine life to Britain](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/rising-temperatures-are-bringing-new-marine-life-to-britain/) _2026-08-18 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness More bunkum in today’s Telegraph: Sunfish, Risso’s dolphins, Balearic shearwaters and whales are appearing in greater numbers off the Devon coast. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/rising-temperatures-exotic-newcomers-british-waters/ As two readers point out, there is nothing new about any of these arrivals: Sunfish, for example, are native… ## [Net Zero prison to be £150million overbudget and deliver just 200 jail places](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/net-zero-prison-to-be-150million-overbudget-and-deliver-just-200-jail-places/) _2026-08-17 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood From GB News: One of Britain’s first Net Zero prisons is set to be £150million overbudget, 10 years’ delayed and deliver just 200 new jail places. HMP Highland, located on the outskirts of Inverness, is due to open up in spring 2027 and is already costing the taxpayer around £209million. The \[…\] ## [Just as Hot in 1911](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/just-as-hot-in-1911/) _2026-08-16 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood Hottest day of the year in the urban heat ravaged London, where temperatures are generally around three degrees higher than elsewhere: Back in 1911 temperatures in London hit 37.8C (100F): In those days, London was known as “The Smoke” for good reason. Coal power stations, gas works, steam trains and pretty much \[ \] ## [Another New Study Links Climate Change To Natural Cloud Cover Changes—Not CO2](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/another-new-study-links-climate-change-to-natural-cloud-cover-changes-not-co2/) _2026-08-16 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood It was the sun wot dun it!! A July 2026 Environmental Research Letters paper by Bellocchi et al. attributes ~80% of the rise in Earth’s absorbed solar radiation since 2000 to a decline in highly reflective cloud cover, largely due to circulation-driven contraction of storm-cloud zones. \[some emphasis, links added\] The study \[ \] ## [Too Hot For Oak Trees!](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/too-hot-for-oak-trees/) _2026-08-15 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness/Brian Catt More, truly juvenile reporting in the Telegraph: English oak trees are being replaced by foreign variants because they can no longer cope with the British heat, experts have warned. Searing temperatures across the UK have forced tree nurseries to import oaks germinated in southern Europe, which are \[ \] ## [Sometimes It Rains and Sometimes It Does Not!](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/sometimes-it-rains-and-sometimes-it-does-not/) _2026-08-14 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood Somebody (sorry, forgot who!) sent me this EA report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a74859c3a690e9ef0ea6cd4/Rainfall\_and\_river\_flow\_summary\_29\_July\_to\_4\_August\_2026.pdf It includes this useful table: Of course, it has been dry in the last few months. But the 12 month, and even 6 month figures, are a reminder that nothing much changes over time. ## [Whitehall is turning England into tinderbox](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/whitehall-is-turning-england-into-tinderbox/) _2026-08-14 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood Ian Botham writes in the Telegraph: August 12 is the start of the grouse shooting season. But there’s not much talk about that this year. The North of England is much more concerned about when the next wildfire will break out. They are smoking out our cities and threatening the lives of \[ \] ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QcBMyXA2CmLV) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Octopus Energy: Don’t use electricity during solar eclipse](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/octopus-energy-dont-use-electricity-during-solar-eclipse/) _2026-08-11 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Meanwhile, let’s all switch on our washing machines tomorrow night! Britain’s biggest energy supplier is urging people to avoiding using electricity during this week’s solar eclipse. Octopus Energy is asking customers to delay using washing machines, dishwashers and other plug-in devices between 6pm and 8pm on Wednesday, when the \[ \] ## [Millions of households could face threat of emergency blackouts](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/millions-of-households-could-face-threat-of-emergency-blackouts/) _2026-08-11 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Cunningham We are rapidly turning into a third world country where our electricity grid is concerned: From the Telegraph: Emergency power cuts could be imposed on millions of households at short notice to avoid nationwide blackouts, under new rules introduced by grid bosses. Measures that came into effect this week \[ \] ## [More than 200 homes damaged by solar panel fires in a year](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/more-than-200-homes-damaged-by-solar-panel-fires-in-a-year/) _2026-08-10 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness From the Telegraph: Safety concerns mount as increasing numbers of homes have devices installed Faulty solar panels triggered 212 rooftop fires last year, new figures show, raising concerns about the technology’s expansion across the UK. A leading insurer has found that fires involving solar panels were up \[ \] ## [Why Has It Been So Hot This Summer?](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/why-has-it-been-so-hot-this-summer/) _2026-08-09 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood We’ve been bombarded with claims all summer of record heatwaves. But away from the Met Office’s dodgy weather stations next to airport runways and in walled gardens, the Central England Temperature Series tells a different story. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html The daily data shows that the 1976 heatwave during the last week of June \[ \] ## [Global Greening Hits New Record](https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/07/global-greening-hits-new-record/) _2026-08-07 · Paul Homewood · NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT_ By Paul Homewood From the Daily Sceptic: Global mean vegetation greening reached a record high last year, extending an already significant multi-decade upward trend, according to recent findings published in Nature. In fact, 2025 set a record for global vegetation greening with a steepening of the average trend. Top of the \[ \]