Is This Pork Barrel Politics?
It sounds less like a scientific inquiry and a lot more like a government quietly laying the tracks, funding the surveys, and preparing the ground for de facto Māori ownership of public energy resources.
Energy
Climate Change Suffers From Reality
Given the choice between policy and politics, there is no choice at all – ironically, even when an outcome advances the policy and the politics Democrats so recently claimed to champion.
Wind Turbines vs Nature
From beaches to old-growth forests, wind farms are destroying the environment in the name of saving it, says Sandra Bourke. Greens are turning their backs as reckless renewables industrialise the natural world.
Building a Dam to Save a Dam
Okay, I can see why this might take two to three years. We’re talking big holes in the ground through which to pour concrete.
Diesel Prices Push Farmers to the Brink
Many of them now find themselves on the brink of quitting because of the immense financial pressure that has been placed upon them.
How Much Climate Change™ Angst Is Propped up by China
Potentially, 50 years from now people may look back and marvel at how easily (and cheaply) China could wind up the Western liberals, and how they got away with it.
EVs Are Not Doing Well
Someone who plopped down $160,000 on an EV is not a Luddite. He tried, and failed, and now wants an ordinary ICE Porsche.
Quick Hit: Idle the Plant. Keep the Terminal?
The biggest user leaves for lack of gas. The Greens call that proof you never needed more.
Are We Supposed to Be Surprised?
‘Renewables’ send electricity bills soaring – ‘big batteries’ make it worse.
The Great ‘Renewables’ Garbage Heap
The powers that be are just sweeping these issues under the rug and whistling past the landfill graveyards.
We’re Teaching Kids Scarcity in an Age of Abundance
We should teach them where energy comes from, how it impacts their futures, and what it will need from them. Fear is a lousy career counselor.
Why Oil Keeps Getting More Abundant
Oil deposits may be finite, but human knowledge is not. Freedom, innovation, and entrepreneurship continually transform our use of resources.