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Energy & Environmental Review: August 19, 2024

By -- August 19, 2024

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.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** “Green” Hydrogen Subsidies are 1,900x Larger Than What’s Given to Nuclear

Unreliables (General):
*** Coming Clean on Clean Energy: It’s a Dirty Business
(Alex Epstein) Summer Talking Points: Unreliable Power
Wholesale prices surge as wind and solar output falls to zero in South Australia

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Report: Offshore Wind Turbines May Kill You
Vineyard Wind turbine debris makes it to Cape Cod
Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial Catastrophe
Feds must rethink authorizing harassment of whales by offshore wind

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** Report: Clearing the Air — Honest Truths About Clean Energy
Wind project shelved after landholders change their minds

Solar Energy:
State Regulations Force Bankruptcy of California Solar Company

Nuclear Energy:
*** Swedes Embrace Nuclear & Join Europe’s Grand Rejection of Wind & Solar Transition
*** Small modular nuclear reactors could be an affordable path to a carbon-free future
America’s oldest nuclear plants are in Upstate, and NY needs them. We have some big decisions to make
Fusion power might be 30 years away but we will reap its benefits well before

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** (Alex Epstein) Summer Talking Points: Gasoline Prices

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
*** Report: EVs’ impact on Power Systems and Supply Chains
*** The Great Electric Vehicle Pushback
Reality Brings EV Buyers’ Remorse
The True Cost of Biden’s Bet on EVs

Miscellaneous Energy News:
Electric Grid Load Shaping

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Polar Bears, Dead Coral and Other Climate Fictions
*** Short video: Heat Wave? | CO2 Coalition Climate Chronicles
*** Huge Increase in Coral Produces 3rd Year of Record Highs on the Great Barrier Reef
*** The Top Five Climate Science Scandals
The Toxic Fumes of Gaslighting
Twisted Truth: Lies, Extreme Lies, and Climate Statistics
Math Confirms Foolishness of Climate Alarmism
Europe’s Recipe For Disaster: The Von Der Leyen Program
Cold Kills Far More People Worldwide Than Heat
Having it both ways on climate change and wetland methane

Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous:
*** The Cognitive Tales: Volume 1: The biases that make us think too fast
*** Dr. Willie Soon’s keynote presentation for the Clintel 5th anniversary
Climate Deniers of the World, Unite!
Report: The Climate Disaster Fund
A radio climate debate (Goreham vs Lipsky)
Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Battle—Seize Land for Green Energy
California’s Wildfires Driven by Poor Land Management and Climate, Say Experts

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