How can we use wind power when there’s no wind? @GreenpeaceUK on importing and big batteries
16 Mar 2020 2 Comments
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Big Wind, wind power
Reliability of Wind Energy — When the Wind Doesn’t Blow
27 Jan 2020 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Big Wind, wind power
The dirty secret of clean energy
24 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, solar power, wind power
Solar and wind power peak at the wrong time of the day
28 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
Had we hit peak wind turbine technician demand?
09 May 2016 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: Big Wind, green rent seeking, renewable energy, wind power
Doubling from 4,400 to 9,000 does not exactly strike me as an explosion in wind technician employment.
Source: Wind Turbine Technicians : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Yet still this occupation is expected to be the fastest-growing occupation in the USA in the next 10 years.
@GreenpeaceUK thinks these wind turbines are a pretty sight
05 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights Tags: Big Wind, land use conflicts, visual pollution, wind power
@Greenpeace why are German and Danish power prices so high?
24 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, bootleggers and baptists, climate alarmism, Denmark, Germany, green rent seeking, power prices, solar power, wind power
Is investing in renewable energy a good investment?
21 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, hydroelectric power, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
The payoff from different energy investments
24 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics Tags: atomic energy, Big Solar, Big Wind, coal power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
Can We Rely on Wind and Solar Energy?
04 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, green rent seeking, solar power, wind power
@GreenpeaceNZ @RusselNorman Can We Rely on Wind and Solar Energy? @NZGreens
02 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, bootleggers and baptists, expressive voting, green rent seeking, rational irrationality, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
Is renewable energy the face of the future?
23 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, climate alarmists, hydropower, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
EIA Forecast for US Energy Sources to 2040. Fossil fuels will supply >80%, renewables 8%, it's a 'fossil fuel future' http://t.co/B923DH9ncW—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) June 11, 2015
Turbine country versus fracking country
31 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, law and economics, property rights Tags: Big Wind, cracking, green hypocrisy, visual pollution, wind power
The price of 100% wind power in Denmark
24 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand Tags: at nuclear power, Big Wind, Denmark, renewable energy
Do environmentalists oppose all energy subsidies?
22 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: antimarket bias, Big Solar, Big Wind, expressive voting, green rent seeking, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
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