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.
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It Isn’t Easy Being Green – Lessons From Germany in The Winter
A snowstorm that pounded North Europe has made its way to Turkey and Greece but not before revealing a major weakness in Team Greens’ power plan. Germany’s reliance on wind and solar could be leaving people out in the cold.
Biden Labor Sec. Nominee Marty Walsh Not Concerned About Job Losses – He Has a Job.
Marty Walsh is Biden’s nominee for labor secretary. He is dismissing concerns about job losses. It doesn’t bother him at all becasue he knows they are the results of the president’s executive actions and because he has a job?
Joe “Job Killer” Biden Rides Again!
On Day One, president asterisk took a tire iron to New Mexico’s economy and that of some Utah Indians as well. They’re not happy. But the damage is a lot worse than that. His promised changes could easily cost Americans 6 million jobs, and he’s just getting started.
From The “You Asked For It File” – New Mexico Pays a Yuge Price for Supporting Joe Biden
New Mexico, or should I call it Blue Mexico, relies heavily on fossil fuel extraction revenues to pay for things. It’s easy money and allows them to walk tall and carry a “big-spending” stick. But Joe Biden just put a hitch in their step.
Indian Tribe Accuses Biden Admin of a Direct Attack on “Our Economy, Sovereignty, and Right to Self-Determination”
Unity Joe keeps hitting all the right notes as his tenure extends to – what is it now – day four. A hastily drafted ruling from his Department of the Interior has drawn the ire of the Ute Indian Tribe located in Northeastern Utah.
Tone Setter Joe Biden Terminates Thousands of American Jobs on Day One
If you wanted to paint a picture of the “tone” of the Biden Administration, you’d be hard-pressed to do better than this. On day one, Joe put thousands of Americans out of work with the stroke of a pen. He ended over a billion dollars in paid private-sector wages.
Northeast ‘Energy Policy’ – How About Freezing to Death My Pretties….
The ‘Grok been sharing the declining fortunes of the New England Energy grid (As well as energy in general) for years. As the left has swept up political power, forward-thinking means green “capacity.” This is useless in the bitter cold when we need it most while what we need – natural gas – is blocked by the same politics.
UN Report: US Cutting CO2 Emissions Without Burdensome Paris Climate Voodoo
With exceptions for the COIVID lockdown, the US has had a booming economy for several years. Even now, it outranks other western nations. We’re also a leader in fossil fuel production, GDP, and (drumroll) reducing Green House Gas Emissions. This, according to the UN, of all things.
A President Biden Will Hold States Hostage
The Government uses the flu to shutter businesses, limit hours, and put people under house arrest. It then crafts massive bailout packages to “help” the people it harms. This relief is loaded with payoffs and bucket list items, and Biden is eyeing future bailouts as a way to advance his climate agenda.
Not About the Election – Well, It Is, Sort of, if Biden Wins
The left’s plans for the ruination of our nation are vast and will come quickly if they succeed in stealing this election. Every bat-s**t-crazy left-wing idea will be on the table and then in our faces. There are many we can discuss but few are as destructive as this.
The Biden’s Were Getting Rich From Foreign Energy While Blocking Domestic Production
Thanks to Joe Biden, ‘Point Man’ is now synonymous with self-enrichment, or enriching your family. And while the corruption should concern us as Tuesday’s Election looms, consider something more basic. Joe and his family invested in foreign energy and jobs while promising to kill ours.
Solar is good for Sunbathing and Wind is good for Kite Flying, But Neither is good for Electricity
Climate alarmists promote the Green New Deal and demand that we replace fossil fuels with “free” wind and solar generated electricity. But wind and solar generated electricity are neither free nor environmentally friendly. Both are costly and unreliable electric energy sources. Both require huge amounts of resources that will result in extensive mining in pristine areas.
Hold on To Your Wallets – New England’s Governors Promising Regional Energy Improvements
New England has energy infrastructure issues. But none of them will be resolved by this. “Vermont Governor Phil Scott and governors from four Northeast states today issued a statement calling for reforms needed to achieve their states’ respective goals for clean, affordable, and reliable electricity.”
CO2 Increases “Linked to” Rising Education Costs and More Gun Crimes in Democrat Cities but not Forest Fires.
If you search the ‘Grok for “wildfires,” you’ll get about 500 hits. If you search ‘Wild Fires‘ that number grows to 700. We’ve had a few thoughts on the topic, almost entirely because the Left clings to the idea that these are all your fault, and by giving them your money and power, it will magically end. Sorry but no.
California Made Their Own Electricity policy – The Feds Should Let Them Sit in The Dark.
We have “Shades of The Daily Sun and now-former reporter Mike Kitch, who believed that anyone with money should have it taken from them by their politicians, to bail out folks whose own politicians have screwed them over for years.
Lifelong Environmental Activist Admits They Have Been Lying to Us All Along
Michael Shellenberger has been an environmentalist since he was 16, an actual climate activist for more than two decades. A leftist for three. And he has a confession. “On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years.”
Not so Great Britain Pays over £9 Million To Wind Farms to Stop Producing Energy
Britain fell for the scheme. That wind and Solar are cleaner and the energy source of the future. Neither of those things is true. And while no one has ever argued that they would be cheaper than fossil fuels, maybe they could have mentioned how you’d have to pay for nothing on top of that.
The Democrats are rejoicing in this misery
The loudest socialist mouthpiece in the House is AOC. She is cheering the news of plummeting oil futures. Monday oil futures went below zero. That means oil producers are paying processors to take the oil. Demand worldwide has plunged in response to the coronavirus.
Are the Left’s Anti-Oil and Gas Policies Fracking Racist!?
Just so we’re clear the Democrat Race-Pimps Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are in favor of transitioning to what the left pretends are cleaner forms of energy (they are not). But they are concerned that the current crop of Fracking-banners would place an unfair burden on African Americans.