Category Archives: Energy

Obama’s Clean Power Plan Hits The Court Today

This could be a very big deal depending on the outcome. The oral arguments are on Tuesday (Daily Caller)  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments Tuesday in West Virginia v. EPA, the legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s signature global warming initiative, the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The […]

Trump Releases Pro-Growth Plan

Here’s the question: do you you believe he would attempt to do what’s in the plan? For all the things that I might give him grief over, the man does know how the private business sector works. And, no, he’s not perfect. ​FACT SHEET: DONALD J. TRUMP’S PRO-GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY WILL CREATE 25 MILLION JOBS […]

Good News For Warmists: Americans Are Willing To Pay $1 A Month More To Solve ‘Climate Change’

That’s about as good as it gets, though (you can see the poll overhead here. There are many links, the one with topline results has the full metrics) (Newsmax-AP) Most Americans are willing to pay a little more each month to fight global warming — but only a tiny bit, according to a new poll. […]

Cool New Solar Idea: Transparent Panels

Regardless of your belief in anthropogenic climate change, you probably are interested in cleaner energy sources. You surely want to save money, and be in charge of your own energy usage. You may have some fundamental issues with solar panels, such as the high cost, the pollution created from their production, the blight on the […]

Where Do Hillary And Trump Stand On Banning Fracking?

Well, according to the Daily Caller, they’ve swapped positions Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton just switched positions with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, this week by supporting a state Supreme Court ruling which prohibits local governments from banning the process. Trump told reporters in Colorado last Friday that he supports […]

Warmists Seem Very Confused That Skeptics Would Embrace “Renewables”

Apparently, all Republicans/Climate Skeptics are only allowed to push for coal and oil usage For Republicans, clean energy boom, shifting ties test climate change stance Texas Congressman Lamar Smith has made a name for himself as one of the country’s leading climate change deniers, issuing subpoenas to state attorneys general investigating oil companies and questioning […]

Surprise: Denmark Admits Wind Power Is Too Expensive

One day wind power will be worthwhile monetarily, economically, and personally. I still say that there should be more of a focus on small projects aimed more to individual buildings and homes, empowering (sic) home and business owners to get off the grid. Interestingly, the Big Big Projects empower not just Government, but those big […]

North Carolina Looks To Regulate Solar And Wind, Warmists Aghast!

Much like with abortion on demand, solar and wind have enjoyed little to no regulation. A few years back, North Carolina required that abortion clinics be treated like the medical facilities they are. Things like requirements for medical standards and inspections made abotionistas very, very mad. Now we get this (News and Observer) Green energy […]

Ivanpah Solar Plant Could Be Soon Shut Down For, Get This, Not Producing Enough Power

Color me shocked! (Daily Caller)  California regulators may force a massive solar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert to shut down after years of under-producing electricity — not to mention the plant was blinding pilots flying over the area and incinerating birds. The Ivanpah solar plant could be shut down if state regulators don’t […]

Huh: Who Knew That Solar Is For The Affluent And Not The Poor?

One of the things about the push to build solar, along with other “alternatives” (when the actual projects aren’t actually being blocked by hardcore enviros), is that they are expensive, and the increased cost in energy will harm the poor and middle class. Interestingly, the hardcore Warmist, George Soros funded, Joe Romm website Climate Progress […]

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