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.”
Rural and coastal residents delay, block green energy projects
Rural and coastal residents delay, block green energy projects
28 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice Tags: celebrity technologies, solar power, wind power
California Keeps Driving Up Gas Prices With ‘Layers And Layers’ Of Green Rules And Regs
28 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: California
“There are two reasons that gas is more expensive in California, and neither of them have to do with price gouging. The first reason, which we’re all very familiar with, is the extra taxes that are added on,” Edward Ring, the director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center, told the DCNF. “When you take all of the state taxes, fees and programs, you’re going to add another $1.23 to the price of a gallon of gas, and that’s not including the 18 cents a gallon of federal excise tax.”
California Keeps Driving Up Gas Prices With ‘Layers And Layers’ Of Green Rules And Regs
UN report claims nations must close ‘huge emissions gap’ in new climate pledges and deliver immediate action, or 1.5°C is lost
28 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmism
Does anyone seriously think any of these demands will be met? They’ve all been made before and the CO2 graph continues its steady rise, while assorted predictions of climate mayhem fail to show up. Some nations have swallowed the net zero dogma but many more haven’t, making increasing use of coal, gas and oil to […]
UN report claims nations must close ‘huge emissions gap’ in new climate pledges and deliver immediate action, or 1.5°C is lost
‘Why did our parked electric car burst into flames?’
27 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health and safety Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood A mother said her family was “lucky to have got out safely” after their parked electric car exploded and engulfed their house in flames. Georgina Bayliss from Spratton, Northamptonshire, said their Mercedes EQA had been parked outside their house for several hours before the explosion. She said her younger son […]
‘Why did our parked electric car burst into flames?’
Chris Martz Asks Climate Fundamentalists Ten Fundamental Questions
27 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate activists, climate alarmism
I guarantee not one person will give me a coherent point-by-point answer.
Chris Martz Asks Climate Fundamentalists Ten Fundamental Questions
Scott Alexander on the Progress Studies conference
25 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic growth, economic history, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, liberalism, macroeconomics Tags: creative destruction
Here is one excerpt: Over-regulation was the enemy at many presentations, but this wasn’t a libertarian conference. Everyone agreed that safety, quality, the environment, etc, were important and should be regulated for. They just thought existing regulations were colossally stupid, so much so that they made everything worse including safety, the environment, etc. With enough political will, […]
Scott Alexander on the Progress Studies conference
Net Zero is Losing the Battle of Ideas
23 Oct 2024 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, solar power, wind power
It is encouraging that my intervention drew an enthusiastic round of applause which is testament to the growing scepticism about Net Zero among the general public. It appears to me that cracks are appearing in the cosy green consensus in Westminster and if we get our arguments right, we can win this debate.
Net Zero is Losing the Battle of Ideas
Google buys world’s first private mini-nuclear reactors
22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: atomic energy
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness It’s good enough for Google, but not for Mad Miliband! Google has struck a deal to buy the world’s first private mini-nuclear reactors, as technology companies race to secure power for their data centres. The US search engine giant has ordered a fleet […]
Google buys world’s first private mini-nuclear reactors
‘Gaps And Inconsistencies’: Up To $41 Billion In World Bank Climate Handouts Unaccounted For, New Report Finds
21 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice
Up to $41 billion of the funds distributed to climate causes by the World Bank between 2017 and 2023 are unaccounted for due to poor accounting standards, according to an audit from Oxfam International published Thursday.
‘Gaps And Inconsistencies’: Up To $41 Billion In World Bank Climate Handouts Unaccounted For, New Report Finds
Dearth of Green Jobs in UK
15 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: solar power, wind power
Chris Morrison provides the analysis in his Daily Sceptic article ONS Reveals the Pitiful Number of New Green Jobs Being Created in the U.K. Economy. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The problem with the green U.K. economy, and its associated destruction of the hydrocarbon environment, is that there are very few […]
Dearth of Green Jobs in UK
Electric car battery maker’s value slashed by 85pc
15 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood Investors are preparing to write off nearly the entire value of their stakes in Swedish battery giant Northvolt as a crisis at the troubled European green technology champion deepens. Once valued at more than $12bn (£9bn), Northvolt is scrambling to raise hundreds of millions of euros to shore up its […]
Electric car battery maker’s value slashed by 85pc
A concern not a catastrophe
12 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming
Bjørn Lomborg brings some much needed reason to counter the emotion in the climate change debate, saying it’s a concern not a catastrophe : Apropos of this, Lomborg writes of climate fictions: Whatever happened to polar bears? They used to be all climate campaigners could talk about, but now they’re essentially absent from headlines. Over […]
A concern not a catastrophe
Climatists’ War on Meat updated
11 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics Tags: climate activists, regressive left, vegetarianism
Tyler Durden reports at Zerohedge Meat Substitutes Still A Tiny Sliver Of US Meat Market. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. Over the past few years, plant-based meat substitutes have come closer and closer to mimicking the real thing, with brands like Beyond Meat having even sussed out how to create fake meat that “bleeds”. But, as Statista’s […]
Climatists’ War on Meat updated
America’s Ambitious Climate Plan Is Faltering
10 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, industrial organisation, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: solar power, wind power
Global emissions are at records, while shift away from fossil fuels slows amid high costs, surging power demandSee By Ed Ballard and Amrith Ramkumar of The WSJ.Keeping the air clean is laudable goal, but the benefit of actions in this area need to outweigh the costs.Excerpts from the article:”Renewable energy is growing faster than expected.…
America’s Ambitious Climate Plan Is Faltering
Labour’s Climate Sleaze
09 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, Public Choice Tags: British politics, climate activists
By Paul Homewood LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday named Oxford University professor Rachel Kyte as its new climate envoy and announced a new investment facility, the latest steps in the new government’s efforts to bolster Britain’s role in international climate politics. The appointment of Kyte, a climate policy professor, as the UK’s […]
Labour’s Climate Sleaze
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