Limitations on mining for electricity: ‘More than 3 billion tons of metals & minerals’ needed over next 3 decades
https://www.cfact.org/2023/06/15/limitations-on-mining-for-electricity/ Just for electricity from EV batteries and the electricity occasionally generated from wind turbines and solar panels, the World Bank estimates that more than three billion tons of metals and minerals could be required over the next three decades to power the technologies for a global electricity transition. The transition to electricity and its […]
California’s emissions regulatory death spiral
https://www.cfact.org/2023/06/18/californias-emissions-regulatory-death-spiral/ By Ronald Stein I just got back from a 2-hour lunch with one of the guys who serves on working groups and committees of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), and he shared his frustrations working with these agencies. The frustration stems from the devastating impact […]
Green industrialization greatly increases CO2 emissions
https://www.cfact.org/2023/06/12/green-industrialization-greatly-increases-co2-emissions/ By David Wojick Despite calling for rapid reduction in CO2 emissions, the left is rushing green industrialization which will dramatically increase emissions for the foreseeable future. This obvious absurdity has yet to be admitted. On the one hand, there is growing literature on the enormous material requirements required for building huge numbers of wind and […]
UK Guardian: How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’ – Experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/21/solar-farms-energy-power-california-mojave-desert by Oliver Wainwright in Desert Center, California Deep in the Mojave desert, about halfway between Los Angeles and Phoenix, a sparkling blue sea shimmers on the horizon. Visible from the I-10 highway, amid the parched plains and sun-baked mountains, it is an improbable sight: a deep blue slick stretching for miles across the Chuckwalla Valley, […]
Canada Smoke Causes 50% Reduction in Solar Power Production in the Northeastern US
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/canada-smoke-causes-50-reduction-solar-power-production/ By Jim Hoft Solar power generation in parts of the northeastern United States has taken a significant hit in recent weeks, primarily due to smoke from wildfires in Canada. A thick shroud of smoke has caused solar power production in these areas to plummet by more than 50%. Solar farms that power New England, for […]
BBC: Solar panels – ‘a looming global environmental disaster’ – ‘Avg lifespan of 25-30 years…billions of panels will eventually all need to be disposed of & replaced’ – ‘How are we going to deal with the waste?’
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65602519 By Daniel Gordon The Climate Question podcast, BBC Sounds While they are being promoted around the world as a crucial weapon in reducing carbon emissions, solar panels have an average lifespan of 25-30 years. Experts say billions of panels will eventually all need to be disposed of and replaced. “The world has installed more […]
Climate ‘scam’: An ‘all-encompassing fraud’ with ‘authoritarians & corporatists bent on achieving even more centralized political power & economic wealth’
https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/23/the-corruption-of-climate-science/ Corruption of Climate Science: Instead of fighting anti-civilization lunacy, corporations are taking their money off the table, along with their life-affirming affordable fuel. By Edward Ring Excerpt: For over 50 years, with increasing frequency, corrupted, careerist scientists have produced biased studies that, amplified by agenda-driven corporate and political special interests, constitute a “consensus” that is […]
No Sun, No Wind, Big Problem: Benign Weather Could Cause Blackouts in States With Green Grids, Officials Warn
https://freebeacon.com/energy/no-sun-no-wind-big-problem-benign-weather-could-cause-blackouts-in-states-with-green-grids-officials-warn/ By Collin Anderson May 18, 2023 It’s a warm summer night in Texas, and as the sun goes down, the wind eases to a calm breeze. There’s nothing extreme about the weather, but the pleasant conditions could present a big problem for the state’s green power grid. Texas is one of many states that […]
Despite the mandates, subsidies & regs — solar & wind generate only 14% of U.S. electricity in 2022
https://apnews.com/article/renewable-energy-coal-nuclear-climate-change-dd4a0b168fe057f430e37398615155a0 Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday. Renewables also surpassed nuclear generation in 2022 after first doing so last year. Growth in wind and solar significantly drove the increase in renewable energy and contributed 14% of the electricity […]
CNBC: 90% of ‘end-of-life’ solar panels end up in landfills – Wind turbines ‘end up being thrown away’ – ‘Renewable energy…will soon generate tons of waste’
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/13/recycling-end-of-life-solar-panel-wind-turbine-is-big-waste-business.html As the Biden administration pushes for more wind power and solar energy, renewable energy industries will soon generate tons of waste. A wind turbine is recyclable, from the steel tower to the composite blades, typically 170 feet long, but most ends up being thrown away, a waste total that will reach a cumulative mass […]