Yogi Berra and Wind Energy

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  March 2nd at 11:02 AM  | 

Saving the planet is a great thing, in theory. In practice, most folks just want a decent night’s sleep.

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Climate Change, Climate Skeptics and Climate Fools

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  January 5th at 01:40 PM  | 

Under eleven grafs of organic compost, the NYT Green Blog buries its discomfiting lede: unless we’re willing to get serious about nuclear energy, it’s all just talk.

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Obama to Reduce Gas Prices by Blowing Smoke

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  April 7th at 01:00 PM  | 

Oil and natural gas are our primary transportation fuels, supplying 97% of the energy (27 quadrillion BTUs!) that we use annually to move our cars, trucks, buses, boats, planes and trains. The 3% that comes from renewables is ethanol. (Source.) Beware the man who tells you he’s ever going to reduce our oil imports by growing wind and solar energy. Wind and solar are used | Read More »

The UK’s Big Freeze Redux

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  December 28th at 10:30 PM  | 

Bwhahahahahaha! In a replay of last year’s weather pattern, the U.K. is once again in the grips of a Global Warming Climate Change-induced record cold snap. Not to worry. Those industrious Brits had the foresight to build wind farms with rated capacity equal to 5% of the country’s electricity needs. But they’re getting only 1.6% of their electricity from the wind farms. Because… Extreme wintertime | Read More »

Wind Energy Blows

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  August 29th at 05:00 PM  | 

Wind energy, the crown jewel of President Obama’s green revolution, seems to be encountering a stiff headwind of its own. As we shall see, wind energy is a highly inefficient technology for reliable power generation. The industry which supports it depends entirely on direct tax credits and federally-mandated consumption for its profitability. This week in wind energy news: Wind farms exposed as a threat to | Read More »