About David Wojick

David Wojick, Ph.D. is an inDr. David Wojick is an independent policy analyst and senior advisor to CFACT. As a civil engineer with a Ph.D. in logic and analytic philosophy of science, he brings a unique perspective to complex policy issues. His specializes in science and technology intensive issues, especially in energy and environment. As a cognitive scientist he also does basic research on the structure and dynamics of complex issues and reasoning. This research informs his policy analyses. He has written hundreds of analytical articles. Many recent examples can be found at https://www.cfact.org/author/dwojick/ Often working as a consultant on understanding complex issues, Dr. Wojick's numerous clients have included think tanks, trade associations, businesses and government agencies. Examples range from CFACT to the Chief of Naval Research and the Energy Department's Office of Science. He has served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University and the staff of the Naval Research Laboratory. He is available for confidential consulting, research and writing.

Whale hell looms in Massachusetts

Vineyard's location is whale country, including the summer breeding ground of the severely endangered North Atlantic Right Whale.

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|2023-02-14T15:03:25-05:00February 16th, 2023|Comments Off on Whale hell looms in Massachusetts

The math of chaos: Why weather and climate are unpredictable

Lots of things in the world fit the math of chaos and they are said to be chaotic.

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|2023-02-08T11:02:52-05:00February 10th, 2023|Comments Off on The math of chaos: Why weather and climate are unpredictable

FERC’s role in the offshore wind stampede

I am looking at a fat study titled "The Benefit and Urgency of Planned Offshore Transmission: Reducing the Costs of and Barriers to Achieving U.S. Clean Energy Goals". The term FERC occurs a whopping 92 times.

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|2023-02-04T15:02:49-05:00February 6th, 2023|Comments Off on FERC’s role in the offshore wind stampede

Feds push ignorance defense for whale killing by offshore wind development

"We know nothing about it so it must not be happening" is a ridiculous defense to the charge of offshore wind development causing the death of a lot of whales. But this is exactly what the Feds are now saying.

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|2023-01-29T21:30:21-05:00January 30th, 2023|Comments Off on Feds push ignorance defense for whale killing by offshore wind development

Evidence says offshore wind development is killing lots of whales

The humpback death rate roughly tripled starting in 2016 and continued high thereafter.

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|2023-01-22T21:11:49-05:00January 23rd, 2023|Comments Off on Evidence says offshore wind development is killing lots of whales

Power engineer explains why “renewables” won’t work

These articles explain the deep technical problems with increasing renewables while maintaining grid reliability.

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|2023-01-16T12:28:11-05:00January 19th, 2023|Comments Off on Power engineer explains why “renewables” won’t work

The silly giant scale of US offshore wind development

ushing to build a big bunch of incredibly expensive giant wind arrays that are far bigger than anything built in the world to date is bad engineering and worse environmental policy.

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|2023-01-04T01:20:48-05:00January 7th, 2023|Comments Off on The silly giant scale of US offshore wind development

Blackouts for Christmas, a sick grid gift

America's power grid is crumbling to third-world status.

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|2022-12-26T15:45:09-05:00December 30th, 2022|Comments Off on Blackouts for Christmas, a sick grid gift

FERC considers constraining renewables

The looming threat of numerous blackouts is their fault.

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|2022-12-22T14:43:57-05:00December 27th, 2022|Comments Off on FERC considers constraining renewables

Ten whale groups slam Atlantic OSW

"There is reason for grave concern."

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|2022-12-20T13:19:38-05:00December 21st, 2022|Comments Off on Ten whale groups slam Atlantic OSW

Astronomical battery cost looms over “renewables”

The amount of storage needed to make renewables reliable is so huge that even if the cost dropped fantastically we still could not afford it.

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|2022-12-11T14:54:20-05:00December 15th, 2022|Comments Off on Astronomical battery cost looms over “renewables”

Official Coalition Comments on BOEM right whale offshore wind strategy

The proposed right whale Strategy fails to properly address the clearly great risks to the whale population posed by offshore wind operational noise. It also does not address the extensive research required to accurately assess these risks.

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|2022-12-05T08:26:24-05:00December 5th, 2022|Comments Off on Official Coalition Comments on BOEM right whale offshore wind strategy

Save America’s grid!

The electric grid is sick and getting sicker.

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|2022-11-26T14:23:44-05:00November 29th, 2022|Comments Off on Save America’s grid!

COP27 — The “loss and damage” camel’s nose is very fuzzy

It could be great fun to watch. The developing countries fighting over nothing. China refusing to pay.

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|2022-11-25T09:43:39-05:00November 25th, 2022|Comments Off on COP27 — The “loss and damage” camel’s nose is very fuzzy

COP27 — UN calls for “transformation” of the global financial system

These folks clearly have no concept of finance or investment, both of which expect a return, on top of repayment. They just want unbelievable amounts of free money, all in the name of a computer generated emergency.

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|2022-11-21T20:46:28-05:00November 22nd, 2022|Comments Off on COP27 — UN calls for “transformation” of the global financial system
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