“What many environmentalists seem incapable of understanding is that resources are created. After all, crude oil is just sludge until you get it out of the ground and figure out how to use it as an energy source.”
“This Earth Day, we should all give two green thumbs up for human freedom and innovation.”
There is a certain fringe of the environmentalist movement whose members have almost nothing good to say about their fellow men and women. If not for humans, they sometimes explicitly argue, the Earth would be a wonderful place. The lion might not lie down with the lamb, but at least “nature” would be allowed to run its course unobstructed by humankind—which in their reckoning is somehow not a part of nature.
Admittedly, humans have a particular nature that sets them apart from the rest of the fauna on this planet.…
Continue Reading“The next time someone says that solar is a reliable form of energy ask them if, using only the panels, you will be able to light your house at night (other than with a kerosene lamp), heat your house during a blizzard, or cook dinner after dark. This is where the forced subsidy comes in.”
If an industry requires government coercion to sell its product, it is not a free-market industry. This is the case with third-party sales of roof-top solar-generated electricity where the building is otherwise on the utility grid.
In a recent Charlotte Observer article, Rep. John Szoka, R-Cumberland, plugged his so-called “energy freedom” legislation allowing off-the-electric-grid third-party sales from solar farms directly to consumers, which is prohibited in North Carolina. “I believe in free markets, and I believe in property rights,” he said.…
Continue ReadingThe 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 three weeks this newsletter is compiled to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters.
Some standout articles in this issue, are:
An exceptional TV interview about journalistic incompetence (think AGW, Wind Energy, etc.)
Scientists Say New Study Is A ‘Death Blow’ To Global Warming Hysteria
Dr. Curry on: Draft APS Statement on Climate Change
How Colleges Are Becoming Greenhouses for Sustainability Indoctrination
Wind Turbine Leaseholders May be on the Hook for Billions
What’s the True Cost of Wind Power?…
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