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Andrew Dessler’s Strange Optimism (post-election groping)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 12, 2024

“If you’re pushing fossil fuels at this point, you’re anti-human.” – Andrew Dessler (2022)

“Fossil fuels are shredding our democracy.” Andrew Dessler (2024)

The recent election should have thrown climate scientist/alarmist/activist Andrew Dessler into a funk, even toward self-doubt and need to check his anti-CO2 premises. His all-out exaggeration about a climate emergency was resoundingly rejected by the winning party and abandoned as an important talking point by the losing party. [1]

Dessler will not shout (as before) that Americans are dumb and suicidal by rejecting his wise counsel. [2] He will not engage in some flagrant act of defiance like James Hansen getting arrested at a coal mine or Peter Kalmus disrupting a professional meeting of climate scientists. And, of course, he will not light himself on fire like a few climate crazies.…

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Climate Grief vs. Climate Optimism: Why Not Open the Mind?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 11, 2024

“The Centre for Climate Psychology and Change is committed to supporting people where they are at…. We are working on a rich programme of events, which includes a grief facilitator training, run by Francis Weller.”

It is grief and grieving in AlarmistLand. Jonathan Watts of The Guardian wrote:

Climate instability and nature extinction are making the Earth an uglier, riskier and more uncertain place, desiccating water supplies, driving up the price of food, displacing humans and non-humans, battering cities and ecosystems with ever fiercer storms, floods, heatwaves, droughts and forest fires. Still worse could be in store as we approach or pass a series of dangerous tipping points for Amazon rainforest dieback, ocean circulation breakdown, ice-cap collapse and other unimaginably horrible, but ever more possible, catastrophes.

Yet, apparently we must still have hope.

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Rate Inflation in New England (perils of political electricity)

By -- December 10, 2024

“Electricity bills in New England are poised to experience a sharp increase driven by the clean energy mandates in five of the six states, which require duplicative, overbuilt renewable energy.”

Connecticut ratepayers suffered sticker shock this summer when they opened their July electric bills. While their energy consumption was relatively flat, the “public benefits” component doubled for some and tripled for others. The culprit was not hard to find given a legislative requirement for utilities to itemize the cost components of monthly bills.

“Public benefits” cover the cost of subsidies the state provides for low-income electricity customers and energy-efficiency programs. They also include solar, electric vehicle, and other renewable energy incentives.

The wide array of renewable energy subsidies and aid to low-income residents who cannot afford high-cost electricity, growing everywhere, is an increasing cost burden for power users in the Northeast.…

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Energy & Environmental Review: December 9, 2024

By -- December 9, 2024
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Joe Romm vs. Climate Thugs: Civil War Within the Climate Fringe

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 6, 2024
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Climate Disobedience Ahead? Be Ready

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 5, 2024
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Trump 45’s Environmental Reset: 112 Rule Changes

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 4, 2024
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Abusive DOE Energy Efficiency Policy Archives (60+ articles)

By Mark Krebs and Tom Tanton -- December 3, 2024
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Wind and Solar Are Fragile

By Steve Goreham -- December 2, 2024
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Climategate Turns 15!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 29, 2024
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