Watch: Trump on Joe Rogan’s podcast rails on windmills & threats to birds & whales – ‘You want to see a bird cemetery? Go under a windmill someday’

“Green” mandates are designed to reduce consumer choice, in order to force people into compliance with Progressive Lifestyle Choices™. President Trump explains to Joe Rogan how the slew of “green” mandates from the Biden-Harris Administration slow progress: pic.twitter.com/gDcx4yuurJ — Alliance For Consumers (@for_consumers) October 26, 2024   TRUMP: “I think windmills are really disruptive. You […]

UK government admits climate consensus is breaking down – ‘Political consensus over decarbonization is breaking down’ – ‘Cross-party enthusiasm for Net Zero…has allowed crazy policies to go almost unscrutinized’

https://www.netzerowatch.com/campaigns/view-email/4kt1J8H56ilbzNyIQTJe8Cv6sb5GXJNGWV-RMOrqQD2VcLIsxMiAzqwgTWeWf_j1j4QEVGsBqdFnYqzIUaDhKIdsuEGQubeGqBC_A0uzDjrEj8vfM8WHNKEEaifR6FCHvj7_YQRWV5aQmkUBKAVrobOi0VsmOBAWSSpyAw==?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=671b5adb00617b58f882ef1c&ss_campaign_name=Press+release%3A+Government+admits+climate+consensus+is+breaking+down&ss_campaign_sent_date=2024-10-25T10%3A06%3A59Z Net Zero Watch has welcomed the admission by the Government that the political consensus over decarbonisation is breaking down. Speaking in the House of Lords yesterday, the Minister of State, Lord Hunt, said: “I sense, as the noble Lord, Lord Frost, suggested, that some of the political consensus on net zero may be breaking […]

Google urged to step up efforts to demonetize ‘climate falsehoods’

https://themercury.com/news/national/google-urged-to-step-up-efforts-to-demonetize-climate-falsehoods/article_315cb53d-6ac6-5ab5-aa25-20993a74d5b0.html By Manon Jacob and Anuj Chopra Civil society groups implored Google on Thursday to rigorously enforce its policy to demonetize environmental disinformation, saying ads placed alongside climate denial content persistently popped up despite the tech titan’s pledge to crack down. The open letter, addressed to Google chief Sundar Pichai and endorsed by thousands of […]

Analysis: ‘Why wind & solar are the energy past, not future’ – ‘Fossil fuels are the energy present, & nuclear power is likely the energy future’

Via Energy Bad Boys – By Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling: It might come as a shock to lawmakers like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but nearly all the energy used by humans until a few hundred years ago was renewable, and life was not a utopian heaven on Earth. The graph nearby shows the amount of energy used by humans from 1800 through the present. In 1800, humanity used 452 times less energy than humans in 2019, and nearly all of it came from biomass. The “Low Energy” world humans lived in was no paradise. Average life expectancies were less than 40 years. In Germany, every second child died. People’s statures were shorter because poor nutrition and illness limited human growth. Life was indeed nasty, brutish, and short, and it remained this way until humans began using coal at scale in the 1800s.

Wind as an energy source had first been used for sailboats in Mesopotamia. Until the first windmills were invented by the Persians to grind grain and pump water between 500 and 900 A.D., wind energy was primarily used for transportation. Windmills became widespread in Europe in the 17th century, and approximately 200,000 windmills operated at the peak of the technology. Of course, the disadvantages of wind we experience today were still present back then. Because wind power cannot be stored, it was used primarily to mill grain into flour, pump water into livestock tanks, and saw lumber into boards.

In fact, because wind energy was dependent on the weather and wasn’t reliable, horses were used as “backup” sources of power for milling grain during calm stretches in Europe, similar to how natural gas power plants “back up” wind turbines for generating electricity when the wind isn’t blowing on modern electricity grids. …

While each of the “renewable” energy sources above increased the human standard of living, they also had limited availability and reliability. It was the discovery and widespread use of coal that enabled humans to access vast supplies of reliable energy on demand and perform more work than ever before dreamed. This energy powered the industrial revolution.

The widespread use of oil for lighting was short-lived, however, because, in 1882, Thomas Edison built his first commercial electricity plant, ushering in the era of electricity. When it comes to energy, nothing is as powerful, versatile, safe, easy to use, or clean as electricity. …

Unlike other forms of energy, electricity is not a primary source of energy by itself. Instead, electricity is a secondary source of energy that must be generated by converting primary energy sources (such as coal, natural gas, oil, uranium, water, solar, or wind energy) into electric power.

Wind and solar don’t produce much power because they are unreliable and the exact opposite of energy-dense, requiring vast buildouts to produce only a small amount of electricity. As a result, they have an exceedingly low energy return on investment (EROI). …

In fact, if all the electricity you used for 70 years was generated at nuclear facilities, the amount of uranium used would fit inside a soda can. The high energy density of uranium is why nuclear power has the potential to someday generate electricity at a lower cost than fossil fuels and is why it is most likely the future of electricity generation. Unlike wind and solar, it produces carbon-dioxide-free electricity around the clock, so a grid powered by nuclear power won’t experience California-style blackouts.