H. Sterling Burnett writes on Townhall: “The International Energy Agency reports that offshore wind requires more scarce minerals, rare earth elements, and other critical metals per kilowatt hour of energy produced than any other source of electric power generation, renewable and non-renewable alike. Onshore wind and solar are the next most critical-mineral-intensive sources. “The vast majority…
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Monday Links
Not a joke: Greta Thunberg wants a wind farm dismantled to protect reindeer. AOC wants the U. S. to consider nuclear.
New study says geographical range of malarial mosquitoes is growing . . . but, says James Taylor, malaria’s range is down and so are deaths.
Turmoil in Alaska:
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- The Biden administration is trying to compromise on the Willow oil drilling project planned by Conoco, which has a strong legal case against additional restrictions.
- Senator Manchin reveals an Interior Dept. effort to prevent oil and gas leasing in Cook Inlet, contrary to requirements of “Inflation Reduction” Act. . . .
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It’s Getting Expensive to Drive an EV (Not to Mention the Purchase Price)
The cost of operating an electric car is catching up with gas-powered car costs. The Institute for Energy Research cites work of the Anderson Economic Group: “In the fourth quarter of 2022, drivers fueling a typical mid-priced Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) car paid $11.29 to fuel their vehicle for 100 miles of driving. That cost…
Wednesday Highlights
- India is expanding coal mining. The government has “reopened old coal mines, carved out new ones, and, perhaps most telling, extended contracts to private mining companies for longer periods,” says Karishma Mehrotra in the Washington Post.
- $375 million here; $2 billion there. The Dept. of Energy is lending money to private firms to produce mineral components for electric vehicles, says Jeff St. John of Canary Media.
- A federal public/private partnership is offering $10 million in federal funds for “recycling, reuse and remanufacturing R&D projects.” (Pocket change compared with the above.)
- William McGurn talks sense about East Palestine chemicals in the Wall Street Journal.
- “The force-fed energy transition to renewable fuels is destabilizing the U.S. electric grid,” writes the Wall St. Journal editorial board.
Tyler Cowen and Alex Epstein Debate Fossil Fuels
Economist and “Marginal Revolution” blogger Tyler Cowen takes issue with points in Alex Epstein’s 2022 book Fossil Fuels. Cowen believes that it is time to begin changing from fossil fuel use to other energy sources. “We do have to adjust.” Writes Cowen: “[I] really do think we need to deviate from the world’s recent course…