Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, make people feel good but the reality is quite different. The results of such schemes also demonstrate the true intent of the proponents as well. E&E News (paywall) reported a few days ago of the high likelihood of rolling blackouts in the northeastern United States resulting from…
Environmentalists were not happy with the President’s tax plan and they aren’t happy about this. The Washington Post reports the President wants to end federal funding for their so-called clean energy boondoggles. The Trump administration is poised to ask Congress for deep budget cuts to the Energy Department’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, slashing…
Economists and some in the mainstream media are shrieking in horror at President Trump’s latest action of slapping imported solar products and even washing machines with, according to The New York Times, tariffs of up to 30 percent! This sounds ominous doesn’t it? The President should drop these restrictions immediately or he might start a…
The New York Times published a very interesting article Monday stating that because of Germany’s massive investment in renewables, negative pricing has resulted which is pitched as a net positive for Germany’s consumers. In short, German consumers were basically paid to use energy over the weekend. The Grey Lady claims that negative prices result from…
Dr. Benny Peiser is a is a social anthropologist specialising in the environmental and socio-economic impact of physical activity on health. In this video, Peiser opposes motion This House Would Rather Cool Down the Planet than Warm Up the Economy at the Cambridge Union.
Last week a news story was published based on a claim by the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) that the country’s electricity needs were serviced entirely by renewable energy for 300 days. The country claimed it had exceeded the 250 day period it achieved last year. In light of this, fossil fuel companies should…
Holly Nicholas of Rebel Media notes that environmentalists love to tout Germany as the place to imitate if we want to make renewable energy mainstream, so she looks into some of the major problems they’ve encountered with their Energiewende program which is being copied in Canada.
