Commentary President Joe Biden is set to “transform” and “remake” the entire auto industry—“first with carrots, now with sticks”—notes the Washington Post, as if dictating the output of a major industry is within the governing purview of the executive branch. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing draconian emissions limits for vehicles, ensuring that 67…
Biden EPA’s EV Quotas Would Take Away Americans’ Freedom of Choice of Vehicles, Enrich China
April 13, 2023
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Commentary The Biden administration on Wednesday announced plans to make cars more expensive for Americans, curb U.S. energy jobs, and make Chinese battery manufacturers richer. The new proposed regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would require new car sales to be 60 percent battery-powered electric by 2030 and 67 percent by 2032 in order…
California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant Diablo Faces Closure Against Lawsuit
April 12, 2023
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An environmental group on Tuesday sued to block Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from seeking to extend the federal operating licenses for California’s last active nuclear power plant. A complaint filed in the San Francisco Superior Court by advocacy group “Friends of the Earth” asks the court to prohibit the utility from sidestepping its 2016…
The Energy Transition Is a Delusion Indeed
Commentary The “energy transition” continues to receive thunderous applause from all the usual Beltway suspects, an exercise in groupthink fantasy amazing to behold. For those with actual lives to live and thus uninterested in silliness: The “energy transition” is a massive shift, wholly artificial and politicized, from conventional energy inexpensive (Table 1b and here), reliable, and very clean given the proper policy…
America’s $100 Billion Climate Change Flop
March 7, 2023
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Commentary For at least the last 20 years, politicians in Washington, at the behest of green energy groups, have spent some $100 billion of taxpayer money to fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How is that going for us so far? A recent Associated Press story, based on the latest data on global…
Using Electric Vehicles as Grid Storage: Another Green Fantasy
February 13, 2023
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Commentary The push for electrification of the entire economy—electric cars and trucks, electric heat and hot water, and even electric stoves—is relentless. Various states, including California, New Jersey, and New York, to name just three, have enacted legislation and developed all-encompassing “plans” to put everything into an electrified basket. But electrification requires, well, electricity. Lots…
Europe Spends €800 Billion to Fight Off Energy Crisis, Germany Top Spender
Europe has spent close to €800 billion in the past 17 months to combat its energy crisis, with Germany spending the most money to protect households and businesses from energy inflation. “Since the start of the energy crisis in September 2021, €792 billion ($846.6 billion) has been allocated and earmarked across European countries to shield…
Japan’s Government Adopts Nuclear Energy Policy in Major Turnaround Amid Energy Crisis
Japan’s government on Feb. 10 adopted a policy seeking to maximize the use of nuclear power in a bid to stabilize the country’s energy supply amid soaring energy costs fueled by the prolonged war in Ukraine. The new policy marks a major turnaround from Japan’s previous policy of reducing its reliance on nuclear energy and…
The Left’s Little Financial Engine That Could (Change the World Radically)
February 9, 2023
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Amalgamated Bank, with just five branches across three cities, and a market value lower than the net worth of many an individual hedge fund honcho, would seem an unlikely mover and shaker in the world of Wall Street, let alone Washington, D.C. Yet last fall, it successfully pressured colossal credit card companies Visa, Mastercard, and…
World Economic Forum Agenda; A Manufactured Energy Crisis
February 4, 2023
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On this episode of International Reporters Roundtable: The World Economic Forum, citing the coming climate catastrophe, is busy eliminating excessive CO2 emissions. Attacking natural gas. An essential ingredient of fertilizer, it’s how we put food on the shelves. This isn’t tinkering with small changes, the food and energy policies emerging around the world, almost in…
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