Ed. Note: This 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. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.
Unreliables (General):
*** Replacing coal with wind and solar requires massive storage
The grim cost of firming up solar and wind
Texas Gets a Spring Energy Scare
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Offshore Wind and Whales – A collection of articles from fisherynation.com
*** Major NY Offshore Wind Project Cancelled
*** Dominion’s pile driving boat violates the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Tilting at Windmills
Wind Energy off California Coats Faces Fisher Lawsuit and Marine Sanctuary Issues
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
Nuclear Energy:
*** German officials said to have manipulated documents to support nuclear power phase out
*** Short video: History of the LNT Model and a Path Forward
Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Epstein: Reflections on Earth Day, including a discussion with Rick Perry
*** Mandatory Emissions To Achieve Net-Zero Is A Fool’s Game
200 Ways President Biden and the Dems Have Made it Harder to Produce Oil & Gas
New Biden Climate Rules Could Shutter Remaining American Coal Plants
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
*** Expert: EV push is ‘one of the biggest energy policy blunders we’ve ever made’
Biden’s EV mandate: a dictatorial attack on the American driver and the US grid
The EV Bubble Bursts
Coming Soon: Mandatory EVs
Ford lost $1.3 billion in a quarter, a loss of $132,000 on every EV sold
Tesla in turmoil
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** EPA rule against power plants – bad for energy reliability and prices, bad for rule of law
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Short video: CO2 and Mortality
*** How Three Alarmist Billionaires Bankrolled The Fake Climate Catastrophe
*** Antarctica Is Colder, Icier Today Than at Any Time in 5,000 Years
Study: Reliable Physics Demand Revision of the IPCC Global Warming Potentials
Saving Climate from the Greens
A Realist Climate Agenda
Report: Global hurricane activity not getting worse
Global Warming Inhibits Hurricane Activity
Climate Change And The Law: The Absurdity Escalates
Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous:
*** Climate Change Is Normal and Natural, and Can’t Be Controlled
Will More CO2 Warm the Atmosphere?
How Climate Change Narrative Is Preventing Africa From Modernizing and Gaining Prosperity
How Many Billions of People Would Die Under Net Zero?
Net Zero? Oops, Never Mind