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?
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Lithium-Ion Battery Fires Are Rising Across the U.S.: Here’s the Hidden Risk Inside Everyday Technology.
New Yorkers Prioritize Low Energy Prices and Have Little Appetite for Radical Climate Policies
Manmade Global Warming — Wildfires:
*** The Latest Wildfire Panic is Refuted by Data
*** Dr. Bob Zybach on Wildfires: History, Management Failures, and Real Solutions
Nine in Ten ‘Wildfires’ Started by Human Hands, French Government Admits
Blame Canada’s Terrible Regulations For Wildfires Ruining America’s Summer
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** The Air Quality Scam
*** Yet Another Embarrassment From The National Academy Of Pseudoscience
National Academies of Ambulance Chasing Delivers for Trial Lawyers
Endangerment Finding Litigation Update
Endangerment Species Act Reform
Christians’ Ever-Increasing Battle Against the Pseudo-Scientific Climate Religion
Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Earth Science Professor in Exile with Dr. Wielicki | Climate Debrief
Keeping our cool when talking climate