Author Archives: morgan

Items of interest: 1-“… overall, subsidies for wind and other renewable electricity sources are more than 10 times higher per unit energy output than coal, which provides nearly half the nation’s electricity, and natural gas and nuclear power, which provide … Continue reading →

Items of interest: 1-If I hadn’t read Jon Boone’s work, I would have thought this excellent progress.  Now I simply see it as trying to crystal ball the incredibly volatile wind to portray it will actually generate something other than … Continue reading →

Items of interest: 1-And while we focus on building windmills, we watch Russia build an energy web of nuclear, natural gas and oil.  A quick look at the headlines of the past few days: Venezuela-Russia nuke deal a new headache … Continue reading →

Items of interest: 1-Hollister Hartman directs us to this interesting article by Alex Pavlak. Strategy Versus Evolution – American Scientist 2-Are you folks in Charleston paying attention? The West Virginia Encyclopedia recently released the results of its first online poll. … Continue reading →

Items of interest: 1-“After applying a six-stage, scientific analysis of wind production, paralleled with other sources such as coal, gas, and nuclear, he now sees the wind option as impractical and lacking in proof of consistent power output.“ Droz says … Continue reading →

Items of interest: 1-The Industrial Wind Action Group has a great weekly email wrap-up of topical articles. Go here to subscribe.  Of course it’s free! 2-The other day we suggested the Roanoke Times insist wind developers prove their “eco-friendly” claims.  … Continue reading →

Items of interest: 1-Discussion of subsidies worth your time. More on Cape Cod Wind Power – Bruce Everett’s Weblog 2-“Just like BP’s compromised relationship with the federal agency responsible for regulating it in order to promote energy development in ecologically sensitive … Continue reading →

Items of interest: 1-And, of course, no one could have possibly dreamed this: “China, which has been blocking shipments of crucial minerals to Japan for the last month, has now quietly halted some shipments of those materials to the United … Continue reading →