AI Revolution: Leaving Green Energy States Behind
By Steve Goreham -- May 27, 2026“Data from USA Data Centers for the last two years shows that, with some exceptions, states without net zero electricity mandates are building data centers at a much faster pace than states with mandates…. Most states with net zero mandates are building data centers at a much slower pace….”
The artificial intelligence revolution is leaving green electricity states behind. Network operators are choosing states with policies favorable for gas-fired power to support construction of new data centers. States that block data center construction or try to force firms to use wind and solar electricity will lose the economic benefits of the AI boom.
We are in the midst of an AI revolution on a scale that may exceed the internet revolution of twenty years ago. BNP Paribus estimates that AI will boost the US economy by more than 10% by 2034.…
Continue ReadingEnergy & Environmental Review: May 26, 2026
By John Droz, Jr. -- May 26, 2026This 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:
NY State’s Greed Machine ignores high energy costs
Unreliables (General):
*** Wind and solar are parasites on the grid
*** The Energy Cost of Energy
*** Driving Up the Cost Of Energy While Claiming to Promote “Affordability”
RGGI Transition Powerplant Cost
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Trump Administration Gets Strategic With Offshore Wind
Solar Energy:
*** The Terrible Track Record of the New Top Solar Lobbyist
Nuclear Energy:
*** Every Confusing Thing About Nuclear Power Explained Slowly
Germany’s Nuclear Confession Is a Crack in Net‑Zero Pretense
Book: Energy is Life — Why Environmentalism Went Nuclear
Fossil Fuel Energy:
The Indispensable Role of Fossil Fuels in Modern Civilization
China Will Buy Oil From The U.S.…
Memorial Day Weekend! (Motoring to summer ’26)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 22, 2026Get happy. Summer beckons. Not only hike and bike but drive to a better environment–your self-selected one. And once there, grill, baby, grill.
The automobile is environmentalism-on-wheels. The open road is freedom to escape the concrete for the great beyond. Mountains, rivers, hills, forests, even beautiful green golf courses–it is all a drive away.
The old Marathon ads said it best …a full tank of freedom. And Shell: “Let’s Go!” And Exxon: “Happy Motoring!”
Don’t worry about the anti-travel crowd who fret about emissions of the trace greening gas, carbon dioxide. Forget the spin and go for a spin!
Each year, MasterResource celebrates the beginning of the peak-driving season knowing that our free-market philosophy is about energy abundance and affordability and reliability. There is so little to apologize for. When is the last time you got a bad tank of gasoline or diesel, anyway?…
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