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  • Spain’s impossible dream of ‘green’ electricity

    Published June 18, 2025
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    They’ve erected over 22,000 gigantic windmills, to harness the wind and generate electricity. Portugal has nearly 3,000. Together, when conditions are perfect, they can generate almost 38 gigawatts.
  • The greatest oxymoron statement of all time: ‘Renewable Energy’

    Published June 18, 2025
    Opinion -
    To date, none of the wind and solar projects around the world have ever been financed with private capital, as there is no return on such investments.
  • University Abuse of Taxpayers Must End

    Published June 11, 2025
    Opinion -
    There is no constitutional principle that requires the government to provide funding to any private schools.
  • The Uglier side of Electric Vehicles: disposing of the EV batteries

    Published June 10, 2025
    Opinion -
    Lithium-ion batteries have become a growing concern following wildfires, particularly in California, due to the increasing sales of hybrid and electric cars. It is well publicized that California will require 35% of new vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2026, and all new vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, However, the State lawmakers totally avoid any discussions about the uglier side of electric vehicles – how to dispose of the batteries from old or burned-out EVs.
  • Electrical production needs to be market-driven, not government-directed

    Published June 2, 2025
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     Government is in business with the big companies (subsidies), regulations favor monopolistic dictatorship instead of competitive prices, and the consumer is forced to “take what they can get” and “pay whatever is asked” to stay connected to the life-giving river of electricity.
  • A billion dollars worth of green groups join State suit to kill Trump’s no wind EO

    Published May 27, 2025
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    Ten so-called environmental groups, including the biggest, have joined the lawsuit filed by a bunch of green States asking the Court to nullify the President’s day-one executive order putting a hold on federal approvals of wind power projects.
  • America’s Dead Ed

    Published May 27, 2025
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    A detailed analysis of the most recent NAEP reveals the deterioration of American public schools, and not surprisingly, the teachers’ unions are a significant contributor to the decline.
  • The amount of money wasted on net-zero green policies worldwide is staggering!

    Published May 26, 2025
    Opinion -
    There is no “green” or “Net Zero” product or technology available anywhere in the world today that offers any form of reliable back-up for wind and solar power generation - none!
  • Who Do Those Congressmen Think They Are?

    Published May 21, 2025
    Opinion -
    The Congressional Review Act process is nothing more than Congress reasserting its authority to make laws. Vastly unpopular Energy Department rules banning gas water heaters, and imposing stringent appliance requirements, for example, have been overturned through this process, along with four regulations at the Interior Department, five at Labor, and three at EPA.
  • California’s Doom Loop Is in Full Swing

    Published May 20, 2025
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    The mountains are majestic, the seashore is splendid, but Golden State politics are pathetic.
  • Intermittent electricity from renewables cannot support AI and data centers

    Published May 19, 2025
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    The growing demand for continuous and uninterruptible electricity is being compounded by the growth of AI and data centers, which are humongous power consumers.

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