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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: nanny state, political correctness, regressive left
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness From the Telegraph: NatWest is telling customers to stop eating meat and to drive electric cars after combing their accounts to calculate their carbon footprint. A “Carbon Footprint Tracker” on the bank’s mobile app uses the transaction data of customers and makes recommendations on how […]
NatWest combs customer accounts – and tells them to go vegetarian
04 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of crime, energy economics, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, urban economics Tags: South Africa
03 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
Looking to thank someone for your latest power bill, then look no further than subsidised wind and solar. The ‘unreliables’ are the principal reason why retail power bills are rising at unprecedented rates. Behind the curtain, there are a number of forces at work which, over the last decade or so, have entirely upended the […]
Why Intermittent Wind & Solar Always Deliver Higher Power Prices
03 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Teresa Mull writes at American Spectator Why ‘dirty’ coal is vital to a ‘clean’ green future. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. ‘Any time you have energy, you have to dig something out of the ground’ The under reported truth, however, is that coal is key to the continuation of civilization as […]
No Green Energy Future Without Coal
02 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, energy economics, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Iraq, Middle-East politics, war against terror
Asymmetrical warfare is defined by asymmetry. Any terrorist ideology that can attract five recruits and the contents of their bank accounts can make headlines for months. A terrorist group with twenty recruits and half a million dollars can make headlines for years. (ISIS: State of Terror, page 191) ISIS is the crack cocaine of violent […]
ISIS: The State of Terror by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger (2015)
01 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
By Paul Homewood h/t George Heraghty From the Telegraph: In a Net Zero world, what will we do when the wind isn’t blowing? Environmentalists like to point out that we will have solar power as well, but of course the sun doesn’t shine at night, so windless nights are a big problem. Next, it […]
The crippling problem of renewable green energy cannot be solved
01 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, solar power, wind power
High demand for a profitable product is a winning formula for commercial success and oil companies aren’t going to be slow to cash in on current prices, no matter what climate obsessives or politicians may say or think. Hydrogen-related roles get squeezed due to slack market interest. Meanwhile renewables firms seek ever larger handouts. – […]
Fossil fuels are back: Shell takes axe to its ‘Low Carbon’ division
30 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
It takes real audacity for the most heavily subsidised ‘industry’ on earth, to demand even more. And it takes real courage for the governments who have been handing out massive subsidies, without question, to reject demands for more of the same. Which is where the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) comes in. Led […]
Wind Industry Outraged at Government Refusal to Deliver Even More Subsidies
28 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood A new Norwegian paper has found that the effects of man-made CO2 emissions are not strong enough to explain global warming in the last 200n years, implying that natural factors must play a large role: https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/To-what-extent-are-temperature-levels-changing-due-to-greenhouse-gas-emissions.pdf
To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions?
27 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
So much for all the cheap talk about wind power being cheap. Offshore wind power is so expensive it can’t attract a buyer. In the UK, the last round of the government’s annual auction – which awards 15-year contracts to wind and solar generators, taking their occasional produce at a set price – did not […]
No Bid: Offshore Wind Power Now So Expensive It Can’t Find Buyers
26 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
‘Green’ energy ideologues are terrified of mass blackouts; the moment when the proles work out the wind and solar transition is a monstrous lie. In Germany, the worship of intermittent wind and solar has all the hallmarks of a deranged cult. However, as with most cults, it’s a zealous few that end up driving a […]
Winter Blackout Threat Drives Germany to Fire-Up More Coal-Fired Power Plants
25 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
The ‘transition’ to portable electric generators, flashlights and candles is well on its way. The inevitable consequence of attempting to run on sunshine and breezes is having power only when the sun is up and the wind is blowing, just right. Grid-scale energy storage is a myth, as is waffle about so-called ‘green’ hydrogen. The […]
Wind & Solar Transition Guaranteed to Deliver Mass Blackouts This Summer
23 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
The story here refers to Britain’s ‘gas addiction’, but a renewables addiction will be far more problematic. At present gas power stations are being made ever more uneconomic by government net zero policies, but low wind days and hours are a given. Energy intensive carbon capture plans will only make matters worse. – – – […]
Britain ‘will need gas to avoid blackouts for decades’
22 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
By Paul Homewood A new analysis by David Turvey dismantles the recent Royal Society report on electricity storage: Summary The Royal Society (RS) has recently released its Large-Scale Electricity Storage report that says we can provide the electricity we need using wind and solar power supported by large-scale hydrogen storage. The report […]
Dismantling the Royal Society Large-Scale Electricity Storage Report
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