Climate ‘Overshoot’? Let’s Go!
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 3, 2026“CO2/climate optimism is merited, not more recalibration by falsified merchants of doom.”
David Carlin must be a worried guy outside of his smiling photos. This “policy, sustainability, and finance expert” has a firm (D. A. Carlin Company) ready to assess your climate/ecology risks for a nice fee. He has the knowledge and answers to the ‘problem’… Or maybe not.
Here is his New Year’s post:
With 2026 beginning, what date would we overshoot the planet’s resources if everyone lived your lifestyle?
Great visualization showing when 100+ countries would exceed a sustainable balance based on the resource use and consumption habits of different nations.
The U.S. and Canada hit their sustainability threshold in March, so maybe North America should just hibernate for three-fourths of the year.
Carlin ends:
… Continue ReadingIt’s the mirror image of how many earths we would need.
Energy & Environmental Review: February 2, 2026
By John Droz, Jr. -- February 2, 2026This 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.
Greed Energy Economics:
NYS Electricity bills are out of control because of Cuomo and ‘green’ madness
Unreliables (General):
*** Report: Utility Scale Lithium Based Energy Storage System Issues
*** Report: The Best Battery Chemistry Types for Energy Storage: A Guide to Safety and Efficiency
*** Study: A critical discussion of the current availability of lithium and zinc for use in batteries
Study: Comparative Analysis of Lithium, Sodium, and Zinc Batteries for Power Grid Applications
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** America First Legal Seems To Stump States Suing Trump Administration Over Offshore Wind
Offshore wind lawsuit confusion abounds
How China Sold America the Wind Turbine Scam
Nuclear Energy:
*** German Nuclear Power Phase Out a “Huge Mistake”- Chancellor Merz
Fossil Fuel Energy:
Efforts to Kill PA Gas Industry Disguised as Environmental Protection
US ramps up pressure on UK to abandon net zero
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** New Report: Electrification – can the grid cope?…
Storm Ferm: Remember Uri (centrally planned electricity ‘transition’ in Texas)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 30, 2026Ed. note: The current cold snap (“where is global warming when you need it?”) makes timely a review of the Texas electricity debacle of February 2021. This post by Robert Bradley, “Wind, Solar, and the Great Texas Blackout: Guilty as Charged,” was originally published by the Institute for Energy Research. As of 5 pm yesterday, natural gas and coal supplied about 75 percent of Texas’s electricity (ERCOT scoreboard) and wind/solar 17 percent (versus 50 percent of rated capacity).
“Central planning for a forced energy transformation produced the debacle of debacles two years ago in Texas. It is time for a new era for U.S. electricity policy premised on market entrepreneurship.”
Electricity specialists at the University of Texas at Austin recently revisited the Great Texas Blackout of February 2021.…
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