“It was the best of energy policies; it was the worst of energy policies” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. (Apocryphal)
Tag: Energy
Oil Moves Our Machines, But Electricity Is the Cornerstone Of Our Quality Of Life
The ignorance of the “energy ILLITERATE” leaders is shocking, as they NEVER explain how the “energy” from wind turbines and solar panels can provide TRANSPORTATION FUELS: jet fuel for military…
New York Following Cuba’s Strategy For Powering The Electrical Grid
If we keep up our current energy policies for long enough, we can also get to the point where our thermal (fossil fuel) power plants are too old to be…
Germany’s Nuclear Confession Is a Crack in Net Zero Pretense
Merz’s nuclear confession suggests that the political class cannot keep dodging reality forever.
Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Warns Drastic Measures Required As Data Centers Come Online
“Constrained supply” is at the heart of PJM’s complaints. This shortage largely stems from the many regulatory reviews required to break ground on energy developments, according to the Consumer Energy Alliance.
Positive national energy momentum at risk of being swamped by…everything else
Even Ontario’s premier Doug Ford has chastised the federal government to show some respect to Alberta and Saskatchewan, singling them out, an act that has happened exactly never times before.
Democrats Make It Clear That If They Retake Power, U.S. Energy Security Will Once Again Be at Risk
comments from leading Democrats make clear just how quickly the work to protect cost-effective energy can be undone by a simple change of congressional leadership or presidential administrations.
WSJ Energy Reporting: Improvement Needed
The ongoing come-uppance of the mainstream media needs to reach business reporting. In a new political climate, that time is now at the Wall Street Journal.
The Chance of Blackouts
The looming problems with reliability are not just a matter of acquiring new resources too slowly, as the NERC report implies, but also a more daunting problem with procuring new…
Wind and solar focus threaten America’s and South Africa’s economy
South Africa is at a crossroads when it comes to electricity.
Coal Needs Boots on the Ground
Over the last two decades, the coal industry has ceded much of the battlefield to its opponents and even now seems somewhat complacent about its future. The Trump Administration will…
Nuclear at 70: Federal Subsidies and Regulation Did Not Work
“Nuclear fission is the most complicated, fraught, expensive way to boil water to produce steam to drive electrical turbines.”
German Gas Crisis…Chancellor Merz Allegedly Bans Gas Debate Ahead of Elections!
Germany’s energy woes were compounded by the country’s move away from coal and nuclear power as part as its transition to green energies. According to Spiegelsperger, “We have switched from…
When It Comes to Climate and Energy, Let’s Retire the Politics of Fear
Anyone can manipulate data to come up with horrifying “what if” scenarios designed to frighten or intimidate people into making their preferred choices. That’s not how to make public policy.…
How Labour Betrayed Britain’s Working Class in the Name of Net Zero
In Aberdeen, the warning sirens are no longer coming from offshore rigs but from the unions themselves. A recent study cited by the GMB union paints a stark picture: the…
Thankfulness for Climate and Energy Reality
What We Should Be Grateful For in Climate, Energy, Living Standards, and Human Prosperity.
Thanksgiving Prices Fall Because the Green Agenda Lost
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner for ten people dropped about 5% this year, landing at $55.18. After years of grocery-store sticker…
Lee Zeldin Says It’s ‘Very Telling’ China Wants To Keep ‘Biden EPA Rule In Place’
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin told reporters Tuesday that it is “very telling” that China would want to keep a “Biden EPA rule in place.”
U.S. Energy Shift Offers Economic Hope to Global South
The recent shift in U.S. energy policy offers a glimmer of hope. For the first time in years, a major Western power has acknowledged that imposing “green” energy preferences on…
Buy Electrons Before Bytes: A Practical Plan to Power the AI Boom
The AI surge is exposing an old truth: electricity is the master resource. Data‑center power demand is projected to more than double globally by 2030. In the United States, the…