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. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Unreliables (General):
*** Renewable Energy Will Impoverish Humanity
*** Renewables still provided only 6% of global primary energy in 2025

Wind Energy — Offshore:
Duke axes North Carolina offshore wind lease
Massachusetts Wants Ratepayers to Rescue Offshore Wind

Wind Energy — Other:
Asbestos discovered in 1,000 Chinese made wind turbines

Nuclear Energy:
Department of Energy Celebrates Second Advanced Reactor Achieving Criticality

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Elon Musk Is Buying Up America’s Gas Turbines
Japan cuts LNG imports in favour of coal

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Secretary Chris Wright’s arrival at the Department of Energy
A Tribute to Chris Wright as Private Citizen: Powerful Architect of Energy Humanism

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** The Most Morally Inverted Movement Ever
*** NET ZERO has become a religion
*** Bjorn Lomborg blasts implausible scenarios used to scare public
*** Europe’s Deadly Aversion to Air Conditioning
Climate change” was politicized early on – thanks to Al Gore
Another Pillar of Climate Advocacy Collapses
Vatican Newspaper Taints ‘Encounter of Faith and Reason’ with Climate Falsehood
Louisiana Did the Right Thing by Blocking Climate Lawfare

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
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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. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** We’re Winning the War on the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE)
*** Can solar and wind + batteries really provide 24/7/365 electricity?
What it really takes to meet the materialistic demands of the modern world

Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Bonfires of the Batteries
Wyoming Rally: Save the Eagles, Stop Wind
When Wind Turbines Kill Wildlife, Environmentalists Look Away

Unreliables (General):*** The Eastern Power Grid Will Run Out of Emergency Peak Power in June, 2027 – Here’s Why You Must Prepare for Blackouts NOW

Wind Energy — General:
The Garroting of Big Wind
Interior in $765M offshore wind buy-out deal with Invenergy

Nuclear Energy:
*** Small nuclear is advancing rapidly
*** Would You Rather Live Near a Battery Energy Storage System or a Nuclear Plant?…

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. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** The Iron Law Of Power Density, Revisited
*** Lack of Common Sense on Energy in the NYS Budget
California ISO: Managing the Evolving Grid
Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery
Offshore wind confusion: refunding a lease is not a buyout

Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Are Wind Turbines a Risk to Human Health? (start at 55:00)
Wyoming Golden Eagles should be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Solar Energy:
Agriculture Secretary Denounces ‘Lawfare’ Against Arizona Rancher from ‘Radical Green Energy Scams’

Nuclear Energy:
World’s largest nuclear plant proposed for Canada on Lake Ontario shoreline

Fossil Fuel Energy:
SpaceX’s $2 Trillion Gas-Fired IPO

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** The Law of Averages
*** Fake Accounting Exaggerates Emissions Reduction Claims
*** How Corrupted Scientists Poisoned Society
What The Left’s Colorado Climate Lawsuit Is Really All About
Environmentalism Is Antithetical to Abundance
Amsterdam Ad Ban Typifies Climate Alarmism’s Farce

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
Why Climate Models Are Quietly Changing Course…

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. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Greed Energy Economics:
NY State’s Greed Machine ignores high energy costs

Unreliables (General):
*** Wind and solar are parasites on the grid
*** The Energy Cost of Energy
*** Driving Up the Cost Of Energy While Claiming to Promote “Affordability”
RGGI Transition Powerplant Cost

Wind Energy — Offshore:
Trump Administration Gets Strategic With Offshore Wind

Solar Energy:
*** The Terrible Track Record of the New Top Solar Lobbyist

Nuclear Energy:
*** Every Confusing Thing About Nuclear Power Explained Slowly
Germany’s Nuclear Confession Is a Crack in Net‑Zero Pretense
Book: Energy is Life — Why Environmentalism Went Nuclear

Fossil Fuel Energy:
The Indispensable Role of Fossil Fuels in Modern Civilization
China Will Buy Oil From The U.S.…