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Relevance | DateAWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: October 20, 2014
By John Droz, Jr. -- October 20, 2014 1 CommentThe Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science. It’s all spelled out at WiseEnergy.org, which is a wealth of energy and environmental resources.
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 3 weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
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Greed Energy Economics:
As Hawaii Prepares for Utility Reform, the State’s Solar Industry Sheds 3,000 Workers
The Dumb Ways We Subsidize Renewable Energy
Paying wind developers to not produce electricity, etc.…
Continue ReadingJames Hansen: “I Struggle to Sleep” (with current energy trends, energy policy)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 26, 2014 1 Comment“Events are spiraling down so rapidly that I struggle to sleep…. Ironically, environmental groups’ insistence that renewables are the only alternative to fossil fuels actually assures expansion of fracking, locking in long-term dependence on gas for electricity, and crude oil for vehicles.”
– James Hansen, “The Energy to Fight Injustice,” August 20, 2014.
James Hansen is “nauseous” about Beijing’s “impenetrable smog”—fair enough. China needs to use off-the-shelf technology to clean up its their coal fleet, one plant at a time (as done in the U.S.).
Hansen is “troubled” about “the injustice” of climate change—highly debatable. The doctor’s own prognostications about global warming have been falsified and again (along with many others). [1] The warming of the 1990s was due to natural factors, not only anthropogenic ones, the latest science suggests.…
Continue ReadingAWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: April 14, 2014
By John Droz, Jr. -- April 14, 2014 1 CommentThe Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science. It’s all spelled out at WiseEnergy.org, which is a wealth of energy and environmental resources.
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 3 weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.?
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Greed Energy Economics:
London School of Economics Property Value Study
Senate Committee Passes Bill With Two-Year PTC Extension
Renewal of Wind PTC Will Lead to a Big Boost in Carbon Emissions
Excellent Letter re US Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC)
Shale Gas Boom Leaves Wind Companies Seeking More Subsidy
Obama Administration tries to justify higher wind energy costs
Lomborg: How green policies hurt the poor
Bumpy road for Chinese renewable energy
Informed farmers coalition to educate farmers on wind turbine projects
A good video about renewable (wind) electricity prices
Turbines have an average gearbox life of between 5 and 13 years…
Continue ReadingAWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: March 24, 2014
By John Droz, Jr. -- March 24, 2014 2 CommentsThe Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science. It’s all spelled out at WiseEnergy.org, which is a wealth of energy and environmental resources.
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 3 weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
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Greed Energy Economics:
Maine high court overrules state PUC approval of huge wind energy deal
NJ PUC rejects offshore wind project as uneconomical
Denmark ready to scrap offshore wind farms due to cost
Spanish Utility blames renewables for €2.0bn loss
German Utility blames renewables for €2.7bn loss
Wind Energy: German data shows what the Dutch found out years ago
European Governments ripping up renewable contracts
2015 US Budget Plan includes permanent PTC
Bloomberg: PTC Dead This Year
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