This month, the RENIXX stood at 1,013 points, essentially zero value growth over the last 18 years. In comparison, the S&P 500 Index more than quadrupled over the same period.…
Tag: Solar power
More Solar Silliness In The New York Times
The solar hype continued last month in the pages of the New York Times with an article by David Wallace-Wells headlined, “What Will We Do With Our Free Power?” The…
The Green New Deal could make electricity 28 times more expensive
Below I show how the Green New Deal can cause the average household electricity bill to go up a crushing $52,500. The reason is simple. Wind and solar require a…
Tangled Comparisons: Renewables Versus Fossil Fuels
Wind or solar costs around five times more per megawatt hour compared to, for example, natural gas.
Can American Conservation Survive ‘Green’ Energy?
A future with denser, cleaner urban footprints that preserve natural habitats requires that we continue to decrease the natural resources and land we consume, particularly with our population predicted to peak…
World’s Most Populous Nation Has Put Solar Out To Pasture. Other Countries Should Follow Suit
The story of Dharnai serves as a cautionary tale for the implementation of renewable energy projects in rural India, where pragmatism is the official choice over pie in the sky.
Joe Biden’s Energy Policies Are Based on Fantasies and Fairy Tales
…Frankly, the policy decisions in the Biden White House are detrimental to the wellbeing of the United States citizens and economy.
The Politicized Texas Grid: Sheridan Calls for Transparency (and Mea Culpas)
It’s time for a candid conversation about the state’s energy policies—one that acknowledges the true costs and challenges of a blindly pro-renewables approach and seeks solutions that ensure the resilience…
Telegraph Compares Solar Capacity with Nuclear!
The clueless reporter evidently does not understand the difference between CAPACITY and GENERATION.
Exploding Energy Prices in Costly California
Green energy policies are the primary cause for high and escalating California energy prices.
Time to Retire the Term “Renewable Energy” from Serious Discussions and Policy Directives: Part 3
“Renewable good, non-renewable bad” is far too simplistic and unfortunately influential
Time to Retire the Term “Renewable Energy” from Serious Discussions and Policy Directives: Part II
The impact of “renewables” on reliability is too vague to be meaningful.
Status Report From Another Would Be “Climate Leader,” The UK
The rest of the world is getting a good laugh at Britain’s expense. As Darwall states, “The metric of leadership success is followship.” By that metric, as well as every…
More Media Lies About the Texas Electricity Grid
Guest “Lying must be like breathing to them” by David Middleton Solar, wind energy keeping Texas power grids running amid weekslong heat wave Inflated prices and power failures could have…
Solar Optimism and Coal Alarmism a Century Ago
The notion that the sun’s energy can be converted into electricity because it is just there to be concentrated is naivete.
Reliable vs. Intermittent Generation: A Primer (Part I)
Therefore, if fuel costs are rising, and I am running my generation facility on a skeleton crew, what’s left for me to cut?
The Final Nail in The Coffin Of “Renewable” Energy
Nut zero, then, is a striking instance of Monckton’s Law, which states that any attempt by governments to interfere in the free market in pursuit of some political objective or…
Blackouts… Because Climate Change! Blame Natural Gas!
Guest “They got it bass-ackwards, once again” by David Middleton Electricity operators must wake up to climate change — or brace for summer outagesBY ROMANY M. WEBB, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR –…
False Energy Transition: The View from Australia (Nick Cater, Menzies Research Centre)
In the current ‘transition’, the process is reversed unless we are prepared to countenance the mass use of nuclear technology.