Energy Archives - Page 15 of 25

Regulators Block Proposed Utility-Rate Increase to Fund $450 Million in “Efficiency Programs”

July 30, 2025December 22, 2021 Steve MacDonald

NH has line items in their utility bills to fund programs that support or encourage efficiency improvements by homeowners or commercial users. Stakeholders (Utility companies and interested third parties) support a 175% increase in the rate to fund a three-year 450 million dollar proposed efficiency improvement program budget. That money would come out of every … Read more

Senate Dem Maggie Hassan Is ‘Colluding’ With Russia

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Steve MacDonald

When she was Governor Hassan, Maggie took a trip to Turkey a while back and completely ignored the human rights violations, especially against women. So, receiving a maximum primary contribution from a Lobbyist for Russian Energy interests can’t be that big of a deal.

Science or Scam

November 27, 2021 Steve Earle

Panic! The sky is falling and all our coastal cities will be under water in ten years! Wait, that was predicted twenty some years ago wasn’t it? Now, though, yet another environmental group decided to block morning traffic coming to work in NYC because the “city will be under water by 2200.” So is the … Read more

Northeast Activists Still Working to Ensure We All Freeze to Death

July 12, 2022November 26, 2021 Steve MacDonald

For years, New England has had an energy deficit problem exacerbated by the Left’s None of the Above strategy toward new infrastructure. They block pipelines, power plants, and even transmission lines that could deliver their crappy, dirty wind and solar.

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Israel Leads the Way in Renewable Energy!

November 24, 2021

As the Biden Administration cuts American energy companies throats so there will be no alternative but renewables in the near future, we can look to Israel for a view of our Ecoluddite utopian future.

Sunday Survival (on Monday)

November 15, 2021 NITZAKHON

Please forgive the delay in posting. Personal events are going to slow me down a little… Monday Memes will return next week, Hashem willing.

A Quick Look at The Democrats “Inflation” Hockey Stick Problem

October 31, 2021 Steve MacDonald

You’d have to be rich or an elected Democrat to not notice with a nod to the possibility you – as a Democrat – are not permitted to remark if you had. Things got a lot more expensive very quickly. We have an inflationary hockey stick, and the trend does not appear to be slowing down.

Richest Lithium Deposit on the Planet Discovered in Maine but Environmental Laws Prohibit Mining It

July 16, 2024October 26, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The Left’s utopian energy future would be a lot more attainable with nuclear, but that’s verboten. Another requirement is lithium, but the only way to get that is open-pit mining, also verboten.

Too “Green” California Has to Build Five Natural Gas Power Plants to Prevent Blackouts…

August 24, 2021 Steve MacDonald

It’s been a strange year for California. They had to admit that cleaning up the forests might cut down on Forest fires or thier severity. And now they are building gas-fired power plants to prevent the blackouts that result from relying on too much of that Green* energy.

Progressives in MA Wants to Drag NH Back into the 18th Century

August 14, 2021August 14, 2021 Steve MacDonald

California has set a goal of an all-electric car future despite its awful energy policy, rolling blackouts, and begging owners to charge EVs at night. But what About Massachusetts? They’ve made a similar leap, but they’re on the same grid as New Hampshire.

The Media and Politicians Need to Be More Honest About What TCI “Does”

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) is just another money-laundering scheme to funnel your cash into state coffers while freeing local politicians from having to take the blame for its very real impact on your day-to-day life.

Japan Says China is Planning a “Surprise Attack” on US Energy Infrastructure

July 6, 2021 Steve MacDonald

If you were a global superpower with the world’s largest navy and a growing stockpile of conventional and nuclear weapons, what would you do? If you’re the US, you let dangerous nations eclipse you and make Joe Biden the President to encourage China or Russia to take a chance.

California – Buy An Electric Car, They Said, But Don’t Charge it – There’s Not Enough Juice!

August 22, 2022June 26, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The Left coast is obsessed with greening the grid and mandating electric vehicles, neither of which is compatible with the other, the promised goals, or life in America. It is a problem.

Give Michael Moore’s ‘The Planet of the Humans’ a chance

May 27, 2021 Don

We all want a clean, healthy environment. We all want inexpensive and reliable energy, from whatever source, that enables us to prosper, have a healthy environment, and live healthy lives. And, we want these for ourselves and future generations.

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If Americans “Hoarded” Liberty like Toilet Paper or Gasoline…

December 5, 2024May 13, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The latest crisis that is not “the real crisis” is gasoline. Not everywhere. The southeastern United States panicked after a hacker incursion led Colonial to shut down its pipeline. It was not unreasonable, exactly. Stations ran out of gas.

Demented Biden’s 100-Day Rampage

May 14, 2021May 11, 2021 Op-Ed

Despite encomiums from the propaganda, Soviet-style institutions in control of the media, entertainment, universities, and public schools, the brutal truth reveals that Demented Biden, the Flirt, and the Stooge Cabinet are enacting and supporting policies that will destroy American national security and our economy.

Everything is Big in Texas, Even the Grid Failures

February 20, 2021 Steve MacDonald

If you’d like a decent look at the real problems with the electric grid in Texas, this is a good investment of your time. It provides some common-sense explanation of the math problem tied to the policy failures and how a Republican Governor who is a big advocate of fossil fuels is responsible.