“Light pollution interrupts critical wildlife patterns for bats, migratory birds, insects (and more) and erodes biodiversity. In addition to these threats to wildlife, brighter night skies also threaten the health and natural cycles of humans, wastes energy and money, and disrupts ecosystems” according to a 2025 report from the World Economic Forum.” (- Haley Zaremba, below)
An article by Haley Zaremba (OilPrice.com) earlier this year, The Renewable Energy Transition Is Running Out of Places to Go (February 8, 2026), identified several issues of industrial wind complexes that seldom get attention. She speaks from the alarmist/transformationist camp, which makes her points extra interesting.
She begins with three major points:
“Adaptation is taking over for mitigation as we speak. It is mainstream, not ‘evil.’ No, the average consumer and investor benefits from energy freedom…. The Climate Industrial Complex is the political elite, living off of political favor at the expense of the best energy.”
Noel Cass, Research Fellow at University of Leeds, views himself as the purveyor of truth and goodness and his critics (me, in particular) as conflicted, wrong, and “evil.” His bio reads in part:
…I am a researcher focussing on the social and political aspects of energy systems and everyday life. I have researched areas including environmental audits of organisations, tourism and travel, everyday life and travel practices, public engagement with renewable energy technologies, the ethical implications of nuclear power and options for radioactive waste management, the social exclusion implications of transport policies on congestion and climate change, climate change policy in local authorities in the UK, the energy demands of the built environment, later focussing on office building designs, and the implications of changing office work practices.
A solar bankruptcy list has been compiled by Data Register, “Data from Solar Company Bankruptcy Register: US Home Solar Bankruptcies and Closures Since 2022.” Their summary of the current state of the industry speaks for itself (reproduced verbatim below). I then offer a final comment, followed by Appendice A on (long-term) contract transfers from busted companies and Appendix B on previous posts on the rooftop solar bust.
DATA REGISTER
Since 2022, more than 90 solar companies that sold, financed, serviced, or supplied U.S. homes have gone bankrupt, entered a court-supervised wind-down, or liquidated. The yearly count is 29 in 2022; 29 in 2024; 24 in 2025, and 11 in 2026 (to date). Seventy-seven (85 percent) went through a bankruptcy court or similar proceeding, 51 (56 percent) are Chapter 7 liquidations once conversions are counted, 79 (87 percent) are installers.…