This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.
Greed Energy Economics:
California launches Golden State lease buyout lawsuit
California Moves to Sue Trump Administration, RWE Over Deal to Cancel Floating Wind Project
Unreliables (General):
*** The Green Energy Paradox: Saving Nature by Destroying It
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Manipulation, hype and floating offshore windmills
Offshore Windmill Failures in Irish Sea
Britain ‘hog-tied’ to China for a third of wind power
Solar Energy:
Solar overtakes coal as biggest power source in China — but off 60% of the time!
New York’s New Solar Religion Is Absolutely Devastating to Wildlife, Farmland
Nuclear Energy:
*** The Army’s SMR Shortlist
*** Deployable Energy’s new compact nuclear reactor
Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** A Nation Divided by Natural Gas
Ban Natural Gas, Pay More
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
Scientists confirm solar storms can crash self-driving cars
Report: Another Tesla on Autopilot Stopped on Freeway, Driver Died
Data Centers:
*** GUIDE: What every town should know before approving a data center
*** Panicking Tech Execs Try to Pivot Message on AI Data Centers
The Shocking Truth About Water-Guzzling Hyperscale Data Centers
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Video: “We Cracked Antigravity” NASA Physicist Shows Proof of Secret Tech
Report: Embodied energy – The first step in understanding eROI
If our politicians care about affordability, they will pass permitting reform
Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Climate: What We Don’t Know
Norway Rejects Climate Orthodoxy’s False Choice, Builds Wealth
Greenland’s Icecap Grew This Year…
This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.
Unreliables (General):
*** Grid Instability
Geopolitical Reality Has Ended the Rush to Renewables
The Renewable Data Center Fantasy
New York’s New Solar Religion is Absolutely Devastating to Wildlife, Farmland
Nuclear Energy:
America is Watching the World’s Movement to Nuclear Power Generation
Billion-dollar machine aims to set a fusion-energy record — and study nuclear weapons
Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Trump announces ‘biggest oil deal in world history,’ says it will substantially lower gas prices
*** Why Gasoline Costs More in Democratic-Controlled States
Trump administration to pay German firm to halt US wind projects – and ‘re-invest’ in gas schemes
Yes, Coal Clearly Has A Future
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
They were told to park outside – then their cars burst into flames
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Shockingly vulnerable US power grid could result in 18-month nationwide blackout, expert warns
*** Energy War: Iran, China, AI and the fight to control the future
*** A sort talk: Meredith Angwin and the Two Grids in the Hudson Valley
Battery System Capital & Operating Costs, Energy Losses and Aging
Hydrogen: Not Market Ready
Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous:
*** Climate ‘Experts’ Are 0-54 with Their Doomsday Predictions
*** Climatologist Says a Century of Weather Data Contradicts Claims of Record Heat
*** Net Zero Won’t Fix Climate Change.…
This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.
Unreliables (General):
Iron Law of Infrastructure
Climate change is real, but it is an unfortunate fact that renewables are useless
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Engineers studying a floating wind farm in the North Sea discovered it may be slowing the wind before it even reaches the blades
Nuclear Energy:
*** 5 states offer to accept nuclear waste
*** CGNP’s Advocacy for Diablo Canyon Extended Operations to 2045
Fossil Fuel Energy:
Energy Security and Climate Realism Usher in Coal’s Rise
When Will Upstate New York Claim What’s Theirs, Right Under Feet?…