It Is Finally Shutting Down
Whatever its shortcomings in producing electricity, Ivanpah has been a super-efficient killer of birds. The light generated from the mirrors’ reflection of the sun can reach temperatures of 1,000 degrees.
Energy
Hmm, Let Me Think About That
In New Zealand, we have gone from a country that produced electricity with internationally competitive pricing, electricity that was available, affordable and was an attractive incentive to new businesses. Now we face unaffordable pricing that is causing business closures.
World Bank Reduces Emissions, Only
It is time for Secretary Bessent to reverse this policy and lead the World Bank back to its mission of poverty alleviation.
Energy Prices Now the Biggest Single Concern
Energy costs are rising so fast in Australia, it’s less expensive to dig up rocks, put them on ships, and send them 6,000 kilometers to China to smelt the steel with our own coal, and then ship the widgets right back to us.
Hipkins’ Hypocrisy Exposed in Energy Farce
Both sides talk a big game about working together for the good of New Zealand, but, when push comes to shove, it’s all about the gotcha moments and protecting their patch.
On Energy, Primum Non Nocere
If a doctor went about breaking the legs of patients on the basis that it might prevent people in other countries from being injured while crossing the road against the lights, it couldn’t be much more stupid. Hippocrates would be rolling in his grave.
Power Isn’t Moving Fast Enough
To lead in the AI age, America will need more than chips and capital. It needs clearer rules, faster transactions between energy producers and AI developers, and a system that rewards coordination just as much as production.
The Guardian Blames ‘Climate Breakdown’ for This
This article is corruption. I don’t mean local corruption, but irresponsible foreigners with their own agendas, pushing their ‘climate breakdown’ political narrative whilst pretending to care. Shame on you, Guardian, using suffering people for your own ends like this.
Who Is Willing to Sacrifice Us at the Green Altar?
Why we must stand up to anti-human activists.
Repealing the Offshore Oil Ban: A Bold Move to Undo Labour’s Economic Sabotage
We know what’s at stake: a thriving economy or a return to Labour’s dark ages. The coalition’s got it right – now they just need to see it through.
The Hidden Story of Marsden Point
How New Zealand’s taxpayer-owned refinery was lost to global neoliberalism.
Take the Money and Run
The Steve Miller Band chose to stop taking its Big Jet Airliner to Keep on Rockin’ Me because of global warming.
Can ChatGPT Exist Without Fossil Fuels? I Asked
The scope of AI’s energy demand has significant implications for environmentalists’ dreams of hitting net-zero, especially when you consider the factors at play.
This Would Cost Over $2.4 Trillion in Battery Backup
That battery backup cannot make wind and solar powered grids possible is obvious given these incredible numbers. The electric power industry must know this, but their silence is deafening.