Never-Reliable Wind & Solar Mean Ever-Reliable Coal-Fired Power Only Hope
02 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
As the sun sets on a calm afternoon, talk about a ‘wind and solar transition’ sounds delusional, because it is. The cult is driven by that very delusion, however. But those who have been dragged along for the ride are finally waking up to the fact that first world economies can’t run on sunshine and […]
Never-Reliable Wind & Solar Mean Ever-Reliable Coal-Fired Power Only Hope
About April fools day
02 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture
Three cheers for the Green Party mayor!
02 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, urban economics Tags: zoning
In the new world of EVs and AI, renewable green energy means more gas or coal capacity, not less
02 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: electric cars
Technology demands are outrunning misguided climate/energy policies. ‘Officials admit – more hogs means a bigger trough’ (Telegraph) but laws of physics can’t be overridden by government demands, however much they insist on barking up the wrong tree with puny renewables and rejecting available fuel sources. – – – It is no secret that the expanding […]
In the new world of EVs and AI, renewable green energy means more gas or coal capacity, not less
The crews bracing themselves for a rise in electric car fires
02 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health and safety, labour economics, law and economics, property rights Tags: electric cars
Firefighter: “Our preferred approach is to let them burn themselves out”. EV fires ‘create a variety of toxic chemicals’. They ‘have to be “quarantined” away from other vehicles even after the fire appears to have been put out’, in case they re-ignite days or even 2-3 weeks later. Other types of car are still available, […]
The crews bracing themselves for a rise in electric car fires
Best Opening for White | How To Play the LONDON SYSTEM against King’s In…
02 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in chess
Anthony Willy on the SOE case and partnership fiction
01 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, International law, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: constitutional law
Former Judge and barrister Anthony Willy has an excellent post on the famous SOE case which is held up to have decided that the Treaty of Waitangi was a partnership. He demolishes this argument by quoting, well the actual judgment. The case was about acting in good faith. Well worth a read.
Anthony Willy on the SOE case and partnership fiction
Spotlight on the Courts
01 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: constitutional law
Muriel Newman writes – “Houston, we have a problem!” New Zealand’s Supreme Court – the highest court in our land – has been captured by activist judges. What is heartening, is the emergence of a wide range of eminent legal voices all openly criticising the Court and calling for this problem to be addressed. But […]
Spotlight on the Courts
Australia must be welcoming of migrants more than most
01 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, population economics Tags: Australia, economics of immigration
The State of the Climate 2023 (GWPF) – evidence of crisis not observed
01 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
The summary remarks: ‘There is no visible effect of the global COVID-19 lockdown 2020–2021 in the atmospheric concentration. The increasing amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide is enhancing photosynthesis and thereby global crop yields.’ – – – London, 28 March — In his annual review of the state of the global climate, Professor Ole Humlum reviews […]
The State of the Climate 2023 (GWPF) – evidence of crisis not observed
Biden’s Signature Climate Law Has a Major Achilles’ Heel — And Dems Are Making It Worse
31 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: land supply, solar power, wind power, zoning
…you can’t get anything built because of these statutes,” Mike McKenna, a Republican strategist with extensive experience in and around the energy sector, told the DCNF about Congressional gridlock on permitting reform.
Biden’s Signature Climate Law Has a Major Achilles’ Heel — And Dems Are Making It Worse
Some UNRWA data
31 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
I hope NZ doesn’t resume funding UNRWA. Here’s some numbers (from Israel but not rebutted) on them: We should fund other UN agencies like the World Food Programme and good NGOs providing relief. But it is clear that funding UNRWA is akin to indirectly funding Hamas.
Some UNRWA data
Recent Comments