“Delegitimization is a favorite tactic of the climate alarmist/forced energy transformation lackeys. They cannot conceive that a moral, reasonable person can be against a scheme to impose ‘clean’ energy on townships (really ‘machine up’ the great outdoors). Kevon Martis proves them wrong, and they cannot accept it. What will they come up with next?”
Kevon Martis has been profiled numerous times at MasterResource. His grassroots-truth-to-wind-power has been a game changer in Michigan and elsewhere. And he is a regular fellow, the epitome of the hard-working, successful American.
A news story by Michigan Capitol Confidential (Mackinac Center for Public Policy) tells the backstory of an attempted ‘hit job’ on Martis by a Leviathan. The article by Jamie Hope (March 28, 2023), “Wind industry declares war on Michigan man,” is one that should resonate with every citizen of every town threatened by government-enabled industrial wind turbines and/or solar arrays.…
Continue ReadingTo understand the massive misunderstanding of the fundamentals of energy and electricity, Lars Schernikau discussed the conclusions reached from 70 interviews over three years with various ministries, governmental economic organizations, universities, industrial conglomerates along with energy think tanks…. “The overarching theme from these interviews,” he found, “was a lack of understanding of the true full cost of electricity and the continued misuse of the marginal cost measure LCOE to compare the cost of variable ‘renewables’ with conventional sources of power.”
I recently finished reading The Unpopular Truth: about Electricity and the Future of Energy by Dr. Lars Schernikau and Professor William Hayden Smith. The authors address how the energy market works rather than how the mainstream media, environmental activists, and policymakers portray it.
Not surprisingly, the book explores the misunderstandings of policymakers and their advisors about the workings of the electricity and energy systems. …
Continue ReadingThe filed comments exceeded expectations. The free-market commenters were especially prevalent and displayed great content. Some trade associations also deserve special recognition.
Biden’s “whole of government” Department of Justice is becoming far less likely to challenge DOE on matters of fuel neutrality.
Good news! Filed comments opposing the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products (Ovens)” beat the other side in quantity, quality and range. The sheer volume of opposition comments makes a summary difficult, as does the new format of the regulations.gov website (requiring each numbered comment be opened one-by-one to identify the sender’s identity). There are 2,650 comments in this docket, dating back to Feb 24, 2014. [1]
The following table is provided to give examples of some of the more thorough yet diverse comments opposing adoption filed in the last few days before the comment period closed on April 17th:
| Submitter Info | Comment ID |
| Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)[i] | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2287 |
| ONE Gas (utility company) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2289 |
| National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2288 |
| National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2270 |
| Heritage Foundation | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2281 |
| Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-0071 |
| Institute for Energy Research (IER) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2274 |
| American Public Gas Association (APGA) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2283 |
| American Gas Association (AGA) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-0007 |
| CO2 Coalition (Happer Lindzen Wrightstone) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2275 |
| Joint States Attorneys General (1 of 2) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2277 |
| Joint States Attorneys General (2 of 2) | EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005-2264 |
Review of Comments
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