The following is a guest article by Dr. Wallace Manheimer. Who can develop reliable, cheap, clean power? In the parlance of baseball, the U.S. led early with a leadoff home run. It invented, developed and perfected the first ultra-super critical (USC) coal-powered plant. Coming online in 2012, the 600-megawatt (MW) John W. Turk Jr. Coal […]
U.S. Swings and Misses in Energy Competition Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Ronald Stein and Oliver Hemmers. Delivery of affordable, abundant, reliable, clean, and emissions-free electricity to customers is very important to modern quality of life. Achieving this is threatened by a vulnerable grid and the intermittency of wind and solar electricity generation methods. To meet the coming power supply
It’s Time to Follow the Navy’s 50-Year Safety Record of Nuclear Power Generation Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Paul Schwennesen. One of the prime advantages of a graduate education is the opportunity it presents to witness firsthand the exquisitely facile handwringing that undergirds modern discourse. To attend a campus seminar today is to peer into the sensibilities of our age, a glimpse which reveals much of
Emotions and Climate Change Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Norman Rogers. We are often told that wind and solar, if not cheaper, are at least cost competitive with fossil fuels. Dead wrong! Wind or solar costs around five times more per megawatt hour compared to, for example, natural gas. We are told that wind and solar will
Tangled Comparisons: Renewables Versus Fossil Fuels Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Jonathan Miltimore. In February, a stream of tractors driven by Italian farmers arrived at the outskirts of Rome, horns blaring. The scene, which was captured by the Agence France-Presse, was just one of dozens of protests across Europe against EU regulations that farmers said threatened to put them out of
Why the ‘Green Economy’ Is Suddenly in Retreat—in EU, US, and on Wall Street Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Paul Schwennesen. As Hurricane Beryl barreled its way across the Gulf of Mexico and into the US mainland, the attention-getting headlines had beaten it there by a long shot — claims that it was a remarkable outlier were appearing in climate-frantic narratives more than a week earlier. CBS
Hurricanes and Other Evil Winds Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Roger Koopman. Many conservatives are quite upset at district court Judge Kathy Seeley, for recently ruling in favor of the 16 school-age plaintiffs in the Held climate change case, but I am not. Some might see the length of her 103-page Order as overkill, but I wasn’t surprised
Held Case Underscores the Importance of Scientific Debate Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Vance Ginn. The push for a carbon tax has regained popularity as the fiscal storm in 2025 and climate change debates intensify. Advocates claim it’s a solution to pay for spending excesses while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But a carbon tax is a misguided, costly policy that must be
The Economic Folly of a Carbon Tax Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling. Wind and solar supporters have a nasty habit of pretending that their preferred energy sources are the “cheapest forms of energy.” The problem, of course, is that they use unrealistic Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) estimates—see Cooking the Books for wind and solar—and they conveniently forget to mention
Why Nuclear is Cheaper than Wind and Solar Learn More »
The following is a guest article by Daren Bakst. The PROVE IT Act (S. 1863) is a pro-tax, anti-energy bill that, if passed, would lead to a carbon tax on imports and a domestic carbon tax. Last month, a coalition of over 40 leading conservative and freedom-loving organizations made it clear to the House: the conservative community opposes the PROVE IT
Small Group of House Members Introduce Pro-Tax, Anti-Energy Bill Learn More »
