09/07/20
Current energy policies seem OK; the Biden plan would cost a bundle and divert attention from more pressing issues without significantly affecting global temperatures. Read More...Tags: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, fracking , President Donald Trump, renewable energy , global warming, fossil fuels, electric-powered vehciles, wind and solar power, Intermittent vs. reliable power, nuclear power, Paris climate agreement, energy dominance, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Andrew Wheeler, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, ethanol blending mandate, climate crisis , Biden energy plan, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Green New Deal, FDR"s New Deal, coronavirus pandemic, Chamber of Commerce
02/11/19
The president’s address to Congress was politically astute, but it painted an excessively rosy picture of the true "state of the union." Read More...Tags: SOTU, President Donald Trump, President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, tea party movement, border barriers, Illegal immigration, dreamers, Right to Try, International Pricing Index, manmade global warming theory, fossil fuels, Green New Deal, Medicare for all, socialism, deficits, debt, paid family leave, tariffs, trade talks with China, NAFTA, USMCA, Reciprocal Trade Act, National Taxppayers Union, INF Treaty, South China Sea, Taiwan, Kim Jong Un, Juan Guaido, Maduro regime, principled realism, ISIS, USS Cole attack, Iran Nuclear Deal, anti-Semitism
09/10/18
Never mind climate science or how the electric power grid works, renewable energy policies are based primarily on political considerations.
Read More...Tags: Paris climate agreement, President Donald Trump, man-made global warming theory, global warming, climate change, fossil fuels, social desirability bias, virtue signaling, Judith Curry, John Christy, Michael Mann, Roger Pielke, crop yields, forest cover, solar activity, Maunder minimum, combined cycle natural gas, base-load power, Intermittent power, American Wind Energy Association, 350.org, Sen. Chris Coons, Gov. John Carney, offshore wind power study, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act , fracking boom, DNREC