“Energy writer Felicity Bradstock had a mission: to put lipstick on the pig–and probably in conjunction with the rent-seeking, crony-capitalist Solar Energy Industries Association. Only the end of state and federal subsidies can cut the solar industry down to size and close the SEIA.”
MasterResource has chronicled the bust of the U.S. rooftop solar industry (86 firms as of a year ago), led by Houston-based Sunnova [1]. The major story is degrowth and litigation, as victims try to escape long-term contracts with defunct or shaky companies.
The bust occurred despite rooftop solar’s Investment Tax Credit (ITC), state-level net metering laws, and other subsidies–all to turn uneconomic, dilute, intermittent solar into a grid-competitive electricity source. Even with this, smoke-and-mirror long-term (15- to 30-year) warranty contracts were necessary to levelize the cost to something affordable.…
“… both genders have an equal stake in human betterment and win by using the best energies. Climate change is not the end-of-the-world but can be anticipated and adapted to in economic and political freedom, not Statism. Common sense 101 will prevail over the climate fringe.”
Climate messaging is in crisis–and getting stranger and stranger. The fringe will not give up, and their interpretation of the ‘problem’ is going off the rails.
Today (May 28), DeSmog, Centre for Climate Psychology, and Resonant Man are hosting a virtual discussion on “Masculinity and the Metacrisis.” Geoff Dembicki, global managing editor at DeSmog, reports:
…The rise of the ‘Manosphere.’ The Epstein files. Attacks on women’s rights under the Trump administration. Given so many high-profile examples of men’s abuses of power, it’s no wonder many men are questioning the meaning of masculinity in this current political moment. And
“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.…