Osage Tribe tells Enel to pound sand. HV transmission going nowhere. Juice hits 1 million views. Hertz ousts CEO over Tesla debacle as EPA readies new EV mandates.
April 26th, Idahoans will gather in Boise, Idaho, on the steps of the Capitol Bldg, to rally against public land being turned into industrial wind and solar corridors. LS Power is behind the project of 400 turbines up to 740 feet tall over 197,474 acres. Can anyone come and speak to us? We need encouragement, information, ideas, and education for our fight.
I believe the EPA mandate will become a major campaign issue to moment they announce it. It will essentially divide the voters who want more government intervention in the name of “saving the planet” from those who say “enough already, we can’t afford this nonsense anymore”.
2032 is a timeline people can see/feel and it’s highly unlikely that American views on EVs is going to improve in <8yrs. So it then becomes FORCED and that is where most Americans will draw the line.
So I am optimistic that Wednesday’s announcement by EPA will be the self inflicted gut shot that the “Energy Transition” grift-athon needs and deserves.
Congratulations Robert & Tyson for Juice hitting 1 million views!
Suggestion for Enel: If you can get the volume of kittens you’re sh#tting up to 1 million/day, you can sell enough to fund the cost of removing your turbines from Osage land by year’s end at $1/each, with no hit to earnings.
It is very refreshing to read all the comments by Bryce fans . Everyone should also check out one of several books called ‘The little Ice Age ‘,going back to the 15th and 16th centuries . It puts the current climate hysteria into context for those who have no historical awareness . Also ,when did the notion that we can STOP climate change actually get taught in ANY school science class ? None of the climate zealots seem to know!
Prior to the year 1850 doesn't exist in the climate catastrophists' deluded world. 'Little Ice Age', 'Grand Solar Minimum', Medieval warming period and Roman warming period...what are they? Tropospheric air temps can be controlled via CO2 manipulation like the thermostat on your AC is the unspoken voodoo-science.
The Wikipedia article regarding the "Little Ice Age" documents the variety of hypothesized causes of this phenomenon. I also note the modern IPCC perspectives could be influenced by politics. Those accounts minimize the importance of significant better-documented historic climate events.
I was not referring to Wikipedia ……which is not really my go-to source for anything .The books include one by Bloom ,and others. As for the zealots I referred to ,they rely on self defined truths that leave no room for theory or even hypothesis and would burn dissenters at the stake …for which there are precedents ! They have theological-like faith in their assumptions and brook no dissent .Read a book about the ice age !
Once again I'd like to thank Generac for building a reliable whole house generator. I initially purchased one as an investment for the future, but I'm thinking the future will be coming faster than I thought.
We have a whole house generator. We live in a rural area where a car-pole or boat-pole accident in one recent case can put power out for an extended time. I also think it is a hedge against stupid political decisions. The gas bans around here aren’t going well, and it gets cold! I’m hopeful the failure of the UK heat pump nonsense, along with favorable court decisions in CA will slow the gas haters down. I really don’t think they’ll be able to ban it, if they do I’m still happy to have the generator for as long as it lasts.
Robert, very pleased to hear you are so busy. I probably means the you are doing well personally and that your message is getting out. Classic win-win and long overdue. Also excited about a million people seeing Juice! Should I expect autograph seekers? I have a sharpie ready to go.
Not surprising the rat bastards at Engel are trying to avoid the consequences of their horrible and unethical behavior. And what, leave the hulking towers there to rot and poison the landscape for decades? Screw them, I hope the judge piles on more penalties and the Osage award rhymes with zillions.
Hopefully the Hertz thing provides a lesson to other CEOs who are contemplating embracing the next big woke thing.
Nice overview. Your excerpts from Travis Fisher's testimony were well chosen. But the rest of his testimony was indeed a deep dive and much of it was so technical and detailed that while it proved his expertise, it sadly was probably way over the heads of the average congressman. An example is the use of the term "dispatchable". Probably 95% of his audience didn't know what that meant. I suggested to him that if he gets another chance to speak to congress, he should use a 4th grade level of English so they could understand it. The bureaucrats (like in EPA) and legislators that are drafting our energy policies don't know diddly squat about energy. I wish they would consult with experts like you and Travis, and really listen, before they make their rules.
Thanks for the update on the Osage Tribe vs Enel. The Oklahoma City paper (Oklahoman) hasn't covered recent events. That might be because the conglomerate that owns the paper prefers real green news/results. The inclusion of what you are currently reading is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hi Robert, here in the UK we are decimating any steel industry that we have left, closed our coal industry, demolished most of our coal fire power stations and even converted one of our largest coal fired power station to burn biomass which we are feeding with wood chip imported from the US and Canada. All utter madness and a unforgivable political act of self harm and all for moralist climate cult bragging. After all the UK produces 1% or so of the worlds anthropogenic carbon dioxide. So that is 1 % of 3% when expressing on the earth global co2 production. Energy security, prices and our economy are in tatters. The UK and Germany are an example to the world of how not to run a successful energy policy.
Stunning that burning wood harvested by clear cutting in Georgia, ground up into pellets (how much energy does that take?) and shipped hundreds of miles on ships burning bunker oil is considered as clean Energy in the UK. Somebody paid big to get that twisted law enacted.
Well, at least wood is a truly renewable form of energy. The oldest one known to man. Trees are still around, still growing and still capturing C02, a very beneficial gas. No idea why people are losing their minds over the very small amount there is in the atmosphere. If we didn’t have it, plant life would die and we would be next b/c what produces oxygen? And there is no way it is warming the climate. IMHO biggest hoax ever perpetuated.
Yes, the station is called Drax Power a station in West Yorkshire, North England. The area is surrounded by coalfields but they ship wood pellets across the Atlantic. Utter madness.
If you want to see a truly enormous waste of electricity, try bitcoin mining. One of these operations puts a typical data center to shame. And because the crypto industry owns alot of politicians, bet on it getting priority access to juice both before and after the blackout.
And, yes, the Audubon bio is a great read. Its impossible to imagine most contemporary Americans roughing it the way ordinary folks of his era did - to say nothing of an outdoorsman like JJA. If you're ever in northern Kentucky, the museum at JJA State Park (across the river from Evansville, IN) has many of the original paintings on display, along with exceptionally detailed accounts of his life. And its a fantastic birdwatching site.
April 26th, Idahoans will gather in Boise, Idaho, on the steps of the Capitol Bldg, to rally against public land being turned into industrial wind and solar corridors. LS Power is behind the project of 400 turbines up to 740 feet tall over 197,474 acres. Can anyone come and speak to us? We need encouragement, information, ideas, and education for our fight.
Thank you for adding a section for recent podcast appearances!
Another great analysis on the real world of energy by Robert Bryce!!
The marketing depts at automakers also continue to drink the Kool-Aid, overwhelmingly advertising the EVs.
They are stuck with shite so they have to move it somehow.
Think of them in terms of the investment banks in the 2000’s, face with a bunch sub-prime garbage mortgage debt, they repackaged and sold it as gold.
Not sure how the automakers can do the same.
But the cause of both disasters is govt intervention in markets.
Green Energy will follow the same pattern, government regulations and mandates will creat a financial catastrophe that will dwarf 2008.
Thank you for the good news, Robert. I look forward to seeing more news regarding energy sanity posted by you in the future.
I believe the EPA mandate will become a major campaign issue to moment they announce it. It will essentially divide the voters who want more government intervention in the name of “saving the planet” from those who say “enough already, we can’t afford this nonsense anymore”.
2032 is a timeline people can see/feel and it’s highly unlikely that American views on EVs is going to improve in <8yrs. So it then becomes FORCED and that is where most Americans will draw the line.
So I am optimistic that Wednesday’s announcement by EPA will be the self inflicted gut shot that the “Energy Transition” grift-athon needs and deserves.
Congratulations Robert & Tyson for Juice hitting 1 million views!
Suggestion for Enel: If you can get the volume of kittens you’re sh#tting up to 1 million/day, you can sell enough to fund the cost of removing your turbines from Osage land by year’s end at $1/each, with no hit to earnings.
There’s a mental picture I can’t shake.
It is very refreshing to read all the comments by Bryce fans . Everyone should also check out one of several books called ‘The little Ice Age ‘,going back to the 15th and 16th centuries . It puts the current climate hysteria into context for those who have no historical awareness . Also ,when did the notion that we can STOP climate change actually get taught in ANY school science class ? None of the climate zealots seem to know!
Prior to the year 1850 doesn't exist in the climate catastrophists' deluded world. 'Little Ice Age', 'Grand Solar Minimum', Medieval warming period and Roman warming period...what are they? Tropospheric air temps can be controlled via CO2 manipulation like the thermostat on your AC is the unspoken voodoo-science.
The Wikipedia article regarding the "Little Ice Age" documents the variety of hypothesized causes of this phenomenon. I also note the modern IPCC perspectives could be influenced by politics. Those accounts minimize the importance of significant better-documented historic climate events.
I was not referring to Wikipedia ……which is not really my go-to source for anything .The books include one by Bloom ,and others. As for the zealots I referred to ,they rely on self defined truths that leave no room for theory or even hypothesis and would burn dissenters at the stake …for which there are precedents ! They have theological-like faith in their assumptions and brook no dissent .Read a book about the ice age !
Some other good ones are “A cultural history of climate change” Behringer although in the last chapter he nods to AGW.
And 1177bc, basically describing the end of the Minoan warm period, and yes it was catastrophic, just ask the Hittites.
I don't recall electing any of the EPA bureaucrats...
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Another great overview, Robert. We look forward to seeing you in Colorado as one of your April keynote speaker engagements!
Once again I'd like to thank Generac for building a reliable whole house generator. I initially purchased one as an investment for the future, but I'm thinking the future will be coming faster than I thought.
Smart.
We have a whole house generator. We live in a rural area where a car-pole or boat-pole accident in one recent case can put power out for an extended time. I also think it is a hedge against stupid political decisions. The gas bans around here aren’t going well, and it gets cold! I’m hopeful the failure of the UK heat pump nonsense, along with favorable court decisions in CA will slow the gas haters down. I really don’t think they’ll be able to ban it, if they do I’m still happy to have the generator for as long as it lasts.
Yes. And only ‘approved’ ppl will be able to hunt, fish or grow things.
Robert, very pleased to hear you are so busy. I probably means the you are doing well personally and that your message is getting out. Classic win-win and long overdue. Also excited about a million people seeing Juice! Should I expect autograph seekers? I have a sharpie ready to go.
Not surprising the rat bastards at Engel are trying to avoid the consequences of their horrible and unethical behavior. And what, leave the hulking towers there to rot and poison the landscape for decades? Screw them, I hope the judge piles on more penalties and the Osage award rhymes with zillions.
Hopefully the Hertz thing provides a lesson to other CEOs who are contemplating embracing the next big woke thing.
+10.
See our comment above, Lee. We have a plan for Enel and those kittens they're sh#tting!
We have a kitten…. It would be painful and likely require stitches.
Nice overview. Your excerpts from Travis Fisher's testimony were well chosen. But the rest of his testimony was indeed a deep dive and much of it was so technical and detailed that while it proved his expertise, it sadly was probably way over the heads of the average congressman. An example is the use of the term "dispatchable". Probably 95% of his audience didn't know what that meant. I suggested to him that if he gets another chance to speak to congress, he should use a 4th grade level of English so they could understand it. The bureaucrats (like in EPA) and legislators that are drafting our energy policies don't know diddly squat about energy. I wish they would consult with experts like you and Travis, and really listen, before they make their rules.
😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the update on the Osage Tribe vs Enel. The Oklahoma City paper (Oklahoman) hasn't covered recent events. That might be because the conglomerate that owns the paper prefers real green news/results. The inclusion of what you are currently reading is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
You should subscribe to the Tulsa World. They cover the story.
Hi Robert, here in the UK we are decimating any steel industry that we have left, closed our coal industry, demolished most of our coal fire power stations and even converted one of our largest coal fired power station to burn biomass which we are feeding with wood chip imported from the US and Canada. All utter madness and a unforgivable political act of self harm and all for moralist climate cult bragging. After all the UK produces 1% or so of the worlds anthropogenic carbon dioxide. So that is 1 % of 3% when expressing on the earth global co2 production. Energy security, prices and our economy are in tatters. The UK and Germany are an example to the world of how not to run a successful energy policy.
Stunning that burning wood harvested by clear cutting in Georgia, ground up into pellets (how much energy does that take?) and shipped hundreds of miles on ships burning bunker oil is considered as clean Energy in the UK. Somebody paid big to get that twisted law enacted.
Well, at least wood is a truly renewable form of energy. The oldest one known to man. Trees are still around, still growing and still capturing C02, a very beneficial gas. No idea why people are losing their minds over the very small amount there is in the atmosphere. If we didn’t have it, plant life would die and we would be next b/c what produces oxygen? And there is no way it is warming the climate. IMHO biggest hoax ever perpetuated.
Yes, the station is called Drax Power a station in West Yorkshire, North England. The area is surrounded by coalfields but they ship wood pellets across the Atlantic. Utter madness.
I never fail to learn something new from Robert.
If you want to see a truly enormous waste of electricity, try bitcoin mining. One of these operations puts a typical data center to shame. And because the crypto industry owns alot of politicians, bet on it getting priority access to juice both before and after the blackout.
And, yes, the Audubon bio is a great read. Its impossible to imagine most contemporary Americans roughing it the way ordinary folks of his era did - to say nothing of an outdoorsman like JJA. If you're ever in northern Kentucky, the museum at JJA State Park (across the river from Evansville, IN) has many of the original paintings on display, along with exceptionally detailed accounts of his life. And its a fantastic birdwatching site.