Robert Bryce
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Reporter/public speaker. Author of six books on energy, power, innovation & politics. Producer & narrator:
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Despite years of hyping its alt-energy purchases and net zero plans,
@Google
’s electricity use, CO2 emissions, and carbon intensity are all soaring.
These four charts tell the story.
My latest (on another platform that must not be named). 1/5
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I used this new slide in a speech I gave Thurs in Chicago. The collapse of Europe's fertilizer sector will reverberate around the world for many months to come. Also note I just talked to John Harpole about fertilizer on Power Hungry Podcast. Listen:
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This Dump Site Of Wind Turbine Blades Exposes The Myth of “Clean” Energy
#greenenergy
#cleanenergy
#wind
#windenergy
#windturbine
#alternativeenergy
#texas
#dump
#recycling
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My rebuttal of
@PaulKrugman
's renewable hype in
@nytimes
Our energy systems aren't determined by political beliefs about climate. They are ruled by the Iron Law of Power Density which says the lower the power density, the greater the resource intensity.
h/t
@RogerPielkeJr
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Here’s my latest in
@forbes
: Why is solar energy getting 250x more in federal tax incentives than nuclear?
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My latest
@forbes
: This Blizzard Exposes The Perils Of Attempting To ‘Electrify Everything’
The most fundamental bit of energy security is that we don’t freeze to death during cold spells like the one now wreaking havoc across the continent.
#electricity
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The “accelerated deindustrialization” of Germany (and the rest of Europe) has begun
#germany
#deindustrialization
#europe
#energycrisis
#BASF
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In these charts, I abide by W. Edwards Deming’s commandment: “In God we trust, all others bring data.” The numbers I’m presenting aren’t my numbers, they are THE numbers.
My latest.
A thread 1/12
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No matter how you calculate it, the nuclear sector is outmanned and outgunned.
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@JavierBlas
Europe's
#energycrisis
will cause deindustrialization & widespread energy poverty. €636/MWh in the UK!!! That’s roughly = to $0.63/kWh. Last year, US residential
#electricity
price average: $0.137/kWh.
The tragic thing: Europe's disaster was entirely self-inflicted.
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But we’ve been told renewables are cheaper…
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Germany’s Insanely Expensive Electricity Prices
#germany
#berlin
#electricity
#energiewende
#alternativeenergy
#wind
#solar
#nuclear
#greenenergy
#electricgrid
#climatechange
#climatepolicy
#globalwarming
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The movement that once aimed to protect landscapes, wildlands, whales, and wildlife has morphed into the NGO-corporate-industrial-climate complex. Over the past decade or so, the business of climate activism has become just that: a business.
A short thread on my latest. 1/6
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The fundamental problem with renewables is low power density. That means they require a lot of land (or ocean) to produce lots of juice.
The result: over the past few weeks, onshore & offshore, from Iowa to Ireland, & Colombia to New Jersey, renewable projects have been getting
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it one more time: Electric vehicles are The Next Big Thing, and they always will be. My latest, with a thread (1/11)
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A HUGE win for the Osage tribe & a massive loss for Big Wind. On Wednesday, a federal judge ordered the removal of a 150MW wind project in Osage Cty.
@EnelGroup
's violation of the tribe's mineral rights means it will have to pay $300M to take the turbines down.
My latest:
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Outstanding by
@DoombergT
::
Sri Lanka collapsed because it flubbed its energy policy. Fertilizer and food are nothing more than derivatives of energy…[it]stands as powerful evidence that energy is indeed life, and the absence of energy is death.
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Then damn well do it.
JUST IN - Germany could restart three more nuclear power plants, in addition to the three that are still in operation, within "a few months or weeks," says the chief of the Technical Inspection Association (TÜV).
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Hey
@RobertKennedyJr
ban hydraulic fracturing?
That’s a stunningly bad idea. It would:
1 empower Putin & OPEC
2 crush US oil & gas output
3 send energy prices soaring
4 hammer low-income Americans
5 imperil national security
You should reverse ur position on this immediately.
7. I will ban fracking, which provides the feedstock for most of the plastics produced in the U.S.
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Here's about a minute on why last Friday's closure of Belgium's Doel 3 reactor is felony stupid.
#electricityprices
#russiaukrainewar
#russia
#nuclearpower
#belgium
#engie
#energycrisis
#electricity
#naturalgas
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Vaclav Smil is the anti-Kardashian. He is also a slayer of the bullshit about energy and power that has become accepted wisdom in media, academia, and among politicians and policymakers.
My latest. And a short thread 1/x
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Why are offshore wind projects getting cancelled? Simple: The Iron Law of Power Density.
Here's a revised graphic from my latest piece to underscore the point: offshore wind requires 13 times more metals & minerals than a nat gas-fired power plant.
h/t
@RogerPielkeJr
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The deindustrialization of Europe is underway. My latest piece, available on a platform that must not be named (or linked).
A thread with five slides:
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And another one bites the dust:
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Wow. Data centers already use a ton of juice. The new load from AI will add even further demand. Local grids aren't ready.
New AI chips use an insane amount of electricity.
A single Nvidia GPU chip consumes about the same amount of energy as a typical US home.
Nvidia GPUs alone will consume more than the entire planned US data center capacity expansions over the next decade.
h/t
@d51mmons
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Paul Krugman Says Markets Will ‘Never’ Recover From Trump; Dow Hits Record High via
@dailycaller
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More Evidence That Germany’s Energiewende Is A Colossal Failure
#germany
#energiewende
#eu
#berlin
#alternativeenergy
#greenenergy
#wind
#solar
#nuclear
#carbon
#emissions
#climatechange
#climate
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I agree with all of this. Call it the Doomberg Energy Plan.
1/ The US, Canada, and Mexico have enormous proven energy reserves and the technical know-how to become the dominant energy-producing region on the planet. It can be done cleanly, safely, and domestically – all while reducing the strength of our geopolitical enemies.
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Swedish parliament dumps renewable plan, creates "conditions for nuclear power."
Finance Minister Svantesson: "We need more electricity production, we need clean electricity and we need a stable energy system."
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The deindustrialization of Europe is happening with astonishing speed. Europe's smelters are closing & when they close, they're unlikely to reopen. EU faces permanent loss of strategic metals production.
Here's a slide I used in a speech last week in San Antonio.
#EnergyCrisis
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My latest.
CA residential prices jumped nearly 12% last year alone. Wind & solar generation has gone up 8x since 2008. But the carbon intensity of power generation isn't falling & low-income ratepayers are subsidizing the rich.
A thread.
1/8
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US policymakers are stuck in an America-centric carbon myopia, a self-absorbed disconnect between what is happening here & the hard realities of a world in which more than 3B people are living in energy poverty. My latest.
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To produce one wind turbine requires 900 tons of steel, 2500 tons of concrete and 45 tons of non-renewable plastic, which then have to be transported long distances, all of which requires fuel. None of the things that go in a wind turbine are renewable, they're eventually going
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I’m in Newport, RI lecturing on offshore wind. My take: the only thing dumber than onshore wind is offshore wind. Before I went on stage, I recorded this short video about
@Google
’s net zero plans going up in smoke.
#robertbryce
#google
#netzero
#carbon
#climatechange
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U.S. Anti-Nuclear NGOs Are Outspending Pro-Nuclear Ones by 14 to 1
@SierraClub
#michaelbloomberg
#johndoerr
#jeffbezos
#billionaires
#nuclearenergy
#nuclear
#alternativeenergy
#climatechange
#climatepolicy
#sierraclub
#ngo
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@billmckibben
here's my
@SubstackInc
response to your dishonest smear of me and my work in
@NewYorker
You cite
@tylerhnorris
but he could not provide a single example of "front groups" providing disinformation about renewables.
@GridBrief
@RogerPielkeJr
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The US Army will have a portable nuclear reactor ready by 2024. Here is how it works
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Dow To Install Four Of X-Energy’s High-Temp Gas Reactors in Texas
#dow
#xenergy
#gas
#nuclear
#nuclearenergy
#gas
#nuclearreactor
#climatechange
#dow
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Canada Amps Up, Plans 4.8 GW Of New Nuclear Capacity
@Dr_Keefer
#canada
#nuclear
#nuclearenergy
#nuclearpower
#alternativeenergy
#greenenergy
#climatechange
#climatepolicy
#solar
#wind
#natgas
#oil
#climate
#electricity
#electricgrid
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The contrast between the DC hype & the hard realities of electricity-impoverished countries like India, Vietnam & Pakistan, could not be more stark. While the US fire hoses $billions on renewables & H2, developing countries are burning coal. Why? The Iron Law of Electricity.
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Wind, Solar And Pipelines All Fail Germany
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We Need Energy And Power Systems That Are Weather Resilient, Not Weather Dependent
#wind
#solar
#climatechange
#texas
#alternativeenergy
#greenenergy
#recycling
#weather
#ExtremeWeather
#windenergy
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Some Quick Math On Jet Fuel, 737s, And The Silliness Of Electric Airplanes
#airplane
#jetfuel
#gasoline
#alternativeenergy
#batteries
#greenenergy
#batteries
#solar
#wind
#electricity
#electricgrid
#airlineindustry
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Another reason why EVs will never replace ICEVs:
They require too much Cu.
A new study from
@UMich
says the amount of Cu needed for EVs is “essentially impossible for mining companies to produce.”
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@JavierBlas
Here's a graphic I made comparing day-ahead prices in UK compared to Texas.
@DoombergT
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Those “green” jobs you’ve been hearing about don’t come cheap.
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Here's a slide I used in a speech I gave in Scottsdale on Tuesday. Beyond coal? Not so much.
The 8x increase in
#coal
prices since 1Q20 has been far bigger than increases in
#oil
or
#natgas
This is the Iron Law of Electricity at work.
@RogerPielkeJr
@nukebarbarian
@DoombergT
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TerraPower announces two-year delay of Wyoming nuclear project due to lack of HALEU
#terrapower
#billgates
#nuclear
#NuclearEnergy
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My latest, in
@RealClearEnergy
re surging global coal consumption
The global energy crisis has resulted in a spasm of plain talk. Last week, Vaclav Bartuška, the Czech Ambassador-at-Large for energy security, told a group of reporters
(Thread) 1/x
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Europe bet its economy on weather- dependent renewables. Winter is coming.
“If it’s getting really cold and there’s no wind, it may become a problem.”
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is About to Get Worse as Winter Arrives
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"nothing else comes close to oil when it comes to energy density, cost, scale, flexibility, ease of handling, and convenience." Here's the graphic that I published with the piece:
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Don’t write off coal. We need it to ensure power grid reliability
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More proof that environmentalism in America is dead:
Thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave will be destroyed to put in a 2,300-acre solar project, to "generate power for 180,000 homes in wealthier coastal neighborhoods."
Key quote:
“Let’s destroy the environment to save the
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Our docuseries is out & I'm super proud of it.
@TysonCulver
did a great job putting it together.
Pls watch share subscribe. Tnx.
@Dr_Keefer
@MadiHilly
@ParisOrtizWines
@isabelleboemeke
@RogerPielkeJr
@MeredithAngwin
@iaeaorg
@SamaBilbao
@kirstygogan
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“Depleted natural gas inventories and low
#wind
speeds have led to a surge in
#electricity
prices across Europe, putting pressure on governments as consumers protest against surging power bills...”
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Another Foolish Ban On Natural Gas, This Time In Boston
#boston
#gasban
#natgas
#naturalgas
#climatechange
#climatepolicy
#climate
#alternativeenergy
#greenenergy
#solar
#wind
#nuclear
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Once Again, Wind And Solar Go Missing During Texas Cold Snap
#texas
#winterstorm
#electricity
#electricgrid
#alternativeenergy
#climate
#climatechange
#wind
#solar
#nuclear
#coal
#NaturalGas
#austin
#freeze
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This
#Texas
Ice Storm Proves Again That We Cannot Rely On Weather-Dependent
#Renewables
#texasicestorm
#TexasFreeze
#texasweather
#texasgrid
#electricgrid
#electricity
For more energy and power content subscribe to my Substack:
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The New York Times Won’t Report The Truth About Wind And Solar Energy
#wind
#solar
#climatechange
#landuse
#alternativeenergy
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A short video on the most shameful environmental betrayal in modern American history.
Rather than try to protect marine mammals and stop the industrialization of our oceans, big climate NGOs, including
@SierraClub
,
@NRDC
,
@CLF
&
@NWF
, are promoting the installation of hundreds
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A looming shortage of enriched uranium could derail the nuclear renaissance before it gets started. Key point: Over the last four decades, US went from largest exporter of nuclear fuel to its biggest importer.
So much for "energy independence."
My latest:
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The Iron Law of Power Density says the lower the power density, the greater the resource intensity. Looking at energy return on energy invested (EROEI) proves the Iron Law.
Plus, a new MWh graphic. h/t
@RogerPielkeJr
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Soaring Inflation In The Electric Sector
#inflation
#electricgrid
#electricvehicle
#tesla
#electricity
#inflationcrisis
#renewables
#renewableenergy
For more energy and power content, subscribe to my Substack:
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I talked to a friend at TVA last week. He told me lead times for big transformers (500kV) are now about 5 years.
Transformer lead times are now 2.5 years and prices are up 80% since 2020. What’s driving increased lead-times & cost?
- Copper prices are up 50%
- Electrical steel prices are up 100%
- 20% of US transformers are made domestically
Combined, this puts 25% of projects at risk.
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Wow. Except renewables can’t deliver. Wind droughts across Europe proved that.
It’s time to deliver on
#nuclear
and right darn quick.
1 in 4 Europeans live in energy poverty. This is set to increase due to the
#gascrisis
.
It's time to deliver on
#renewables
and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
#EndEnergypoverty
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I’m detecting a trend.
Sweden rejects ’Stora Middelgrund’ 864 MW offshore wind farm.
“An establishment at Stora Middelgrund would risk damaging sensitive natural values in an unacceptable way," said Minister for climate and environment Romina Pourmokhtari in a statement.
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Siemens Gamesa’s $1 Billion Loss Is Latest Bad News For Wind Energy Sector
@siemensgamesa
@uscleanpower
@gerenewables
@orstedUS
#windenergy
#renewables
#climatechange
#climatepolicy
#energy
#power
For more energy and power content, subscribe to my Substack:
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Germany’s Continuing Energy Craziness
#germany
#nuclear
#goal
#Luetzerath
#euenergycrisis
#energycrisis
For more energy and power content check out my Substack:
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Today is a big day. Our new docuseries, Juice: Power, Politics & The Grid, is now available for free on YouTube.
Please watch it, share it, etc. Here's Episode 1:
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Yes, Nuclear Is Coming Back And This List Proves It
#nuclear
#nuclearenergy
#nuclearpower
#alternativeenergy
#climatechange
#climate
#nuclearreactor
#canada
#sweden
#france
#estonia
#poland
#finland
#india
#bangladesh
#albania
#serbia
#SaudiArabia
#ireland
#brazil
#southkorea
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Today’s closure of
#IndianPoint
makes NO sense. My cynicism about US climate policy can’t keep up because:
IP
#3
by itself, produces more electricity than ALL the wind and solar in NY.
@nuclearny
@MeredithAngwin
@Dr_Keefer
My piece in Forbes:
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“The time of nuclear renaissance has come…”
If France can do it, why not the US?
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@DoombergT
Good piece here by
@DoombergT
Is Sy Hersh right? Is it true that the
@USNavy
sabotaged Nordstream?
True or not, it's incredible that none of the legacy media outlets
@nytimes
@washingtonpost
etc, have bothered to investigate the sabotage of the pipeline.
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The Iron Law of Power Density Will Not Be Repealed
#powerdensity
#electricity
#electricgrid
#renewables
#alternativeenergy
#wind
#solar
#nuclear
#climate
#climatechange
#nyt
@paulkrugman
@nytimes
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Yes, environmentalism is dead. Both here in the U.S. and in Europe. Renewable energy fetishism is rampant:
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The U.S. Wants To Put Hundreds Of Wind Turbines In North Atlantic Right Whale Habitat. This Map Proves It.
#rightwhale
#us
#newyork
#alternativeenergy
#greenenergy
#windturbine
#wind
#solar
#climate
#climatechange
#endangered
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My latest
@forbes
: EU Finally Admits Nat Gas & Nuclear Are Key To Decarbonization
It is a "tacit acknowledgment by European policymakers of the energy disaster that is now shaking the region. But it’s also far too late in coming.”
@chrishelman
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My latest. The natural gas system is essential to our energy security, and therefore, our national security.
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Here's my latest
@thehill
on why Americans should thank
@Sen_JoeManchin
for saving us $300B by not wasting money on the policies that put Europe in the ditch. Mentions:
@leahstokes
@johnpodesta
@nukebarbarian
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We're told climate change will mean more severe storms, including hurricanes. And yet, the U.S. is subsidizing foreign corporations so they can build offshore wind turbines on the E. Coast that will get destroyed in hurricanes. Why?
#climate
#eastcoast
#alternativeenergy
#wind
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Damn good essay by
@nukebarbarian
on “energy Lysenkoism.”
“Energy abundance” made "our world is as radically safe and wealthy as it is. To force us to do with less is tyranny in its most basic form...we need more, not less energy.”
Amen. A LOT more...
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Gee. Who could’ve predicted this?
In Chicago, dead EVs line parking lot due to frigid temps
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I'm pleased to let y'all know that I'm on the
@jordanbpeterson
podcast today. We talk about energy poverty, the importance of electricity to women and girls, nuclear energy, and a lot more. Check it out:
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Another delay on an offshore wind project?
Ya don’t say…
Major Massachusetts offshore wind project no longer viable
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@RealClearEnergy
“If there is a gas cut out this winter, we will burn anything we can to keep our people warm and to make electricity.” Bartuška said aloud what has become obvious over the past months: climate change concerns are taking a backseat to economic considerations. h/t
@energybants
2/x
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The punchline here is obvious: We are not in the midst of a major energy transition. Instead, we are seeing the media echo chamber at work. Media outlets are giving undeserved credibility to the idea of the energy transition despite a metric ton of evidence that shows no such
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My latest.
We are inundated with claims about the energy transition. But there's scant evidence that it's actually happening. In US & globally, wind+solar aren’t even keeping up with the growth in hydrocarbons.
@DoombergT
h/t
@RogerPielkeJr
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Here’s my latest
@forbes
:
It’s my written testimony for the Oct 27 hearing of the US Senate Govt Operations & Border Mgmt Subcomm.
This figure shows the soaring number of blackouts on our grid.
@energybants
@Dr_Keefer
@nukebarbarian
@AlexEpstein
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What total utter bollocks,
@elonmusk
Solar wind & batteries cannot WILL NOT "solve" our energy needs.
They will require mining the s*** out of the Earth & paving state-sized chunks of land w/ forests of wind turbines & oceans of solar panels.
We need N2N:
#natgas
to
#nuclear
.
Wind & solar, combined with batteries, will solve sustainable energy for Earth
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Here’s my latest, in
@thehill
The Palisades closure "is an inexcusable government failure. By any relevant metric — climate action, energy security, or resilience — the loss of Palisades is a blunder.”
Quotes from:
@MeredithAngwin
&
@nukebarbarian
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My latest:
The Biden administration and its many allies in the $4.5B/yr anti-industry industry are aggressively pushing policies that will dramatically increase electricity demand at the same time
@EPA
is pushing rules that will undermine the reliability of the electric grid.
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