“Something is very amiss in the ‘left-libertarian’ space where energy/climate activism is not considered authoritarian and a consumer/taxpayer issue for ‘bleeding heart libertarians’.”

Matt Zwolinski, an academic philosopher and “bleeding heart libertarian” [1] who likes to criticize classical liberalism, promoted an article by Shikha Sood Dalmia on why she, as a former libertarian, is voting for Kamala Harris and not Trump. [2]

The debate (screenshot below) turned toward authoritarianism on the Left side, mentioning climate/energy issues. [3] At this point I joined in.

Bradley: “So Kamala and the Far Left are not about authoritarianism by small and large measures—and with a smile? And does the global energy/climate issue (global governance vs. CO2) mean anything to you?”

Zwolinski: Global energy means a great deal to me. And climate change denialism is a major problem in both the libertarian and Republican parties.…

My least favorite think tank is Shikha Dalmia’s Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism, publisher of The UnPopulist. Left-funded and a pretend classical-liberal group, it promotes a vague ‘liberalism’. ISMA is a Trump-hate group of disaffected, politically homeless folk who have forgotten that statism is the enemy, not Donald Trump. Thus, they do not apply their metrics to the Progressive Left–just Trump. And their TDS has put them at odds with normal folk. [1]

This fringe group is a home to Left Libertarians who, among other things, play up climate alarmism and thus the Climate Industrial Complex’s forced energy transformation. Jonathan Adler, who I have taken to task (without his promised rebuttal), fits right in with Shikha’s group. Employing judicial activism, Adler assumes CO2 is a deleterious pollutant to argue for tort law for the ‘victims’ (fill in the blank) to sue the ‘guilty’ (everyone, really).…

“Hydrogen energy will cease to become viable when the subsidies provided to it by governments of the world dry up. Hopefully, the new Administration will recognize that hydrogen embrittlement applies not just to metals, but to our economy as well.”

Hydrogen. The first element in the Periodic Table and the most abundant element in the Universe. It is also the simplest element—the most common isotope has only one proton and one electron. It has been called the “Future of Energy”; after all, the Sun relies on hydrogen to keep emitting light and, if it is good enough for our Sun, why isn’t it good enough for us?

No doubt you have heard all the clamor associated with a hydrogen-based energy economy. Jeremy Rifkin published a book entitled The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth.…

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: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** The loss of pollinators: The hidden ecological cost of Wind Turbines

Unreliables (General):
*** Introducing The Global Renewable Rejection Database: At Least 72 Rejections Of Wind/Solar Since 2023
Trump Drops Truth Bomb On Green Energy
A Key Federal Agency Stopped Approving New Renewables Projects

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Elon, it’s time to sic the DOGE on BOEM
*** The Collapse of Offshore Wind Power is Only the Beginning
Deficiencies in Dominion’s offshore wind permits
Opposition Grows to Offshore Lake Erie Wind Turbines
Media outlet is reporting possible data falsification at plant where defective Vineyard Wind turbine blades were manufactured

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Big Wind is in big trouble
GE closing wind blade factory with 1,000 jobs to go

Solar Energy:
Energy experts blast failed billion-dollar DOE solar project as ‘financial boondoggle,’ ‘disaster’
The Ivanpah Solar Power Monstrosity Bites the Taxpayers.…