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Energy & Environmental Review: July 21, 2025

By -- July 21, 2025

This 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.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** U.S. “renewables” mad scramble to waste billions is on
*** Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources
*** How the Interconnection Queue Could Make Qualifying for Tax Credits Next to Impossible
Making PJM all wind and solar would cost over $2.4 trillion in battery backup

Unreliables (General):
*** DOE: Existing US Energy Generation Retirements Increase Blackout Risk by 100x in 2030
*** Grid & Inertia
Green Lobby’s Dishonest Crusade for Solar and Wind
President Trump: Terminate The Green New Scam Now

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Wind Energy is an Environmental Disaster
Netherlands says no to offshore wind
Environmental group opposes Scotland offshore wind expansion

Nuclear Energy:
*** The Economic Imperative for Nuclear Power
*** Atomic Abundance and Its Enemies
Nuclear Chickens Come Home To Roost in NY

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** This 7% of Earth’s surface burns more fuel than anywhere

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Climate Fact Check: June 2025 Edition
*** Climate Activists Wipe Out While Surfing the Tragic Texas Flooding
Exposing the Media’s Greta Thunberg Narrative
I’m a Young Meteorologist Who Questioned the Idea of Man-Made Climate Change.

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On Trump Derangement Syndrome

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 17, 2025

“It’s the biggest sociological reboot in American history, or perhaps human history: For this, the conformists among us will never forgive Donald Trump. For the rest of us, it’s a liberation of far deeper and lasting significance than the merely political.” (- Michael Hurd, below)

A post in The Neo-Liberal Drawing Room (May 5, 2025) shared this from Objectivist psychologist Michael Hurd. He began:

“Trump Derangement Syndrome” (TDS) refers to an unhinged hatred of Donald Trump and all things connected to him. To me, the fascinating question about TDS is not what those who succumb to it hate — but what they love. What they hate is obvious. But what do they love?

Hurd continues:

From my observation, people with TDS do not really love anything. What they suffer from is anxiety, of the deepest and most metaphysical kind.

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Sunnova’s Enronish Ending

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 16, 2025

“’The [Sunnova] summit [last November] was really part of the swindle,’ said Chris Pélissié, chief executive at Senga Solar, which is owed more than $680,000 by Sunnova. ‘None of us dealers knew we were playing chess until it was just too late’…” (below)

Previous posts at MasterResource (below) have chronicled the government-enabled rooftop solar industry, which is now in distress. Bankrupt Sunnova Energy heads the list, with others either bankrupt or struggling.

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Examples of Adaptation and Resilience (Part II)

By Terry Anderson and Donald Leal -- July 15, 2025
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The Argument for Adaptation and Resilience (Part I: Theory)

By Terry Anderson and Donald Leal -- July 14, 2025
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Mining the Master Resource

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 11, 2025
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NOAA’s 2020 Prediction Bust: “U. S. Winter Outlook: Cooler North, Warmer South”

By -- July 10, 2025
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Power Density: The Key

By Kent Hawkins -- July 9, 2025
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Energy: The Master Resource (by Robert L. Bradley Jr. and Richard W. Fulmer)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 8, 2025
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Energy & Environmental Review: July 7, 2025

By -- July 7, 2025
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