“Let me be blunt,” says economist Ben Zycher:”The Earth Day initiatives are destructive silliness, a form of mass hysteria, and utterly unsubtle.” To summarize his many points: “The Earth Day revision of the Old Testament might read: ‘In the Beginning, Earth was the Garden of Eden. But Mankind, having consumed the Forbidden Fruit of the…
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How Visible Are Off-Shore Wind Turbines?
The governor of North Carolina has adopted the Biden administration’s push toward renewables. He is requiring the state to aim at supplying 8.0 gigawatts of electricity from offshore wind by 2040. Those turbines will be near Brunswick County and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and thus near some of the state’s most appealing tourist spots. That…
Monday Highlights
- A carbon tax would save lots of money during the “transition” but politicians prefer subsidies, however expensive.
- If alarmists can’t scare you with climate change, telling you that your garden is killing the earth might.
- The Federal Reserve has 400 economists studying climate change but they are conducting “shockingly poor analysis.”
- Optimistic about electric vehicles? Consider the fate of another government-nurtured industry.
Are There Profits in Landfill Gas? One Big Waste Firm Says Yes
Waste Management, the nation’s largest waste hauler, has a big idea: Invest heavily in extracting natural gas from landfills. Natural gas has a lower “carbon footprint” than other fossil fuels, and Waste Management (WM) has a lot of landfills. Landfills emit methane, a greenhouse gas. But it can be captured and used or sold as…
Monday Highlights
- The last New England coal-fired power plant may bite the dust.
- What “Biden’s war on mining” is doing to this country.
- “Green subsidies” in the Inflation Reduction Act “will cost $1.2 trillion—more than three times what the law’s supporters claimed.”
- Oil production from shale is on the decline and the nation may have reached “peak shale”—that is, a level that cannot be sustained. (Hard to believe, actually, since production varies with the price of oil.)
Monday Roundup
The news is not all that encouraging:
- Secretary of the Navy says climate change is one of his top priorities (not China, apparently, and not ships, as the Biden administration seeks to cut the Navy by two ships).
- Wind and solar are not cheaper than other sources of electricity, and here’s why that’s a secret.
- Energy Secretary Granholm says China is doing a good job on climate change . . . as China produces a record amount of coal.
- In India, the federal government “has asked coastal plants to import as much coal as possible and promised to provide loans to do so.”