The New York Times has noticed that the current electricity grid is not sufficient for all the wind and solar energy that the Biden administration thinks it should be carrying. Write Nadja Popovich and Brad Plumer: “The climate stakes are high. Last year, Congress approved hundreds of billions of dollars for solar panels, wind turbines,…
Category: The Environmental Blog
Peak Oil—Again?
The International Energy Agency says electric vehicles and biofuels for transportation are permanently slowing the growth of demand for oil. “In particular, the use of oil for transport fuels is set to go into decline after 2026 as the expansion of electric vehicles, the growth of biofuels and improving fuel economy reduce consumption.”
‘Reducing CO2 Concentrations In the Atmosphere Is Not An End In Itself’
Economist Donald Boudreaux explains why it’s a mistake to treat reductions of C02 as an overriding goal: “The correct criterion is how well human beings protect their lives and livelihoods given the fact that the production of much of what makes modern life possible involves as a by-product the emission of CO2.”
Links: Here’s What to Know (and Do) about Wildfires
Interior Dept. Bans Oil Leasing around Chaco Canyon; Navajos Oppose Decision
Chaco Canyon, the intricate cliff dwellings now in a national park in New Mexico, will be “protected” from oil leasing by a 10-mile perimeter ban. Pueblo Indians, who trace their ancestry to the Anastazi, who built the dwellings, are pleased. Navajos oppose the decision and hope to obtain a reversal. Earlier, the Navajos had proposed…
Twisted Logic: China Must Burn More Coal to Meet Demands of Green Energy
“My first thought was that I had stumbled onto a Babylon Bee article,” writes Ed Ireland on Substack. Then he quotes Bloomberg Green: “Expanding coal-fired power is China’s only real option in the short term to meet rising electricity demand, including from new energy vehicles, according to ANZ Group.” Ireland replies: “Here’s my interpretation of…