No, says Ross Marchand in two segments of a three-part series from RealClearEnergy. Problem One: Failures plus Unnecessary ‘Successes’ These green companies (among others) failed: Abound Solar, Range Fuels, Solyndra. Others are considered successes but they didn’t need government guarantees: NextEraEnergy: “When the DOE greenlit the guarantee 10 years ago, NextEra had revenues totaling more…
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Green Jobs a Far Cry from ‘Good, High-Wage Jobs’
‘Green jobs’ are not what the Biden administration is claiming they are, says Noam Scheiber in the New York Times. “The Green New Deal, first introduced in 2019, sought to ‘create millions of good, high-wage jobs.’” President Biden repeated the promise in March, says Sheiber.. “’My American Jobs Plan will put hundreds of thousands of…
A ‘Massive Caveat’ for Solar Power
The dark side of solar power is solar panel waste, say three researchers in the Harvard Business Review. What they call “solar trash” presents “a massive caveat that very few are talking about,” write Atalay Atasu, Serasu Duran, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove. Official bodies are assuming that the waste (which is currently almost impossible…
How China Cornered the Market on Solar Panels
Why China’s solar panels cost less: subsidies, coal, and forced labor, says Michael Shellenberger on Substack: “The reason China came to dominate the market, producing 71% to 97% of solar panel components, is due to three main factors: cheap coal, heavy Chinese government subsidies allowing for the dumping of solar panels on foreign markets, and…
Tuesday’s Links
California new solar-panel rule: A misguided effort at virtue-signaling? Michael Shellenberger: Why do environmentalists fight the best ways to reduce carbon emissions (nuclear and natural gas)? California wants more hunters—to pay for protecting public lands.