Vermont Archives - Page 23 of 33

The Demise of the Electric Vehicle

February 6, 2024 John Klar

The nation’s recent deep freeze stranded many expensive electric vehicles (EVs) with drained batteries, often in front of charging stations equally disabled by the cold. Warmer areas like California, where some 39% of EV car owners reside, do not abuse their batteries with the harsh seasonal winters that threaten many regions of the nation and … Read more

UK Daily Mail Can’t Find Anyone Who Knows Why Vermont is Such a Mess (They Should Have Asked Us)

July 16, 2024February 6, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The UK Daily Mail (Online) has a lengthy look at the public safety issues in Vermont. Rising overdose deaths and a murder spike have the experts reeling as they look for ways to turn things around. It’s a mystery to them – but not to us.

New ‘Study’ Extolling Greenie Redistribution Unwittingly Exposes Toxic Climate Cult

February 5, 2024 John Klar

So-called “climate science” extends far beyond the traditional bounds of science built on facts and logic and is driven by emotions, amounting to essentially a religious cult masquerading as scientific discipline.

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Winter Cold Exploited to “Prove” Global Warming

February 5, 2024 John Klar

Winter weather has become a harbinger of climate justice agitation. In the past, frigid snaps were exploited by eco-warriors to “prove” global warming, as climate scientists predicted colder extremes as part of global climate change. Actual science has now disproved that hackneyed assertion, so alarmists have pivoted from manipulating arctic blasts to “prove” global warming to discrediting … Read more

Is Fake Meat a Market Failure?

February 4, 2024 John Klar

A growing list of potentially intractable problems confronts the alternative meat industry, which includes both plant-based substitutes and cultured “cell-grown” meats.

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Invoking Tenth Amendment Protections for New Hampshire’s Air Space

February 3, 2024 John Klar

A New Hampshire bill introduced on January 11 calls to ban government pollution of the environment caused by “weather modification.” Under this bill, the federal government would have to report its activities to state government officials.

Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed – American-Arab Antidiscrimination Committee photo

The Guy Who Shot Three “Palestinian” Students in Burlington … Was Pro Hamas!

February 3, 2024 Steve MacDonald

We were quick like a bunny back in November when news broke that three Palestinian “students” had been shot in Burlington, Vermont. It became a national story when Biden, Harris, and even the jilted Bernie Sanders (twice left at the Presidential Primary Altar by the DNC) milked the attack for Mic time.

Clean Heat Standard Exploding on the Launch Pad

February 2, 2024 Rob Roper

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is the state entity charged with writing the rules for and overseeing the Clean Heat Standard (S.5/Act 18). Their first main task in this role was to create a registry of all fuel dealers in Vermont, collecting data on exactly how much fossil fuel is used in the thermal sector, where it comes from, and where it ends up.

State Senator Melts Down After Learning She Can Only Vote Herself a 42% Pay Raise.

January 31, 2024 Rob Roper

Voter anger over the VT Democrats 2023 bill to double their own pay and give themselves a generous benefits package on top has led to some backpedaling here in 2024. The latest version of the new pay raise bill would only give lawmakers a 42% pay raise (about $6000).

Night Cap: Get Ready for $800 Million in Higher Electric Costs, just cuz.

January 31, 2024January 30, 2024 Rob Roper

The House Energy & Technology Committee took up H.289 this week, a bill to ratchet up our current Renewable Energy Standard (RES) mandates – the amount of electricity utilities have to buy from so-called “renewable” sources – from 75 percent by 2032 to 100 percent by 2030.

Bananas: Journalism Lay-off-Pandemic Sweeps Across America to Vermont

July 16, 2024January 30, 2024 Johnny Bananas (Fake News Reporter!)

Investigative journalists are dropping like a congressional aide’s pants across the U.S. as main stream media lays-off thousands. Fake news powerhouse the L.A. Times has nearly emptied its Washington D.C. bureau just months before what many consider the biggest election year in American history. This shocking move has many of the journalists questioning the real … Read more

The Glittering Carbon Solution – Could Synthetic Diamonds Save the World

January 30, 2024 John Klar

Can the industrial-scale carbon sequestration required to rescue humanity from its alleged environmental ruin be achieved by the mass production of synthetic diamonds? Lab-grown diamonds — composed of pure carbon crystallized in an isotropic 3D form — can sequester the carbon employed forever, converting it from a planet-destroying liability to a sparkling asset.

An Amish Farmer’s Food Rights Battle

January 29, 2024 John Klar

The January 4th raid on Amish farmer Amos Miller’s Pennsylvania establishment reflects a growing tension between government regulation of food safety and liberty-minded individualists distrusting industrial food production.

Democrats Drove the Putney Paper Mill Out of Business

January 29, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Wherever you have a majority of Democrats, you will hear lots of words about supporting various demographics: women, minorities, blue-collar workers, and small business owners. Talk, as they say, is cheap, while everything else under Democrat rule is expensive.

Night Cap: Hartford, VT Board Meeting – Hot Views Exchanged Over Drag Story Hour

January 26, 2024 Aaron Warner

Every other Tuesday evening in Hartford/White River Junction, the town holds its Select Board meeting, with the first few minutes open to public comments. This week’s meeting saw several members of the town chiding Board Member Lannie Collins for his statement made regarding the controversial event sweeping the nation – Drag Queen Story Hour.

The Last Democrat Pay Raise Bill Was Greedy. This One’s Also Corrupt.

January 26, 2024 Rob Roper

Last year, Vermont Democrats and Progressives put forward a bill (S.39) to raise legislative pay by over double, plus a generous benefits package that regular Vermonters working a similar part-time job would not qualify for. Governor Scott vetoed the bill, which passed the House 102-44 and the Senate 19-10 largely along party lines.

Latest Climate Conundrum: Bad Beavers or Good?

January 26, 2024 John Klar

Climate “science” has long claimed that the hard-working beaver plays an essential role in sequestering carbon by corralling sediments in dams. A recent scientific study asserts that beavers colonizing the Arctic tundra are doing the exact opposite, releasing methane when their warming ponds thaw vast areas of permafrost.

Nuclear Power Is Back?

January 25, 2024 John Klar

Until recently, it appeared that nuclear power was simply off the energy table for climate activists and environmentalists — but they are now embracing its possibilities.

Night Cap: Kennedy’s ‘Giant Sucking Sound’ Threatens Biden

January 23, 2024 John Klar

Harrowing predictions of national political division for 2024 have heightened as polls show Joe Biden’s approval ratings plummet. Haters of Donald Trump are froth-mouthed over his clear and growing lead, notwithstanding a pull-out-all-ethical-stops legal and propaganda campaign by Democrats to discredit him and even knock him out of the race.

Night Cap: Food Inflation for 2024 – Understanding the Government’s Shell Game

January 21, 2024 John Klar

A meme recently raised eyebrows by comparing the cost of groceries purchased for twenty dollars in 1990’s Home Alone movie by child actor Macaulay Culkin with what that basket of goods would cost today. US food inflation has spiked in recent years, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and substantial federal spending.