Without Crude Oil, There Can Be No Electricity

Over the last 200 years, after the discovery of crude oil, the world’s population has increased from 1 to 8 billion. Today, all the electricity generation options available, such as wind turbines, solar panels, nuclear power, hydropower, coal, and natural gas, depend on the products and components manufactured from crude oil to generate electricity. Image: Creative […]

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Need We Fear Another Ice Age? A Review of Following Jesus in a Warming World

The title of this review may be confusing considering that it is an assessment of the book Following Jesus in a Warming World: A Christian Call to Climate Action by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap (IVP, Downers Grove, IL, February 2023). However, “Need We Fear Another Ice Age?” is the title of a Christian tract written by Walter Lang and

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Train to Nowhere: The Oversight of the Minneapolis Light Rail Legislation

The following essay by Lucy Buttram won third place in our Summer 2023 Essay Writing Contest for high school and college students. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Does our city council see us? For eight years, my neighbors and I have asked this question—and worried. We watch helplessly as our bike paths are replaced by

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Assessing Local Legislation: Balancing Economy, Creation, and Community

The following essay won second place in our Summer 2023 Essay Writing Contest for high school and college students. The essay was submitted by highschool student Victoria Seegott. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation champions the belief that humanity is entrusted with the duty to care for the

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The Dangerous Delusion of a Global Transition to “Just Electricity”

World leaders continue experiencing a “dangerous delusion” of a global transition to “just electricity” that they believe will eliminate the use of the crude oil that made society achieve so much in a few centuries. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Crude oil is the basis of our materialistic society, as discussed in an educational and

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Will the Electric Car Mandates Battle Decide the 2024 Election?

Let’s see just how long this auto workers’ strike lasts. It’s not really about the 46% pay raise but the 2009 Obama deal that took away cost-of-living adjustments. It’s not really about the short run, either. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash But let’s see what the auto workers get in the face of President Biden’s

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Blame the Gristmills

You may remember the extremely cold winter of 2021. In Texas, the system of electricity collapsed; 4.5 million homes lost power—for days. More than 200 people died, half of them of hypothermia (cold). This wasn’t supposed to happen, of course. Texas’s electric utilities are regulated, and the regulation had been modernized beginning in 1999. Image:

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Climate Change Hysteria and the Rise of the Religious Left

The climate catastrophe crusade has been joined by a new regiment of converts: the religious left wing. The troop strength has been building over recent decades; the last few years, however, have seen a surge in the power of this cohort. The religious contingent is imbued with a spiritual fervor. Unfortunately for the Christian faithful,

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Biden’s 67% EV Policy: a Dictatorial Attack on the American Driver and the US Grid

Biden’s proposed mandate of 67% EVs in the 2030s is a dictatorial attack on the American driver and the U.S. grid that will: 1. Force Americans to drive inferior cars. 2. Place massive new demand for reliable electricity on a grid that is declining in reliable electricity supply. China dominates the supply chains of many

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Biden’s Energy Policies Cost U.S. Households More than $2,300 Since 2021

The following is a guest article by Linnea Lueken. Biden’s energy policies have caused energy costs to rise across America, from natural gas to electricity, costing Americans more than $2,300 since entering office in January 2021.  Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash Over the Past Two Years: Energy prices have continued to rise under President Joe

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