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.
Greed Energy Economics:
*** The Well Hidden and Distorted cost of Renewables: A Comprehensive Comparison of Wind Energy and Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Plant
Wind, Solar Projects Can Stick Taxpayers With the Tab Coming and Going
Cost of Wind and Solar both going up
Japan’s Offshore Wind Setback: A Lesson in the Full Cost of Energy
Unreliables (General):
*** US Energy Department Cuts $7.56 Billion in Green Projects
*** Energy secretary explains the difficulties of relying on wind and solar power
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Avian Mortality: Industrial Wind in Ecological Trouble
*** Texans Should Stop Spending on Fake Climate Crisis
The curious case of the wind project and the seismic array
Nuclear Energy:
*** And Now, SMR Intelligence Global
*** SMR Sector Continues Red-Hot Streak With 5 IPOs
*** Ted Cruz Seeking Answer To Decades-Old Riddle That Has Stunted American Nuclear Energy
Why does the world insanely ignore nuclear power?
Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Epstein: The root cause of our leading institutions’ bias against fossil fuels
*** Epstein: How fossil fuels make Earth more livable than it’s ever been
Judge dismisses young climate activists’ lawsuit challenging Trump on fossil fuels
Alaska Natives Cheer As Trump Admin Moves To Unleash Energy Biden Tried To Stifle
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
Epstein: Tesla loves EV subsidies
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Epstein’s Talking points roundup: America’s gas turbine shortage, Europe’s record wind curtailment, Germany’s destructive energy policy, and more
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Stop UN ‘Net Zero’ Climate Tax On American Ships
*** What happened to climate change, the existential threat of our time?
*** The Falsification of Climate and Species Science is the Key Destructor of the World’s Economy
Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Joe Rogan Experience #2397 – Richard Lindzen & William Happer
Lindzen and Happer on Joe Rogan: money is the most important factor in climate madness
Five Big Scandals of IPCC
New book: Sunset on Net Zero