Ed. note: 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. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.
Greed Energy Economics:
*** Subsidized Green Jobs Killing 6x as many Real Jobs
Renewables cost to explode as Brussels plans to curb imports of Chinese green tech
Sticker shock awaits New Yorkers’ utility bills to fund renewables
Renewables (General):
*** Communities must have a say in local energy projects
*** California is Binging on Renewables — but Emissions Aren’t Falling
*** Renewables are not Sustainable
*** New Book: The Unpopular Truth about Electricity and the Future of Energy
NY’s Build Public Renewables Act Could Cut the Power
Greens refuse to discuss recycling renewables and restoring mining locations to pristine condition
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Critically Thinking about Offshore Wind
*** As Whales Wash Up Dead, Feds Push Forward With “Green” Energy
*** Exploding the Cheap Offshore Wind Fantasy
*** ‘Take’ authorizations prove NOAA is lying about whale deaths
*** Video of NJ Hearing 3-16-23: An Examination Into Offshore Wind Industrialization
The Latest Casualties of the Climate Change Industry in Denial
As turbines rise, small-scale fishermen have the most to lose
NOAA and Green Activists Condone Whale Sacrifice By Offshore Wind Industry
8 Dolphins Died in One Day Off NJ Coast, Potentially Linked to Offshore Wind
Another Dead Whale Washes Up – This Time In Ocean City, N.J.
H.Res. 239 regarding US Offshore Wind
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Nebraska county sets 3 miles as distancing requirements for wind turbines
*** Report: The Cost of Increasing Wind Power Capacity — A Reality Check
*** Study: Normalized Wind deaths surpass all other electricity sources (See Fig 2b)
South Africa’s largest wind farm will power coal mines
When Windmills Aren’t Green Enough
Illinois County Board votes no on wind project
Solar Energy:
Illinois town nixes solar desert
Biden’s Made-in-USA Mandate for Tax Credit Sparks Solar Dispute
Nuclear Energy:
*** Why Britain has big plans to join the rush for small modular reactors
Fossil Fuel Energy:
The Dark Money Behind The Gas Bans
Public Citizen Foundation Aims to Sue Us All Out of the Way
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
EV batteries lack reparability leading some insurers to junk whole cars after even minor collisions
Ford Says It Will Lose $3 Billion on EVs This Year
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Holding the right people responsible for the global energy crisis
*** Heat pumps have become the eco fiasco of the decade
*** Countdown to New York’s Rendezvous with Energy Impossibility
Lessons Learned? Let’s Hope So
Africa will remain poor unless it uses more energy
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Positive Weather News
*** The Looking Glass World of “Climate Injustice”
*** Report: Net Zero could cost Americans more than $50 trillion
*** New Study: Atmospheric CO2 Residence Time is only 5 Years – Too Short to ‘Affect the Climate’
A simple reason why net zero is impossible
The Climate Emperor Is Now Naked
CO2 Reality vs. Narratives and Coverups on Social Media
Climate Hustlers Deceiving on Temperature Records: Top Astrophysicist
Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous:
*** Challenging the NSTA’s Position Statement on Climate Change
Scientists Discover Intense Heatwaves Lurking at The Bottom of The Ocean
EU climate agenda at risk after German pushback
Banks Facing Reality Ditch the Climate Foolishness!The Global Warming Doomsday Religion is a Suicide Pact to Wreck Our Economy