Ed. note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete MBN for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
Voice of the people: Windmills are not worth the investment
California’s Sky-High Electricity Prices Bring A Shock To Biden’s EV Dreams
Wind turbine makers selling at a loss and in a ‘self-destructive loop’
FARM Act would halt subsidies for sacrificing farmland to the ‘green energy’ industry

Wind Energy:
*** Russian ‘Dark Money’ Funding ‘Green’ Groups in West
*** NextEra Wind pleads guilty of killing 150 eagles in US and is fined $8+ million
Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States
Renewables: the pandemic of wishful thinking
Battery System Capital Costs, Energy Losses and Aging
By grossly exaggerating eagle population numbers our Government agencies have been lying for green energy
Wind Projects Rejected in California and Ohio

Solar Energy:
*** Push for solar energy risks funding Chinese genocide
US Commerce Dept Inquiry “Imperils” Solar Industry
Ukraine War Drives Up Cost of Wind, Solar Power
Lawsuit filed to stop construction of Delaware solar facility
At Least 40 Communities Have Rejected Big Solar Since 2021

Nuclear Energy:
*** Government in talks to build ‘hundreds’ of mini-nuclear reactors across UK
*** India To Build Nuclear Power Plants In “Fleet Mode” From 2023
*** Boris Johnson goes nuclear: PM plans SEVEN new reactors to boost UK’s energy self-reliance – but drops plans to double the number of wind turbines
*** Britain bets on nuclear power in its plan to boost energy independence
*** Short video: Is Nuclear Power Green?…

Ed. Note: MasterResource has profiled the personal stories of defeated or disillusioned activists as climatism flounders 34 years after James Hansen’s testimony in 1988. From disengagement to social withdrawal to raw anger to even suicide, the true believers are in turmoil, while the climate industrial complex reaps the money, power, prestige, and confabs that come with ‘being green.’

“If you are honest and practical, the theory and data are out there to challenge your beliefs and even change your mind–and your life. You do not need to fight depression or withdraw. There is life and optimism in climate- and energy-realism.”

The title of the NYT article is: A Climate Warrior’s Journey From Summit Talks to Street Protests (New York Times: March 29, 2022). It is the story of the despair and resurrection (temporary?)…

“The question is, can European leaders and organizations let go of the dynamics that have dictated their dealings with Africa in the past — actions that prioritized climate objectives above Africa’s most pressing needs — and begin embracing the many benefits natural gas has to offer both continents?” (African Energy Chamber, April 4, 2022)

No reading between the lines needed. An energy policy reset is in the works away from wind and solar and toward natural gas. Oil is already the mainstay of the transportation market in Africa (no Richie Rich EVs, please). Coal is well ensconced. It is past time to go natural gas/LNG, just as the EU itself earlier this year reluctantly agreed to do (along with blessing nuclear power).

Sorry EU, but energy imperialism needs to be demoted in the name of affordability, reliability, and self-determination.…

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• The historical background of energy/energy policy to complement current discussions
• The economic and ecological problems of industrial wind turbines and solar arrays, with reporting from the grassroots
• Assessment of major players and important events in current energy debates for posterity

The online energy space has become very crowded in recent years, reflecting the importance and breath of the subject, nationally and internationally.

As organizer, I began with a team of leading free-market energy analysts (there were not that many of us). We were the first such group on the classical-liberal side. Over time, as the policy issues grew, several of my colleagues peeled off to blog at their home sites (Cato, CEI, etc.).…