A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Guest “I don’t care who you are that’s funny right there!” by David Middleton This bit really caught my eye: So… California and Texas both reduced “per capita CO2 emissions from…

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that” there is no energy transition!

More energy transition follies!

Natural Gas to the Rescue… Again

When demand ramps up, natural gas ramps up to meet the demand. When demand “really” ramps up, New England fires up its only coal-fired power plant and both regions fire…

Oh where, oh where is the Energy Transition?

Despite the best efforts of Biden’s autopen, US primary energy production set a new record in 2024. Natural gas and crude oil led the way, by a WIDE margin and…

Permian Basin – The Energizer Bunny of Oil

Just like the Energizer Bunny, the Permian Basin “just keeps going and going!”

Thank Democrats for California Gasoline Prices

“The struggles many Californians feel at the pump” are 100% due to California Democrat energy and environmental malfeasance.

Fossil Fuels Save New England From Freezing in the Dark… Again

Fossil fuels save New England from freezing in the dark… Again

Gulf of Mexico Oil Production to Approach 2 Million Barrels per Day by 2026… Unless…

Gulf oh Mexico oil production is to.approach new record.

LinkedIn “Disappears” Another Energy/Climate “Realist”

LinkedIn “disappears” another actual energy expert.

L A Times Editorial on How to Fight “Skyrocketing Electric Bills” Conceals Hugely Failed California Government Electricity Market Debacles

California’s government meddling in electricity markets has for decades been systematically driving up the state’s electricity prices hugely beyond increases being experienced elsewhere across the U.S.

The Truth about Wind Power and the 2022 UK Gas Crisis

There is a pervasive belief among green policy adherents that wind power saved the UK hundreds of millions during the natural gas crisis brought on by the disruption of gas…

Plant Vogtle Unit 4 begins commercial operation

Vogtle Units 3 and 4 are the first and only U.S. deployments of the AP1000 Generation III+ reactor.

Build It, And The Wind Won’t Come

Wednesday’s EIA report is a stark reminder that all of that generation capacity is subject to the vagaries of the wind.

Republicans Ignore “Climate Crisis” During Deep Freeze “Fueled by Global Heating”

Guest “When did The Babylon Bee take over The Grauniad?” by David Middleton I couldn’t make this sort of schist up, even if I was trying In the wake of…

Energy Information Has Never Mattered More—So It’s Time to Reform the IEA

… the U.S. should suspend payments to the IEA until it has been restructured in a fashion suitable for the times. There’s plenty of precedent for such an action, from…

Haynesville Natural Gas Production Sets New Record… Again

Featured image from Midwest Capital Advisors Guest “Déjà vu all over again” by David Middleton From the US Energy Information Administration: Just over one year ago… Frac On! From 2000…

California’s Retail Electricity Price Highest in the Continental U.S. & More than Double the Western U.S. Average Price

Incredibly, California’s year 2021 average retail electricity price has now grown to be 214% greater than the average of the other 10 western continental U.S. states. 

California Gov. Newsom to make gas prices even higher!

Governor Newsom says “California Took on Big Oil and Won.” Reality says Californian politicians are the reason why gasoline prices are so high in The Golden State.

US Gas Consumption Trends

No surprise there, as gas has steadily been replacing coal in the electricity mix.

US Grid Needs Fossil Fuels, Not Wind

This destroys the idea that the wind is always blowing somewhere, and that all you have to do is distribute surplus power around the country in order to meet demand.

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

— For the most part, it is.

The Permian Basin: The gift that keeps on giving!

Guest “Peak Productivity” by David Middleton SEPTEMBER 30, 2022Advances in technology led to record new well productivity in the Permian Basin in 2021 The Permian Basin in western Texas and…

America Is Successfully Pursuing ESG = Extreme Shortages Guaranteed

Everything that needs electricity is made with the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil. In an all-electric world, there will be nothing to power without oil.

Is the EIA fudging gasoline demand numbers to lower prices?

Guest “Not adding up” by David Middleton Personally, I do not think the EIA is fudging the numbers, at least not intentionally… But some numbers just don’t seem to add…

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