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.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Has the Electricity Reality Check Arrived?
*** The Green New Deal could make electricity 28 times more expensive
Two Days of Fall Weather in Late Summer Demonstrates Industrial Wind’s Incredible Costs
New Paper Shows the Problem with Power Subsidies

Wind Energy — Offshore:
Offshore wind energy development: A David vs Goliath story

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
Wind turbines “destroy habitats”
Turbine fire burns 260+ acres in California

Solar Energy:
*** More Solar Silliness In The New York Times

Nuclear Energy:
*** If Germany kept nuclear power, it could have saved $600b and cut emissions by 73%
*** Is Nuclear the Tortoise to the Wind and Solar Hare?…

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.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Americans’ hearts sink as electric bills nearly double, ‘green nightmare’ blamed
*** Billions paid to wind companies to stop generating electricity is scandalous waste of money

Unreliables (General):
*** Better batteries won’t save the energy grid
*** Tangled Comparisons: Renewables Versus Fossil Fuels

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Floating Offshore Wind – An Environmental Catastrophe
*** Looming ‘clean’ energy disasters off our coasts
*** Offshore Trojan Horses
Bad Streak for GE Vernova as Another Offshore Blade Fails
New National Offshore-wind Opposition Alliance
Maine’s mysterious floating wind research

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
How a small Minnesota town was left with a giant pile of wind turbine blades

Solar Energy:
Why Maine businesses are facing crippling solar fees

Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear Symposium 2024 (NYC)
*** Trump vows to make electricity cheap with ‘hundreds of new power plants’ and modular nuclear reactors
*** Artificial Intelligence Goes Nuclear
Study Quantifies Germany’s Disastrous Switch Away from Nuclear Power
China prepares to change world with introduction of revolutionary nuclear power station: ‘This design significantly reduces the chances of meltdowns’
Can a Closed Nuclear Power Plant From the ’70s be Brought Back to Life?…

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.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** “Green” Hydrogen Subsidies are 1,900x Larger Than What’s Given to Nuclear

Unreliables (General):
*** Coming Clean on Clean Energy: It’s a Dirty Business
(Alex Epstein) Summer Talking Points: Unreliable Power
Wholesale prices surge as wind and solar output falls to zero in South Australia

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Report: Offshore Wind Turbines May Kill You
Vineyard Wind turbine debris makes it to Cape Cod
Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial Catastrophe
Feds must rethink authorizing harassment of whales by offshore wind

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** Report: Clearing the Air — Honest Truths About Clean Energy
Wind project shelved after landholders change their minds

Solar Energy:
State Regulations Force Bankruptcy of California Solar Company

Nuclear Energy:
*** Swedes Embrace Nuclear & Join Europe’s Grand Rejection of Wind & Solar Transition
*** Small modular nuclear reactors could be an affordable path to a carbon-free future
America’s oldest nuclear plants are in Upstate, and NY needs them.…

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.

Greed Energy Economics:
The UN’s Green Agenda Will Spark Famine

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** Fight Against Wind Turbines in Lake Erie Continues
*** As more turbine trash washes up on Nantucket, town considers suing
*** Breaking Wind
Virginia’s risk of offshore wind turbine blade failure is serious
Offshore wind whale deaths indicated by statistical analysis
California Rushes In Where Angels Fear to Tread

Solar Energy:
*** Solar industry sees first projects put on ice as nuclear proposal sows doubt among investors

Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear Power is the way to go
Nuclear micro-reactors may be deployed at Niagara Falls data center
Tell the World Bank to scrap it’s ban on carbon-free Nuclear Energy

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Natural Gas Industry’s Smear of Coal Is False and Self-Defeating
UK may need new gas-fired power stations to decarbonize grid
Kamala Harris reverses earlier anti-fracking stance and no longer supports a ban

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
*** Report: EVs for all (Part 1)
Ford’s EV Bloodbath Continues
Power Outages Bring Hurricane of EV Buyers’ Remorse
*** Alex Epstein: Energy Sound Bites on Fossil Fuels, Part 2
Global Power Demand Is Soaring, IEA Expects 4% Growth in ’24 & ‘25

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** New Peer-Reviewed Study: CO2 Has Zero Impact on Climate Change
*** Polar Bears, Dead Coral and Other Climate Fictions
*** Japanese Scientist Concludes IPCC Is Using “Erroneous” Parameters And Climate Sensitivities
*** Inconvenient Truth: 32 Climate Predictions Proven False

Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous
*** Biden Admin Demands $78 Trillion to Fund ‘Net Zero’
*** The Economic Folly of a Carbon Tax
*** New Zealand changing course on climate emissions
Why the ‘Green Economy’ Is Suddenly in Retreat—in EU, US, and on Wall Street
Video: Volcanic Eruptions and Extreme Weather…