Solar and wind farms also need 100 times the land area of fossil fuel-generated electricity, and these resulting changes in land use can have a devastating effect on biodiversity. The effects of bioenergy on biodiversity are worse, and the increased…
The estimated $1 billion cost pales in comparison to the trillions of dollars being spent battling the coronavirus and its economy-destroying aftermath. But a boondoggle by any other name remains a boondoggle and, even though it takes NV Energy a…
“Renewable energy” is a misnomer. Wind and solar machines and batteries are built from nonrenewable materials. And they wear out. Old equipment must be decommissioned, generating millions of tons of waste. The International Renewable Energy Agency calculates that solar goals…
About 98% of the combined industrial, commercial, residential and transportation sectors energy needs are supplied by non-renewable energy resources. Watts Up With That? Larry Hamlin, Guest Essay EIA data shows wind & solar met 3% of U.S. energy after $50…
The report, by American Enterprise Institute scholar Benjamin Zycher, claims the Green New Deal championed by many 2020 Democratic presidential candidates would come with its own set of environmental issues from rapidly expanding renewable energy. Michael Bastasch Daily Caller •The…
Moffat County ranchers tap the sun to deliver water to animals Solar-powered water systems let livestock drink more easily and take pressure off ponds and streams The streaming mid-July sunshine seemed to illustrate Vance Fulton’s point about the effectiveness of…