Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Janet Daley offers a reason why the West has taken such an obsessive attitude toward climate change and Covid-19: self-blame. “Let us accept for the moment that this is absolutely true: that climate change and the Covid pandemic are unquestionable phenomena just as they are described in the official doctrine…
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Biden’s Plan for EV-Charging Stations: Not as Attractive as It Seems
The Biden administration plans to build 500,000 charging stations for electrical vehicles as part of the recently passed infrastructure act at a price of $7.5 billion. “This investment represents the latest iteration of a proposal that started out with a budget of $15 billion for the same number of chargers, writes Neel Dhanesha on Vox….
What Can We Learn from the “Yellowstone” TV Series?
PERC (the Property and Environment Research Center) has put together a package of articles that elucidate lessons from the TV show “Yellowstone.” Writes PERC: “’Yellowstone,’ starring Kevin Costner, is one of the most popular shows on television. The action-packed drama follows the travails of a prominent Montana ranching family as they confront an onslaught of…
The Biden Energy Package: 25 Moves That Push Up Prices
Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group, has compiled a list of Biden administration policies that are pushing up prices of energy. A sampling of the 25 actions: #1 and 2: Adopting new EPA oil and gas rules Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new regulations governing methane emissions from oil and gas production, transmission, storage,…
Zeal for Renewables May Be on the Wane
The all-out effort to push renewables is heading for demise, says Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian. “I have long predicted that this [renewable] program would come to an end when (absent some miraculous innovation that nobody has yet conceived) the usage of the renewables got to a sufficient level that their costs and unworkability…
The Crisis in Madagascar Is Not Caused by Climate Change
The Washington Post has acknowledged that the near-famine in the island of Madagascar, which has been suffering a severe drought, was not caused by climate change. Writes Rachel Pannett: “Now, new research has cast doubt on whether global warming is the main cause — underscoring the pitfalls of viewing food crises primarily as a result…