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By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 28, 2019 3 Comments“Efforts to sell Republicans on the idea that [a CO2 price] is the most market-friendly approach to the emissions problem have failed miserably, and will continue to fail.”
– Justin Gillis, Forget the Carbon Tax for Now, New York Times, December 27, 2018.
Oh, how the free-market climate realists (science, economics, politics) feel vindicated. The mainstream press has (belatedly) announcing the Carbon Tax politically dead and a distraction for the whole climate debate.
The article by veteran New York Times writer Justin Gillis was one of (at least) three remarkable reality pieces inspired by the year-end UN climate conference (COP 24) in Katowice, Poland. The others were:
- Politico‘s Why Greens Are Turning Away from a Carbon Tax,”(December 9, 2018) and
- FT’s Trump Has Officially Ruined Climate Change Diplomacy for Everyone (December 12, 2018).
Tx. Governor Abbott: Beware of Andrew Dessler (science-is-settled climate alarmist requires balance)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 24, 2019 10 CommentsIf Texas A&M scientists calculated that an asteroid was heading our way, we would likely head for the hills with a lot of pills. But when this university’s climatology department warns of dangerous man-induced global warming and calls for government action (think new taxes and regulation), roll your eyes and watch the wallet. [But] we live in a postmodern world where emotion and desire substitute for humility and scholarship.
– Robert Bradley, “Political Scientists: Gerald North and Andrew Dessler Double Down on Climate Alarmism,” October 11, 2013.
Andrew Dessler is an alarmist/activist climate scientist. He is very certain of his positions on the hard science questions (what Judith Curry warns is really an uncertainty monster). Dessler also veers outside of his expertise to confidently assess the prospects for (government) forced energy transformation away from fossil fuels, the area of political economy. …
Continue ReadingEnergy & Environmental Newsletter: January 21, 2019
By John Droz, Jr. -- January 21, 2019 3 CommentsThe 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:
Schumer’s Green Energy Subsidies Cost Much More Than Trump’s Wall
This May Be the Greatest Renewables Story Ever Told
The carbon tax – a wolf in green clothing
Superior video: Infrasound caused by Industrial Wind Turbines
Study: Acoustics and Biological Structures
Report: Concerns about Wind Turbines and Human Health
US Supreme Court Decides Against Wind Developer
President Trump Signs Bipartisan Law to Boost Advanced Nuclear
A Cheaper, Cleaner Electric Grid
An actual letter from a grandfather to his grandkids at school
The Growing Absurdities of the German Energiewende
More Than 1000 Citizen Wind Energy Protest Groups
The drive to make New York ‘zero carbon’ is insane
The Green New Deal Is a Trojan Horse for Socialism
Millennials Are Clueless About Communism.…
Continue ReadingFDR’s New Deal with Energy: Part I (oil exploration & production)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 8, 2019 4 Comments“What was FDR’s New Deal (1933–35) pertaining to energy? The real New Deal was centered on petroleum and coal. Second, it was an alliance of special business interests and power-hungry bureaucrats working against common consumers and taxpayers. Third, it was about a police state to try to enforce command-and-control edicts.”
What exactly is the ‘Green New Deal’?
In a Democratic clash on Capitol Hill, progressives are pushing an ambitious plan to wean the U.S. off fossil fuels, boost renewables and build a ‘smart’ grid,” states . “The proposal, drawing inspiration from President Franklin Roosevelt’s Depression-era New Deal, is one that progressives — led by Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a rising star on the left — want Democratic leaders to embrace.”…
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