“Hubris and corruption have compromised the energy sector and lowered the welfare of its customers (all of us). Only a small subset of people and corporations have gained from their political/lobbying formula of concentrated benefits, diffused costs.”
The current green agenda is flawed. I say this as not as a policy wonk or a political partisan but as someone with industry experience as an engineer, management consultant, and interim CTO for a solar company.
The power grid has been referred to as the world’s largest machine; a complex that has improved our quality of life dramatically. Yet today’s ‘reinvention’ is not from engineering and science from those running it. The grid is being managed by politicians under the influence of lobbyists, not to mention a supporting cast of lawyers, economists, and activists, some well-meaning. …
Continue ReadingThis candidate profile was just released by the American Energy Alliance, the advocacy arm of the Institute for Energy Research (IER).
“Kamala Harris has a plan for American energy: make it harder to produce and more expensive to purchase.”
President Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday, July 21, under mounting pressure from Democrats following his poorly received debate performance. By endorsing Harris, he has positioned her as the frontrunner to succeed him. However, there is still some degree of uncertainty looming as Democrats hurriedly work to assemble a new 2024 ticket before the party’s convention on August 19-22 in Chicago.
Harris’ stance on energy, both during her tenure as a senator and as a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, was to the left of Biden’s, leaning more towards far-left positions that favor government control and political direction of energy production. …
Continue Reading“Funny thing. The climate alarmists’ favorite energies–wind and solar–have ruined the margins of nuclear to cause premature retirements and a lack of private funding for new construction. So the fossil-fuel haters in the nuclear camp find themselves victimized by the climate crusade. It sure is hard being ‘nuclear green’.”
Being active on social media with several thousand followers, I actively engage with my critics for fun and profit. I learn much, and those who have chosen to follow me (6,400+) might also. But I have also attracted scorn, some of the worst kind. My foes are typically wed to an energy dependent on special government failure. The ideological, deep-ecology, Church-of-Climate types spare little invective about how I am a threat to the future. Arguments failing, ad hominem often follows,
I employ plenty of analysis and link to a variety of sources.…
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