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Junk Academic Climate/Energy Articles: A Sampling

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 10, 2026

“Economic efficiency and societal well-being demand that a slew of Marxist-Socialist-Progressive Left professors get real jobs in the private sector serving consumers. To go from Net Zero protagonists to Net Positive producers. In their absence, Internet-AI learning can better serve students….”

It is painful to read through the (far-too-many) academic papers relating to climate change, particularly in the social sciences. Prominent climate journals (AI overview) include:

  • Global Environmental Change: Focuses on human and policy dimensions of global environmental change.
  • Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS): Examines the intersection of energy systems and society, including behavior and policy.
  • Climate and Development: Focuses on qualitative, interdisciplinary studies regarding climate policy, adaptation, and development.
  • Environmental Politics: Focuses on the policy, political, and governance aspects of environmental change.
  • Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS): 

Even climate alarmist Chris Mooney, previously at the Washington Post and now at the University of Virginia, raises questions.…

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Climate Alarm and “Green” Energy: Protest from San Antonio

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 7, 2026

San Antonio attorney Stanley Bernstein posted on social media (July 6, 2026) about the feelings of many of his neighbors about electric rate inflation from (not-so) “green” energy. “San Antonio has spent and lost billions chasing the green energy hype,” he began. “During that time, electric rates have increased, the City of San Antonio is facing millions of dollars in budget deficits, and thousands of potential jobs have been lost.”

Bernstein also shared a testimonial from respected local meteorologist, Steve Brown, stating:

Many people in the San Antonio area have trusted and relied on Steve Brown as their go-to meteorologist for decades. I hope you’ll take the time to read what he has to say [below] as he speaks the truth.

A Meteorologist Protest

“I [Steve Brown] have been following the global warming er climate change story closely for half a century.…

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On Energy Density (Richard Lyon educates)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 6, 2026

“These three concepts — gradient, density, and power density — describe the thermodynamic floor beneath civilisation. No policy, no subsidy, and no amount of determination can override them.” (Richard Lyon, below)

Energy engineer/educator Richard Lyon recently illustrated the importance of the key concept of energy density, a subject of note at MasterResource. [1] “The Physics that Demolishes Energy Policy” (March 3, 2026) is taken from Chapter 1 of his book in process.

“There is far more heat energy in a swimming pool than in a pan of boiling water,” he begins.

You can boil an egg in the pan. You can’t boil an egg in the pool. And if you doubled the size of the pool, you’d double the energy available — and still have a cold, raw egg.

This is not a riddle.

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Adaptation Momentum, Mitigation Fatigue

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 5, 2026
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Climate Journalism in Decline

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 4, 2026
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Energy & Environmental Review: August 3, 2026

By -- August 3, 2026
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Discovering Milton Friedman (1912–2006)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 31, 2026
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Free-Market Electricity Reform Advancing (Advocates for Consumer Regulated Electricity)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 30, 2026
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Petrostatism vs. Oil Exceptionalism: Venezuela and Beyond

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 29, 2026
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Cheap Renewables? Reuters Recycles the Myth

By -- July 28, 2026
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