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Environment & Energy
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Video: The Coming Collapse of Green Energy (and why EVs will never catch on) – In the Tank #422
Opinion -The Biden administration is continuing to mandate the electrification of everything while at the same time pulling offline the reliable and affordable power generation and transmission that would make it remotely possible. -
Despite Massive Subsidies, the Green Energy Transition Is Floundering
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -According to a recent report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the federal government has doled out $183.3 billion in direct and indirect subsidies for green energy over the past six years alone. -
California’s EV Conundrums
Opinion -Will EV mandates be one more reason to flee the once "Golden State?" -
Virginia – Don’t Follow Net Zero Lemmings Over the Energy Cliff
Opinion -States that link climate and energy policies to California and ‘climate crisis’ will pay high price. -
Video: Debunking Way-out Climate Alarmism Videos – Climate Change Roundtable #85
Opinion -This week on Climate Change Roundtable, host Anthony Watts and panelists Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling Burnett debunk a video taking the corporate position on climate change. -
The Actual ‘Climate Change’ Agenda
Opinion -Sadly, the climate change-industrial complex, a multi-trillion-dollar money machine, has irrevocably corrupted the once-hallowed scientific community. -
Comparing the New CCC to the Original
Opinion -Presidential power is only limited by the checks and balances of the other two branches, and then only if Congress or the courts decide to intervene. -
Five Years Later, Evidence of Fracking’s Safety Is Stronger than Ever
Opinion -Since 2010, there have been more than two dozen peer-reviewed studies determining the fracking process is not a systemic threat to groundwater. -
Anti-oil, but Definitely Pro-Products from Oil
Opinion -Before the 1800’s humanity had no products from oil to make life more enjoyable. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Climate Change and Political Responsibility
Opinion -Mismanagement of forests in California and Canada has contributed to fires. Neglect of levees left New Orleans vulnerable to Katrina.