Energy & Environmental Review: August 5, 2024

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Ed. Note: 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.

Greed Energy Economics:
The UN’s Green Agenda Will Spark Famine

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** Fight Against Wind Turbines in Lake Erie Continues
*** As more turbine trash washes up on Nantucket, town considers suing
*** Breaking Wind
Virginia’s risk of offshore wind turbine blade failure is serious
Offshore wind whale deaths indicated by statistical analysis
California Rushes In Where Angels Fear to Tread

Solar Energy:
*** Solar industry sees first projects put on ice as nuclear proposal sows doubt among investors

Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear Power is the way to go
Nuclear micro-reactors may be deployed at Niagara Falls data center
Tell the World Bank to scrap it’s ban on carbon-free Nuclear Energy

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Natural Gas Industry’s Smear of Coal Is False and Self-Defeating
UK may need new gas-fired power stations to decarbonize grid
Kamala Harris reverses earlier anti-fracking stance and no longer supports a ban

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
*** Report: EVs for all (Part 1)
Ford’s EV Bloodbath Continues
Power Outages Bring Hurricane of EV Buyers’ Remorse
*** Alex Epstein: Energy Sound Bites on Fossil Fuels, Part 2
Global Power Demand Is Soaring, IEA Expects 4% Growth in ’24 & ‘25

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** New Peer-Reviewed Study: CO2 Has Zero Impact on Climate Change
*** Polar Bears, Dead Coral and Other Climate Fictions
*** Japanese Scientist Concludes IPCC Is Using “Erroneous” Parameters And Climate Sensitivities
*** Inconvenient Truth: 32 Climate Predictions Proven False

Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous
*** Biden Admin Demands $78 Trillion to Fund ‘Net Zero’
*** The Economic Folly of a Carbon Tax
*** New Zealand changing course on climate emissions
Why the ‘Green Economy’ Is Suddenly in Retreat—in EU, US, and on Wall Street
Video: Volcanic Eruptions and Extreme Weather

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UK Climate Thug Gets 10 Months (breaking windows at JPMorgan Chase)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 14, 2024 1 Comment

“I wonder if the court or a charity could provide Amy Pritchard (and other members of Extinction Rebellion) with a few books to quell her alarmism, one book being Alex Epstein’s Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas–Not Less.”

A UK judge has reinforced the law that has climate alarmists up in protest. His was a good decision. But on LinkedIn, Ben Tolhurst, a climate busy body, complained:

My friend Amy [Pritchard of Extinction Rebellion] was jailed for 10 months this morning by judge Silas Reid for cracking a window [no, three windows costing $350,000] of JPMorgan Chase & Co., the world’s biggest funder of fossil fuels. I had the privilege of hearing her summing up speech last week and was sure that even the most hard hearted would be moved by her account of why she took the action.

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“How Many Birds Do Wind Farms Kill?” (pro-wind concern)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 31, 2024 1 Comment

“[Hannah] Ritchie ends with suggestions for better results for wind’s avian mortality problem, including ‘Turn off wind turbines at very low speeds when bats are around … Don’t put wind farms in high-risk areas for birds and bats … Paint the turbines Black … Play alert noises to bats and birds to deter them.’ But … these things limit wind siting, increase costs, and/or annoy local neighbors.”

A social media post by Hannah Ritchie (sustainability researcher, University of Oxford) on industrial wind power is worth revisiting. She works within the climate alarm/forced energy transformation narrative (“Bird species are under threat from climate change”) but considers the question:

It would be worrying, then, if a move to low-carbon energy increased pressures on bird populations. That’s a common concern as countries move to wind power.

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California Floating Wind Turbines? Environmental Pushback

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- April 2, 2024 3 Comments

“It is entirely possible that the total costs to build, maintain and replace units every 20+ years (at end of service) would be prohibitive compared to other sources of energy. Beyond these cost considerations, sources indicate that the turbine blades cannot be recycled and are piling up in landfills. Fossil fuels will also still be needed to maintain the lubrication of these units, and what about potential for spillage?” (Jeff Wyles, below)

The old joke comes to mind: Q: When is an environmentalist not an environmentalist? A: When it comes to wind power.

Make that double for offshore wind, and wild-eyed California politicians are having trouble hiding the problems. Consider a recent op-ed, Rethink Floating Wind Turbine Power Off Our California Coastline?,” an environmental feature of California newspaper MendoFever (February 12, 2024).…

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