Executive Malpractice President Joe Biden is dancing to the sound emitting from a small but boisterous progressive constituency – the climate lobby. Largely “affluent city-dwellers—a white-collar elite – make up the climate lobby. “Climate is their First World problem, and they are going to vote for Mr. Biden anyway,” Kimberley Strassel reminds readers in the […]
Reality Check: Unintended Consequences of Green Energy
Originally posted January 30, 2024. Axing Trees to Build Solar Farms If wind and solar projects make profound sense, why then would they need government subsidies and mandates? Even beyond the costs of inefficient power production, James Freeman notes, “There’s a question of whether alternative-energy cheerleaders yet have a handle on the environmental impact of […]
A High-Speed Collision with Reality
A Government Road Trip: Even Less Fun Than It Sounds. James Freeman in the WSJ explains Americans’ increasing distress over public charging stations. Becoming worse are EVs’ glitchy, inoperable equipment at the stations. The WSJ’s Jennifer Hiller reports: … the U.S. government plans to launch a $100 million effort to try to tackle the reliability […]
Net Zero Lunacy
Central Planning Hubris + the Giant Green Blob = Senseless Damage What is finally bringing advocates to their senses on what formerly appeared to be unstoppable momentum on the march to “net zero” CO2 emissions? Energy reality has finally stepped in, suspending advocates in their footprints, reports the Manhattan Contrarian. Apparently, the UK government is […]
Tropical Storm Warnings for Texas and the Caribbean
Tropical Storm Franklin is headed toward the Gulf of Mexico and could hit Texas after potentially barreling through Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Warnings have been issued for Franklin, and meteorologists are keeping an eye on other tropical weather systems forming behind it. Bill Kearney, Robin Webb, and Angie DiMichele report for TNS: As of […]
Waging War on Things That Work
Government Overreach How to make life miserable? In pursuit of a cleaner planet, here are some things that will make us all more equitably bleak. Snuff out incandescent lights for good has continued despite the clear preferences of consumers, particularly low-income Americans. In 2018, University of Michigan researchers found that high-efficiency LED light bulbs “are […]
Oh Canada: Wildfires at a Blistering Pace
Good morning from Newport, as we awaken to an eerie veil of haze/smoke casting an artificial penumbra onto the scene. We, like millions of other Americans, are now under an air quality alert, and hazardous smoky conditions look like they will be around for days. With what appears to be a blistering start to summer, […]
The Nickel Pickle from EVs
There are no solutions, only tradeoffs … Auto manufacturers and developers of batteries for EVs worried there would be a nickel shortage, especially after the move away from cobalt. Why move away from cobalt? When human rights groups and journalists reported on widespread child labor in cobalt operations and dangerous conditions faced by miners in […]
Boeing Plans to Build Fuel Efficient Jet with NASA’s Help
Boeing has been chosen by NASA to receive taxpayer assistance in designing and building prototype jets that will use less fuel than current models. NASA will fund nearly 37% of the research venture which will total $1.2 billion. Doug Cameron and Micah Maidenberg report in The Wall Street Journal: Boeing Co. BA -1.37%decrease; red down pointing triangle won a […]
An Energy System that Works?
Energy storage is the Achilles Heel of Climate extremists, explains the Manhattan Contrarian. Despite the climate extremists – the media, academia, most big corporations, and the Executive Branch of the government – apparently controlling all the commanding heights of our culture, Francis Menton advises doubters not to worry. Why Not Worry? The Big Blowback What […]
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