Ed. note: This 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. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Renewables (General):
*** The Final Nail in The Coffin Of “Renewable” Energy
*** Murphy’s Law of Alternative Energy
*** BP to cut back on green shift amid booming demand for fossil fuels
*** We Demand a Demonstration Project of a Mainly Renewables-Based Electrical Grid
Replacing Cheap, Reliable Power With Unreliable Energy Is Actually Hard
The Human Price of Cobalt

Wind Energy – Offshore:
*** Why Environmentalists May Make This Whale Species Extinct
*** Study: The Interaction Between Resource Species and Electromagnetic Fields Associated with Electricity Production by Offshore Wind Turbines
Feds push ignorance defense for whale killing by offshore wind development
Are NOAA Scientists Being Silenced?…

“Cruise ship alarmists: check your premises and update your facts. Take a week long cruise. Bring some books to beat ‘climate anxiety.’ Epstein, Koonin, Bryce, Lomborg, Smil, Morano …. all affordable and best sellers.”

I am leaving the country on a cruise ship next week. It’s a rather amazing, affordable get-away. A week at sea with multiple international destinations is for the masses–the middle class and some lower-to-middle upper class. (Cunard from New York City to Liverpool will have to wait for some of us.)

There will be around 5,400 passengers and 2,200 crew on board (Allure of the Seas). The reformulated diesel that powers the ship (electricity too) represents the work of hundreds of thousands of “energy slaves.” All to have the experience that Kings and Queens of yore could only dream about.…

“My major argument: any planned transition to an all-electric renewable energy monoculture is likely to fail, at least in America. That is mainly because peak winter heating requirements can greatly exceed peak summer cooling requirements by as much as 400 to 500 percent in cold climates and because the required minerals are severely limited.”

On August 27, 1997, the Cato Institute published “Renewable Energy: Not Cheap, Not ‘Green’,” written by Robert L. Bradley Jr. (A 58-page PDF of the study is available here and a 25^th anniversary review here.)  Bradley’s piece focused on the many stark ecological tradeoffs of politically favored renewables, as well as the high cost/low value associated of dilute, intermittent sourcing. This post extends that thinking to the deep decarbonization/all-electrification government program.

Rare earth minerals, on which the forced transition to “clean energy” depends, are critically constrained by many of the same factors as fossil fuels.…

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:
*** Adverse Energy Taxes in the Inflation Reduction Act
Electric Prices Skyrocket with Gruesome Green Energy Policy

Renewables (General):
Renewable Energy Obsession Leading to Energy Rationing!
NY Governor Announces New Solicitation Calling for 2,000+ Megawatts of New Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects

Wind Energy:
*** Experts question environmental and economic value of wind power
Dominion Hides Off Shore Wind Threat to Whales
Wishes and secrets fill Dominion’s offshore wind Plan
15 years ago, wind turbines came to a Maine town, and hit turbulence along the way
Gone with the wind: Lesotho’s $15-billion wind farm project vanishes without a trace

Solar Energy:
*** Pennsylvania hearing shines light on solar concerns
Why solar ‘tripping’ is a grid threat for renewables

Nuclear Energy:
*** Efforts to Transform US Nuclear Industry Entering Full Bloom
*** Battery Deaths Put Nuclear Safety In Context
*** Poll Shows Widespread Support for Nuclear Energy
US study assesses potential for coal-to-nuclear conversion
Nuclear power is the future

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Environmentalists, Emboldened, Ask EPA to Ban Natural Gas
*** Short video: That would be the road to hell
America is Successfully Pursuing ESG = Extreme Shortages Guaranteed
The Importance of Fossil Fuels
China announces it has enough coal reserves to last another five decades
California Bans Natural Gas Furnaces, Water Heaters
How African coal is saving Green Europe from freezing this winter

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
States to Ban Gas-Powered Cars Despite EVs’ Human, Environmental Costs
California EV Dream A Nightmare for Freedom to Travel

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** 12 arguments supporting the terrible “Inflation Reduction Act,” refuted
*** The “Inflation Reduction Act” is a 4-step recipe for destroying American energy
*** Climate Panic Behind Energy Crisis
*** Obama Led Germany Into Putin’s Energy Trap
UK abandons net-zero energy policies for energy security
Denying Access to Energy: The New Normal?…