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:
*** Inflation Reduction Act’s costly green giveaways
Biden administration races to shell out billions for clean energy as election nears
Buy Woke, Go Broke: The Failure of ESG Investing
Unreliables Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
Archive Report: Green Killing Machines: The impact of renewable energy on wildlife and nature
Unreliables (General):
*** The “green” scam of the century: “Renewables” increase fossil fuel demands
*** The Big Lie
Solar Costs Jump, More Offshore (and Onshore) Wind Woes, SMR Update
Will Wind and Solar Hammer Hydro in Washington State?…
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:
*** The DOE Is Stonewalling on Residential Energy Costs and its Electrify Everything Push
“Green” Objectives Stifle Economic Growth in the Developing World
Unreliables (General):
*** Report: The Clean Energy Transition’s Voter Problem
*** Capacity Factors: Dispatchable vs. Non-dispatchable
*** Electric grid operators warn U.S. Supreme Court that new EPA rules will cause widespread blackouts
IEA: The World Is Not on Track to Triple Renewable Capacity by 2030
Grid Batteries:
*** Report: Grid Scale Batteries and Fire Risk
Grid scale battery fires loom large
If Green Energy Is the Future, Bring a Fire Extinguisher
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged on
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
Nuclear Energy:
*** Natura Resources’ Molten Salt Reactor at ACU Receives Historic NRC Construction Permit
AI Power Demands Mandate Overdue Nuclear Investments
Fossil Fuel Energy:
It’s Too Soon to Abandon Fossil Fuels, Says Pulitzer-Nominated Author, Ronald Stein
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
*** The Left’s Climate and EV Craze Couldn’t Make China Happier
EVs and Global Warming
The EV Flame Out
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Report: Hydrogen… What More Can We Wish For?…
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:
*** Renewables Price check
*** The Catastrophic Costs of Government-Dictated Green Energy (Epstein)
*** 12 myths that government-dictated green energy is cheaper than fossil fuels
Unreliables (General):
*** Tally Of US Wind & Solar Rejections Hits 735
*** Why There Will Never Be a Zero Emissions Electricity System Powered Mainly by Wind and Sun
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Glass fibers – the rest of the story?????
*** Oregon’s offshore lease sale canceled as bidders back out, governor raises concerns
Maine’s massive “floating wind” folly — my report
BP to sell its US onshore wind business
ACK For Whales Asks Supreme Court to Hear Appeal
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
Industrial Wind Turbines Show up at the Party — Almost Always, after Everyone Has Left
Nuclear Energy:
*** It’s time to follow the Navy’s 50-year Safety Record of Nuclear Power Generation
*** Construction Permit issued for Molten Salt Reactor in Texas
Nuclear Now?…