Solar

Renewables and fossil fuels are not comparable in their ability to sustain humanity

"Energy transition" falsely leaves the impression that there exists a quick, easy, and scalable alternative to fossil fuels.

By Ronald Stein |2023-04-03T10:52:41-04:00April 2nd, 2023|Comments Off

Greens refuse to discuss recycling renewables and restoring mining locations to pristine condition

restoration of mining locations to pristine conditions Decommissioning, recycling, and restoration of the landscaping back to its original pristine condition is not in the cards for wind, solar, and EV battery materials.

By Ronald Stein |2023-03-22T12:21:19-04:00March 19th, 2023|Comments Off

A simple reason why net zero is impossible

Grid scale storage at the scale needed to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar is impossibly expensive.

By David Wojick |2023-03-14T15:16:49-04:00March 17th, 2023|Comments Off

NetZero Reality Coalition forms and scores first big win

NZRC stands in opposition to leftist “NetZero” advocates who seek to tear down energy sources that work, while pushing energy sources, such as intermittent wind and solar, that are not up to the challenge of powering the world's needs.

By Craig Rucker |2023-03-17T12:13:53-04:00March 16th, 2023|Comments Off

Illinois town nixes solar desert

To add insult to injury, the owner of the 49-acre property, where the thousands of solar panels were to be installed, changed his mind and came out in opposition to the project.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2023-03-10T11:18:05-05:00March 11th, 2023|Comments Off

Electricity prices are soaring in heavy wind energy states

Electricity ratepayers are getting crushed in Europe and American states that copy Europe's energy mistakes.

By Steve Goreham |2023-03-05T10:40:58-05:00March 7th, 2023|Comments Off

Solar panel appears then disappears at Sydney temp station

Perhaps the BOM just thought no one would notice, and “it’s for a good cause, eh?” We can’t have the punters thinking Sydney was cooler today than in 1883.

By Joanne Nova |2023-02-04T15:03:25-05:00February 5th, 2023|Comments Off

Illinois town faces solar “high noon”

It is doubtful that Bundleflower Solar would even pursue the project in Pontiac (or anyplace else) without the prospect of Energy Tax Credits under state law, as well as the federal subsidy for solar developers, known as the Investment Tax Credit (ITC).

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2023-02-01T11:41:46-05:00February 2nd, 2023|Comments Off

FERC considers constraining renewables

The looming threat of numerous blackouts is their fault.

By David Wojick |2022-12-22T14:43:57-05:00December 27th, 2022|Comments Off

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.

By David Wojick |2022-12-11T14:54:20-05:00December 15th, 2022|Comments Off

Serious Arguments For Citizen Climate Warriors: Book review of “Dumb Energy” by Norman Rogers

The reality is that wind and solar are subsidized by seventy percent.

By Dr. Jay Lehr |2022-11-29T13:38:13-05:00November 28th, 2022|Comments Off

Wild west voltage spikes in South Australia and a billion watts of wasted solar

South Australia survived the big scary sunny day yesterday, but had to shut off solar power and throw all those sacred green electrons into a thousand open circuits.

By Joanne Nova |2022-11-23T16:16:30-05:00November 18th, 2022|Comments Off

Rural backlash against renewables with 67 rejections of solar over eleven months

BY ROBERT BRYCE: The punchline here is obvious: the hype about major expansions of renewable-energy capacity ignores first principles

By CFACT Ed |2022-10-14T11:39:52-04:00October 16th, 2022|Comments Off

Reliable wind and solar are not cheap

That wind and solar are cheaper is at best a half truth, more like an eighth truth.

By David Wojick |2022-08-11T10:44:21-04:00August 11th, 2022|Comments Off

They’re paneling paradise to put up solar — A lot

BY STEVE MILLER: Supplying 40% of the nation’s energy from the sun by 2035 means covering millions of acres of forest and desert with solar panel installations fenced off like prisons.

By CFACT Ed |2022-07-15T11:10:57-04:00July 16th, 2022|Comments Off