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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Don’t write off coal. We need it to ensure power grid reliability
by Bud Weinstein June 1, 2022The power generation mix that has underpinned grid reliability and affordable electricity is currently under threat — a “perfect storm” of market failure and regulatory overreach in place of sound energy policy.
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The world has changed. We can no longer afford “Net Negative Energy” or “Building Back Worse”.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Biden Continues to Flip-Flop on Crude Oil Policies
by Ronald Stein February 28, 2022Biden appears to lack a basic understanding of what crude oil is used for, as he tinkers with the supply chain that supports the lifestyles and economies that did not exist in the decarbonized 1800’s.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Corrupt Climate Science Poisons Eastern Power Grid Operator
by Gordon Tomb February 10, 2022Life is complicated — and expensive and dangerous — when climate alarmism is taken seriously by people who probably should know better.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Electric Power Reforms Gain Ground in Virginia
by David Wojick February 5, 2022Two big Bills designed to fix Virginia’s broken electric power system have cleared the first legislative hurdle, on the road to becoming law.
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Environment/Energy
Crude Oil is seldom used for electricity, so why tinker with the supply chain?
by Ronald Stein November 10, 2021Coal and natural gas are two of the fossil fuels frequently used for the generation of electricity, but Biden’s plan to also rid America of crude oil, the “other” fossil fuel, is targeting the oil that is used to manufacture derivatives for thousands of products, and fuels for transportation infrastructures, but is seldom used for electricity generation.
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Climate ChangeConstitutionEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPoliticsRegulation
CA Electric Power Chief Says Serious Problems Lie Ahead
by David Wojick April 19, 2021California hadn’t planned for enough capacity to be available in the net peak period to ride out a super heating event effectively.
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Climate ChangeConstitutionEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPolitics
It Takes Big Energy to Back Up Little Wind and Solar
by David Wojick April 7, 2021Depending on weather-dependent energy for jobs and living standards takes money, resources.
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Climate ChangeConstitutionEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPoliticsRegulation
Nuking the anti-nuke crowd
by Duggan Flanakin December 21, 2020Experts agree the tide has turned in nuclear power’s favor, but obstacles remain
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Climate ChangeConstitutionEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedGovernmentPolitics
Send the Paris Climate Treaty to the Senate
by Paul Driessen December 7, 2020The most far-reaching international agreement ever must get Senate advice, consent and vote
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Climate ChangeConstitutionEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPolitics
California Public Advocates Office enters a “common interest agreement” with the Sierra Club to help the CPUC ban the use of natural gas
by Ronald Stein December 2, 2020California’s high cost of electricity is already fifty percent higher than the national average for residents
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPolitics
California’s energy scorecard fails on the world stage
by Ronald Stein September 22, 2020The world keeps adding natural gas and nuclear power plants to provide continuous uninterruptable electricity while California is eliminating natural gas and nuclear and relying on wind and solar
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If you’re going to replace fossil fuels, the alternative must be compelling.