Two of Europe’s biggest energy companies are abandoning the SS Offshore Wind.
In May, Shell, the UK-based oil and gas giant (2023 revenue: $317 billion), announced that it was cutting staff from its offshore wind business read more »
EnvironmentOffshore Wind Scandal is Worse Than You Think
by Robert Bryce 07/23/2024
Two of Europe’s biggest energy companies are abandoning the SS Offshore Wind. In May, Shell, the UK-based oil and gas giant (2023 revenue: $317 billion), announced that it was cutting staff from its offshore wind business read more » »
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As the US follows Germany’s green deal, YOU should anticipate uncontrollable electricity prices
by Ronald Stein 06/24/2024
Germany was the first country to go “green.” Today, Germany now has some of the world’s highest electricity prices, and the number of Germany’s corporate insolvencies in March 2024 reached the highest level on record read more » »
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The Green Road to Tyranny
by Joel Kotkin 06/16/2024
In all the hysteria about the threat to democracy connected to the bombast of Donald Trump, an arguably greater long-term threat is mounting, though all but ignored read more » »
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Vaclav Smil Calls Bullshit on Net Zero
by Robert Bryce 06/10/2024
In a 2019 interview, Vaclav Smil described himself as “just an old-fashioned scientist describing the world and the lay of the land as it is. read more » »
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Shanghaied
by Robert Bryce 06/04/2024
On Sunday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appeared on CBS’s “Face The Nation” to promote the Biden administration’s electric vehicle mandates read more » »
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Environmentalism in America is Dead
by Robert Bryce 05/24/2024
Environmentalism in America is dead. It has been replaced by climatism and renewable energy fetishism. read more » »
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Build It, and the Wind Won't Come
by Robert Bryce 05/06/2024
Three years ago, in the wake of Winter Storm Uri, the alt-energy lobby and their many allies in the media made sure not to blame wind energy for the Texas blackouts. read more » »
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Biden's Grid Wars are a Direct Assault on the Western Middle Class
by Joel Kotkin 05/03/2024
As in the Medieval past, scarcity will likely define our present, facilitated by our “net zero” economy. This brave new world will support fewer people, juggling between them expensive resources, less food, and uncertain energy production. Perhaps the biggest struggle will be over electricity, the preferred energy solution of our ruling green hierarchy. read more » »
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Environmentalists' Silence on Humanity and Environmental Atrocities
by Ronald Stein 05/02/2024
While wind and solar do not emit carbon dioxide, there are substantial environmental degradation and humanity atrocities occurring in China, Africa, Turkey, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. read more » »
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Tesla In Turmoil: The EV Meltdown In 10 Charts
by Robert Bryce 04/28/2024
In 2014, Tony Seba, an author and lecturer in “entrepreneurship, disruption, and clean energy” at Stanford University, declared, “By 2025, gasoline engine cars will be unable to compete with electric vehicles.” read more » »
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