Commentary Here’s a reality-framing statement for the roughly 190 countries headed to the COP27 climate summit in Egypt that opens on Sunday: Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2022 appear to be higher than pre-pandemic levels, again, and yet, according to the U.N., greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced 43 percent (relative to 2019 levels) by 2030. Why is the…
Why International Climate Summits Are Doomed to Fail, Part 2: Upward Mobility for Poor Depends on Energy
November 6, 2022
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Is the Renewable Energy Transition to Wind and Solar Worth the Sacrifices?
Even with recent reports of a temporary gas surplus, Europeans, nevertheless, face a harsh winter as analysts warn that a lack of gas could rock the economy in the coming months. Further, even if Europe pulls through this winter relatively unscathed, predictions for next winter paint a bleak future. Warnings notwithstanding, on Oct. 24, the European Union…
Victoria’s Move to Re-Nationalise Energy Sector Fraught With Risks
October 30, 2022
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Commentary After a year of ongoing energy crises—both global and local—nothing should surprise the industry anymore. Nevertheless, when Premier Daniel Andrews announced a re-nationalisation policy for Victoria on Oct. 20 it caught many people off-guard. If they win the next election, the Victorian Labor party—currently governing Australia’s second most-populous state—will be reviving the State Electricity…
Victoria’s Net-Zero Nationalisation Move Fraught With Risks
October 30, 2022
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Commentary After a year of ongoing energy crises—both global and local—nothing should surprise the industry anymore. Nevertheless, when Premier Daniel Andrews announced a re-nationalisation policy for Victoria on Oct. 20 it caught many people off-guard. If they win the next election, the Victorian Labor party—currently governing Australia’s second most-populous state—will be reviving the State Electricity…
‘Zero Emissions’ From Electric Vehicles? Here’s Why That Claim Has Zero Basis
October 28, 2022
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As California, New York, and other states move to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered cars, public officials routinely echo the Biden administration’s claim that electric vehicles are a “zero emissions” solution that can significantly mitigate the effects of climate change. Car and energy experts, however, say there is no such thing as a zero-emissions vehicle: For now and the foreseeable future, the…
Orange County Power Authority CEO to Be Publicly Evaluated
October 25, 2022
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Orange County Power Authority’s (OCPA) CEO Brian Probolsky will undergo a public performance evaluation at a special public meeting in two weeks, the green energy provider’s board of directors announced Oct. 25. The agency’s general counsel Ryan Baron announced following a closed session on the matter that the board voted unanimously to conduct the evaluation,…
Construction Starts on Saudi Arabia’s 650-Foot-Wide ‘Smart Linear City’ That Will Run on ‘100 Percent Renewable Energy’
Construction has begun on Saudi Arabia’s dystopian 650-foot-wide and 100-mile-long so-called “smart linear city” in the northwestern Tabuk province of the country, video footage shows. The footage was released by the Saudi Arabia-based Ot Sky aerial photography company on Oct. 20. It shows dozens of excavators digging a wide linear trench in the desert to begin laying the…
Nazis Started Forced Renewable Energy Transition, Expert Says
The first political party to have a renewable energy program was the Nazi party in the 1933 Reichstag elections. Their goal was to transition to wind power, and use the wind to produce hydrogen, according to Rupert Darwall, a senior fellow at RealClearFoundation. The catalyst for this energy revolution in the Nazi party was an “us…
Communism, Money Behind Net-Zero Push: Australian Senator
October 11, 2022
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A Queensland senator has argued that money and communism are behind the push for renewable energy. Speaking to The Epoch Times, Liberal senator Matt Canavan said that the net-zero agenda is largely pushed by two groups, Western corporations and the Chinese Communist Party. “Those two forces coming together have proved diabolical and very hard to counter…
Is Green Hydrogen America’s Next Big Renewable Energy Gamble?
As the strained U.S. electric grid labors under the soaring demand for renewable energy, green hydrogen is ramping up and has stepped into the investor spotlight. Producing green hydrogen is pretty straightforward at a glance. Adherents claim facilities use renewably generated electricity to split water molecules. Afterward, the hydrogen is stored and distributed with net zero emissions….
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