Category: green energy

Study: US Added 20 Percent Less Wind Power Capacity in 2021

The United States added about 20 percent less wind power capacity in 2021 than a year earlier, according to a new analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence. According to the report, wind developers installed 12.9 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity last year, down from the record 16 GW of wind capacity that was developed in 2020….


Low Energy Joe

Commentary “Energy,” quoth William Blake,  “is eternal delight.” Blake was right about that, and it is worth noting that the observation is true in more senses than one, as anyone who can pronounce the words “gas prices,” “fracking,” “inflation,” “Russia,” or “Ukraine” will understand. And the contrary is also true: A lack of energy is…


Germany’s Failed Gamble on Green Energy Is a Lesson for America

Commentary In September 2010, the German government released its “Energy Concept for an Environmentally Sound, Reliable and Affordable Energy Supply” (pdf). According to the document, “Germany is to become one of the most energy-efficient and greenest economies in the world while enjoying competitive energy prices and a high level of prosperity.” Twelve years later, it’s…


Buy the Dips Is Becoming Sell the Rips, yet Good Investment Opportunities Abound

Commentary We have most likely begun a cyclical bear market. Such things used to be fairly commonplace, along with the lesser 10–15 percent or so corrections within broad stock up-trends. Particularly since the start of the pandemic two years ago, the Federal Reserve has all but outlawed such moves with its BIG thumb on the…


Irvine Votes to Adopt 100 Percent Renewable Energy, Raising Electricity Costs

IRVINE, Calif.—The City of Irvine voted unanimously on Feb. 8 to adopt 100 percent renewable energy for residents and commercial businesses just two months prior to the service launch of a new “community choice energy” program, though some are concerned about the entity’s financial capacity to sustain its operation and its ability to provide good…


As Oil, Gas Prices Spike, Analysts Raise Questions Over Green Energy Transition

The price of oil is once again grabbing headlines, with its watchers and markets consistently indicating that more of the commodity is needed now, regardless of the green transition that governments envision


Green Energy Mandates Spell Permanent US Energy Dependence on China

Commentary In the White House’s cattle drive to herd U.S. investors into green energy corporate boondoggles—and out of plentiful, cheap energy—lots of truth has fallen onto the cutting room floor. Take for example the trendy government-driven frenzy of green energy investment politics.  Much of it is driven by the fallacy that “Green Energy” mandates are…


Two Rules for Investing in Today’s Green Lunacy

Commentary I’m not in favor of destroying the planet. I’ve lived on it all my life. And I’ve really become quite fond of it. I’m not alone in that sentiment. The global kabal have long been pushing a (somewhat manipulated) narrative that climate change is real, dangerous, and most of all man-made. Basically, it’s the…


Ottawa’s Climate Plan a Cautionary Tale for Governments Everywhere

Commentary City of Ottawa politicians have done us all a great favour with their climate change plan. It is not that, at 0.014 percent of world emissions, anything Ottawa does will make any difference to world climate, of course. It is that, by enabling a plan forecast to cost over $57 billion, Ottawa has set…


The EV Revolution: ‘It’s the Economics, Stupid’

Commentary Henry Ford famously said his customers could have any color car they wanted, as long as it was black. He could afford to say things like that. He was the only one cranking out cars at the time. Today, it would seem that automakers are taking a similar stand—“In the coming years you can…