Energy Prices Shot Up 72% Thanks To Biden And Harris’ War On American Energy
https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/01/energy-prices-shot-up-72-thanks-to-biden-and-harris-war-on-american-energy/ By: Bill Peacock There is hope for major reductions in energy prices — if American politicians will repent of their support for renewable energy. Critics of former President Donald Trump often claim he is lying. Much of the time, however, the critics fail to recognize he is simply using hyperbole to highlight the problems Democrats […]
‘Climate’ Policies in a Harris Admin: If Harris wins, ‘every county in America will be ground zero for climate policies’
‘Climate’ Policies in a Harris Administration By Edward Ring Ground zero for the war on conventional energy in the United States is in Kern County, California. It is home to some of the largest oil fields in the United States, with estimated reserves totaling more than 27 billion barrels. Most of these reserves contain what is considered […]
Analysis: ‘Why wind & solar are the energy past, not future’ – ‘Fossil fuels are the energy present, & nuclear power is likely the energy future’
Via Energy Bad Boys – By Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling: It might come as a shock to lawmakers like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but nearly all the energy used by humans until a few hundred years ago was renewable, and life was not a utopian heaven on Earth. The graph nearby shows the amount of energy used by humans from 1800 through the present. In 1800, humanity used 452 times less energy than humans in 2019, and nearly all of it came from biomass. The “Low Energy” world humans lived in was no paradise. Average life expectancies were less than 40 years. In Germany, every second child died. People’s statures were shorter because poor nutrition and illness limited human growth. Life was indeed nasty, brutish, and short, and it remained this way until humans began using coal at scale in the 1800s.
Wind as an energy source had first been used for sailboats in Mesopotamia. Until the first windmills were invented by the Persians to grind grain and pump water between 500 and 900 A.D., wind energy was primarily used for transportation. Windmills became widespread in Europe in the 17th century, and approximately 200,000 windmills operated at the peak of the technology. Of course, the disadvantages of wind we experience today were still present back then. Because wind power cannot be stored, it was used primarily to mill grain into flour, pump water into livestock tanks, and saw lumber into boards.
In fact, because wind energy was dependent on the weather and wasn’t reliable, horses were used as “backup” sources of power for milling grain during calm stretches in Europe, similar to how natural gas power plants “back up” wind turbines for generating electricity when the wind isn’t blowing on modern electricity grids. …
While each of the “renewable” energy sources above increased the human standard of living, they also had limited availability and reliability. It was the discovery and widespread use of coal that enabled humans to access vast supplies of reliable energy on demand and perform more work than ever before dreamed. This energy powered the industrial revolution.
The widespread use of oil for lighting was short-lived, however, because, in 1882, Thomas Edison built his first commercial electricity plant, ushering in the era of electricity. When it comes to energy, nothing is as powerful, versatile, safe, easy to use, or clean as electricity. …
Unlike other forms of energy, electricity is not a primary source of energy by itself. Instead, electricity is a secondary source of energy that must be generated by converting primary energy sources (such as coal, natural gas, oil, uranium, water, solar, or wind energy) into electric power.
Wind and solar don’t produce much power because they are unreliable and the exact opposite of energy-dense, requiring vast buildouts to produce only a small amount of electricity. As a result, they have an exceedingly low energy return on investment (EROI). …
In fact, if all the electricity you used for 70 years was generated at nuclear facilities, the amount of uranium used would fit inside a soda can. The high energy density of uranium is why nuclear power has the potential to someday generate electricity at a lower cost than fossil fuels and is why it is most likely the future of electricity generation. Unlike wind and solar, it produces carbon-dioxide-free electricity around the clock, so a grid powered by nuclear power won’t experience California-style blackouts.
Environmentalists detest the ‘little guys’ who get in their way
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/22/environmentalists-detest-little-guys-who-get-in-th/ By Paul Driessen – Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Rural and coastal residents delay, block green energy projects Environmentalists insist that they love the “little guys” — until they get in their way, ask inconvenient questions or try to block renewable energy projects intended to save the planet from “human-caused climate cataclysms.” Then the little people learn […]
‘Full-Blown Scandal’: Biden-Harris Admin Hid Documents To Justify Fossil Fuel Crackdown, Oversight Committee Says
‘Full-Blown Scandal’: Biden-Harris Admin Hid Documents To Justify Fossil Fuel Crackdown, Oversight Committee Says By Thomas Catenacci The Biden-Harris administration is allegedly covering up an internal study conducted in 2023 that would have rendered its moratorium on natural gas projects unnecessary, according to leaders on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. The White House and […]
Kamala Harris’s ‘Climate Engagement Director’ Accuses Oil & Gas Workers of Committing ‘Ecoterrorism,’ Weaponizing ‘White Supremacy’ & ‘Toxic Patriarchy’
Kamala Harris’s Far-Left ‘Climate Engagement Director’ Accuses Oil and Gas Workers of Committing ‘Ecoterrorism,’ Weaponizing ‘White Supremacy’ and ‘Toxic Patriarchy’ By Thomas Catenacci October 21, 2024 The Harris-Walz campaign’s climate engagement director has a long history of demonizing fossil fuels, going as far as to accuse oil and gas workers of committing “ecoterrorism” and advancing “individualism, […]
Watch: Morano on Fox on Harris’s fracking flip flops: ‘She really thinks the people of Pennsylvania are stupid’ – Biden-Harris ‘riding the coattails of’ Trump’s energy policies
Marc Morano Appears on ‘The Bottom Line’ Harris’ Energy Policies The Bottom Line – Fox Business – Broadcast October 21, 2024 Rough Transcript: Dagen: Harris’ energy policy gets murkier and murkier, but one thing is clear, she’s a climate crusader through and through. ClimateDepot.com Executive Editor Marc Morano is going to join us next. Sean […]
A week after Milton knocked out 4 Million Florida power customers, there are more customers without power in California w/ ‘planned outages’ for fire risk than in Florida
A week after Milton knocked out ~4M Florida power customers, there are more customers without power in California ("planned outages" for fire risk) than in Florida. pic.twitter.com/kWB3v1ccEp — Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) October 17, 2024
Cuba’s electrical grid goes offline after major power plant fails
Cuba’s electrical grid went offline Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, the energy ministry said. The announcement came hours after the government announced that one of the nation’s main thermoelectric plants, La Antonio Guiteras, had ceased operations at about 11 a.m. local time, with authorities saying it was only offline temporarily. […]
California oil refinery announces closure after Gov. Newsom signs more regulations
https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-politics/california-oil-refinery-announces-closure-after-newsom-signs-new-law By Danielle Wallace FOXBusiness The oil company Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it is closing its Los Angeles-area refinery by the end of 2025, pointing to concerns about the future market. The announcement comes days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Monday that will set new regulations on the oil industry in the Golden […]