Category Archives: green lunacy

Runaway Green Energy Cost

“Germany must rein in the runaway costs of subsidising electricity from renewable sources or risk overburdening consumers, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Tuesday.”- Reuters The Polish government also appears to be waking up. Will we? Will the members … Continue reading

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Solyndra … and then some!!!

Money quote:  Department of Energy, which would not agree to a full interview by the CBS reporter , did acknowledge they knew these loans were “high risk by design!” REALLY? Wonder if these incompetents would invest in these companies if … Continue reading

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Another green job success story … for Finland.

“Oops there’s goes another half-billion, kerplop! Kerplop!“ I love that Frank Sinatra tune! According to ABC News, “With the approval of the Obama administration, an electric car company that received a $529 million federal government loan guarantee is assembling its … Continue reading

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Green Jobs?

Thanks to John Terry for pointing us to this informative interview with the “Green Jobs Answer Man.” ——————– ——————–

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It’s BAAAAAAAAAAACK!

If there’s an award given for the most intellectually insulting commercial, this gem from Emerson would certainly be in the running. I posted the video some time ago and hadn’t seen it on TV for a while.  I thought perhaps … Continue reading

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Chairman Paul Ryan, “THE EMPTY PROMISE OF GREEN JOBS”

THE EMPTY PROMISE OF GREEN JOBS THE COSTLY CONSEQUENCES OF CRONY CAPITALISM September 22, 2011 ———- AT Note:  Allow me to emphasize this visual from the report: ————- AT Note:  John Droz Jr. suggests that the 2011 EIA subsidy graph … Continue reading

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Paul Driessen: “the renewable energy subsidy train rolls on, with tanker cars of red ink bankrolled by US taxpayers and consumers – to provide less than 1% of the energy we use.”

Article republished with permission of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT): Rants, lies, subsidies and job-killing policies How our government subsidizes job, wealth, revenue and people-killing energy policies. May 19, 2011 by Paul Driessen President Obama’s speeches sum up his … Continue reading

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“wind cannot be relied upon to provide any significant level of generation at any defined time in the future”

According to the BBC News-Scotland, “Wind farms are much less efficient than claimed, producing below 10% of capacity for more than a third of the time, according to a new report.” And here’s a shocker … “The analysis also suggested … Continue reading

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Christopher Horner: “Windmills have surpassed ethanol’s pocket-pickery.”

A must read by Christopher C. Horner at Big Business, “Meet the New Ethanol:  Wind Blows Past Corn as Subsidy King, No end in Sight.” Mr. Horner describes in detail the massive taxpayer hand-out status achieved by industrial wind, or … Continue reading

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Coal and wind energy – “It’s a mutual benefit type thing!”

Is it considered a Freudian slip when someone connected to the wind industry accidentally tells the truth about wind’s strange bedfellow arrangement with coal?  I’ll have to check with my analyst? Anyway, the title of the post came from Edison … Continue reading

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