As the United States transitions to renewable energy, experts say costs could increase exponentially. Nuclear industry organization SMR Start released a 2021 report examining the costs of transitioning the electric grid to renewable energy. It found that the effective cost of covering demand using only solar would be between $216.4 per megawatt hour and $274/MWh….
Without Nuclear Power Green Energy Costs Will Skyrocket, Experts Claim
‘Green’ Mining Meets Resistance from Environmentalists
August 5, 2022
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As the Democrat-controlled Senate lines up the party-line votes to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, featuring $369 billion in new federal spending for wind, solar, and electric vehicles (EVs), environmentalists are uncertain whether to cheer or weep. If passed, the bill would be a victory for advocates of “renewable” energy and the elimination of fossil…
Rights Abuser China Emerging as Dubious Linchpin of Biden’s Lithium-Battery Supply Chain
July 21, 2022
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A Chinese-dominated mining company has procured millions of dollars in American subsidies to extract lithium in the United States—but, given a dearth of U.S. processing capacity, the mineral is likely to be sent to China with no guarantee that the end product would return as batteries to power President Biden’s envisioned green economy. Critics say…
Political Battle for Texas Heating Up With Soaring Temperatures
July 11, 2022
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Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke supports green energy, but that didn’t stop him from attacking Gov. Greg Abbott over potential blackouts tied to the state’s reliance on wind power. With temperatures forecast to be well over 100 degrees in Texas on July 11, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a conservation appeal…
HKUST Develops World’s Most Durable Hydrogen Fuel Cell to Date
July 9, 2022
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) research team has developed a new hydrogen fuel cell, which not only sets a new battery durability record, but it is also more cost-effective, helping to promote the popularity of green energy and to help in achieving the carbon neutral goal. Hydrogen fuel cells, which use…
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Commentary With apologies to Kermit the Frog, it’s not easy being green. The Supreme Court last week diminished the power of unelected bureaucrats to effectively make law. A 6-3 majority ruled the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the power to set standards on greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. It said that’s up to…
G7 Leaders Struggle to Cope With Consequences of Green Energy Agenda
June 29, 2022
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Reality is starting to intrude on the G7’s ongoing campaign to dismantle the West’s oil and coal industry. As leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations—the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan—gathered at the luxurious Castle Elmau in Germany’s Bavarian Alps this week, they were forced to admit privately what now…
G-7 Leaders Struggle to Cope With Consequences of Green Energy Agenda
June 29, 2022
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Reality is starting to intrude on the Group of Seven (G-7) nations’ ongoing campaign to dismantle the West’s oil and coal industry. As leaders of the G-7—the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan—gathered at the luxurious Castle Elmau in Germany’s Bavarian Alps this week, they were forced to acknowledge privately what now…
Why Biden’s Green Energy Policy Will ‘End in Tears’
News Analysis American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin once said that “experience is an expensive school but fools will learn in no other.” Germany’s green energy policy, launched in the year 2000, could have been a cheap lesson for America today. The Biden administration has chosen to follow Germany, providing heavy subsidies for wind and solar,…
Environmentalists Pose Problems for Biden’s Green Energy Goals
June 11, 2022
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As the Biden Administration announces drastic steps to push forward its green energy scheme, it faces determined opposition, not from Republicans, but from radical environmental groups. At the end of the first quarter, Biden announced that his green energy agenda was a national emergency and thus activated the Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 declaring…
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