One of the biggest newspapers in the Netherlands is warning its readers that Dutch citizens should get accustomed to the notion that electricity will not always be available to them in the future.
European Newspaper Says Citizens Better Get Used To Not Having Electricity All The Time
European Newspaper Says Citizens Better Get Used To Not Having Electricity All The Time
24 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Labour’s net zero grid will require ‘huge sacrifice’, warns energy chief
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood Reality is beginning to dawn! Labour’s plan for a net zero grid by 2030 is unrealistic and will require a “huge sacrifice” by the country, a leading power station builder has warned. Javier Cavada, European boss of Mitsubishi Power, said the rollout of green energy schemes planned by Sir Keir Starmer and […]
Labour’s net zero grid will require ‘huge sacrifice’, warns energy chief
Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Swatted Down Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election, gun control
Below is my column on Fox.com on the ruling in United States v. Rahimi and its implications for the Hunter Biden appeal. The hope for a final pass to the Court ended with an 8-1 decision against the challenge to the federal gun law. Here is the column:
Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Swatted Down Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass
Good point
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights
Health and Safety laws
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand
Peter Dunne writes – In 2016 New Zealand instituted comprehensive new health and safety laws for workplaces and other areas of activity. The expectation was that the new regime the legislation introduced would dramatically improve the culture and practice around safety in the workplace, reduce the numbers of accidents and save lives. However, the most […]
Health and Safety laws
Simple Truth vs. Cheap Green Energy Lie
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
Francis Menton asserts that the biggest disinformation (Lie) in public discourse is claiming that the cheapest source of energy comes from renewables, wind and solar power. He provides a number of brazen media examples in his blog post What Is The Most Pernicious Example Of “Misinformation” Currently Circulating? Why do I say that the assertion […]
Simple Truth vs. Cheap Green Energy Lie
The original patent from 1891 for a toilet paper roll shows the correct rolling direction, in case you ever doubted.
22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
The Disillusionment of Lawrence of Arabia I THE GREAT WAR Week 152
22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Destroy The Fried Liver Attack In 7 Moves [Dirty TRAPS Included]
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Teachers Union Issues List Of Climate Demands As Students Struggle To Read At Grade Level
22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate activists
The CTU will push the city to include initiatives like electric school buses, green jobs training programs for students and reducing emissions from buildings with solar panels and other retrofits, among other initiatives,
Teachers Union Issues List Of Climate Demands As Students Struggle To Read At Grade Level
Who Really Won The Battle of the Somme? (WW1 Documentary)
22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
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in labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing society, Japan
Reminder: Historical Natural Warming Rates Dwarf Modern Climate Change
21 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Greenland
Greenland has not warmed (net) in the last 90 years. From 80,000 to 20,000 years ago Greenland warmed by 10-15 Kelvin within a span of “a few decades” 24 times (Kypke and Ditlevsen 2024). These abrupt warming periods occurred without concomitant CO2 concentration changes. And, of course, without human interference. Image Source: Kypke and Ditlevsen…
Reminder: Historical Natural Warming Rates Dwarf Modern Climate Change
Murphy’s Law of Economic Policy
21 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, Public Choice, public economics
Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.” I’d never heard of it before and it’s quoted in this review of a book called “Free Lunch Thinking – How Economics Ruins […]
Murphy’s Law of Economic Policy
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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