Michael Bastasch on February 6, 2019 Former Vice President and climate crusader Al Gore criticized President Donald Trump for touting booming oil and natural gas production during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. “The President doesn’t get it,” Gore tweeted, hammering Trump for not mentioning the “outdated oil and natural gas projects” instead of…
by Andrew Follett Burning wood still produces more energy than solar or wind power in America, according to a graph published by the research organization Just Facts. Burning wood provides 9 percent of the world’s energy, according to the United Nations’ Food And Agricultural Organization. Solar power provides less than 1 percent of the world’s energy, while wind power provides less…
by Andrew Follett Off-the-books government regulations heavily favor wind and solar power by ignoring some of green energy’s major drawbacks while keeping the lucrative subsidies flowing. These regulations force utilities to purchase any wind or solar power available and offer direct financial benefits for doing so, despite major technical problems and the high costs associated with unreliable…
By Andrew Follett Germany paid wind farms $548 million to switch off last year to prevent damage to the country’s electricity grid, according to a Thursday article in the German newspaper Wirtschaftswoche. Germany’s wind and solar power systems have provided too much power at unpredictable times, which damaged the power grid and made the system vulnerable to blackouts. To fix the problem,…
Andrew Follett Experts say Britain’s dependence on wind and solar power could lead to massive blackouts this winter. The U.K. will be more vulnerable to blackouts than it has ever been for at least the next four years, Paul Massara, the former CEO of one of Britain’s largest electricity companies, told The Times of U.K. Britain’s energy difficulties are due…