New York’s Official Energy Plan Is No Plan

Until new, non-emitting alternatives like hydrogen or advanced nuclear generation are developed and commercialized, fossil resources are needed to fill an essential role in preserving reliable grid operations.

Claim: Renewables are Cheaper Because of Fuel Volatility

The presenters at the meeting were carefully chosen to further the Hochul Administration’s narrative that all is well with the Climate Act. Consider, for example, the presentation by Jeff Freedman…

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 Energy Transition Ain’t Happening: “Green” Economy in Retreat

Even the 45% figure cited there is a fantasy, and consists mostly of a power plant at Niagara Falls that pre-existed all of this energy transition claptrap.

Cracks in the NY Climate Act Facade

There was this herd mentality … and I think it was unworkable from day one; I said so as much internally

New Year’s Resolution – Methane Response

In the atmosphere where it counts methane is not nearly as potent.

The Wind is Always Blowing Somewhere Fallacy

The fatal flaw is that New York City requires dedicated resources to replace existing generation when it is needed to keep the lights on. 

New York Gas Stove Ban – Beginning of the End or End of the Beginning?

The proposed wholesale shift to unwanted technology without proper accounting of costs will be under intense scrutiny this year. 

NY Climate Act Cap and Invest Plan Going Off the Rails

In New York and elsewhere climate justice considerations are making their way into legislation

New York’s Good Environmental Intentions Unsullied by Reality

A zero-risk standard sets a high hurdle for permitting a new facility or keeping an existing source in operation.  

The Pied Piper Has No Clothes

The feasibility analysis performed by Jacobson et al. (2013) is incomplete and scientifically questionable from both the technical and economic perspectives, and it implicitly assumes, without sufficient justification, that social…

New York’s Climate Act Scoping Plan Process Template

I also predict that if the ideologues continue control the implementation process then  costs will sky rocket, that there will be a catastrophic blackout that causes death and destruction, and…

More on Energy Fantasy Versus Reality in Woke-Land

It’s official: the world is committed to rapidly reducing CO2 emissions

New York Legislative Race to the Bottom

One last point.  In another outstanding example of cluelessness, the underlying argument that the primary reason fuel prices have gone up is because the evil oil companies are making windfall…

Lights Out: The CLCPA and New York’s Energy Future

Three speakers addressed the question: How do we deliver what’s needed and how soon can we get there?

WUWT New York State Net Zero Plan Summary

Despite their best efforts to game their numbers to claim that the cost of inaction exceeds the cost of action for the Climate Act New York State has to rely…

New York Climate Act Scoping Plan

The large number of wind turbines and solar panels will also create massive amounts of waste when they are retired.  Furthermore, the cumulative environmental impacts of thousands of wind turbines…