Wind Power Doesn’t Make Sense: Berkshire Hathaway
Myths are an ever-present ingredient in promises made by the wind and solar energy industry. The magic can turn to farce when gullible media tries to make sense of it.
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Wind Power Doesn’t Make Sense: “An Extremely Rare Occurrence”
Living near nuclear, natural gas, or coal-fired power stations is comparably boring compared to living near wind turbine farms. The "rare events" of wind turbine failures include spectacular fires, tower…
Wind Power Doesn’t Make Sense: Anti-Environment Environmentalism
At present, about 18 million people live in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia and use about 227 million MWh of electricity per year. Wind power would…
The Center for International Environmental Law Reaps Big Rewards for Radical Policies
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a little known lefty climate advocacy nonprofit that wants industrial society to run on weather-dependent wind and solar energy and . .
General Electric’s Taxpayer-Powered Wind Machines
“Wind turbines are like strippers. They stop working when you stop throwing money at them.” —Author unknown The price of climate pork has shot up…
Italian Energy Giant Invades America: Eating Up the Environment
Enel is an Italian firm that that has filled enough of America with wind turbines to cover two of the nation’s big national parks. But the intermittent, weather-dependent power Enel…
Italian Energy Giant Invades America: Trespassing Against the Osage Nation
One of the most iconic victories over Enel was won by the Osage Nation, a Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. After receiving permission from the county government, but not…
Italian Energy Giant Invades America: Virtue Signaling
Enel’s home page doesn’t show pictures or even references to natural gas wellheads, coal mines, hydro dams, or nuclear fuel rods that produce the overwhelming majority of its electricity. Yet…
Italian Energy Giant Invades America: The Cheapest Way to Make Expensive Electricity
Coal, natural gas, and nuclear power plants remain necessary as backups for the frequent occasions when the wind and sun—like a flaky employee—won’t work. The more unreliability that is added…
Invenergy: Billionaire Michael Polsky’s Wind Power Colossus
In a 2021 corporate news release, Chicago-based Invenergy claimed to be “the largest privately held global developer, owner, and operator of sustainable energy solutions.” Under the guidance of its founder,…