David D. Friedman – The Externality problem: Population, Climate, Pandemic
19 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, development economics, economic history, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, population economics, property rights, Public Choice
‘Green’ Energy’s Demand For Rare Earths Driving Wholesale Environmental Destruction
19 Oct 2023 1 Comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
Solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles all critically depend upon a raft of minerals known as ‘rare earths’, as well as mountains of copper and cobalt. With the exponential increase in demand for minerals comes an exponential growth in the mountains of toxic filth left behind during mining and processing those minerals. The minerals […]
‘Green’ Energy’s Demand For Rare Earths Driving Wholesale Environmental Destruction
Why heat pumps will never work in Britain
17 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Another damning report on heat pumps: Heat pumps are poorly suited to British homes and the Government’s relentless drive to install them will cause “uproar” across the country, energy leaders have warned. The controversial devices have been adopted across Europe, but ministers are warned […]
Why heat pumps will never work in Britain
Facts Trump Feelings: Grand Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Tale Rapidly Unravels
15 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
The only certainties attached to the wind and solar transition are being constantly whacked with crushing power bills and sitting freezing or boiling in the dark, when the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in. Whereas Europeans are crab-walking away from their mad rush towards wind and solar – with many tapping into next-generation nuclear power […]
Facts Trump Feelings: Grand Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Tale Rapidly Unravels
Kathryn Porter: The myth of affordable green energy is over
13 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
By Paul Homewood The pervasive narrative about offshore wind in recent years has been that costs are falling and that wind power is cheap. But scratch below the surface and you find that things are not quite so rosy. Turbine manufacturers have been losing money hand over fist in recent years. Collectively over […]
Kathryn Porter: The myth of affordable green energy is over
Costs Blowout: Rocketing Power Prices Keep Proving Wind & Solar Most Expensive
13 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
Households and businesses faced with crippling power bills are just another bad optic for renewable energy rent seekers. The political support upon which the seemingly endless flow of massive subsidies depends, in turn, depends on the proles’ attitude to those charged with delivering reliable and affordable power. Having just been whacked with 20-30% increases in […]
Costs Blowout: Rocketing Power Prices Keep Proving Wind & Solar Most Expensive
The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Explained | Taxpayers’ Union
12 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Chris Packham issues legal challenge against Rishi Sunak
08 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Climate lawfare by carbophobes again. ‘The ball is in your court, Prime Minister’. At the same time the Scottish Nationalists have reported the PM to the police over comments in his conference speech. – – – Chris Packham has sent a legal challenge to the Prime Minister over his decision to delay the phase-out of […]
Chris Packham issues legal challenge against Rishi Sunak
Lunacy Unplugged: Renewable Energy Debacle Proves Clowns Are Clearly In Charge
08 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
When disaster threatens the rational retreat, but the clown soldiers on and even doubles down, accelerating the race to oblivion. Facts are treated with contempt; reality with derision. So it is with the grand wind and solar transition. It’s a disease of the mind that allows for the belief that a first world economy can […]
Lunacy Unplugged: Renewable Energy Debacle Proves Clowns Are Clearly In Charge
‘Green’ Energy Nirvana Collides With Brutal Reality: Wind & Solar Are Pointless
05 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
The world runs on luck and credit. The wind and solar ‘industries’ are running out of both. What might have sounded a little hopeful 20 years ago, sounds utterly ridiculous today. Talk about an all-wind and sun-powered future these days smacks of a mixture of delusion and desperation. Wind turbine manufacturers are bleeding cash, with […]
‘Green’ Energy Nirvana Collides With Brutal Reality: Wind & Solar Are Pointless
Ross Clark: Will Germany be the first to ditch its net zero commitments?
30 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
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By Paul Homewood Which country will become the first to rat on its net zero target, to find some of putting it off, watering it down – or changing the definition of what counts? There must be a lot of money on it being Germany. Things are not going well in Germany’s bid to reach […]
Ross Clark: Will Germany be the first to ditch its net zero commitments?
Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals
29 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
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Prosperity via subsidies, making the energy that powers economies more scarce and/or more expensive, always sounded like a fantasy. – – – When she took to the floor to give her State of the Union speech on 13 September, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen largely stood by the script, says Phys.org. Describing her […]
Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals
The six ways renewables increase electricity bills
28 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
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By Paul Homewood London, 28 September – A new paper from the Net Zero Watch demonstrates conclusively renewables increase electricity bills — indeed, it is almost impossible that adding a new windfarm to the grid would ever reduce consumer prices. The author of the paper, Net Zero Watch director Andrew Montford, outlines a […]
The six ways renewables increase electricity bills
Halfway to Hell: Wind & Solar Transition Destroying German Economy
26 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
As wind and solar capacity increases, Germany’s once thriving economy shrinks. And it’s the sudden and dramatic collapse in German industrial output that’s allowed the wind and sun cult to cry ‘victory’ with a claim – based on a statistical fudge – that Germany obtained 50% of its power from ‘renewable’ sources. Sitting behind the […]
Halfway to Hell: Wind & Solar Transition Destroying German Economy
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