“It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that climate change might come to a screeching halt if all humans switched to electric transportation and a vegetarian diet by 2030.” October 25, 2021

” A lot of Texans consider an affordable steak dinner and a big pickup truck God-given rights. But as world leaders gather in Glasgow, Scotland, next week to discuss the next steps in preserving the climate for future generations, they will examine a plethora of ideas, including food systems.”

“We will pay for our profligacy one way or another, either by changing our sources of protein and energy or dooming future generations to worsening weather and natural disasters.”

October 25, 2021

Tomlinson: Fighting climate change requires changing Texas beef and oil culture Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, October 25, 2021.…

“We cannot allow oil executives to blackmail us,” concludes Houston Chronicle business editorialist Chris Tomlinson. “They are not prophets; they are business people looking for profits.” And you, sir, are an elitist telling motorists and travelers of all ages and income levels to go eat cake.

He just keep doubling down against consumers who naturally choose the best energies–the plentiful, cheaper, more dependable ones. And so Chris Tomlinson closes out his repugnance week at Houston’s World Petroleum Congress with a peculiar rant:

Yes, Big Oil’s leaders promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as long as they can make money. But failure to provide the industry with $11.8 trillion in capital between now and 2045 will trigger an energy crisis that they insist will make the public forget all about the climate crisis.

Ed. note: This post by Josiah Neeley, originally published at MasterResource in November 2012, predicted the decline of reliable (dispatchable) power a decade before Storm Uri, the subject of yesterday’s post. Meanwhile, climate/renewable activists such as Chris Tomlinson (Houston Chronicle) was calling out the ‘fossil fuel-supporting Chicken Littles‘. Tomlinson (et al.) misinterpreted the event by focusing on the physical ‘why’ instead of the economic ‘why behind the why’ (here, here, and here).

“It is well known that Texas is undergoing a major challenge in maintaining resource adequacy due to improper price signals; less well known is that a significant portion of the problem can be laid directly on the doorstep of subsidies for wind generation.”

The federal Production Tax Credit (PTC), which currently provides a $0.022/kWh subsidy to qualifying renewables, is set to expire at year-end.…

“What about Left environmental groups buying off the Houston Chronicle with grants and biased op-eds? What about business editorialist Chris Tomlinson PR’ing for wind and solar, the very energies that his wife makes the couple’s riches from?”

Evan Mintz, the new editor of opinion at the Houston Chronicle, opined on his bias last month (July 27, 2025). “As the Chronicle’s new opinion editor, I promise to be biased,” he declared.

As I step into my new role as the Houston Chronicle’s editor of opinion and community engagement, I’ve written an opening column to set the tone — and yes, it’s biased.

He continued:

We’re seeking out voices that reflect not just our city’s cultural diversity but also its rich, often-overlooked political diversity. We’ll write editorials that go deeper than daily coverage — adding insight into the politics and personalities at City Hall and Commissioners Court and into suburban politics.