Want open space? Don’t go wind or solar!
By Robert Applegate Amid the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) latest report1 on the land requirements of solar power generation, others are taking a look at what is really required to power homes using solar and wind and comparing that to another carbon free source, nuclear power generation. A nuclear power plant, the biggest reactors […]
Joe America Show on Fracking, Energy, and Environmentalism
I was on the Joe America radio show this past Saturday. Check it out when you get a chance. We had an interesting discussion about fracking, energy, and environmentalism. It was great! The link to the June 1 recording is on the bottom of the radio show’s webpage: https://milehiradio.com/shows.cfm?id=653B6855-E65F-3BF8-F158C4EB3785EEC7 I was on the Joe America […]
Gasland Part II
Fracking has been an incredible boon for everyone in the United States. For the first time in decades, heavy manufacturing companies, such as Nucor Steel, are coming back to the United States to take advantage of low energy costs. The rest of the world stands to benefit from fracking, too. Fracking has the potential to […]
Ex-EPA Region 8 Administrator Martin to Receive Award, Despite Record
It seems that no bad deed goes unrewarded by the University of Colorado-Denver. This week, the UCD School of Public Affairs announced that former EPA Region 8 Administrator James Martin will be one of the winners of its 14th Annual Wirth Chair Sustainability Awards. It’s a curious choice, in light of the fact that Mr. […]
Why won’t Colorado eco-left consider hydropower renewable?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers hydropower to be a renewable energy source. The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) calculates that carbon emissions from hydroelectric power are on par with wind and solar energy. Last Thursday, Daniel Weiss of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a leftist non-profit organization, testified in front of the U.S. House […]
Why won't Colorado eco-left consider hydropower renewable?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers hydropower to be a renewable energy source. The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) calculates that carbon emissions from hydroelectric power are on par with wind and solar energy. Last Thursday, Daniel Weiss of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a leftist non-profit organization, testified in front of the U.S. House […]
No love for reality of “renewable” energy in North Carolina
A newly released survey provides some powerful ammunition for North Carolina lawmakers who want to freeze the state’s renewable energy mandate at its current level rather than continue its increase to meet the 12.5 percent mandate by 2021. The Raleigh, North Carolina, based Civitas Institute conducted the state-wide poll and found that while residents like […]
Should Xcel Energy be worried about high cost of electricity? Competition?
Conventional wisdom would believe that Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) such as Xcel Energy would have lower electric rates than Rural Electric Associations (REAs) and Municipally Owned Utilities (MOUs) because IOUs have the advantage of population density that allows for maximization of capital investment. But that is not the case as the Colorado Association of Municipal […]
The Great Solar Rip-Off: By the Numbers
According to Xcel Energy’s regulatory filings, the utility spent $275 million in ratepayer subsidies for customer-sited solar panel systems from 2008-2012.* That breaks down to: $196 Cost of these solar subsidies for each of Xcel Energy’s 1.4 million Colorado customers. .7% Percentage of Xcel Energy customers (approximately 9,200) that benefit from lower electricity rates by […]
Must reads to celebrate Earth Day
Predictions from the first Earth Day in 1969, “Environmentalists’ Wild Predictions,” by Walter Williams: At the first Earth Day celebration, in 1969, environmentalist Nigel Calder warned, “The threat of a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for mankind.” C.C. Wallen of the World […]
War on Rural CO: Economic impact of SB 252
The impact of SB 252, a bill to raise the renewable mandate on rural electric cooperatives, will be devastating to rural Colorado according to Dr. Roger Bezdek, Founder and President of Management Information Services, Inc. Bezdek released a report titled “The Economic and Jobs Impact of the Proposed Colorado RES” that predicts that, if passed, SB […]
Highlights and lowlights of SB252 testimony
Despite close to seven hours of testimony on SB13-252, a bill to raise the renewable energy mandate 150 percent on rural electric co-ops, it is very clear that the bill’s prime sponsors Senate President John Morse (D-Colorado Springs) and Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) do not understand their own bill and didn’t bother to consult those […]
