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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA
Randall G. Holcombe writes at Independent Institute President Biden’s Climate Aspirations. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. H/T John Ray Most of what the political class calls policies are really aspirations with no policy content. They are feel-good statements that promote goals most people would support, with no associated policies that would […]
Elites’ Empty Climate Policies
19 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles
By Paul Homewood India’s thermal power production continues to forge ahead, growing by 9% last year, from 1190 to 1294 TWh. Meanwhile there has been barely any increase at all in their much vaunted renewables. Wind and solar only increased by 16 TWh in the 10 months to October (latest data), and still […]
India Power Sector In 2023
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: nuclear power
The perpetrators of the West’s self-inflicted energy crisis are readily identified by their zealous promotion of subsidised wind and solar. Hiding in plain view, these characters become even more conspicuous when they start ranting about the (purportedly staggering) costs and (supposedly deadly) safety risks of nuclear power generation. The argument run by this crowd is powered […]
Safe, Ever-Reliable & Affordable Nuclear Power Perfect Solution to Any Energy Crisis
17 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars
In short, ambulances will be out of action for half of the time.
Patients Will Die, Thanks To The NHS Net Zero Drive
16 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA
…because they are exempt from fuel economy standards: Because making light trucks held to lower environmental standards was more profitable than building small clean cars, automakers marketed big models, including suvs, enthusiastically. They portrayed them as quintessentially American, embodying freedom, strength and adventurousness. By 2002 light trucks made up a bigger share of light-duty vehicle…
Americans favor SUV’s over the environment, …
14 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
Green energy policies are the primary cause for high and escalating California energy prices.
Exploding Energy Prices in Costly California
14 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
By Paul Homewood Have they finally woken up? By Justin Rowlatt Climate editor, BBC News The UK needs to build new, gas-fired power stations to ensure the country’s energy security, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday. The new stations would replace existing plants, many of which are aging and will soon be retired. […]
New gas power plants needed to bolster energy supply, PM says
13 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Rishi Sunak has made the case for building new gas-fired power plants on the grounds that reliable sources of electricity generation are needed to back up the intermittency of wind and solar generation. This simple statement of reality has prompted hostile comments from the usual suspects, […]
Net Zero is dead. Only the fanatics haven’t realised it
13 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: climate alarmism
Aussie Greens Leader Adam Bandt flew a private jet to give a speech on the evils of fossil fuel.
Aussie Green Party Leader Used Private Jets, Expensed $1 Million to Taxpayers
13 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: wind power
The millions of solar panels and hundreds of thousands of turbine blades already ground up in landfills means there’s absolutely nothing ‘renewable’ about wind or solar. The term ‘renewable’ is just another monstrous abuse of the English language perpetrated by a cult that would have us believe the unbelievable by ignoring the bleeding obvious: weather-dependent […]
Only Thing That’s ‘Renewable’ About Wind & Solar: Massive & Endless Subsidies
12 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights Tags: noise pollution, wind power
Freedom from wind turbine noise nuisance isn’t a “concern”; it’s a hard-won legal “right” based on the lawful entitlement to sleep comfortably in your own home – a right (not a privilege) that’s been upheld against the mighty, rich and powerful for close to 200 hundred years. The grinding, thumping cacophony generated by giant industrial […]
Irish High Court Slams Wind Turbine Operator For Noise “Like Aeroplanes that Never Land”
12 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, law and economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: adverse selection, asymmetric information, British politics, electric cars, moral hazard
By Paul Homewood h/t Patsy Lacey Owners of some of the latest Chinese electric cars to enter Britain are facing expensive premiums and in some cases are ‘almost uninsurable’ for drivers. It comes after various reports of Range Rover owners struggling to find affordable cover for their vehicles, which is linked […]
Some Chinese electric cars are ‘almost uninsurable’ in Britain
12 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars
The EU plans to reassess the phase-out of combustion engines, based on the latest data and developments.
Sobering Up? EU May Scrap Its Plans To Ban Internal Combustion Engines By 2035
09 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, global warming, market efficiency, politics - USA, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars, solar power, wind power
There’s nothing wrong in theory about all-Electric Vehicles. But, if they really were a sensible substitute for petrol or diesel-powered vehicles, they’d already be jumping off the shelves. Except, for some strange reason, they aren’t. There’s plenty of irony attached to the all-EV cult: the world’s largest EV charging station is run entirely using diesel […]
Sick Joke: Nothing ‘Green’ About California’s All Electric Vehicle Mandates
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