The goals of President Joe Biden’s administration are lofty: among them, nationwide vehicle electrification within 20 years. To reach that goal, the administration has recently proposed new fuel economy regulations that will help ensure that 67% of new passenger cars sold are electric vehicles by 2032. The problem is that this green dream is physically impossible to achieve […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1292252309-scaled.jpg17092560Brent Bennett, Ph.D., The Honorable Jason Isaachttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBrent Bennett, Ph.D., The Honorable Jason Isaac2023-11-19 00:28:592023-11-18 07:28:55The True Cost of EVs Is More Than The Sticker Price
In 2022, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned us it was “code red for humanity” due to supposed global warming caused by CO2 emissions from human activities. This year, Mr. Guterres upped the rhetoric when he claimed: “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” This summer we’ve been told that July […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/icetrain.jpg8531280David Craighttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDavid Craig2023-11-18 00:28:392023-11-17 18:59:10Analysis: The Media Has Been Silent on 2023’s Record Cold Temperatures
It didn’t make a ton of news in the United States media, but a new study published by the International Energy Agency in mid-October emphasizes the enormous potential roadblock to a successful energy transition posed by a projected need to refurbish and double capacity on global electricity grids. The study, titled, “Electricity Grids and Secure Energy […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1361289412.jpg429813David Blackmonhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDavid Blackmon2023-11-16 00:30:252023-11-16 11:43:43A Reckoning Is Coming for the Failing Energy Transition
Arizona State University President Michael Crow believes we are in such danger that we should amend the US Constitution to empower the government to deal more expansively with climate change. Dr. Crow’s view that constitutional protections of our liberties should be eliminated when they become inconvenient wouldn’t square with the founders’, but his estimate of […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1198212848.jpg483724Thomas C. Pattersonhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas C. Patterson2023-10-30 00:30:252024-01-17 10:22:19Zero Net by 2050 Has Zero Chance Of Succeeding
Kathryn Porter in The Telegraph, has compiled quite the list of failures as offshore wind projects get frozen around the world. Decisions are being delayed, contracts abandoned, auctions left without bidders and almost no new projects started. The awful truth of inflation, the maintenance cost shocks, and cable failures is all too much. Then there was the problem of needing 100 years of […]
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Buried deeply in the bowels of a 56,342-page Federal Register Volume 88 — along with an environmental assessment accompanying the Department of Transportation’s newly proposed fuel standards — are some candid admissions that electric vehicle- (EV) promoting bureaucrats and subsidy beneficiaries aren’t anxious for any of us to know about. One is that “Net [social-economic] benefits for passenger cars […]
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World leaders continue experiencing a “dangerous delusion” of a global transition to “just electricity” that they believe will eliminate the use of the crude oil that made society achieve so much in a few centuries. Crude oil is the basis of our materialistic society, as discussed in an educational and entertaining 27-minute podcast interview between […]
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Increased labor costs are potentially insurmountable and uncontrollable challenges facing the automobile industry for the government mandates in wealthy countries for lower emission EVs. The UAW strike that began September 14th by 146,000 UAW union members seeking a 46 percent pay raise, a 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay, and restoration of traditional pensions will […]
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Editors Note: Portions of an excellent documentary series on energy created by Erik Townsend called Energy Transition Crisis have been presented in The Prickly Pear video section. You should take the time to view the series. Townsend, an accomplished energy futures trader and the producer of the excellent podcast Macrovoices believes that mankind is causing climate […]
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Six Atlantic shore Governors are begging the Feds to bail them out of a huge looming offshore wind cost overrun. They sent Biden a joint letter asking for a list of relief measures ranging from tax breaks to revenue sharing. The outcome is far from clear but my guess is the largess is unlikely to […]
The True Cost of EVs Is More Than The Sticker Price
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Personal Finance, Politics/by Brent Bennett, Ph.D., The Honorable Jason IsaacThe goals of President Joe Biden’s administration are lofty: among them, nationwide vehicle electrification within 20 years. To reach that goal, the administration has recently proposed new fuel economy regulations that will help ensure that 67% of new passenger cars sold are electric vehicles by 2032. The problem is that this green dream is physically impossible to achieve […]
Analysis: The Media Has Been Silent on 2023’s Record Cold Temperatures
/in Culture War, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by David CraigIn 2022, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned us it was “code red for humanity” due to supposed global warming caused by CO2 emissions from human activities. This year, Mr. Guterres upped the rhetoric when he claimed: “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” This summer we’ve been told that July […]
A Reckoning Is Coming for the Failing Energy Transition
/in Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by David BlackmonIt didn’t make a ton of news in the United States media, but a new study published by the International Energy Agency in mid-October emphasizes the enormous potential roadblock to a successful energy transition posed by a projected need to refurbish and double capacity on global electricity grids. The study, titled, “Electricity Grids and Secure Energy […]
Zero Net by 2050 Has Zero Chance Of Succeeding
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Thomas C. PattersonArizona State University President Michael Crow believes we are in such danger that we should amend the US Constitution to empower the government to deal more expansively with climate change. Dr. Crow’s view that constitutional protections of our liberties should be eliminated when they become inconvenient wouldn’t square with the founders’, but his estimate of […]
Investors Abandoning “green” Energy As They Realize It’s Never Going To Be Cheap
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Joanne NovaKathryn Porter in The Telegraph, has compiled quite the list of failures as offshore wind projects get frozen around the world. Decisions are being delayed, contracts abandoned, auctions left without bidders and almost no new projects started. The awful truth of inflation, the maintenance cost shocks, and cable failures is all too much. Then there was the problem of needing 100 years of […]
Zero Net EV Economic Or Climate Benefits And Government Admits It
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Personal Finance, Politics/by Larry BellBuried deeply in the bowels of a 56,342-page Federal Register Volume 88 — along with an environmental assessment accompanying the Department of Transportation’s newly proposed fuel standards — are some candid admissions that electric vehicle- (EV) promoting bureaucrats and subsidy beneficiaries aren’t anxious for any of us to know about. One is that “Net [social-economic] benefits for passenger cars […]
The Dangerous Delusion Of A Global Transition To “just electricity”
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Ronald SteinWorld leaders continue experiencing a “dangerous delusion” of a global transition to “just electricity” that they believe will eliminate the use of the crude oil that made society achieve so much in a few centuries. Crude oil is the basis of our materialistic society, as discussed in an educational and entertaining 27-minute podcast interview between […]
Will the UAW Strike Perpetuate the Death Spiral Already Mandated for the Automobile Industry?
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Ronald SteinIncreased labor costs are potentially insurmountable and uncontrollable challenges facing the automobile industry for the government mandates in wealthy countries for lower emission EVs. The UAW strike that began September 14th by 146,000 UAW union members seeking a 46 percent pay raise, a 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay, and restoration of traditional pensions will […]
Fossil Fuels Aren’t a Bad Habit We Can Just Kick. They’re a Critical Part of the Economy
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by David Brady,Jr.Editors Note: Portions of an excellent documentary series on energy created by Erik Townsend called Energy Transition Crisis have been presented in The Prickly Pear video section. You should take the time to view the series. Townsend, an accomplished energy futures trader and the producer of the excellent podcast Macrovoices believes that mankind is causing climate […]
Desperate Governors Beg For Offshore Wind Cost Relief
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by David WojickSix Atlantic shore Governors are begging the Feds to bail them out of a huge looming offshore wind cost overrun. They sent Biden a joint letter asking for a list of relief measures ranging from tax breaks to revenue sharing. The outcome is far from clear but my guess is the largess is unlikely to […]