Category Archives: Energy

Lunacy

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Gaius

Jack Kelly on the Marxman-Wacky bill to prevent a phony catastrophe: An unusually cold winter (it snowed in Saudi Arabia and Iraq; temperatures fell to minus 80 degrees in Siberia) was followed by an unusually cool spring (it snowed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Junk Science, Left Wing | 2 Comments

Indulgences

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Gaius

Robert Zubrin in Roll Call: On June 25, the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate stabilization act, which would institute a cap-and-trade system to restrict Americans’ carbon emissions. While proponents of the bill have sought to argue that the costs of … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Energy, Environment, Junk Science, Politics | 2 Comments

Flunking Basic Math

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Gaius

Forbes on the Marxman-Wacky fraud bill: Electricity is a good thing. It powers your computer, drives economic growth, transmits images from Tehran streets, keeps preemies alive in hospitals, prevents meat from rotting and enchants and cools you in movie theaters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economy, Energy, Junk Science, Left Wing | 4 Comments

Green Smoke

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Gaius

MasterResource runs the numbers – and exposes the outright fraud of the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation. It simply does nothing but burden Americans with huge expenses for energy – the “climate Change” it will avert is noise on the system, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Energy, Environment, Politics, Taxes | 2 Comments

Fueling The Deficit

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Gaius

There are an awful lot of people in this country right now who seem to be supporting big government as the answer to this country’s problems. Many of the Democrats in Washington are, of course, fully on board that little … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Democrats, Economy, Energy, Taxes | Comments Off

A Lot Of Wind

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Gaius

Bruce Webster was tickled enough by the video I posted the other day to link the post. I just got around to reading his link roundup and found this absolute gem: ITEM: So, how’s that wind power working out? There … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | 3 Comments

Weaknesses

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Gaius

The Wall Street Journal reports that Chinese and Russian hackers have already penetrated the United States’ electrical grid. Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to … Continue reading →

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“Smart” Grid?

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Gaius

Barack Obama and other politicians have been pushing for “smart” power grids. It turns out this isn’t all that smart. The “smart” electrical devices used in the “smart” grid turn out to be pretty dumb when it comes to being … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Energy, Geek Stuff | Tagged | 3 Comments

That Sinking Feeling

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Gaius

There appear to be at least some members of the media falling off the Obama bandwagon. In an unsigned editorial, the Detroit News blasts the carbon tax proposed by Barack Obama as a dagger aimed at Michigan’s heart. The carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Energy, Environment, Media, Politics | 2 Comments

Worsening The Crisis

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Gaius

The Wall Street Journal charges that the Obama administration is deepening and widening the financial problems the country now faces. As 2009 opened, three weeks before Barack Obama took office, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 9034 on January … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Taxes | 1 Comment

Coal For Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Gaius

The old warning that naughty children would only get a lump of coal in their Christmas stockings never had much effect on me. We really did not make a big deal about the whole stocking thing in my house when … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Personal Thoughts | 4 Comments

Shocka!

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Gaius

Did Warren Buffett just get out-maneuvered? Electricite de France has just snatched Constellation Energy away from Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy. The fight over the fate of Constellation Energy Group ended yesterday with a big French utility agreeing to pay $4.5 billion … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Energy | 2 Comments

Life With Fluorescent Bulbs

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Gaius

Via Glenn Reynolds, Life with fluorescent bulbs. The reason I linked this is that my wife and I have compact fluorescent bulbs in the ceiling fan fixture in our living room. We installed them because the fan is very high … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Environment | 17 Comments

Canute Get There From Here

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Gaius

Andrew Revkin at the New York Times Dot Earth blog does his best to annotate Al Gore's latest climate hysteria. From the perspective of an engineer who has worked in the utility area, I think Revkin misses an important point. … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Junk Science, Left Wing | 12 Comments

Traction, Part Two

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Gaius

The Democrats have a real problem. Prior to the holiday recess, they announced how super-confident they were that they had the Republicans in a political corner with their enlightened energy policies. Except they have withdrawn all their big bills from … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Politics | 3 Comments