The crisis also showcases America’s capacity to support allies and the poor. Long‑term LNG contracts with Asian and European partners, coupled with support for reasonable financing of oil and gas…
WRONG, Chicago Tribune, Climate Change Isn’t Making Hailstorms Worse
The Chicago Tribune failed in its journalistic duty of producing a story grounded in facts. Instead of merely reporting on the danger and human interest aspects of the recent severe storms, they…
Chicken Litter Biomass Plants May Shut When Subsidies End
Melton made £80 million from ROC subsidies, in addition to another £12 million from Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin and top ups from OGFEM from ROC recycling. Total turnover was…
Lancet: 0.5C Global Warming by 2050 will Turn Us All into Unhealthy Couch Potatoes
The study authors have apparently never heard of swimming.
Coal Needs Boots on the Ground
Over the last two decades, the coal industry has ceded much of the battlefield to its opponents and even now seems somewhat complacent about its future. The Trump Administration will…
US Energy Realism Pays Off in Iran Crisis
What the current crisis proves is simple: Energy security resides in the ability to secure physical molecules – oil, gas, coal and uranium – when geopolitical storms hit. Europe, and…
‘Ever-wrong Ehrlich’s’ Greatest Hits (er, misses)
His famous 1968 book, “The Population Bomb,” changed the world. He famously predicted that human “overpopulation” would soon outstrip food supplies, leading to catastrophic famines, and societal collapse. He predicted that…
The Jevons Paradox Explains Why Net Zero is an Exercise in Futility
In the same way that Malthusians were wrong about the constraints on food production, so they’ll prove to be wrong about both the future demand and supply of electricity.
Govt To Go “Further and Faster”!
According to Grok, these plug in solar panels start at £600. Does the moron really think people have got that sort of money in their pockets to waste on his…
New energy policies in California threatening America’s national security.
Refinery closures in California reduce fuel supply resilience on the West Coast, increasing risks to military readiness and national security. Maintaining a stable policy framework that supports continued operation of…
Animals’ knowledgeable inherited behavior
The trick to seeing knowledgeable behavior is to stop and think. What would the critter have to know, perceive, decide, and do in order to perform this action? Over the…
Scrap Net Zero: Dramatic New Ice Core Evidence Shows Current Century Warming Common Throughout the Last 400,000 Years
Carbon dioxide levels in this dataset vary between 170 parts per million (ppm) and 280 ppm. If the level had fallen below 150 ppm, photosynthesis would have stopped and an…
UN: “War-driven energy price spikes highlight value of renewables”
“… Sunlight doesn’t depend on narrow and vulnerable shipping straits, wind blows without massive taxpayer-funded naval escorts …”
Ed Miliband’s Wind Farms Could Cripple UK ‘Iron Dome’ Anti-Missile Systems and Leave Britain a “Sitting Duck”
Britain is a “sitting duck” for drone attacks, senior defence sources say, because Ed Miliband’s wind farms interfere with radar used by defensive domes.
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #683
Quote of the Week: “…turbulence is the most important unsolved problem of classical physics.”— Richard Feynman,
Storing Green Energy to Last Germany 10 Days Would Require A 60-Million Tonne Battery
The EIKE author concludes that batteries alone cannot guarantee a secure power supply. Even under massive expansion scenarios for 2030, gaps remain (especially in winter) that would strictly require a…
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case on Colorado Dispute over Climate Change; (it should throw that case and all the others out)
So . . . . why is it not argued that these lawsuits should be dismissed because they do not present a prima facie case that ‘industry disinformation campaigns employing skeptic scientists’…
Where Do We Go From Here? Climate Science at a Crossroads – or perhaps Going Down the Drain?
For roughly three decades, the public conversation around climate change has followed a familiar script. Climate scientists warn of escalating risks. Activists amplify those warnings into political urgency. Governments promise…
Aussie Security Experts Demand an Accelerated Renewable Transition
If you want to understand how Australia got into its current mess, read the open letter quoted in this article.
A New Way to Measure U.S. Energy Security
Given our current weak position in global mineral markets, shortages of copper, nickel, and neodymium that undermine the entire U.S. energy system may replace the oil embargos of the 1970s…