I recently came across an exchange between a proponent and opponent of the proposed Morgnec Road Solar LLC installation on the 400-acre Clark farm, located on Route 291 at the eastern border of Chestertown, Maryland. The rebuttal by Frank Lewis (to Pamela Reeder) is noteworthy, throwing punch after punch against the idea that solar has any advantage, just disadvantages.
The “Shared Letter to County Commissioners: Proposed Morgnec Solar Project” (September 24, 2021) follows:
Paula B. Reeder
… Continue ReadingWith climate change-related issues becoming ever more acute, it is incumbent on all MD municipalities to support the State’s goal of having at least 50% of electric power used in the State generated by renewable power sources by 2030, with 14.5% of the total generated by solar power producers.
Achievement of this goal will require 6 times the amount of solar power generated by existing producers.
Ed. note: This fortnightly Master Resource post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, published every other week by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete MBN for this post can be found here.
Of special interest in this issue is an article by the always-readable Michael Shellenberger: Why Greta’s Climate Panic Failed: here.
Greed Energy Economics:
*** How green policies are fueling the energy crisis
*** Calculating The Full Costs Of Electrifying Everything Using Only Wind, Solar And Batteries
A wind and solar electric grid? That’s a terrible idea
Families are “rationing fuel or turning off fridge freezers” due to soaring energy prices
Climate “Leadership” Will Cost New Yorkers More than $5,000 Each
Wind Energy:
*** Finally, Bloomberg Admits Renewables Mania Caused Energy Shortages
Huge wind energy project gets harpooned by new federal lawsuit
A Detailed Submission Against a Great Lakes Wind Project
Will Europe Abandon Green Energy?…
“There’s a long and sad history of efforts by industries and interest groups to reshape the discussion of climate science and undercut the overwhelming evidence that greenhouse gases produced by humans are leading us to global catastrophe.”
– John Schwartz, “How the Riot Ties In with Climate Disinformation.” New York Times, January 13, 2021.
With the election and transfer of power to Biden/Harris, it is climate alarmism galore. The Gods gave us the Pandemic, the landed US hurricanes, and the California wildfires for a reason–to win an election. And the Powers in the sky gave us the Capital riot to help cement the policy momentum of the ‘existential threat.’
Back to the Times‘ Schwartz. “For those of us who cover climate change for a living,” he states,
… Continue Readingthe blatant lies about election fraud that fed the mob [of January 6, 2021] felt very familiar.