Subsidized Solar in Texas Perpetuates Itself (ITC, PTC need immediate elimination)

“Do not dare say that Texas is ‘deregulated’ or the free market or ‘competition’ failed in the Lone Star State. All of the state and federal laws [listed] need to be repealed where the owners of assets gain control of them–and customers make voluntary transactions with government out of the picture….”

Doug Sheridan, a top energy analyst with a large social media footprint, noted the dirty hidden secret behind Texas’s beleaguered grid.

When we examine the cost of solar energy, we assume all energy comes from new assets built at current costs. Those assets are assumed to power a hypothetical grid in a US region rich in both natural gas and sunlight.

The results of the analyses show a breakeven cost of generation of $54.24 per MWh for a 100% newbuild gas-fired system.…

Psychoanalysis on Climate ‘Denial’? (stranger and stranger)

“CO2 is not the threat but the friend, as are fossil fuels that make an unsafe world safe and pleasant for billions of people despite the forces of Statism and … elitist climate policy.”

Climate alarmists live in a self-righteous bubble where humankind is the scoundrel. Nature is optimal and fragile; anthropogenic change cannot be good, even toward greening, warming, and moistening. Think about that nonpolluting trace gas, carbon dioxide (CO2).

To the Church of Climate, there cannot be any debate against the narrative of alarm–or pushback against forced energy transformation. The opposition is evil against the common good, defined so vaguely as to preclude real human betterment. So psychological explanations emerge.

Consider this post on LinkedIn by self-described PR specialist Dr. Tanya Pobuda (Tanya P.) (I am blocked–see comment below):

There’s something I have noticed when I engage with climate change deniers on LinkedIn.

Jennifer Granholm: Now Corporate Welfare Lobbyist

“Funny how bureaucrats don’t care about spending, the budget deficit, and the national debt. They can always kick the can down the road–until now in the case of Jennifer Granholm and DOE.”

She is not done yet. The next stanza for the former head of the U.S. Department of Energy will be to lobby for her rent-seeking clients (the revolving door). Here is her latest!

This follows Jennifer Granholm‘s last communication on social media, the “I’m-sorry-about-this” open letter (“To my DOE colleagues”) that began

Like many of you, I’ve been sick about the news of the past month. I’ve been hearing about you DOEers whom we recruited for your brilliance and expertise, those of you who moved from your home state to take your skills to the nation, those of you with young children, those of you who took large pay cuts to come into public service, those of you who saw service to our nation as a mission.

Kiesling Likes Government Electricity Planning

Solar Alert! Rooftop Decay, Facility Decommissioning

Gas-fired Electricity for New Data Centers: Fischer Makes A Case

Climate/Energy Exchange with Jody Freeman (Harvard University)

‘The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions’, U.S. Department of Energy Example

Three Cheers for Diminished ‘Just Stop Oil’

Ecologists Question Renewable Energy Sprawl