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I Warned Against the Green Energy ‘Boom.’ It Sparked Debate
I Warned Against the Green Energy ‘Boom.’ It Sparked Debate Challengers raised points that merit responses. Mine lead to one answer: degrowth. Mining for rare earth metals for ever more battery-driven gadgetry is a vastly destructive and ultimately doomed response to the climate crisis argues the author. Photo via Shutterstock. The best intentions in the world […]
The Green Transition is Physically Impossible
The Green Transition is Physically Impossible
The Illusion of Debate
The Illusion of Debate Hanging Rock, Madison, Indiana I want to disclose a couple of facts regarding the constant focus in many people’s minds of what is considered healthy debate about “renewable,” “clean,” “green,” and “sustainable” energy, electricity, technology, and/or products and services. Those labels are marketing terms, not reality. In other words, they encourage […]
Exploring the Massive Clean Energy Boondoggle of Burning Trees as Carbon Neutral
Exploring the Massive Clean Energy Boondoggle of Burning Trees as Carbon Neutral To the shock of everyone with any semblance of common sense, we are clearcutting forests and burning the trees based on the idea the process is carbon neutral. Image from Smithsonian article below EPA Declared That Burning Wood Is Carbon Neutral In 2018, […]
Power Grid Operators Warn Of Potential Electricity Shortages Amid Transition To Clean Energy
Power Grid Operators Warn Of Potential Electricity Shortages Amid Transition To Clean Energy Power-grid operators across the US warn that power-generating capacity struggles to keep up with demand, a worrying sign ahead of summer where heatwaves could lead to rolling blackouts. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, operating in 15 states across the US […]
Are Electric Cars the Solution?
Are Electric Cars the Solution? Or do visions of ‘clean’ robots supplying mobile freedom steer us down the wrong road? Makers of EVs also push ahead on self-augmenting automation. In other words, a car capable of driving itself while you doze. Is that truly ‘freedom’? Fifty years ago, the French political ecologist André Gorz explained that […]
JP Morgan’s misinformation on the clean energy disruption – a handy guide
JP Morgan’s misinformation on the clean energy disruption – a handy guide The JP Morgan Asset and Wealth Management Annual Energy Paper is one of the most influential publications among global investment and business leaders in the energy sector. But JP Morgan Chase’s 2021 Annual Energy Paper is a deeply flawed piece of work that promotes some serious misinformation […]
Cascadia’s Chance for a Zero-Carbon Future: What We Learned
Cascadia’s Chance for a Zero-Carbon Future: What We Learned Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions for the bioregion spanning BC, Washington and Oregon. We started this series in January with this image of Aji Piper taken in Washington state during a wildfire smoke emergency. At age 15 he joined a lawsuit against […]
Bright Green Lies
Bright Green Lies
The Big Three: The 21st Century “Clean Energy” Regime
THE BIG THREE: THE 21ST CENTURY “CLEAN ENERGY” REGIME *Breakthrough Energy Coalition Founders The “big three” that comprise the 21st century “clean energy” regime are Mission Innovation, Breakthrough Energy Coalition (BEC), and the Global Apollo Programme, with BEC in the driving seat. What we are witnessing is militarized advertising campaign for pseudo ‘public interest’ purposes. This is an example […]
The Fantasy of Electrification
The Fantasy of Electrification Recently, I have come across literally hundreds of people defending EVs, their batteries, and electricity generation of all flavors. Of course, this is all fine and dandy, as I am used to the typical arguments in favor of technology of all stripes and often simply post my article about Problems, Predicaments, and […]
For Many, Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts.
For Many, Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts. Industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes and generate electricity. It may, in fact, be worse for the climate than previously thought. It is seen by many as the clean energy of the future. […]
Biomass: The EU’s Great ‘Clean Energy’ Fraud
Biomass: The EU’s Great ‘Clean Energy’ Fraud “The professionalization of the biomass industry is a problem that needs attention.”–Bas Eickhout, Dutch politician and member of the European Parliament. When it comes to the global shift to low-carbon energy sources, Europe has traditionally been viewed as the world leader while the United States has frequently been […]
