Editor note: America the Beautiful is at her best in December when billions of tiny stringed light bulbs turn darkness into magnificent beauty and celebration. Holiday lighting is a great social offering—a positive externality in the jargon of economics—given by many to all. With the increasing sustainability of energy, beginning with the fossil-fuel family, celebrate with the lights on!
Forget the holiday-lighting humbug from the deep ecologists who say:
I’ve reached the point of feeling like a Scrooge; feeling outrage over the tons of C02 going into the atmosphere via neighbors’ 10,000 light displays rather than feeling ‘joyous’.”
And:
… Continue ReadingActually, here comes the Scrooge bit.… But aside from light pollution, a substantial environmental footprint is created by what the Energy Saving Trust terms an ‘extravagant light display’, which translates into the generation of 400kg of extra CO2….
“I cannot take that risk [of economic threats] with a staggering debt of more than $29 trillion and inflation taxes that are real and harmful to every hard-working American at the gasoline pumps, grocery stores and utility bills with no end in sight.” (Machin, below)
“Hooray! Manchin’s body blow against the climate crusade is a victory akin to the rejection of cap-and-trade in 2010. But work remains: no Build Back Bankrupt Light.”
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the Build Back Better Act.
“For five and a half months, I have worked as diligently as possible, meeting with President Biden, Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi and my colleagues on every end of the political spectrum to determine the best path forward despite my serious reservations.…
Continue ReadingEd. note: This fortnightly Master Resource post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, published every other week by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete MBN for this post can be found here.
Of special interest in this issue is Thomas Catenacci’s article on solar energy’s dependence on slave labor: here.
Greed Energy Economics:
Industrial Wind Turbines Once Again are Up to Their Old Tricks
California To Slash Rooftop Solar Subsidies, Add New Fees
Wind and Solar Energy:
Green Energy Push Is Contributing To Forced Labor, Slavery
Offshore wind project go-ahead ‘will be disastrous’ for already-struggling seabirds
Nuclear Energy:
Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps.
Fossil-Fuel Energy:
Report: Fossil fuels for China, Decarbonization for everyone else
Biden’s New “Regressive” Methane Tax Will Raise Average American’s Gas Bill By 17%
Kawasaki to build industrial scale H2-capable gas turbines in Germany
California imported crude oil ranks as a major emissions generator
Global Coal Power Demand On Track For Record As Green Energy Transition Crumbles
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests
Electric Batteries Are Not Emissions Free
Manmade Global Warming: Recent U.S.…
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