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President, Climate Forecast Applications Network
Professor Emerita Georgia Tech
Author of Climate Uncertainty and Risk
Reno, NV judithcurry.com Joined July 2009
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My new book Climate Uncertainty and Risk has arrived!

Early reviews:

“Judith A. Curry leverages her background in climate science, weather forecasting, and devising risk management strategies to present the climate policy debate we have never had. Her balanced, evidence-based, and multifaceted discussion leaves the reader ‘better informed as to the uncertainties and the various values in play’ in designing climate policy.”―Peter Hartley

“Judith A. Curry is one of the world’s leading scholars of climate change and a deep thinker about how science copes with uncertainty. In this refreshing and comprehensive book, she shows with meticulous care and great clarity that exaggerated claims about climate change made for political purposes are wide of the mark. Instead, she shows the way to a rational and practical discussion of this polarized topic.”―Matt Ridley

“With climate models running too hot by a factor of 2 for 30 years, with everything that used to be called a weather event now a portent of climate change, and with billions being invested against this as opposed to other more pressing world needs, Judith A. Curry provides us with a much-needed and convincing rethink.”―Michael Kelly

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Bjorn Lomborg posted a link to the Newsweek article, including descriptions of all 50 "dissenters". Very interesting list, mostly international politicians and business leaders, very few scientists.
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archive.ph Revenge of the Climate Heretics: The 50 Leading Eco-Policy Dissenters… archived 4 Nov 2026 11:26:25 UTC
Judith Curry Verified account @curryja 1d
What fresh craziness is this?

I made the top 50, along with Bill Gates, Larry Fink, Mark Carney, Elon Musk, Joe Rogan. Along with the usual suspects: Morano, Pielke Jr, Koonin, Lomborg

Too bad they didn't mention my book Climate Uncertainty and Risk

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Well this is how to approach the data center situation. Will be interesting to see how this plays out locally against all the brainwashing on this topic
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SpaceX did something on November 4 that most companies building AI infrastructure never bother to do. It sent its own people into an elementary school auditorium in Cochise, Arizona, put the numbers on the table and took questions from a packed room.

Riley Trettel, who leads energy and supercomputer development at SpaceX, said it plainly: "SpaceX is the owner, and with approval, will be the builder and the owner of the project long term."

Then he laid out what the county gets. Up to 40% off residential power bills for Sulphur Springs co-op members for the life of the project. $3.6 billion in new power lines paid by SpaceX and handed to the co-op, which takes on no debt. $30 to $100 million a year in new property tax, with a 20% cut in everyone else's county property taxes. Enough one-time sales tax to pay off the county jail bond. Dry cooling, so the whole campus uses about as much water as 20 to 30 homes. No gas turbines on site. Up to $50 billion invested and about 1,000 permanent jobs.

On the latest All-In, one of the hosts brought up the video of that night. "These two very bright, earnest people from SpaceX trying to explain how they're going to reduce electricity cost by 40%. They don't use water. They'll reduce property taxes by 20%." About Riley and Katie: "Good SpaceX employees. They should be proud of how they conducted themselves."

They were shouted over from the first slide. Months of headlines about data centers draining aquifers and spiking bills did that work before anyone walked in. Some residents stayed after the presentation to tell SpaceX they want it there. The county's planning and zoning hearing is December 9.
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Judith Curry Verified account @curryja
What fresh craziness is this?

I made the top 50, along with Bill Gates, Larry Fink, Mark Carney, Elon Musk, Joe Rogan. Along with the usual suspects: Morano, Pielke Jr, Koonin, Lomborg

Too bad they didn't mention my book Climate Uncertainty and Risk

newsweek.com/revenge-of-cli…
www.newsweek.com Revenge of the climate heretics: The 50 leading eco-policy dissenters Newsweek ranks the world’s top 50 business leaders, politicians and influencers challenging eco-orthodoxies
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Judith Curry Verified account @curryja
bayes nails the AI meta issues
bayes Verified account @bayeslord 2d
We need to stop using generic terminology. AI is not a monolith. There are critical things we need to do with AI for economic prosperity, there are things we may have to do for reasons of national competition, there are things we will at some point need to do carefully for the sake of charting and taming the computational universe, and there are things we should totally avoid doing at this stage of history, and maybe ever, if at all possible.

If we can’t be precise about these issues because we’re saying vague things like “using coding agents to make AI progress should be illegal”, then we risk failing altogether. Each of the goals above depends on achieving the others.

If we can’t prosper we can’t lead the world into the future. Everyone needs to internalize this. Democrats cannot subjugate themselves to antigrowth. Republicans cannot subjugate themselves to technocapital. Both roads lead to despair.
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