YouGov survey: The Clean Energy Transition’s Voter Problem: They’re just not that interested
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-clean-energy-transitions-voter By Roger Pielke Jr. and Ruy Teixeira Excerpt: Findings from a new YouGov survey When presented with a choice among three options—a rapid green energy transition, an “all of the above” energy policy, and emphasizing fossil fuels—American voters across demographics and partisanship strongly prefer an “all of the above” approach to energy policy including oil, gas, […]
Watch: VP Debate Coverage: 2nd question by CBS News on ‘climate change’ – Vance calls it ‘weird science’ as moderator pushes fake ‘97% consensus’
Vance on CO2 emissions pic.twitter.com/IdVCpDQtDI — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) October 2, 2024 Vance U.S. manufacturing & the Green agenda pic.twitter.com/JkKInp2fkF — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) October 2, 2024 Debate update: Vance deflected ‘the science’ nicely. I wish he would say “carbon dioxide” emissions not “carbon” But it would have been nice if he had thrown in […]
RFK Jr. repudiates the Left on its out-of-touch climate policy: Rips EV mining, solar/wind land clearing, declares off-shore wind turbines are ‘exterminating the whales’ & rejects carbon capture pipelines as ‘boondoggles’
https://www.cfact.org/2024/09/15/rfk-jr-repudiated-the-left-on-its-out-of-touch-climate-policy/ By Peter Murphy “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.” Those words were not spoken by Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. last week. Rather, they are words of our nation’s 40th president, Ronald Wilson Reagan, who voted for Franklin Roosevelt for President all four times he headed the ticket. By the 1960s, Reagan made the formal Party switch. […]
Mark P. Mills: The Political Cost of the Energy Transition: ‘Elected leaders will pay a price for green policies that hit citizens in the pocketbook’
https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-political-cost-of-the-energy-transition For physicists, energy is about the laws of nature; for engineers, it’s about manufacturing prowess. For citizens, however, energy is generally about money. Energy purchases are unavoidable—whether directly, by paying our electric bills or for gas in our cars, or indirectly, by paying for the energy costs embedded in food, vacations, and everything else. […]
Do Green Energy Subsidies Work? – Answer: Green energy ‘may be a lucrative game for the lucky recipients, but eventually everyone loses’
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/09/03/do_green_energy_subsidies_work_1055865.html By Jonathan Lesser Like the Jeopardy! game show, green energy subsidies have been Congress’ answer to every energy policy question. The first OPEC oil embargo of 1973-74 catalyzed decades of energy policy, including the formation of the Department of Energy. Wind, solar, and hydropower subsidies began in earnest with the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act […]
Watch: ‘This is not environmentalism. This is corporatism land grabbing. Mass-scale solar panels plaster prime farmland’
This is not environmentalism.This is corporatism land grabbing. The vast majority of mass-scale solar panels plastered on prime farmland will end up being destroyed by bad weather, leaking toxic chemicals into the soil or eventually ending up in landfill after 25 years. pic.twitter.com/o5AXhxwbjh — James Melville (@JamesMelville) September 1, 2024
Study in journal Science: Only 63 of 1,500 Global Climate Policies of Past 25 Years Worked to Reduce CO2 Emissions – A success rate of 4.2%
Sarah Montalbano of IWF: The peer-reviewed study, published August 22, 2024 in the journal Science, reviewed the effects of 1,500 climate policies implemented between 1998 and 2022 across 41 countries using a machine learning algorithm. The model identified significant breaks in carbon dioxide emissions (between 0.6 and 1.8 gigatons of CO2) and associated them with known policy changes.
Via Study Abstract: “We provide a global, systematic ex post evaluation to identify policy combinations that have led to large emission reductions out of 1500 climate policies implemented between 1998 and 2022 across 41 countries from six continents…We identified 63 successful policy interventions with total emission reductions between 0.6 billion and 1.8 billion metric tonnes CO2.”
Only 63 of 1,500 climate policies were associated with any significant break in carbon dioxide emissions. That’s a success rate of 4.2%.
There were no “successful pricing intervention[s] with large emission reductions in the electricity sector of developing economies” despite 13% of studied policies being related to pricing. … The U.S.’ predominant strategy to achieve its green dreams has been subsidies and regulations—to the tune of a projected $1.2 trillion in uncapped Inflation Reduction Act subsidies.
Study author: ‘We find that it’s very rare that [subsidies and regulations] really work in reducing emissions.’
According to The Wall Street Journal: “By searching through the OECD database, which identifies 46 types of policy interventions, the study’s authors found government policymakers prefer subsidies and regulations, according to [Nicolas Koch, senior researcher at the Berlin-based Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and an author of the study]. “We see a lot of policy packages built around these two policy types, and we find that it’s very rare that they really work in reducing emissions,” Koch said.
Solar & Wind made up just 13.9% of the world’s electricity in 2023 – Despite trillions in subsidies, mandates, UN climate summits, net zero & restrictions on fossil fuels
https://www.climateaction.org/news/clean-electricity-breaks-new-records-with-renewables-on-track-for-another-s 27 August 2024 Research from BloombergNEF highlights that more than 40% of the world’s electricity came from zero-carbon sources for the first time in 2023; 14% from wind and solar. According to a pair of new reports by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF), for the first time ever, zero-carbon sources made up over 40% of […]
Transition hell: Solar plants sit idle for 4 years in Australia because of fears they’d make the grid too unstable
https://joannenova.com.au/2024/08/solar-plants-sit-idle-for-4-years-in-nt-because-the-grid-wasnt-ready/ By Jo Nova The Northern Territory is a test case for renewable energy and it’s a bonfire In 2016, the new Labor Government waved a magic wand and commanded they would be 50% renewable by 2030. The experts said it was doable and would save $30 million a year. They gave out the permits for large solar […]
Over 50 organizations tell Congress: Selective repeal of IRA ‘green’ provisions will not suffice. Legislators need to dismantle all of the subsidies
There’s nothing to celebrate on the 2nd anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. Over 50 conservative organizations told Congress: Selective repeal of IRA “green” provisions will not suffice. Legislators need to dismantle all of the subsidies.https://t.co/Cf9NwayyeO — Daren Bakst (@darenbakst) August 16, 2024 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/conservative-groups-call-on-congress-to-roll-back-climate-law Conservative Groups Call on Congress to Roll Back Climate Law […]