Browsing All Posts filed under »Fraud/Waste«

Legalized Climate Grifting

March 22, 2023 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ Grifters have long fascinated us. Operating outside accepted moral standards, they excel at persuading their “marks” to hand valuables over willingly. If they ever represented a “distinctly American ethos,” they’ve been supplanted by con artists seeking bank accounts for funds abandoned by Nigerian princes. Their artful dodging is epitomized by Frank […]

Greens Refuse To Discuss Recycling Renewables And Restoring Mining Locations To Pristine Condition

March 20, 2023 by

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By Ronald Stein ~ The reality is that all the mineral products and metals needed to make wind turbines, solar panels, and EV batteries are mined and processed in places like Baotou, Inner Mongolia, Bolivia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly under Chinese control. Decommissioning and restoration of those mining landscapes back to their […]

The Silly Giant Scale Of U.S. Offshore Wind Development

January 8, 2023 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ The world’s biggest offshore wind array is Hornsea 2, which is 1,386 MW with a turbine size of 8.4 MW. Operational in 2022 it is the state of the OSW art. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_offshore_wind_farms But Virginia’s phase 1 array is a whopping 2,600 MW, with huge 15 MW turbines. Clearly it […]

Astronomical Battery Cost Looms Over “Renewables”

December 16, 2022 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ The amount of storage needed to make renewables reliable is so huge that even if the cost dropped fantastically we still could not afford it. We now know that the battery storage for the entire American grid is impossibly expensive, thanks to a breakthrough study by engineer Ken Gregory. Looking […]

Farmers And Consumers Relish Agricultural Success In India

December 3, 2022 by

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By Vijay Raj Jayaraj ~ Imagine the entire U.S. plunging into abject poverty. In global terms, abject poverty is when people earn less than $2 per day, amounting to a monthly income of just $60. That is lesser than a dinner bill in some of the restaurants in the U.S. In many parts of our […]

Serious Arguments For Citizen Climate Warriors: Book Review Of “Dumb Energy” By Norman Rogers

November 29, 2022 by

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By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ Too often simple reasoning will not get a job done. You can wear yourself out explaining some very logical arguments. Too many folks already know everything they want to know. Wind and solar electricity are renewable energy. How nice to pluck energy out of the air and the sky. It’s […]

COP27 – Colombia Claims An Absurd $800 Billion A Year “Loss And Damage”

November 17, 2022 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ This preposterous claim shows the dangerous absurdity of the “loss and damage” doctrine. At this rate of damage the global total would run around TWO HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. There is not that much money in the whole world. The $800 billion a year is from a report presented […]

The Real “Existential Threat” To People And Planet

October 20, 2022 by

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From the team at CFACT ~ By Don Ritter ~ It’s ironic. The very Biden Administration and European Government policies that are supposed to address the asserted “existential threat” of climate change are themselves the true existential threat to modern civilization. As someone trained in science and engineering, a lifelong hiker, gardener and lover of […]

COP27 – Hopeless Hopeful Money Will Dominate The Discussion

October 15, 2022 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ The UN’s annual climate change global negotiating festival — in this case COP27 in Egypt — is less than a month away. This one could be a real hoot to watch because there is only one big issue left on the table and that is MONEY. Lots of money, many […]

Next Big Energy Fraud – Replacing Coal With Hydrogen To Make Steel

October 11, 2022 by

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By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ One of Australia’s richest men, Andrew Forrest, chairman of Fortescue Metals is challenging his nation to make steel without emitting carbon dioxide. Today virtually all steel is made by heating iron oxides with coal. Forrest plans a demo project to virtue signal his desire to stay a steel magnate while […]

Congresswoman Seeks DOJ Review Of Missing Data For 3.1M New York Voters

October 7, 2022 by

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By Fred Lucas ~ As New York state struggles with allegations of election fraud, a new review of its voter lists shows that basic personal identification information is missing for 3.1 million registered voters, in apparent violation of federal law. States vary, but the general standard for voter registration information is to include either a […]

In Pennsylvania, Cleaner Elections Hinge On 3 Court Cases

September 24, 2022 by

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By Fred Lucas ~ Litigation in Pennsylvania could change election procedures in one of the most closely watched battleground states in the country. In 2020, Joe Biden won Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes statewide, beating Donald Trump’s 2016 victory margin in the state by about 45,000 votes. This year, the seats of outgoing Pennsylvania Gov. […]

Hydrogen Hype And Hurdles – Part One

September 20, 2022 by

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By Viv Forbes and Dr. Jay Lehr ~ Spending money trying to replace petroleum based gasoline with Hydrogen fuel cells is another way for the current administration to dole out money to friends as was done copiously with the solar cell industry. Hydrogen fuel cells are unlikely to be commercially competitive with other ways to […]

Free Stuff From The Inflation “Reduction” Act Discriminates Against The Poor!

September 9, 2022 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ In the name of “inflation reduction” Uncle Sam is giving away four and a half billion dollars worth of rebates on electrical appliances and related juicy stuff. Okay the Federal Government is not actually giving it away; they are just paying for it. The taxpayers are paying the multi-billion dollar […]

Electrical Power Data In Pictures – Supply And Consumption And Renewables – Part 7

September 8, 2022 by

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By Anton Lang ~ This is the last Part of this Series, and it has the two most important images of this whole Series that I wanted to show to you all, and they are the last two images, both towards the bottom of this Post. Again be aware that this data is not from […]

Electrical Power Data In Pictures – Supply And Consumption And Renewables – Part 6

September 6, 2022 by

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By Anton Lang ~ Again be aware that this data is not from any time far into the past, as this data is current to just six days ago. Every image you see in this Post is sized at a smaller size to best fit the page. If you click on any of the images, […]

Electrical Power Data In Pictures – Supply And Consumption And Renewables – Part 5

September 5, 2022 by

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By Anton Lang ~ Again be aware that this data is not from any time far into the past, as this data is current to just five days ago. Every image you see in this Post is sized at a smaller size to best fit the page. If you click on any of the images, […]

Electrical Power Data In Pictures – Supply And Consumption And Renewables – Part 4

September 4, 2022 by

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By Anton Lang ~ Again be aware that this data is not from any time far into the past, as this data is current to just four days ago. Every image you see in this Post is sized at a smaller size to best fit the page. If you click on any of the images, […]

Virginia State Corporation Commission Exposes Dominion Energy’s Double-Dipping Ploy

September 4, 2022 by

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By Collister Johnson ~ The Virginia State Corporation Commission recently ruled on the application of Dominion Energy to construct its gigantic Offshore Wind Energy Project (OWP). The OWP consists of 176 wind turbines, each larger than the Washington Monument, to be erected 27 miles out in the open ocean off the shore of Virginia Beach, […]

Electrical Power Data In Pictures – Supply And Consumption And Renewables – Part 3

September 3, 2022 by

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By Anton Lang ~ Again be aware that this data is not for any time far into the past, as this data is current to just three days ago. Every image you see in this Post is sized at a smaller size to best fit the page. If you click on any of the images, […]

Electrical Power Data In Pictures – Supply And Consumption And Renewables – Part 2

September 2, 2022 by

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By Anton Lang ~ Again be aware that this data is not for any time far into the past, as this data is current to just two days ago. Every image you see in this Post is sized at a smaller size to best fit the page. If you click on any of the images, […]

Electrical Power Data In Pictures – Supply And Consumption And Renewables

September 1, 2022 by

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By Anton Lang ~ (Each day, the most recent Part in this Series will then be added to the bottom of this Main Post) As an introduction, sometimes you can wait many Months to see electrical power generation and consumption data. The Australian Government Report comes out yearly, with the data from the previous year, […]