” … we have to acknowledge that property rights in climate *cannot* be defined fully and we thus have to find some shared institution for governing the climate commons and managing emissions.” (Kiesling)

“One can think humans are causing the planet to warm but logically and humanely conclude that we should do nothing about it.” (Horwitz)

Lynne Kiesling is an electricity specialist who describes herself as working in the classical liberal tradition. Problem is, she refuses to define what classical liberalism or a free market is in regard to electricity. She instead endorses central government planning for the wholesale grid, among other Statist proposals. [1] In so doing, she ignores how the traditions she espouses argue against her positions (Hayek on central planning, Coase on transaction costs, Public Choice on politicization, etc.).…

Ed. Note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnighly 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:
*** Don’t believe the renewables myth: Wind and Solar are not cheap
Chinese manufacturers dominate wind power, taking 60% of global market

Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Video: Assoc Prof Simon Michaux – The quantity of metals required to manufacture just one generation of renewables
*** Carnage of Child Labor and Ecological Destruction Elsewhere acceptable to Wealthy Countries

Unreliables (General):
*** Residents vs Town Council re Solar and Wind Facilities
*** Green Breakdown—The Coming Renewable Energy Failure
*** The Grid as an Energy Weapon — Massive Lithium Storage Centers Spread
*** The Prophet of Power Density
*** There is no green ‘transition’ to renewable energy.…

“If you want to continue to be frustrated with a failing worldview, stay in your present state of denial. If you want to better understand reality and be happier, a different worldview based on sound intellectual premises and comporting to the real world awaits. The choice is yours.”

In a recent piece in DRILLED, climate activist Amy Westervelt asked: “Why is Fairness Being Ceded to the Fossil Fuel Industry?” The simple answer is the physical fact of energy density and the verdict of billions of us all day, every day, resulting in a global market share of fossil fuels of 82 percent. (And that percentage should be 90 percent or so if government was energy-neutral.)

Ms. Westervelt should read Vaclav Smil to understand what energy density is (the sun’s work over the ages); why it drives energy markets (superior economics); and why renewables are worse for the environment (land and other infrastructure bloat).…

Ed. Note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnighly 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:
*** There Is A Financial Crisis Brewing In Offshore Wind Energy
Dominion hides huge offshore wind cost risk
Unlikely Pair Tries to Blow Open Secret NY Wind Deal 

Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** One Simple Energy Question Devastates ‘Net-Zero’ Pipe Dreams
Human Rights Being Sacrificed to Promote Green Energy Scams

Unreliables (General):
*** The Big Green Lie Almost Everyone Claims to Believe
*** Massive Riots, Renewable Resentments
*** The Problem with Overbuilding Wind and Solar
*** The Power Of Power Density
Think megawatt hours of gasoline

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Offshore Wind Lulls Threaten NY Energy Reliability
*** Fishermen question the data behind offshore wind siting process
*** Why Offshore Wind Jobs May Just Be a Lot of Hot Air
*** Save the Whales, Again
BP and Equinor Could Cancel US Offshore Wind Projects
Offshore Wind Opponents need a Mass Protest in DC

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** State Senator introduces bill requiring wind turbine installations in NYC
Siemens Faces $5 Billion Loss On Faulty Wind Turbines
Massachusetts 50 Years of Wind Turbine Failures

Solar Energy:
*** Solar Realities (updated)
New analysis tears down lies about renewables, reveals solar panels to be carbon-intensive
Let Them Eat Solar Panels

Nuclear Energy:
*** China Approves Six Nuclear Reactors at $17 Billion Investment
*** Vivek Ramaswamy: Shut Down the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
God and Nuclear Energy

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Eliminating Fossil Fuels Will Cause Massive Decline In Human Well-Being
*** Biden admin quietly revises gas stove analysis, reduces projected benefits
Three Cheers for Refrigeration—and Four, Once Everyone Has It
North Sea oil and gas fields tax credits are not subsidies

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
*** Electrogreens Want to Suck Your EV
*** Control is the Aim, EVs are the Game of the Moment
*** Spontaneous Combustion: A Serious Product Defect
They’re Coming for Your Cars
China ‘will use electric cars to spy on Britain’

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** How to powerfully and accurately criticize the Biden Admin’s energy policies
*** Biden’s new crackdown on Air Conditioners will be worse than gas stoves
*** The EPA Tries to Destroy the Grid
The US Electrical Grid: Achilles Heel of the World?…