Energy: Rulers vs. The People
By Bill Peacock -- March 4, 2026“All renewable energy—driven by Climate Change Madness—has done for us is to make electricity more expensive. One example of that is the $318 billion in federal renewable subsidies taxpayers have paid for over the last 16 years.”
On May 26, 1285, Edward I of England commissioned Roger de Northwode, John de Cobbeham, and Henry le Galeys to investigate the use of “sea-coal” in lime kilns in London and its suburbs. The commission was driven by complaints “that whereas formerly the lime used to be burnt with wood, it is now burnt with sea-coal, whereby the air is infected and corrupted to the peril of those frequenting and dwelling in those parts” (Edward I, 1285, 207).
This was not the first time Edward and his family had dealt with what we know today simply as coal.…
Continue ReadingNuclear at 70: Federal Subsidies and Regulation Did Not Work
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 3, 2026“Nuclear fission is the most complicated, fraught, expensive way to boil water to produce steam to drive electrical turbines.”
What U.S. industry is at once the most subsidized and regulated by the federal government? The answer is commercial nuclear power. As a result, the 73-year-old “Atoms for Peace” program represents the most expensive failure (malinvestment) in US business. potholed with uncompleted projects and massive cost overruns with completed projects. Future decommissioning costs will add to this liability.
But hyperbole rules with this technology, and there is always tomorrow. Forget that competitive viability did not emerge in the 1950s or 1960s, and George W. Bush and Joe Biden both failed at their attempted “nuclear renaissance.” Expect the same to result from today’s interventionist energy policy.
A future post will outline the crash attempt by President Trump and DOE secretary Chris Wright to get new nuclear capacity on track.…
Continue ReadingEnergy & Environmental Review: March 2, 2026
By John Droz, Jr. -- March 2, 2026This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.
Unreliables (General):
*** Solar and wind aren’t real power sources, they’re intermittent fuel-savers
Wind Energy — Offshore:
New York Ends Fifth Offshore Wind Solicitation Process ‘Due to Federal Actions Disrupting Market’
Trump Administration Files Appeal Against Court Ruling in Multi-State Offshore Wind Lawsuit
Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Short video: Fossil Fuels — The Big Picture
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Heat Pumps: Efficient on paper, complicated in reality
Electricity Productivity Data Shows we are Falling Down the Energy Cliff
Electricity Rates & Fuel Cost
Alex Epstein’s Talking Points Roundup
The Endangerment Finding:
*** At last, with CO2 no longer a pollutant, we can all exhale
*** EPA’s elegant arguments for endangerment repeal
*** Goodbye and Good Riddance to the Endangerment Finding
The Water Vapor Problem
Congress, States Probe Attempts to Mislead Judges on Climate Change
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** The Cult | A Net Zero Watch Short Film
*** Clearing up some misconceptions about the DoE climate report
*** $16 Trillion and Counting
*** 7 Lies We’re Told About Climate Change | Michael Shellenberger
Cuba Becomes the First Country to Reach Net Zero.…