Ed. Note: The repost of the first post at MasterResource (from 12/26/2007) marks the 16th anniversary of the free market energy blog site. In this period, MR has posted more than 2,700 posts from more than 300 authors.

“… our blog name is inspired by the late Julian Simon (1932–1998). He labeled energy the master resource because it is the resource needed to bring other resources from a state of nature to one of human usefulness. Simon also used the term the ultimate resource to describe human ingenuity.”

We are just getting started here, but some of us veterans of the energy debate from a private property, free-market perspective have teamed together to offer our thoughts on late breaking energy items. When I read my newspapers each day, I have some thoughts that I wish I could share with folks from a historical, worldview perspective.…

“Energy is not for conserving; it is for unleashing to serve us, to make our lives better, to allow us to realize our dreams and to reach for the stars, those bright lights that pierce the darkness of the night.”

Since early men ignited the first fires in caves, the unleashing of energy for light, heat, cooking, and every human need has been the essence and symbol of what it is to be human. The Greeks saw Prometheus vanquishing the darkness with the gift of fire to men. The Romans kept an eternal flame burning in the Temple of Vesta. Our deepest thoughts and insights are described as sparks of fire in our minds. A symbol of death is a fading flame; Poet Dylan Thomas urged us to “rage, rage against the dying of the light.”…

“This conspiracy theorist needs to check his simplistic, authoritarian, emotional views. Eight billion consumers desiring the most affordable, reliable, plentiful energies is the reason why fossil fuels are winning. The real enemy in terms of human betterment is the climate industrial complex, the industrial wind developers, the solar cronies, and EV/battery elites. Mid-course correction needed, Mr. Carlevale.”

Edmund Carlevale, self-described as Transdisciplinary Communications, MIT whistleblower, City-based Sustainability Strategies, with a following of 25,000 on social media, has a very simple explanation of the crisis behind the climate crisis. He offers a crude theory behind “the failed strategies of marching in the streets to end fossil fuels, the endless horror stories of the environmental horrors in our future, and the unending technical debunking of scams like #carboncapture.” It is a conspiracy theory that mangles cause-and-effect.…

Ed. Note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnighly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Economic Euthanasia
*** The Crippling Economic Costs of Green Energy Subsidies
*** Mind-Bogglingly Costly Green Boondoggles Leave Carbon, Temperatures Virtually Untouched

Unreliables: Energy, Health, and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Upstate NY resident presents wind turbine concerns to County Board of Health
Industrial Wind Turbines Are Slaughtering Millions of Birds and Bats

Unreliables (General):
*** Insiders warn shifting to green energy could disrupt power grid reliability
***Another Critical Thinker Reaches The Obvious Conclusion: Intermittent Renewables Can’t Work On Their Own
*** The Black Lie at the Heart of Net Zero Energy Fantasies
Michigan Dems Big Foot The Locals

Wind Energy — Offshore:
Great Lakes Icebreaker project on Ice: high hopes dashed

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
7,500 wind turbines in Spain to be dismantled within five years

Solar Energy:
*** New: Solar Resistance Plan of Action
Why The Residential Solar Industry is in Danger of Imploding
Maine community approves ban on commercial solar facilities

Nuclear Energy:
*** COP 28 – Young people positive about nuclear energy
First Two SMR-300 Units Slated to be Built at Michigan’s Palisades Site
Poland’s Coal-to-Nuclear plans move forward with U.S.…