The Green Road to Serfdom: ‘Voters will rebel against ‘net zero’ when the costs hit’
https://stephenheins.substack.com/p/the-green-road-to-serfdom-by-andrew By ANDREW STUTTAFORD Voters will rebel against ‘net zero’ when the costs hit Deciding who has been the worst British prime minister of the 21st century (so far) is tough, but Theresa May (2016–19) strengthened her strong claim to this title shortly ahead of her ignominious departure from office. Desperate to secure a “legacy,” she […]
Wash Post admits reality: ‘Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power’ – U.S. ‘power grid’ being pushed ‘to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up’ – ‘It is staggering’ – But WaPo frets energy shortage ‘threatens to stifle the transition to cleaner energy’
Washington Post’s is concerned that this power shortage “threatens to stifle the transition to cleaner energy, as utility executives lobby to delay the retirement of fossil fuel plants and bring more online.”
“When you look at the numbers, it is staggering,” said Jason Shaw, chairman of the Georgia Public Service Commission, which regulates electricity. “It makes you scratch your head and wonder how we ended up in this situation.
U.S. Drilling Activity Continues to Drop Off in 2024: ‘Oil rigs now stand at 506–down by 84 compared to this time in 2024’
Not to worry, we can always import from the Middle East. U.S. Drilling Activity Continues to Drop Off: "Oil rigs now stand at 506–down by 84 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 1 this week to 109, a loss of 49 active gas rigs from this time last… […]
Media finally gets it! ‘Duke Energy is transitioning away from coal. It means power bills are becoming more expensive’
Marc Morano comment: Duke Energy spokesman calls gutting reliable coal power — “improvements” to the grid. Yet they are virtually signaling to political mandates for Net Zero. As utilities close down reliable fossil fuel energy generation, they claim unspecified “benefits” to the “transitions.” In the video, Tesla home generator batteries are touted for the inevitable blackouts coming. Ideologies, politicians, activists, and colluding corporations and utilities are monkeying around with our once reliable grid due to climate politics. Then they offer some customer ‘rebates,’ ‘incentives’, & ‘subsidiy’ programs that are supposed to alleviate the constantly rising energy prices. This is an insane process that needs to stop, and Duke Energy spokesmen need a remedial education on how to speak to the public and stop lying about green energy ‘improvements’ to the grid. At the same time, they collude and do their part to sabotage the grid.
Watch: John Kerry claims ‘greed’ is the biggest hurdle to fighting climate change – ‘Put it down to greed. G-R-E-E-D. Greed’
"Greed" is the biggest hurdle people don't wanna transition says US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on the third and final day of the Bloomberg #NewEconomyForum in Singapore https://t.co/hiVhUNA19N pic.twitter.com/2r1e6vmTfs — Bloomberg New Economy (@BBGNewEconomy) November 10, 2023
UN COP29 Leader Urges US to Keep Climate Pledges Even If Trump Elected
https://www.newsweek.com/cop29-president-elect-mukhtar-babayev-urges-america-keep-climate-pledge-donald-trump-election-1887323 The incoming host of the next COP summit has called on the U.S. and other nations to maintain their climate commitments, even if Donald Trump is elected as president in November. In his third media interview since being named president-elect of the COP29 summit—due to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the week after the U.S. […]
Biden admin issues energy efficiency restrictions on key power grid technology
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-issues-energy-efficiency-restrictions-on-key-power-grid-technology By Thomas Catenacci Fox News The Biden administration finalized energy efficiency regulations targeting distribution transformers, which are vital for managing the flow of electricity from power stations to consumers. In an announcement Thursday morning, the Department of Energy said the regulations would help accelerate the development of green energy nationwide and are part of the Biden administration’s “commitment […]
Watch: Morano on Hannity on Fox News: Biden’s green energy transition is ‘magical thinking from beginning to end’
Hannity – Fox News Channel – Broadcast April 5, 2024
Sean Hannity: The publisher of Climate Depot, Marc Morano, is back. Good to see you. … Marc, you have spent the better part of your adult life debunking the climate alarmist religious cult. Now it’s it’s fully in gear and it’s spending all of this money. What do people really need to know about what they are pedaling and how it’s based on phony science, not real science? You know, look at the study that came out a couple of weeks ago; electric cars may pollute the planet more than gas-powered cars, but all of this never gets told to the American people in the media mob.
Marc Morano: The UCLA historian Saul Friedländer described the central planners of the 20th century as using the bureaucracy to enforce ‘magical beliefs.’ The ‘magical beliefs’ here are that we can spend trillions of dollars and magically transform our vehicles from gas power to EVs. ‘Magically’ transform our electrical grid to solar and wind and claim we’re doing something to save the climate. Even if we faced a ‘climate catastrophe,’ the last thing you’d want to do is the Biden administration approach — a central-planned top-down government plan of picking winners and losers. You would need to unleash innovation if that’s what we actually faced. You’d want a wealthier country; you would want a technological explosion. You would want capitalism unleashed because the cleanest environments are the freest environments.
They take the exact opposite approach here, and it’s ‘magical thinking’ from beginning to end in terms of the green agenda. This is just going to hammer the American people. They’re spending so much money that there are parts of California where they don’t have enough bureaucrats to spend the climate cash flowing in from the Inflation Reduction Act and from the Biden administration. They have to hire bureaucrats even to figure out how to spend it all.
Net Zero is working! Green Britain returning to its pre-industrial bliss?! UK domestic energy production falls to lowest level on record! Imported a net 41.1% of its energy in 2023
Green Britain is returning to its pre-industrial bliss 🥺 https://t.co/WC06DVaU8k — Net Zero Watch (@NetZeroWatch) March 29, 2024 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/domestic-energy-production-falls-to-lowest-level-on-record-r2vpgfv2t By Emma Powell – UK Telegraph The amount of energy produced domestically in Britain has fallen to its lowest level on record, increasing the country’s dependency on imports from Norway and the United States. North […]
Biden EPA’s Electric Truck Mandate Is ‘Truly Insane’ – Cost of electric 18 wheeler is ‘two to three times’ price of diesel rig – ‘Conversion would never take place unless forced by government mandate’
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/03/david-blackmon-biden-epas-electric-truck-mandate-is-truly-insane/ By DAVID BLACKMON In their continuing quest to electrify the U.S. automotive fleet against the clear will of the American people, the zealots in the Biden administration rolled out their new requirements related to heavy trucks on Good Friday. Amazingly, they did it in a way that will make the mandates even more expensive […]