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By John Droz, Jr. -- September 14, 2015 2 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.
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Some of the more informative articles in this issue are:
How a NC Wind Project Undermines US National Security
An Open Letter To Amazon about the NC Desert Wind project
China drastically reducing wind and solar subsidies
UK PM Cameron: “Get Rid of the Green Crap”
Video: Wind Turbines Can Cause Human Health Impacts
AWEA’s Eagle Mortality Defense: A Response
The story behind “Renewables” and “Sustainability”
“Renewable” Energy – Powerful Words Make Us Do Stupid Things
Report: Private Interest and Public Office
Greed Energy Economics:
China drastically reducing wind and solar subsidies
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Call for Ending Energy Subsidies
UK PM Cameron: “Get Rid of the Green Crap”
Talk Is Cheap but Renewable Energy Is Not
Study: Wind Energy has Diminishing Returns
Wind Energy Profits Gone with the Wind
Wind Farm Investment Plunges With Power Prices in Nordic Region
Transparency lacking in state energy moves
Uncle Sam’s Solar Racket — A Cesspool Of Waste And Corruption
NC Shouldn’t Renew ‘Renewable’ Handouts
NC’s RPS cost = $3,800 per NC family
NC’s Energy Policy is “Morally Repugnant”
Turbine Health Matters:
Video: Wind Turbines Can Cause Human Health Impacts
New Research: Less Sleep Causes Higher Chance of Sickness
Web MD: Ten Things to Hate About Sleep Loss
Healthline: The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on the Body
Harvard: Consequences of Insufficient Sleep
NIH: Consequences of Sleep Loss
NHS: Why Lack of Sleep is Bad for Your Health
More deaths from relocation than from Fukushima or tsunami
Turbine Wildlife Matters:
AWEA’s Eagle Mortality Defense: A Response
Raisin Supreme Court ruling seen as lifeline for endangered species
Is wind energy development, killing the green energy movement?…
Continue ReadingEnron’s Export-Import Bank (‘Smartest guys in the room’ at work)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- September 9, 2015 1 Comment“There were times when Lay’s lobbying seemed at odds with his oft-stated belief in free-market solutions. A classic example was Enron’s dependence on such government agencies as the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Export-Import Bank, which provided loans and loan guarantees for development project in the third world.”
“Like most Wall Street frenzies, the international development craze was wildly overhyped…. [S]ome of Enron International’s assets were almost comically awful, and others were fields of dreams.”
– Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, The Smartest Guys in the Room (below)
A best-selling Enron book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, The Smartest Guys in the Room (Penguin: 2003), told of Enron’s many interactions with government. Their treatment of the subject is only the beginning, however. My forthcoming book, Political Enron: A Business History (Part I: 2016), will chronicle Enron’s unprecedented rent-seeking as a warning about the perils of a mixed economy where the worst can get on top.…
Continue ReadingObama’s Climate Alarmism Tour (contradictory data + tuned-out public = failure)
By James Rust -- September 8, 2015 3 Comments“The final analysis is: Lots of jet fuel expended but not much accomplished in getting the public alarmed enough to make themselves energy poorer. The public is not listening for good reason. They have been hearing the same thing since 1988 (27 years) and the data does not support a present or future crisis.”
To be sure, if a politician is barking about global warming, he or she has little to say about the real issues that concern Americans, from economic progress to federal budget deficit reduction. But yelp they must; the science has been going away from climate alarmism, and the economy is getting no boost from government-enabled, inferior energies (quite the opposite).
In an effort to stir up support for an economy-shrinking treaty from the UN Conference of the Parties-21 (COP-21) meeting in Paris this December, President Obama went on a whirlwind one-week tour promoting the global warming scare with many speeches, photo-ops, and newspaper columns.…
Continue ReadingOil Export Regulation: Pre-1970s History (Part I)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 29, 2015 1 CommentAs the long history of import regulation suggests (The U.S. was a net exporter until the post-World War II period), governmental concern over petroleum exports has been relatively infrequent. Exports generally have been welcomed to market abundant domestic supply.
There have been exceptions, however. In wartime, domestic supply has been licensed to guide its distribution in channels deemed proper by authorities; in peacetime, export control has been part of a wider regulatory purpose.
World War I
In World War I, the Lever Act gave Presidential authority to license exports pursuant to broad wartime powers over petroleum distribution. Licenses were required as part of the U.S. Fuel Administration’s inaugural planning effort with petroleum.
World War II
During World War II, export matters replaced prewar concerns about imports. The Lend-Lease program featured oil exports to the Allies at taxpayer-subsidized rates.…
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