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:
*** Renewable energy subsidies undermine our economy
Unreliables (General):
*** The big renewable energy lie
*** EPA Regulations & the Future of Grid Reliability
*** Good Observations re Battery Systems
*** Stop Energy Sprawl
Net Zero Energy Storage Presents a Battery of Problems
Local opposition to renewable energy projects ‘widespread and growing’: Columbia University report
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Offshore wind energy will come at a high cost to Northeast taxpayers
Floating wind madness in Maine
Highway funds illegally used for floating wind factories
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** Risch Goes Beast Mode on Tracy Stone-Manning re Idaho Wind Project
*** Lessons from Germany’s Wind Power Disaster – A Decade Later
*** Study: The role of rare earth elements in wind energy and electric mobility
Windless nights make net zero impossible
Good pix of the base of a typical modern wind turbine
Industrial Wind Turbines and their Wimpy Ways
Iowa farmer regrets signing wind turbine lease after both turbines on her land burned to the ground
Solar Energy:
Lazard’s Low-End LCOE Estimates for Solar Are Still Too Optimistic
Solar Company Collapses, Customers Furious as Dems’ Favorite Power Source Leaves Homeowners High and Dry
Nuclear Energy:
*** In Wyoming, Bill Gates moves ahead with nuclear project aimed at revolutionizing power generation
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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:
“Offshore Wind Needs Bigger Subsidies”
Wind Subsidies Are Rising…but wind power production isn’t rising with them
Unreliables (General):
*** Shanghaied
*** Irrational Transition
*** EVs, wind, and solar are neither reliable nor environmentally friendly: here’s why
The Foundation of Property Rights: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Freedom
Private Property Rights
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Report: Offshore Wind Power (Dr. Michael Hogan)
*** The renewable green energy disaster off the northeastern US is getting worse Less than one per cent of the way to the Biden 2030 target
Offshore Wind Industry Braces for More Turbulence—and Trump
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** Wind Turbines = Enormous “Unintended” Consequences
Australia has World Class windless weather: Today 95% of wind turbines are failing
Solar Energy:
*** Solar and Wind Resource Availability Fatal Flaw
As Solar Power Surges, U.S.…
“A key problem with the ‘All of the Above’ policy is that it purposefully bypasses the scientific assessment part. Why? Because lobbyists are acutely aware that their clients’ energy products will fail such an evaluation.”
The fundamental fight over enacting effective energy policies is between lobbyists and the public. A parallel perspective is that it is a contest between real Science and political science.
Lobbyists are paid to represent their clients’ economic interests or political agendas. The public consists of citizens, businesses, and the military.
Lobbyists are professionals who spend most of their time soliciting legislators on their client’s behalf. (See the The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government). The obvious question is: Who is balancing out this one-sided influence by competently and aggressively representing the public’s interests on energy policies (and other important issues)? …