It may come as a surprise to the most dedicated eco warriors that heat pumps don’t last forever. Those installing them now are in for a nasty shock 15–20 years…
Category: Green tech
Virtue Signaling Is Complicated: Choosing Grocery Bags in the Church of Climate
In the end, we are left with a strange theological message: the road to environmental heaven is paved with good intentions, reinforced stitching, and a sturdy sense of self-righteousness. And…
Northvolt Files for Bankruptcy
Obviously two major factors lie behind this bankruptcy: The lack of demand for EVs in Europe The impossibility of competing profitably with batteries made in China There is no prospect…
Towns and States Don’t Want Green Energy
Trump Administration actions to scale back renewable energy capture headlines, but citizens are also pushing back. Efforts to deploy wind and solar systems face a rising tide of opposition in…
£62 Million From Taxpayers For Wooden Bottles
For some reason the Telegraph treats this as a serious idea, and not the scandalous waste of taxpayer money. £62 million for 35 jobs? That’s nearly £2 million a job.…
Massive Green Battery Plant Catches On Fire Again Weeks After Major Toxic Blaze
A massive California battery facility that caught fire and spewed toxic smoke in January caught on fire again Tuesday night, according to multiple reports.
Unraveling the Narrative Supporting a Green Energy Transition
The purpose of this article is to summarize and debunk many of the issues in the narrative surrounding the proposed green energy transition as applies to the electric grid. The…
Trump Officially Ends Biden-Era War On American Appliances
“In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources, limited the generation of reliable and affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and inflicted high energy…
World Becomes Brighter as Trump Reverses Biden’s Incandescent Light Bulb Ban
Personally, I am planning to load up on the incandescent bulbs as soon as they become available.
Blue States Discover That “Green” Energy Storage is Playing with Fire—Literally
For years, environmentalists have insisted that wind and solar—propped up by giant lithium-ion batteries—are the only way forward. Now, as these battery facilities start going up in smoke (literally), even…
Free Our Energy Sector From Crippling Regulations and Inflationary Spending on So-Called “Green Energy”
At long last, the new administration can combat the Biden-Harris progressive climate agenda that did nothing but waste American energy potential and burden hardworking Americans, all in the name of…
California Battery Storage: Continuing Fire Problems
California is leading the nation in battery energy storage. No current figures are available, as the sector is growing so fast it is difficult to keep up. At the end…
The Energy Storage Fiasco — How Soon Will It Be Abandoned?
It seems that the frequency of these spontaneous fires increases with the size of the battery. Can this problem be solved? I have no idea. But it certainly has not…
Grid battery cost issue storm looms in Massachusetts
Assuming it is just the investor-owned utilities that most of us use, the big question is then how will the cost be divided among them? The new law is silent…
Santa’s Green Energy Crisis
This Christmas, I learned an important lesson. While green energy has its place, it’s not yet ready to power the demands of a global holiday operation. Reliable energy sources are…
New York DEFR Concerns Update
I am convinced that implementation of the New York Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) net-zero mandates will do more harm than good if the electric system transition…
The Cost Of Miliband’s Flywheels
It seems unlikely that flywheels would last more than a few years, certainly not without plenty of maintenance. Either way, the cost of flywheels would be considerable.
Grid scale battery fires loom large
America faces a growing threat from grid scale lithium battery fires. Construction of huge battery arrays with no concern for potentially catastrophic fires is out of control. There are no…
The Green New Folly: How Virtue-Signaling Killed a Ferry and Wasted Millions
The Missunde III debacle should serve as a cautionary tale to anyone who thinks the Green New Deal or Net Zero policies will usher in some kind of environmental utopia.…
Heat-Pump Sales Plummet by Almost 50% Across Europe
Just 765,000 heat pumps were sold in 2024 across the 13 European countries that represent 80% of the market, the European Heat Pump Association said.
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