“Affordable and reliable energy is key to human development. It gives people mobility and comfort in their homes. It provides access to better food and clean water.”
“The reason we made money [during the February Texas freeze] is because we prepared with winterization. And, importantly, we manned our facilities. We had our people out there, some with families at home in the dark and cold. They were keeping our facilities up and running so we had the ability to deliver a lot of gas that otherwise wouldn’t have been available to customers.” (Steven Kean, Kinder-Morgan, August 9, 2021)
The mainstream media might not like it, but there is a tripartite fossil fuel boom underway globally that will outlast the Pandemic–and outlive the repetitive climate scares from the IPCC reports.
A glimpse into the industry’s thinking was provided by the president and CEO of Kinder-Morgan, Steven Kean.…
Continue Reading“The climate of many countries seems to be one of the great reasons why idleness, dishonesty, immobility, stupidity, and weakness of will prevail. If we can conquer climate, the whole world will become stronger and nobler.”
– Ellsworth Huntington, Civilization and Climate (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1915), p. 294.
Global government by an intellectual/political elite is the commanding height of commanding heights. Witness the (now) 33-year Great Alarm of anthropogenic global warming (aka climate change, global weirding).
UN 2021: 6th Climate Assessment
It’s all bad. it’s only going to get worse. It is civilization’s last chance. Red Alert for humankind….
But a massive energy transformation can avert the worst part. “The innovations in this report, and advances in climate science that it reflects,” said IPCC chair Hoesung Lee, “provide an invaluable input into climate negotiations and decision-making.”…
Continue ReadingFor each of the next six years, ERCOT shall develop models for annual planning purposes that contain, as much as practicable, information consistent with the Network Operations Model…. ERCOT shall develop models for Congestion Revenue Right (CRR) Auctions … consistent with the Network Operations Model.
… Continue ReadingIn these Protocols, unless the context clearly otherwise requires:
(a) The singular includes the plural and vice versa; (b) The present tense includes the future tense, and the future tense includes the present tense; (c) Words importing any gender include the other gender; (d) The words “including,” “includes,” and “include” are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation;” (e) The word “shall” denotes a duty; (f) The word “will” denotes a duty, unless the context denotes otherwise; (g) The word “must” denotes a condition precedent or subsequent; (h) The word “may” denotes a privilege or discretionary power; (i) The phrase “may not” denotes a prohibition….