Renewable Energy Mandates Increase Chances Of Major Blackouts

  • 03/18/24
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Texas and California lead the nation in power outages and in wind and solar generation. Since 2019, there have been 263 power outages across Texas–more than any other state–each lasting an average of 160 minutes and impacting an estimated average of 172,000 Texans. From 2019 to 2023, California had 221 power outages, ranking second, and Washington ranked third with 118 outages , based on data from the Department of Energy. Texas has the most wind capacity in the nation and is the...
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Biden's Offshore Wind Projects To Cost Double Initial Estimates

  • 03/14/24
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The cost to consumers of two offshore wind projects expected to support New York’s self-imposed climate goals has more than doubled from their original estimates, which were high to begin with. Developers had threatened to cancel their offshore wind projects without higher prices, citing inflation, supply chain challenges and rising costs driven by the pandemic, Bidenomics and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The agreements, which still need to be finalized, are expected to keep  1,700...

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EV Hypocrites At Home And Abroad

  • 03/14/24
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Supposedly, the reason for switching to electric vehicles from gasoline-powered vehicles is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by using less gasoline and thus oil. However, a country that was way ahead of the United States in the transition to electric vehicles found that its oil demand did not decline from EV use despite electric vehicles making up 64 percent  of new car sales and despite thousands of dollars in annually recurring subsidies. In fact, Norway’s ownership and use of...

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California's Plastic Bag Ban Backfires Bigly

  • 03/08/24
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In 2014, California state legislators passed a law banning single-use plastic bags to reduce the amount of discarded plastic and to limit emissions resulting from their production. Californians, however, are now tossing more pounds of plastic bags than before the legislation was passed. A report by the consumer advocacy group CALPIRG  found the tonnage of discarded bags rose from 4.08 per 1,000 people in 2014 to 5.89 per 1,000 people in 2021—a record high. The actual tonnage of...

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200 Ways President Biden and the Democrats Have Made it Harder to Produce Oil & Gas

Joe Biden and his Democrats have a plan for American energy: make it harder to produce and more expensive to purchase. Since Biden took office, his administration and Congressional Democrats have taken over 200 actions deliberately designed to make it harder to produce energy here in America.  A list of those actions appears below. A PDF of the list is available to download here.


On January 20, 2021, 

  1. Besides canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, 
  2. President...

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EV Mandates Play To China's Plans For Global Domination

  • 03/05/24
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Western carmakers in the United States and Europe have been warning about the threat of Chinese rivals upending their markets. This threat exists because the politicians in these countries have forced automakers to go electric before they were financially and technically ready to do so. President Biden, who has elevated China’s dominant role in the renewable and EV energy markets through his push to reach unrealistic climate goals, called Chinese-made electric vehicles  a national...

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China Building Factories In Mexico To Cash In On Biden's EV Mandates

  • 02/23/24
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BYD, China’s largest EV auto maker, which recently surpassed Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, is reviewing potential locations for a plant  in Mexico that would allow it to bring its low-cost electric vehicles into the United States. Mexico offers close proximity to U.S. markets, relatively low labor costs and the opportunity to take advantage of low or zero tariffs on made-in-Mexico vehicles. Some of the locations BYD is considering are near the U.S. border. At...


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Biden Slows, Not Reverses, Unpopular EV Mandates In Election Year Gimmick

  • 02/21/24
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In a concession to automakers and labor unions during an election year, the Biden administration plans to relax elements of its regulations to limit tailpipe emissions that are designed to get Americans to switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles.  Biden’s EPA is planning to give automakers more time to ramp up sales of electric vehicles. The revised regulations would not require a sharp increase in EV sales until after 2030 . The final rule is expected to be published by early...


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Qatar and Mexico Big Winners of Biden’s Attack on American LNG

  • 02/16/24
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The $2 billion conversion of Mexico’s Energia Costa Azul gas terminal into an LNG export facility will open a new, faster means for U.S. natural gas producers to access Asian gas markets, circumventing the Panama Canal. Costa Azul’s conversion is the first of several gas export projects proposed in Mexico, but President Joe Biden’s recent pause on LNG export approvals casts uncertainty over their timelines and development, as these ventures need Energy Department authorization to ship...


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To Keep Roads Safe America's Guardrails Will Need Replaced Under Biden's EV Mandate

  • 02/07/24
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Electric vehicles typically weigh significantly more than gasoline-powered cars and can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not designed to withstand the extra force, raising concerns about roadside safety, according to a crash test  by the University of Nebraska. Electric vehicles typically weigh 20 percent to 50 percent more than gas-powered vehicles due to their batteries that can weigh almost as much as a small gas-powered car. For example, Ford’s F-150 Lightning EV...


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