Energy & Environmental Review: May 26, 2026
By John Droz, Jr. -- May 26, 2026This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.
Greed Energy Economics:
NY State’s Greed Machine ignores high energy costs
Unreliables (General):
*** Wind and solar are parasites on the grid
*** The Energy Cost of Energy
*** Driving Up the Cost Of Energy While Claiming to Promote “Affordability”
RGGI Transition Powerplant Cost
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Trump Administration Gets Strategic With Offshore Wind
Solar Energy:
*** The Terrible Track Record of the New Top Solar Lobbyist
Nuclear Energy:
*** Every Confusing Thing About Nuclear Power Explained Slowly
Germany’s Nuclear Confession Is a Crack in Net‑Zero Pretense
Book: Energy is Life — Why Environmentalism Went Nuclear
Fossil Fuel Energy:
The Indispensable Role of Fossil Fuels in Modern Civilization
China Will Buy Oil From The U.S.…
Memorial Day Weekend! (Motoring to summer ’26)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 22, 2026Get happy. Summer beckons. Not only hike and bike but drive to a better environment–your self-selected one. And once there, grill, baby, grill.
The automobile is environmentalism-on-wheels. The open road is freedom to escape the concrete for the great beyond. Mountains, rivers, hills, forests, even beautiful green golf courses–it is all a drive away.
The old Marathon ads said it best …a full tank of freedom. And Shell: “Let’s Go!” And Exxon: “Happy Motoring!”
Don’t worry about the anti-travel crowd who fret about emissions of the trace greening gas, carbon dioxide. Forget the spin and go for a spin!
Each year, MasterResource celebrates the beginning of the peak-driving season knowing that our free-market philosophy is about energy abundance and affordability and reliability. There is so little to apologize for. When is the last time you got a bad tank of gasoline or diesel, anyway?…
Continue ReadingGreenwishing: Shiny Promises Fall Short
By Stephen Heins -- May 21, 2026“We’ve got to call out the greenwishing of energy’s future. Excitement is good; delusion isn’t. Let’s demand proof, not promises. Reliable, affordable energy isn’t a luxury—it’s the foundation of modern life—time to get serious about what energy technologies actually scales.”
I’ve been watching this energy debate for years, and I’m tired of the hype. We’ve got politicians, billionaires, and startups promising the next big “green” breakthrough that’ll solve everything from climate change to data center power demands, with no downsides.
But most of it is what I call greenwishing—a cousin to greenwashing, where they polish up promising energy ideas, but unproven, unscalable technologies with fancy renderings, press releases, and government grants, all while the real engineering and economics lag behind.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for clean, reliable, affordable energy.…
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