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Which Burns Faster, Wind Turbines or EVs?
By The Daily Skirmish – Liberato.US It’s been a rough couple of weeks for climate true-believers. If you’re one of them, buckle up, you’re about to get red-pilled: A wind turbine in Texas caught fire and was destroyed after being hit by lightning. The 800 pounds of oil in the gear box produced a column of thick […]
If Consumers, Businesses Cared About ‘Climate’, The Last Cars They’d Buy Are Hot-Selling Electric Vehicles
By The Geller Report Governments are forcing the public to buy EVs even if they don’t want the WOKE nonsense. Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., Wall Street Journal, “A zombie business or industry, in today’s parlance, is one sustained less by creative destruction than by a combination of government bailout, regulation and hidden subsidies. This is […]
Gore: Eliminate Democracy to Save Planet
By Jihad Watch A guy who lost a presidential election but made a fortune has some thoughts on the political system. Gore, in an interview with Meet the Press’ Chuck Todd that will air Sunday, said that public sentiment is changing in regards to climate change but that “democracy is broken,” The only people who think “democracy is […]
Fossil Fuels: Essential to Human Flourishing
By MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities Despite the prevailing narrative, there are compelling arguments for the continued use of fossil fuels. Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal and Natural Gas — Not Less By Alex Epstein | Portfolio, USA | 2022, 480 pages Alex Epstein first shot to fame in 2014 […]
Environmentalists Promising to Save Planet by Planting Trees Keep Starting Forest Fires
By Jihad Watch We had to burn the trees to save the trees… from us. On Monday, Dutch reforestation company Land Life started what has become a 35,000 acre forest fire in Spain. These things happen. And happen. This is the second forest fire started by Land Life in a month. I’m starting to think that environmentalists […]
Charging an All Electric Car Uses 4 Times the Electricity of a Home Air Conditioner
By Dr. Rich Swier Watch as Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) puts Biden’s Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on the spot during a hearing on the cost to charge all electric vehicles on Tuesday, July 18th, 2022. Congressman Massie states, “Numbers are important. It would take four times as much electricity to charge the average household’s […]
TEAM ENERGY: 10 Steps to Unlock American Energy, Fuel Economic Recovery, & Strengthen National Security.
By Dr. Rich Swier We recently received a text message from Team Energy—Energy Citizens on their efforts to make American energy independent again. The text message stated, “Did you see that recently we unveiled a 10 in 2022 Plan to restore US energy leadership & fuel economic recovery? It’s no secret that energy and fuel […]
If Climate Change Is a Dire Threat, Why Is No One Talking about Nuclear Power?
By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) A common (legitimate) concern with nuclear is unhealthy radiation, its usage actually emits less radiation than the burning of coal. There is a deafening silence surrounding nuclear energy. Yet, if you are to believe the current climate alarmism on display, the world’s future is hanging by a thread. Indeed, […]
REPORT: Biden Poised To Declare Climate Emergency To Ram Through Green Agenda
By The Daily Caller President Joe Biden could declare a climate emergency as soon as this week, according to The Washington Post, in a bid to implement elements of his environmental agenda as climate legislation has stalled in Congress. Leading Biden administration officials are debating ways to advance the president’s agenda, and the president is […]
The Author Who Warned Us Against Blindly Trusting ‘The Science’
By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 work “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” revealed why we should not confuse scientists with science. “Attacks on me are, quite frankly, attacks on science,” said Anthony Fauci to widespread ridicule or approval, depending upon which side you are on. If you doubt his judgment personally, you must not […]
‘Peak climate insanity’ — Manchin Rejects $2 Trillion Pork Barrel Climate Spending Bill
By Marc Morano Morano: “I liken it to they compare the climate crisis to having cancer and the green energy transition, the Green New Deal is their version of chemotherapy. Yeah, you’re gonna be sick, you’re gonna be vomiting, you’re gonna be laid up, but just when you get to the other side of that, […]
Climate-Related Deaths Are at Historic Lows, Data Show
By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Since the 1920s, atmospheric CO2 concentrations increased from about 305 parts per million to more to more than 400 ppm. The latest talking point of progressive politicians, pundits, and activists is that America cannot afford not to spend trillions of dollars to “solve the climate crisis” because global warming is an […]
The End of Private Car Ownership
By Jihad Watch You will drive nothing and you will be happy. The term “pedestrian” has a derogatory meaning because peasants walked while nobles were “equestrians” and rode horses. The industrial revolution eliminated this class difference, as it did so many others, by making car ownership available to the masses until eventually Herbert Hoover was […]
Marx and the Banning of Elements in the Periodic Table
By Vlad Tepes Blog Examining the problem, reaction, solution/thesis, counter thesis, solution, or the dialectic scam of the left. There certainly seems to be more than one understanding of this phrase. Here is our shot at it. Of course, there are scholars of Hegel/Marx who read this site, and we welcome any corrections or other […]
Studies Show The Electric Vehicles Democrats Insist You Buy Are Worse For The Environment And Lower Quality
By The Geller Report It was never about the climate. It was always about destroying our way of life, our standing in the world and transferring our wealth to left-wing elites with nonsensical, failed ‘businesses’. Studies Show The Electric Vehicles Democrats Insist You Buy Are Worse For The Environment And Lower Quality By: Helen Raleigh, The […]
Court Blocks Pennsylvania’s Carbon Pricing Scheme
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow “Don’t let activists who believe that putting Pennsylvanians out of work will help ‘save the planet.’ It’s time to confront the wannabe planet savers here in this room and this state and tell them not only NO, but HELL NO.” That’s what CFACT’s Marc Morano declared before the Pennsylvania […]
FABRICATING REALITY: Climate Change, Atmospheric Transgenderism and Mental Masturbation
By Dr. Rich Swier “I’ve called it ‘atmospheric transgenderism.’ If men can get pregnant, then CO2 is a pollutant, you see. If you’re fabricating reality, then anything goes.” — Mike Adams, July 7, 2022 Natural News Mental Masturbation: The act of engaging in useless yet intellectually stimulating conversation, usually as an excuse to avoid taking […]
SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS: 70,000 Self-Employed Truckers in California Forced Off The Road Under New Democrat State Law
By The Geller Report The Democrats war on the hard working American ratcheted up another unimaginable notch. But this time, it not only outs the small businessman out of business, throw in massive shortages (food, supplies etc.), supply chain issues etc. It’s a catastrophe Sadly, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a review on whether California […]
Biden Economics: Natural Gas Soars 700%
By The Geller Report “Best economy in history.” — White House Natural Gas Soars 700%, Becoming Driving Force in the New Cold War (Bloomberg) — One morning in early June, a fire broke out at an obscure facility in Texas that takes natural gas from US shale basins, chills it into a liquid and ships it […]
EU Declares Fossil Fuel To Be ‘Green’ Energy As ‘Climate Change’ Narrative Self-Destructs
By The Geller Report When reality meets propaganda, it’s brutal. Trump was right. Right about “green energy’ farce, right about the climate accord, right about the Paris Agreement …. he was right about everything. “EU Parliament backs green label for nuclear and natural gas, defying climate Left,” reports the Washington Examiner. The decision will, “ease construction […]
Barrels of Oil Released by Biden From Reserve Were Sent to China
By Jihad Watch Dumping the country’s oil reserves was the only strategy to lower energy prices that Biden would accept. He continues blocking domestic drilling and taxes remain high. The practical impact of the reserve releases was negligible and, worse still, five million barrels of oil from the reserve were actually exported abroad. More than 5 million […]
UPDATE: Holland’s Eco-War Against Farmers
By Matthys van Raalten “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Since Monday the Fourth of July, there has been an uprising of Dutch farmers. Though the farmers break laws, their protests should be considered peaceful and within the spirit of democracy. Their case […]
UN Journal Touts ‘The Benefits of World Hunger’ – ‘Hunger Has Great Positive Value’
By Marc Morano The UN Chronicle, which bills itself as “The magazine of the United Nations, Since 1946” originally published this essay in 2008 by Professor George Kent of the University of Hawaii: “Hunger has great positive value to many people. Indeed, it is fundamental to the working of the world’s economy. Hungry people are […]
California to Pivot to Fossil Fuels to Avoid Blackouts. Fossil fuels to the rescue … in California?
By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) California is hardly the first state to realize that transitioning to renewable energy is easier said than done. In May, The Wall Street Journal reported that energy grid operators across the US were bracing for rolling blackouts heading into the summer. “I am concerned about it,” MISO CEO John Bear told the […]
Farmer Uprising in The Netherlands
By Matthys van Raalten Tomorrow, on the 4th of July, there will be massive protests by Dutch farmers against the Dutch government. The Dutch government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte (a fake conservative) wants to drive large numbers of farmers off their lands. Dutch farmers are among the best in the world and they […]
Neil Gorsuch Takes a Stand Against the Tyranny of Unaccountable, Rogue Bureaucracy
By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) “The framers believed that a republic—a thing of the people—would be more likely to enact just laws than a regime administered by a ruling class of largely unaccountable ‘ministers.’” Without a doubt, Neil Gorsuch is the most libertarian Supreme Court justice of my lifetime. He just proved his constitutional, […]
Buttigieg Begins $1 Billion Plan to Ensure ‘Racial Equity’ in Roads
By Discover The Networks Breitbart News reports that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will launch a $1 billion pilot plan to address what he sees as cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by roads. “There is racism physically built into some of our highways, and that’s why the jobs plan has specifically committed to reconnect some of the […]
VIDEO: Good Stewardship Rides High in Texas!
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow VIDEO: Good Stewardship Rides High in Texas! – Dr. Rich Swier Copyright © 2021 DrRichSwier.com LLC. A Florida Cooperation. All rights reserved. The DrRichSwier.com is a not-for-profit news forum for intelligent Conservative commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own. Republishing of columns on this website requires the […]
Supreme Court Delivers Massive Blow To Biden’s Climate Agenda
By The Daily Caller The Supreme Court delivered a massive blow to the Biden administration’s climate change plan Thursday, severely limiting the power of federal agencies. The Court, in a 6-3 decision, limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants, significantly curtailing the power of the federal agency. The […]
One More Blockbuster Supreme Court Decision: West Virginia v. EPA Could Still Be Coming
By The Geller Report And it is potentially bigger than Roe v. Wade. The court could begin to rein in the vast powers of the alphabet agencies in D.C. that run our lives and return it to legislators whom we elect to create. Supreme Court’s abortion ruling rocked nation last week but West Virginia v. […]