“Bipartisan support for commercial fission in Congress and the White House has opened the subsidy floodgates and, to an extent, reined-in overregulation. But the information of a free market where government is neutral is needed for the first time in the history of the industry.”
Free-market energy adherents are warned to not make commercial nuclear power (fission) the new government darling in place of wind, solar, and batteries. Instead, a free-market framework needs to be established to let the market decide with government neutral.
Special government favor created this peacetime industry in the 1950s, and its heralded promise never eventualized since. At the same time, turbine technology to generate electricity put fuel oil and natural gas into the game, providing much needed (fossil fuel) competition to coal. Wind and solar as grid electricity were nowhere through the 1960s and into the 1970s.…
Continue ReadingThis 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. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.
Wind Energy:
Britain spends £1.5bn switching wind off and gas on
Why Is New York Paying So Much for Wind Power?
Solar Energy:
*** An Unlikely Power Player in the Fight over Solar Projects on American Farmland
*** New York’s ORES solar complexes are being used to fund foreign pension plans
*** Resource extraction at NY solar complexes: the soil “shell game” under the guise of green energy
Portugal’s Largest Flagship Solar Park Insolvent!
Nuclear Energy:
Deep Fission and SMRs
Fossil Fuel Energy:
US Unshackles Its Power Plants; Poor Nations Must Do the Same
America’s diesel problem—and how to fix it
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
Why I Will Still Never Buy an Electric Car
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Africa’s Energy Moment: From Poverty to Abundance
Report: UNECE Protocol on Full System Value and Cost Approach for Resilient and Carbon Neutral Electricity Systems
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Covid, Climate and the ‘Consensus Trap’ —- By Steven E.…
“Adaptation and resilience are essential to addressing this. This week at COP30, the NRDC team organized events highlighting practical adaptation already underway. These include drip irrigation systems that help small farmers manage unpredictable rainfall, early warning systems that alert communities to storms, and urban heat action plans that protect vulnerable populations. These solutions show what community-centered resilience looks like.” ( – Manish Bapna, President and CEO at Natural Resources Defense Council)…
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