“Bipartisan support for commercial fission in Congress and the White House has opened the subsidy floodgates and, to an extent, reined-in overregulation. But the information of a free market where government is neutral is needed for the first time in the history of the industry.”
Free-market energy adherents are warned to not make commercial nuclear power (fission) the new government darling in place of wind, solar, and batteries. Instead, a free-market framework needs to be established to let the market decide with government neutral.
Special government favor created this peacetime industry in the 1950s, and its heralded promise never eventualized since. At the same time, turbine technology to generate electricity put fuel oil and natural gas into the game, providing much needed (fossil fuel) competition to coal. Wind and solar as grid electricity were nowhere through the 1960s and into the 1970s.…
“The ‘invisible hand’ is at work to enable the dash-to-gas (and diesel too) in the catch-up period for economical, large-scale power generation.”
Climate alarmist/activist Jamie Skaar provided a ‘current’ from the POWERGEN International conference held in San Antonio. His summary on LinkedIn (no link: he blocked me) follows verbatim [with my additions in brackets].
Industry Leaders Signal Major Shift in Gas Turbine Market: Key Takeaways
“Recent insights … reveal an unexpected trend: Gas turbine demand is surging to levels not seen since the early 2000s. What’s driving this growth during our push toward renewables? The answer lies in the unprecedented expansion of data centers and electrification, creating extraordinary demand for reliable, round-the-clock power.”
“Let’s examine what industry leaders are seeing:
1. Current Market Dynamics
– Over 7,000 gas turbines operating in U.S.…
The historical record is unkind to the climate alarmists and the apologists of industrial wind and solar forcing (via government activism). A periodic look back at the litany of emotional, rash judgements is merited. A small sampling follows.
“Two weeks ago, I looked at the question of the anxiety that the climate crisis is causing our psyches. But, if you think about it, there’s an equally interesting question regarding the human mind: How is it that some people, or corporations, can knowingly perpetuate the damage? Or, as people routinely ask me, “Don’t they have grandchildren?” ( – Bill McKibben, “The Climate Crisis,” May 19, 2021)
Comment: Just maybe consumer welfare, taxpayer welfare, and energy freedom deserve a seat at the policy table. And maybe preventing mass industrialization of the living space by wind and solar projects is an ecological good.…