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:
*** Economic Health Watch: Utility Costs
*** There’s no justification for green energy subsidies and mandates
Unreliables (General):
“Green” agendas are carrying governors to political cliffs
As Wind and Solar Power Falter, U.N. Climate Agreement becomes Wishful Thinking
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Giant offshore wind project axed in blow to Biden’s green goals
Albany’s Green Machine Goes Rogue
Cost of insuring offshore wind ‘doubled’ amid heavy losses: leading broker
Status of US Offshore Wind Projects: 2023 Edition
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** Court orders wind farm to be torn down after golden eagle death
*** Federal Judge Sides with Osage Nation, Orders Removal of 84 Wind Turbines
The Wind Power Scam
Turbine troubles and project pullout: Recharge’s best-read of 2023
Solar Energy:
*** As more & more counties get more solar projects…here’s some truth about them
Fossil Fuel Energy:
Alex Epstein Discussing Fossil Future with students — Part 2
Coal’s Life-Saving Role Ignored By Climate-Obsessed Media
Two Days After COP28, IEA Delivers More Coal Hard Reality
Old King Coal at COP28: Uninvited Guest or Star of the Show?…
“We don’t need to employ government solutions to every perceived problem. Rather than spreading monopoly privileges to others. we need to be abolishing them. Georgia’s oil pipeline and high voltage systems were developed through market relationships. Extend the market, not the monopoly!”
Some time ago, Georgia Solar Utilities filed a petition with the Georgia Public Service Commission asking to be granted all of the rights and privileges given to Georgia Power, the state’s large, regulated utility. The GA PSC punted the issue to the General Assembly. Since then, the same sorts of schemes are popping up in other states where green developers seek the rights to sell green power directly to end users.
These “rights” included access to the use of the transmission and distribution systems within the state and access to capital at the same rates as obtained by Georgia Power.…
Continue Reading“Despite the optimists telling us how well EVs are selling and that the charging and cost issues will be quickly resolved, the industry struggles. The math doesn’t work, and consumers are concluding hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) better meet their driving needs. Auto executives are wondering whether their betting on the EV transition, even with mandates, is putting them on the road to bankruptcy.”
“The math doesn’t work,” Mark Fields, former Ford Motor CEO, told Joe Kernen of CNBC early last week. Until the industry solves charging and cost issues, EV sales will continue to underperform. The bottom line for Fields is that “the government [Biden administration] will have to back off” its policies mandating two-thirds of new vehicle sales being EVs by 2030. Absent such an adjustment, emissions will worsen, and the EV transition will lag. …
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