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.
Unreliables (General):
Iron Law of Infrastructure
Climate change is real, but it is an unfortunate fact that renewables are useless
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Engineers studying a floating wind farm in the North Sea discovered it may be slowing the wind before it even reaches the blades
Nuclear Energy:
*** 5 states offer to accept nuclear waste
*** CGNP’s Advocacy for Diablo Canyon Extended Operations to 2045
Fossil Fuel Energy:
Energy Security and Climate Realism Usher in Coal’s Rise
When Will Upstate New York Claim What’s Theirs, Right Under Feet?…