Energy: Rulers vs. The People

“All renewable energy—driven by Climate Change Madness—has done for us is to make electricity more expensive. One example of that is the $318 billion in federal renewable subsidies taxpayers have paid for over the last 16 years.”

On May 26, 1285, Edward I of England commissioned Roger de Northwode, John de Cobbeham, and Henry le Galeys to investigate the use of “sea-coal” in lime kilns in London and its suburbs. The commission was driven by complaints “that whereas formerly the lime used to be burnt with wood, it is now burnt with sea-coal, whereby the air is infected and corrupted to the peril of those frequenting and dwelling in those parts” (Edward I, 1285, 207).

This was not the first time Edward and his family had dealt with what we know today simply as coal.…

Wind, Solar, Batteries: The High Cost of Duplicative Energy

“The data make it clear that the only possible rationale for renewable energy—making significant reductions of CO2 emissions—cannot be achieved. The costs of attempting to do this are already imposing heavy costs on economies across the world.”

By the 1800s, wind and solar were both mature and successful technologies. Yet as soon as Western society developed the wealth and technology to take advantage of fossil fuels, they were discarded—along with batteries for electric cars—with no place in the modern world for grid-scale generation of electricity.  

Renewable energy still cannot compete with the efficiency, affordability, and reliability of fossil fuels. But this has not stopped it from making a comeback on the backs of American taxpayers and consumers who have paid for hundreds of billions of dollars of subsidies from federal, state, and local governments.…

Restoring Sanity, Reliability, and Affordability to the Texas Electric Grid

“Texas politicians have added at least $38 billion to the cost of electricity through higher bills or higher taxes since 2019…. Retail rates haven’t reached the level of New York ($0.24 per KWh) or California ($0.32), but Texas’s rising $0.15 rate is disconcerting.”

With its grid overwhelmed by renewable energy, Texas is putting natural gas back in the game. The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) has received 125 notices of intent that propose more than 55,000 megawatts of new generation, most of it gas-fired.

Texans should not be surprised at this turn of events. Generators are simply following the money. Taxpayer money, that is.

Background

After Winter Storm Uri, public pressure forced Texas politicians to wake up to—though not confess—the damage they had caused by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at generation that only works when the weather permits.…

Will Texas Legislators Take on Renewable Energy?

Texas Wind Power: New Record, Bad Economics (and capacity inhibiter for future reliability)