“The diversion of the associated massive investment of national wealth away from mitigation to adaption policies is most likely our best chance of meeting all the other major threats to humanity, many of which are more ‘clear and present’ than global warming.”
How are the vast majority of us to assess the claims of problematic global warming and mandated responses? At present, we are simply being told by ‘experts’ what is happening, and what we must do about it. The task of properly assessing climate issues is very complex, and individually we do not have the time to devote to the immense task of properly doing this.
One helpful approach is a simple decision tree model to evaluate policy options for global warming that has been published by Michael Cochrane, whose background includes a Ph.D.…
Continue ReadingThe Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult WiseEnergy.org for more information).
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
The Obama administration lawlessly rewards its supporters and punishes its enemies
Renewables Should No Longer Have Grid Priority: E.U. Energy Commissioner
View from the Third World: The World Needs More Energy
House Bill would penalize any wind project within 40 miles of a US military base (HR-6397)
GAO: The Renewable Fuel Standard program is unlikely to meet its targets
Go Big: Eliminate the US Department of Energy
Questions for New DOE Head Person
Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste into Diamond Batteries That’ll Last for Thousands of Years
“InvEnergy owes Champaign County (IL) $480,298 in unpaid taxes”
Actual wind energy costs are over 31¢/KWH
NY Households with alternative energy suppliers paid $817 million extra
Effects of Wind Turbine Acoustic Emissions (Schomer: 2015)
Are Wind Turbines Too Close To Communities?…
Continue ReadingFollowing is the third and final part of a letter adapted from one sent to the Office of Ombudsman of Ontario, on November 28, 2016, by Sherri Lange, CEO North American Platform Against Wind Power (NA-PAW). This part concerns the exploitative character of industrial wind. The first part of this letter was published on Wednesday, December 7, and the second part on Thursday, December 8.
The definition of “exploitation” is “to take advantage of (a person, situation, etc.) especially unethically or unjustly for one’s own ends.” In every sense, the wind industry in Ontario has taken advantage of the Green Energy Act’s pervasive powers to subvert, for its own ends, every protection of our citizens’ health and the environment
Having focused earlier on the health effects of industrial wind, we wish to impress upon you, more briefly, its impacts also on the environment, the economy, communities, property values, and water.…
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