Calculating The Full Costs Of Electrifying Everything Using Only Wind, Solar And Batteries

For several years now, advocates of “decarbonizing” our energy system, along with promoters of wind and solar energy, have claimed that the cost of electricity from the wind and sun was dropping rapidly and either already was, or soon would be, less than the cost of generating the same electricity from fossil fuels. These claims

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California’s Zero Carbon Plans: Can Anybody Here Do Basic Arithmetic?

In California, as we all know, the inhabitants and their elected officials are far more sophisticated and virtuous than the rest of us rubes who inhabit the other parts of the country. This particularly goes for the arena of climate change, where California is leading the way to saving the planet by rapidly eliminating all

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Assessing Virginia’s Hidden Wind and Solar Costs

Among Governor Glenn Youngkin’s first actions was Executive Order #9 initiating Virginia’s withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the Northeastern U.S. “carbon market” that sets and enforces emission limits for coal and gas power plants. RGGI also lets utilities buy “carbon credits” when emissions exceed those limits and pass costs on to families, businesses, hospitals, and

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Must Media Exaggerate Scary Weather By Extra Scary Language?

There’s a major winter storm brewing for New England and, possibly, the mid-Atlantic states’ coastal regions. It could dump two feet of snow on Boston and New York City, similar amounts in surrounding areas, and over three feet in some places. It could also bring Category 1 hurricane-force winds (74–95 mph). Newsmax titled its report

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Being a Climate Alarmist Means Never Having to Admit You’re Wrong

A mountain of evidence shows climate alarmists never learn from their mistakes, be they clear misstatements of facts or repeatedly failed prognostications. Why should they? The press lets climate alarmists get away with making more false claims than any other group on any other topic, including the efficacy of the COVID vaccines in keeping people

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Can’t Refute ’em? Shut ’em Up!

That’s the mentality behind a letter calling on public relations and advertising firms to drop clients whose messaging displeases scientists upset that the whole world hasn’t yet embraced their views on global warming. The letter, signed by over 450 “scientists who study and communicate the realities of climate change,” complains that some fossil fuel firms

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Are Climate Lockdowns Coming Because of a ‘Climate Emergency’? (No, It’s Not a Conspiracy Theory)

In early December, the Washington Post reported that because of climate change, snow in the Mountain West “may vanish for years at a time.” The headline did not age well. Only days later it started to snow in the West. And snow. And snow. An incredible photo on Twitter showed a towering wall of snow on Donner

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The Only Question That Matters: Is It Correct?

Recently I had a conversation about scientific claims in a field I haven’t mastered. We all find ourselves there once in a while. Whenever we speak outside of fields we know fairly well, the confidence with which we hold our convictions must drop. Because I don’t have much training in said disciplines, I haven’t thoroughly investigated the

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You May Want to Wish for Coal in Your Christmas Stocking

Adding to already rough and rising winter energy prices, Santa may have little choice but to pass along inflationary gift delivery reindeer flatulence fees. Yes, if he and his formerly merry elves didn’t already have problems enough with sky-high supply chain costs and delays, Democrat grinches are pushing a penalty tax on methane producers, Rudolph

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