Solar Saves Fuel, but Isn’t Reliable Power
Not only are there guaranteed to be prolonged periods with almost no sunlight reaching solar panels, but solar panels can be rendered totally dysfunctional by snowfall. Solar is fuel savings, not reliable energy.
Solar's Contribution Is Negligible, Merely a Fuel Saver
Solar powers virtually nothing, let alone India. It is a fuel saver for reliable power sources that depends on reliable power sources.
Stop Anti‑fossil Policies; Let Supply Meet Demand
The same anti-fossil-fuel politicians who spent the last decade sabotaging our electricity supply are now saying we should sabotage demand through a data center moratorium. How about instead we abandon anti-fossil-fuel policies so supply can meet demand and we can be...
Demand for Proof: Nuclear Build Not $9.3B Impact
I want to see a report demonstrating that the “construction phase” of a new nuclear power plant will NOT involve anywhere near $9.3 billion in “economic impact.”
Reopen Hormuz Strait, Not Ban Oil Exports
Want to understand what's going on with rising oil prices and Iran? I gave a full breakdown on @tbpn. The basics: • There is absolutely no substitute for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, whether through rapid victory or through a well-protected convoy. •...
Google’s “Renewable” Data Center Still Runs on Fossil Fuels
Google continues to lie about being "renewable"—this time by claiming a new data center will be powered by "wind and batteries." Let's do some honest journalism here: Google's data center in Minnesota will be connected to the local grid, powered largely by...
California's Anti‑fuel Policies Drive Sky‑high Gas Prices
The government of California has waged war on our in-state fossil fuel supply for decades. Now we rely on 1) limited and expensive in-state fossil fuels, and 2) expensive fossil fuel imports from out of state. Is it any wonder why we...
Illinois Should Scrap Net‑zero Mandate for Cheaper Power
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker just issued an order aimed at facilitating at least 2 GW in nuclear capacity additions. It's good to see an increasingly wider recognition of the potential of nuclear power, which has been stunted for decades by pseudoscientific...
Zero‑Emission Mandates Without Nuclear Threaten Power Prices, Reliability
California, Oregon, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont have aggressive (75-100%) zero-emission electricity mandates AND bans on new nuclear power. If these states don't repeal these policies—and soon—they will face: 1) sky-high electricity rates (from catastrophically expensive overbuilds of solar/wind/batteries and...
Winter Freeze Exposes Solar and Wind’s Reliability Gap
Late January's winter weather was a perfect litmus test for purported replacements of fossil fuels. If a type of “power” or “capacity” cannot reliably contribute to preventing Americans from freezing to death during a week of nationwide cold weather, whatever else...
Closing Fossil Plants Drives Winter Grid Strain, Price Spikes
Had we not shut down so many coal plants and suppressed so many pipelines and prevented so many gas plants, this winter's electricity demand could have been easily and cheaply met. Instead, it strained grids, spiked power prices, and spiked heating...
Solar and Wind Save Fuel for Reliable Power
If solar and wind are not replacements for fossil fuel power, what are they? After all, they are doing something—witness charts showing large amounts of “generation” in a day or the largest growth in “generation” and “capacity” over time. That “something” is...
Solar and Wind Are Intermittent, Not Reliable Power Sources
All energy discussions, analyses, and policy-making must totally stop treating solar and wind as reliable power sources and instead treat them as intermittent fuel-savers.
AI Demand Pushes Tech Giants Toward Real Nuclear Power
Tech giants spent years pretending to be "100% renewable," i.e. powered mostly by intermittent solar and wind. Now that they need large amounts of energy to power AI, they're not pretending any longer. Case in point: Meta's major new investments in nuclear...
Renewables Need Fossil Backup, Not Standalone Power
When you see that a new solar and wind project is said to “power” some large number of homes or factories or data centers—know that the solar and wind are “powering” nothing by themselves, since they are entirely dependent on...
US Solar and Wind Spending Yields No Economic Value
Even though solar and wind theoretically have value as intermittent fuel-savers, the hundreds of billions spent on them in the US so far have mostly amounted to burning other people’s money and have created no economic value whatsoever.
Discussing Good Energy Policy on a Non‑Partisan Podcast
I’ve been seeking out more non-partisan forums to share my views. Here's a non-partisan podcast I went on recently to give an overview of what I think good energy policy looks like. https://t.co/D2c1X4Z1Jj
Winter Storms Expose Solar and Wind’s Reliability Limits
When winter storms arrive, solar and wind frequently generate less than 10% of their supposed "capacity." If we tried to truly rely on solar and wind to the point of shutting down more fossil fuel plants, Americans would have routine blackouts. Do...
Solar and Wind Aren't Cost‑competitive; They Add to Power Costs
We often hear the claim that intermittent solar and wind are cost-competitive with reliable sources of electricity. This is an accounting fraud. The cost of solar and wind is paid on top of the cost of an on-demand power source, not instead...
Solar Power Unreliable Even in Sun‑Rich Regions
No matter how sunny a region it is deployed in, solar is not a reliable source of power. Even in sun-drenched Arizona, a series of three low-pressure systems wiped out most of the state's solar energy for 6 days in January...
Anti‑fossil Policies Raise Electricity Costs Despite Cheap Gas
The number one source of electricity on the grid is natural gas. Its price has fallen since 2010. Meanwhile, electricity prices have gone up significantly. This shouldn't happen. This is the direct result of anti-fossil-fuel policies based on the dangerous and false belief that...
Winter Storm Leaves Solar Power Completely Ineffective
As badly as wind performed during recent winter weather, solar performed far, far worse. As often happens during winter storms, solar was mostly or totally useless during the times of highest demand (evening and early morning). In Florida, which was hit later...
Solar and Wind Capacity Is an Illusion, Storm Proves
For solar and wind, “capacity” is the maximum potential electricity it can generate when there are perfect weather conditions. Storm Fern showed how in real-world conditions, solar and wind’s “capacity” is an illusion.
Rising Demand Meets Intermittent Solar, Threatening Power Reliability
US electricity demand is rising quickly—and it can only be met with 24/7 reliable power. And yet most of the added electricity "capacity" in 2025 came from intermittent solar. If this continues, electricity prices will continue to rise due to reliable power...
Regressive Mandates Undermine Climate Resilience, Not Protect It
During today’s nonstop rain, California’s “fight” against climate danger has featured mandated solar panels that produce no electricity and mandated paper bags that can’t carry groceries. “Fighting” climate via forced technological regression just makes us more vulnerable to it.
Solar Proves Reliable; End Subsidies, Demand Self‑Sufficiency
Wow, the sun shined a lot in the middle of a day. I guess solar is reliable now... If @SEIA really believes in their product, they should join me in calling for an end to all solar subsidies and for requiring...
AOC Accuses Shell of Decades of Climate Deception
AOC to Shell: “I’m willing to hold you accountable for lying about climate change for 30 years when you secretly knew the entire time that fossil fuels emissions would destroy our planet.” Is this the destruction she is talking about? https://t.co/ep3Xep3YHE
EV Demand Collapses After Congress Slashes IRA Subsidies
We constantly hear that EVs are the future of transportation. And yet, when Congress cut the IRA subsidies for EVs mid- last year, the demand for them fell dramatically. 🤔 https://t.co/Tji0vbvpat
Electricity Scarcity in Africa Dwarfs Climate Panic
In some African countries, less than a quarter of the population has access to basic electricity for even four hours a day. Meanwhile in the West, our designated experts tell us that "climate change" is a global emergency. If they bothered to...
Wind Beats Solar for Reliable 24/7 Power
Solar sucks as a real power source even compared to wind. Wind is intermittent but at least blows some almost 24/7 so if you overbuild enough and add a lot of storage you get something resembling capacity. Solar disappears 1/2 the time...