The Energy Future we need to have a Future worth having.

So deciding between the so-called renewables and coal for power generation is a false choice. Because coal isn’t a long-term option.

It’s Cold: Germany Fires Up Reserve Coal Plant

The success of the Energiewende on full display.

China Coal: Reuters’ “weird climate logic”

The fact that China’s carbon dioxide emissions are being ignored while U.S. energy policies are destroying the reliability of its power grids and undermining its energy independence is telling.

L A Times “Green China” Latest News

…each operating for 25 years to save an amount of coal equivalent to the yearly increase of China’s coal use just between 2021 and 2022. 

L A Times Hypes “Green China” the World’s Champ of Global Coal Use & CO2 Emissions While Demanding U.S. Declare a “Climate Emergency”

There is no scientific basis that supports the L A Times purely politically contrived and preposterous propaganda demand for a “climate emergency” to be declared in the U.S. 

King Coal Outdistancing Wind/Solar/Hydro/Other Renewables

“Global coal production is expected to grow further in 2023, driven by an expected strong ramp-up of production in China, India, and Indonesia in the first six months, offsetting declines…

The Dimming of Coal: The UK’s Emergency Power Reserves in Peril

…electricity supplies this winter would be less secure

Al Gore’s Hypocritical Vision Perpetuates Indian Poverty

As the world’s most populous nation, India’s CO2 emissions are frequently cited by climate zealots in their demonization of the life-sustaining gas.

Coal To the Rescue in Britain as Solar Panels Also Work Too Poorly in The Summertime

Great Britain is finding out that going without coal power is a lot easier said than done.

“Stranded Assets”: Who Will Have the Last Laugh?

On the first day when any government withdraws its subsidies for any wind, solar or battery asset, that asset becomes “stranded.”

National Grid Warm Up Coal Plant

Wind was running at 8% at the time, but has dropped since then:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Mark Christie: Power Grid is Facing ‘Dire Consequences’ Due to Coal & Gas Retirements

The problem is the subtraction of coal and gas and other dispatchable resources which are the ones we need during this transition to keep the lights on.

Coal: The Missing Link

The natural-gas industry in Australia is effectively ‘feeding the crocodile’. It should consider the possibility that, after coal, it is next on the list. And treat coal as an ally,…

Coal, Developing Nations, and the Streisand Effect

Thus, was born the “Streisand Effect,” defined as efforts to suppress that only serve to amplify. 

Bloomberg News: ‘South Africa Beats Climate Goal as Blackouts Slash Emissions’ – ‘Unintentional…power plant breakdowns are reducing industrial activity’

Regular breakdowns of the coal-fired power plants that supply more than 80% of South Africa’s electricity mean that less carbon dioxide is being pumped into the atmosphere and daily rotational cuts of…

Climate Change Weekly #460: Biden Offshoring Pollution, Environmental Injustice

The threat to whales is hardly the only problem with Biden’s plan, as proven by an analysis of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)…

India’s Uncompromising Commitment to Coal

In Asia, the need for sustained economic growth outweighs fanciful visions of a “carbon-free” utopia, making coal the obvious choice for at least several decades.

Climate Change Weekly #455: COP 27 Will End Up as FLOP 27

Judging by the effect of past climate agreements on the actions of nations around the world, the agreements reached at the COP 27 meeting held in Egypt in November are…

Is the Renewable Energy Industry Nothing More Than a Jobs Program?

— For the most part, it is.

King Coal: Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (apologies to Mark Twain)

Due to coal’s relatively high carbon-dioxide emissions upon combustion, the fuel has been cast as arch-villain by the climate alarmists.