Opinion
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Beware the Offshore Wind Oligarchy
Opinion -Of course it is possible the states will simply ditch the targets, or slip them harmlessly into the future, so they can repeatedly reject the high bids. This might even wipe out offshore wind, which is what it deserves. Watching that happen, perhaps even helping it along, could be great fun. -
Americans’ Trust in Mass Media Sinks to Record Low
Opinion -Unfortunately, the days of the mass media bringing the news fully, accurately, and fairly are long gone. Unlike the 1970s, when the mass media reported the news, today, the mass media have an agenda and use their media megaphone to shape the news to fit with their preferred ideological narrative. -
Biden Declares War on Menthol Cigarettes
Opinion -Although well-intended, the FDA’s rule to ban menthol cigarettes based on the premise that removing these products from the marketplace will reduce youth experimentation and addiction to such products is rather unconvincing. -
Green Hydrogen Needs Vast Subsidies
Opinion -Governments propose to replace hydrocarbon fuels with hydrogen fuel, using hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies. But vast subsidies won’t be enough to overcome the insurmountable problems with green hydrogen fuel. -
Video: Hottest Summer Ever? NOT! – Climate Change Roundtable #84
Opinion -The media has been quick to dub this the 'hottest summer on record', but what does that truly mean in the vast timeline of Earth's climatic history? -
Nun Tackles Criminal Eco-Nut in France, Hilarity Ensues
Opinion -Unlike devotees of the pagan Church of the Climate Apocalypse, these nuns are actually doing the work of God. -
Decisions Based on Science, or Spirits?
Opinion -Like most people, I am fascinated by Native American history and traditions. There is much to admire about those people, several of whom are among my own ancestors. But we should not confuse that admiration with science. Most Native Americans today certainly would not do so. -
A Skeptical Look at Laudate Deum
Opinion -The moral questions that are addressed by Pope Francis do merit consideration. Pollution and litter are real issues, along with unnecessary deforestation, overfishing, and poaching. Poverty is likewise something Christians are called to be concerned about. Fortunately, both of those issues can be aided by helping impoverished nations unlock their energy industries and invest in development. People are more concerned with conservation when they are not so worried about putting food on the table. -
Without Crude Oil, There Can Be No Electricity
Opinion -All the parts to generate electricity, and all the components needed to use electricity, are all made from the oil derivatives manufactured from raw crude oil. -
Hard Evidence Warranting the Impeachment of Joe Biden
Opinion -At least 12 sets of documented facts prove that Joe Biden engaged in actions that accord with textbook definitions of bribery, extortion, abuse of power, and obstruction of justice. Furthermore, no less than three major defenses of Biden are littered with half-truths and outright falsehoods. -
Biden’s Kamikaze Climate Plan for the US Economy
Opinion -China has as much coal power now just in some phase of planning or construction as what the U.S. now has in its entirety. -
Bidenomics: Big Banks Writing Off Most Bad Loans Since China Virus Lockdowns
Opinion -The United States as currently constituted will - (well) within the next decade - completely collapse. Plan accordingly. -
Un-womaned: When Big Tech Cancelled Female Voices During COVID
Opinion -I respect Naomi Wolf for speaking out and admitting she was wrong. I hope you do, too. -
America to Ford: Your Electric Trucks Can Drop Dead
Opinion -With sales of the F150 Lightning tanking, Ford has now canceled all dealer stock orders for the vehicle -
Video: This New Film Challenges the Climate Orthodoxy – Climate Change Roundtable #83
Opinion -In episode 83 of "Climate Change Roundtable," we will review the film "A Climate Conversation," in a discussion with the producers and narrator. -
Climate Change Weekly #485: Pope’s Climate Harangue Shows that He Should Stick to Theology and Leave Climate Policy to Those Who Follow Facts
Opinion -Pope Francis has made creation care and fighting climate change a cornerstone of his Papacy from its early days. -
New Documentary Challenges ‘Climate Crisis’ with Facts, Sound Science, and Commonsense
Opinion -For far too long, the climate alarmists have held great sway over the dissemination of information that counters their narrative, including assistance from Big Tech in their quest to suppress any and all counterarguments. For anyone seeking an even-handed, fact-based approach to one of the most significant issues of our time, “A Climate Conversation” is a must-see. -
Anti-ESG Report Card: 2024 Presidential Candidates
Opinion -In an attempt to secure vast amounts of wealth and influence over society, corporations, bankers, and investors, working closely with key government officials, have launched a unified effort to impose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards on most of the industrialized global economy. (ESG standards are also often referred to as “sustainable investment” or “stakeholder […] -
Video: Civilization vs Savagery — In the Tank Podcast #419
Opinion -The unfathomable evil of Hamas’ attack on Israel last week was a reminder that the eternal human struggle between civilization and savagery never ends. -
Heartland Institute Releases Anti-ESG Scores for 2024 Presidential Candidates
Opinion -It is not an exaggeration to say that ESG represents one of the greatest threats to individual freedoms, democratic institutions, and macroeconomic stability facing us today. -
Christopher Columbus and Hurricanes in the Atlantic
Opinion -Records like the ones kept by Columbus and his fellow voyagers are now indispensable for meteorologists who depend on them to piece together part of the picture of weather history. Sailors kept great records, which is how they knew to plot their courses and the timing of their departure from safe harbor so that they avoided being in hurricane hot zones during the peak of the season. -
Mutual Assured Destruction: Then and Now
Opinion -The doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction worked during the Cold War, just as Neumann supposed it world, because both sides were rational. But, can we be so confident today? -
The Climate Change-Industrial Complex Is an Existential Threat
Opinion -Before it is too late, those of us who will pay the ultimate price, both in a degraded standard of living and a less free and open society, must push back against the climate change-industrial complex. For if we do not, we may, as Ike warned, let “public policy … itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.” -
The Electric Grid Needs Good Failure Mode Analysis
Opinion -Everyone talks about blackouts, but I have not seen a detailed analysis of the various ways these might occur.
