Guest essay by Eric Worrall Worried about food miles? The solution according to these greens is growing food in your basement under grow lights. Driverless cars and climate change prompt…
Category: Green tech
A question that gives pause: If Solar And Wind Are So Cheap, Why Are They Making Electricity So Expensive?
By Michael Shellenberger, President, Environmental Progress. Over the last year, the media have published story after story after story about the declining price of solar panels and wind turbines. People who read these stories are understandably…
Study: Light from energy saving LED's may be giving us cancer
From the “law of unintended consequences” department comes this finding, suggesting that the push for eco-friendly energy savings may be doing more harm to us than good. Study links night…
A positive perspective on electric vehicles
Because we recently ran a story that was highly critical of electric cars, here’s a positive story for balance. – Anthony Guest essay by Jan Kjetil Andersen, Jkandersen.no Csens.org I…
How Solar And Wind Are Causing Electricity Prices To Skyrocket
The following article was written by a leading environmental activist, who’s also running for governor of California, not some fossil-fuel advocate. Guest essay by Michael Schellenberger Over the last year,…
MIT Finding: Relying on renewables alone significantly inflates the cost of overhauling energy
Evidence points to the need for a broader range of clean power beyond just wind and solar. by James Temple A growing number of US cities and states have proposed or…
Friday Funny – The ultimate in 'Range Anxiety' for @spacex
This week marked a spectacular achievement by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX; a mostly successful (they lost the core booster) test of the Falcon Heavy booster and recovery system, along with…
Study: Avoiding blackouts with 100% renewable energy
From STANFORD UNIVERSITY and the “pie in the sky dreams” department comes this study Stanford engineers develop a new method of keeping the lights on if the world turns to…
Global Investment in Renewable Energy Has Stalled
By Steve Goreham Earlier this month, the Trump Administration announced a decision to apply a 30 percent tariff on imported solar cells and panels. The Solar Industries Association denounced the…
Boeing to produce an ‘electric commuter plane’ – fossil fueled engine included
From the “ultimate range anxiety” department. NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Seattle-area startup, backed by the venture capital arms of Boeing Co (BA.N) and JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU.O) announced plans…
The big slide in renewable energy tells the real story
No, renewables are not taking over the world anytime soon. Guest essay by Bjørn Lomborg We have spent the last two centuries getting off renewables because they were mostly weak, costly…
Claim: Electric cars could ‘power our lives’
Energy from electric cars could power our lives — but only if we improve the system Two apparently contradictory studies come together with recommendations Oxford, November 22, 2017 – Power…
Claim: Hydrogen powered cars for the masses one step closer to reality
From the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES and the “flux capacitor” department. Hydrogen cars for the masses one step closer to reality, thanks to UCLA invention 2-in-1 device also…
FAIL: Antarctic research station wind turbine crashes, diesel to the rescue
From the ABC Australia, video follows. Proof of something we’ve always said: You need a fossil fueled backup generator for any “green”wind/solar power project. Mawson Antarctic research station relying solely…
In Defense of the Electric Car – part 3
Guest essay by John Hardy Full disclosure: I own an electric car, and I think they are useful for city transportation. However, having owned one for a decade, I can say…
In Defense of the Electric Car – part2
Full disclosure: I own an electric car, and I think they are useful for city transportation. However, having owned one for a decade, I can say that it hasn’t been practical…
In Defense of the Electric Car – Part 1
Full disclosure: I own an electric car, and I think they are useful for city transportation. However, having owned one for a decade, I can say that it hasn’t been…
Child miners aged four living a hell on Earth so YOU can drive an electric car: Awful human cost in squalid Congo cobalt mine that Michael Gove didn’t consider in his ‘clean’ energy crusade
From The Daily Mail Sky News investigated the Katanga mines and found Dorsen, 8, and Monica, 4 The pair were working in the vast mines of the Democratic Republic of…
Global EV and related climate alarmist colossal messes
Guest essay by Larry Hamlin EVs have been hyped by the climate alarmist renewable energy activist crowd as an effective approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions regarding transportation energy consumption,…
Renewable Energy, what is the cost?
By Andy May A key question to think about, do renewable fuels decrease fossil fuel use, or do they increase it? What are the costs of using renewable energy? The…
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