“A recent survey by the American Automobile Association (AAA) found that only 16% of potential buyers were either “likely” or “very likely” to buy a fully electric vehicle as their next car, … down from 25% in 2022 and was the lowest level of EV interest recorded by AAA surveys since 2019.”

The road to adoption of Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEVs) is growing steeper. For over two decades, states used incentives and mandates to try to force a transition from gasoline vehicles to ZEVs. But softening market demand, shifting federal policies, and poor economics threaten to halt the ZEV revolution in the United States.

Zero Emissions Vehicles are cars and trucks that produce no tailpipe emissions. These are either electric vehicles (EVs) or hydrogen vehicles. California is the only state with a significant number of hydrogen cars, but its hydrogen car population is declining, so ZEVs mean EVs in practice.…

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:
*** DOE Secretary Chris Wright on getting rid of renewable energy subsidies

Unreliables (General):
*** The greatest oxymoron statement of all time – “Renewable Energy”

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** US Federal Judge to Allow Multi-State Lawsuit Against Offshore Wind to Proceed
Wind Opponents Sue Trump Administration to Block New York Wind Project
DOT asked to terminate illegal floating wind grant

Wind Energy — Other:
Industrial Wind Scam Returns – Is Your NY Town in the Sacrifice Zone?

Solar Energy:
Public Health Watch: Solar Panel Pollution
Sunnova Bankruptcy Signals Tough Times for Solar

Nuclear Energy:
*** Natural Resources: Advanced Nuclear Development

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Blockbuster: Mark Carney, Mr Net-Zero-Banker himself, now uses oil, gas to make Canada an Energy SuperPower
*** EPA: Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units
EPA Proposes Repeal of Biden-Harris EPA Regulations for Power Plants
The Rise and Rise of King Coal
Banks Boost Fossil Fuel Financing for The First Time since 2021
130 New Gas-Fired Power Projects Proposed in Texas

Miscellaneous Energy News :
*** Report: Power Vision 2030
*** Video: Their Agenda, Your Future
Growing the Grid…in the face of uncertainty
State Net Zero Electricity Dreams Are Collapsing
Next Generation Batteries Are Imminent

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
How NASA got climate change wrong
OPEC Secretary-General attacks Net Zero

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** The Great Climate Science Swindle Goes On
Report: A Few Notes about Climate (Cork Hayden)
Meet Téa Johansson, Teenage Climate Realist:…

From New York to California, state renewable electrical power dreams are collapsing. Power demands soar, while the federal government cuts funding and support for wind, solar, and grid batteries. Renewables cannot provide enough power to support the artificial intelligence revolution. The Net Zero electricity transition is failing in the United States.

For the last two decades, state governments have embraced policies aimed at replacing coal and natural gas power plants with renewable sources. Twenty-three states enacted laws or executive orders to move to 100% Net Zero electricity by 2050. Onshore and offshore wind, utility-scale and rooftop solar, and grid-scale batteries were heavily promoted by states and most federal administrations.

The New York State Climate Action Scoping Plan of 2022 called for 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and 100% by 2040. But 49.7% of the state’s electricity came from gas in 2024, up from 47.7% in 2023.…

“The Trump administration is cutting funding for climate research across all federal departments…. Maybe it’s time for NASA to stick to space exploration, NOAA to stick to weather forecasting, and for the climate models to be shut down.”

Climate models have been the basis for concern about climate change for more than 35 years. The US government, the United Nations, and organizations across the world have used model projections to warn about global warming and to demand a shift to renewable energy. But Trump administration budget cuts at NASA, NOAA, and other federal agencies threaten to shut down the models, the heart of climate change alarmism.

In June of 1988, Senator Tim Wirth, then chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, held the first-ever hearing on the science of climate change.…