Energy and Environmental Review: April 11, 2022

By John Droz, Jr. -- April 11, 2022 No Comments

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

Greed Energy Economics:
Voice of the people: Windmills are not worth the investment
California’s Sky-High Electricity Prices Bring A Shock To Biden’s EV Dreams
Wind turbine makers selling at a loss and in a ‘self-destructive loop’
FARM Act would halt subsidies for sacrificing farmland to the ‘green energy’ industry

Wind Energy:
*** Russian ‘Dark Money’ Funding ‘Green’ Groups in West
*** NextEra Wind pleads guilty of killing 150 eagles in US and is fined $8+ million
~~Mis~~information is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States
Renewables: the pandemic of wishful thinking
Battery System Capital Costs, Energy Losses and Aging
By grossly exaggerating eagle population numbers our Government agencies have been lying for green energy
Wind Projects Rejected in California and Ohio

Solar Energy:
*** Push for solar energy risks funding Chinese genocide
US Commerce Dept Inquiry “Imperils” Solar Industry
Ukraine War Drives Up Cost of Wind, Solar Power
Lawsuit filed to stop construction of Delaware solar facility
At Least 40 Communities Have Rejected Big Solar Since 2021

Nuclear Energy:
*** Government in talks to build ‘hundreds’ of mini-nuclear reactors across UK
*** India To Build Nuclear Power Plants In “Fleet Mode” From 2023
*** Boris Johnson goes nuclear: PM plans SEVEN new reactors to boost UK’s energy self-reliance – but drops plans to double the number of wind turbines
*** Britain bets on nuclear power in its plan to boost energy independence
*** Short video: Is Nuclear Power Green?…

Energy and Environmental Review: March 28, 2022

By John Droz, Jr. -- March 28, 2022 No Comments

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

Greed Energy Economics:
*** The New Greenwashing – False Advertising about Green Energy Jobs
*** Sow the Wind (Power), Reap the Whirlwind

Wind Energy — Offshore:
NJ to study environmental impacts of offshore wind projects
Environmental Organization Opposes Lake Erie Wind Project
Wind Turbine Generator Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar
Tsunamis may sink West Coast offshore wind
Indian tribe and conservationists fight California offshore wind turbines

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Wind project ordered to stop emitting night-time noise, pay neighbors damages
*** Energy reliability is everything
*** No Amount Of Wind And Solar Power Can Ever Provide Energy Independence
Renewable Failure
Iowa’s claimed wind energy percentage is wildly exaggerated
Judge says proposed VA wind project needs further review
More Confirmation of the Infeasibility of a Fully Wind/Solar/Storage Electricity System
Wind Turbines Of Madison County: MidAmerican Energy Prevails In Lawsuit
Leading Environmentalists Now Vigorously Oppose Turbines In German Forests
Local voices quashed in NY wind siting process
The wind projects angering renewable energy fans

Solar Energy:
*** Virginia community tightens solar project rules
Protect NY farmland from solar and wind development
Solar’s dirty secrets: How solar power hurts people and the planet
California’s solar market is now a battery market

Nuclear Energy:
*** Study: Radiation Hormesis: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
*** Indiana SMR bill signed into law
*** White House pivots to nuclear energy
What Happened To Nuclear Cruise Ships?…

Energy and Environmental Review: March 14, 2022

By John Droz, Jr. -- March 14, 2022 No Comments

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

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Why “cheap” solar increases the price of power
Battery System Capital Costs, Losses and Aging

Wind Energy:
*** The shell game methodology behind America’s reported wind energy production
*** Changes to the regulation of wind turbine noise (Australia)
Do wind turbines change the weather? (See also here.)
Satellite outage knocks out thousands of wind turbines
Dominion’s deception hits new high with offshore wind

Solar Energy:
Brussels, we have a land problem
One of this year’s biggest Virginia solar bills is all about forests and farms
Duke’s proposed Net Metering 2.0 rule change in North Carolina meets opposition

Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear, coal, gas: ‘no taboos’ in Germany’s energy about-face
America’s Energy Future: Oil, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Belgian Greens make U-turn to consider nuclear plants extension

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Climate Act War on Fossil Fuels Based on Enviro Fairy Tales
*** Recent USGS oil and gas estimate for the Bakken and Three Forks Formations in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota
*** Peer-Reviewed Study: ‘Climate Impacts’ of Fossil Fuels in Today’s Energy Systems
Fossil Fuels Should Evoke Pride, Not Pandering, From Supporters
Biden Continues To Flip-Flop On Crude Oil Policies – OpEd
US Oil and Petroleum Imports from Russia Explained
Why Is New England Paying The Equivalent Of $180 Oil For Natural Gas?…