The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult WiseEnergy.org for more information).
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
Follow the (Climate Change) Money
Study: Wind turbine radio/electromagnetic energy – the risk to human health
41 Reasons why wind power can not replace fossil fuels
Wind Power Installation INCREASES The Growth Of Fossil Fuels
“Green New Deal” Is Neither New, Nor A Deal — It’s A Fraud
Nuclear wins big in clean energy competition
Nuclear activity: UK, Russia, Japan, China and US all increasing capacity
There is no Holy Grail of Energy
Another report reluctantly admits that ‘green’ energy is a disastrous flop
NJ Board of Public Utilities Rejects Offshore Wind Application
New Study Spells Trouble for Wind Energy
Roadmap to nowhere: the myth of powering with 100% renewable energy
500+ 2018 Scientific Papers Support A Skeptical Position On Climate Alarm
Continue ReadingEditor Note: In October 2017 (15 months ago), Joe Romm at ThinkProgress published a post, September [2017] sets alarming global temperature record and negates a favorite denier talking point.
In his words:
September 2017 smashed multiple climate records, alarming scientists and further negating a favorite talking point of climate science deniers…. It’s especially remarkable to see these records in the UAH satellite data….
“The signal of global warming has become so dominant that even the deniers’ own favorite cherry-picked datasets clearly now show it,” climatologist Michael Mann told ThinkProgress. For those who live in the world of real scientific analysis, rather than conservative talking points, satellite data, ground-based weather stations, sea-based buoys, and even weather balloons all reveal a steady long-term warming trend.
Mann added, “even the questionable UAH satellite record, which has historically underestimated the rate of global warming as a result of serial mathematical errors, can no longer obscure the anomalous warming of the planet.”…
Continue Reading“As usual the Georgia Power Company and the Georgia Public Service Commission staff quibble over the cost-to-complete analysis of Plant Vogtle (Units 3 & 4). The company inflates the cost of the combined-cycle alternative and leaves out costs of completing the project.”
“After water-boarding the numbers, the Company says completing the project is in the best interest of ratepayers. Staff again catches phony numbers and says an eight-month delay will make the project uneconomic. The full Commission again ignores the staff criticisms and approves whatever Georgia Power tells them. … Yawn.”
“Georgia Power’s obvious strategy is to delay the bad news until they get more sunk cost behind them. The actual construction is about 60% complete; and Georgia Power, as always, says the schedule and budget projections are ‘challenging’.”
In his recent treatise on the contra-capitalist corporation, Enron Ascending: The Forgotten Years, Robert Bradley Jr.…
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