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The US is mostly run on fossil fuels, also in 2023. 82% of all energy (not just electricity) consumed comes from coal, oil and gas. Nuclear is 9%, renewables (mostly biomass) is 9%. Solar and wind contributes 2.5%.

When politicians take over markets, bad things happen. Costs increase, consumer choices are thwarted, and well-connected businesses get rich off taxpayers. We see all these things happening in the U.S. energy transition from...

...the biofuel experiment has left behind a trail of bankruptcies, environmental degradation, and unfulfilled promises.

A fallacious argument in the energy/climate debate is that wind and solar are cheaper than fossil fuels in electric generation. It must be wrong because government subsidies are front-and-center for on-grid dilute, intermittent...

Without massive subsidies, hydrogen is a non-starter in Germany.

But nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

They wanted combustion engine cars out but forgot that these cars bring in billions in tax income. They wanted a fully electrified transport but forgot it wouldn’t bring in money unless they make it more expensive. They...

Will the latest government attempt to revive nuclear, driven by global warming concerns, succeed? It’s not a given. There’s lots to like about smaller nukes. They produce no CO2, have a relatively small footprint, can...

But it’s our money they are spending, not their own, so why worry?

...a Texas think tank says the true cost is the equivalent of USD$17.33 per gallon — or CAD$6.32 per litre — over the life of the car, after factoring in subsidies and incentives.”

...the subsidy conveyor belt is now running again.

The absurdity of current Net Zero plans is now exposed for all to see.

By Jo Nova Remember how the war with Ukraine was going to accelerate the green energy revolution? The Flakpanzer Gepard needs more ammo, not solar panels...

By Jo Nova Imagine an energy system so broken that the government forced The People to buy generators that only work (randomly) 30% of the time and told them they would still have to pay the generators even when their product...

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood I have updated the ROC windfall profit figures, using the most recent available data for December 2021: I have…