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Two Different Holiday Wishes

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 24, 2024

Paul Williams, chairman and CEO of Stallion Oil Corporation, recently shared his holiday wishes on social media as follows:

To All My Democrat Friends:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2025, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great.…

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Energy & Environmental Review: December 23, 2024

By -- December 23, 2024

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 (General):
*** The True Cost of Industrial Wind Energy
*** Dem Lawmakers Hinder Federal Investigation Into Biden Admin’s $400 Billion Green Energy Loans
Norway Wants to Scrap EU Power Links amid Surging Prices
Former NY Utility Regulator Warns State Lawmakers They’re on the Naughty List

Wind Energy — Offshore:
Floating Offshore Wind Systems in the Impoverished State of Maine

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Osage Tribe Wins Again, Federal Judge Orders Removal of 84 Wind Turbines by Next December
Wind Power Has Hit Its Limits In Europe

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Exxon To Build Large Off-Grid Natural Gas Plants To Exclusively Sell Electricity… AI Data Centers?

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Jigar Shah: End DOE’s Loans/Grants Now!

By David Bergeron -- December 20, 2024

Ed. Note: The author is a solar technologist and founder/CEO of SunDanzer, a free-market, off-grid solar company based in Tuscon, Arizona. Jigar Shah is director of the $400 billion Loan Programs Office in the U.S. Department of Energy.

Dear Jigar:

We both have a passion for solar and renewable energy to succeed in the marketplace, and we both have progeny that will inherit the environment after we are gone. Leaving them a better place—ecologically, fiscally, and otherwise—is our North Star. This can be done with wisdom, skill, and compassion.

Massive annual budget deficits and record accumulated national debt are getting worse by the day. The annual deficit is now $1.8 trillion (FY 2024), despite a 11 percent increase in tax receipts. FY 2025 is shaping up to be worse.…

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Electricity Statism or Free Markets? (Kiesling shows more cards)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 19, 2024
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New Mexico Should Dump Its ‘Clean Energy’ Policies

By Kenneth Costello -- December 18, 2024
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Enron, NYT Declare Solar ‘Competitive’ (1994)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 17, 2024
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On the Origins of the US Forest Service

By Jane Shaw Stroup -- December 16, 2024
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“THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOOD FOR ENRON STOCK!!” (1997 Kyoto memo)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 13, 2024
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Andrew Dessler’s Strange Optimism (post-election groping)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 12, 2024
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Climate Grief vs. Climate Optimism: Why Not Open the Mind?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 11, 2024
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