
Straight to the point; hydro power survives without subsidies; wind and solar doesn’t
04 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: green rentseeking, hydroelectric power, renewable energy, solar power, wind power

How dangerous is nuclear energy compared to renewable energy?
12 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: coal, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, power, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
More proof of the unreliability of renewable energy
01 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, politics - Australia Tags: hydroelectric power, reading myths, renewable energy, Tasmania
The Lake Pedder dam is full for the first time since 1988. A few months ago, Tasmanian hydroelectric lake levels were 13% with 6% the level at which the entire system shuts down.
Nuclear energy is a seriously safe power source
05 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, health and safety, labour economics Tags: coal prices, comic power, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, risk risk trade-offs, solar power, wind power
How much of global low carbon energy is wind and solar?
21 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, resource economics Tags: geothermal power, hydroelectric power, nuclear power, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
The sources of low carbon energy since 1965
14 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics Tags: atomic energy, hydroelectric power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
How much of Swedish power is renewable energy?
28 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics Tags: hydroelectric power, renewable energy, 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
How many solar panels needed to heat 1/2 million homes
13 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics Tags: Big Solar, coal power, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, renewable energy
Analysing environmental benefits from driving electric vehicles
09 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: coal power, electric cars, green rent seeking, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, nuclear power, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretense to knowledge, unintended consequences

- The benefit is large and positive in many places in the west because the western electricity grid is relatively clean – primarily a mix of hydro, nuclear, and natural gas.
- The benefit is large and negative in many places in the east because the eastern electricity grid primarily relies more heavily on coal and natural gas.
via Economist’s View.
What it would take for the US to run on 100% renewable energy
10 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: expressive voting, geothermal power, hydroelectric power, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, renewable energy, solar power, tidal power, wind power
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