AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter 12/9/19

Energy & Environmental Newsletter - 12/9/19

AWED Friends:   For the full version of the latest Energy & Environmental Newsletter, please click here…  To review some of the highlights, see below. If your community is threatened by an industrial wind energy project, the key question is:  1) should you fight this situation primarily on your own, or 2) should you engage an experienced pro-citizen consultant?  Here is an analogy that explains our recommendation. To accommodate the diversity of interesting material, the Newsletter articles are subdivided into eleven (11) categories (see below). My vote for the most outstanding articles this cycle are: Dr. Judith Curry: Madrid and Lessons From Three Decades Of Failed Climate Policy, Climategate: Untangling Myth and Reality Ten Years Later, Global Warming’s Apocalyptic Path, The Incredible Story Of How Climate Change Became Apocalyptic, Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong, Goodbye Freedom, Democracy and the Rule of Law, short video: The Dark Art of Framing, Why “Green” Energy is a Terrible Idea, Green Energy Studies: Consulting, or Advertising?, America needs to wake up to the real threat. Energy Economics — Another Round of Energy Pork With climate change Science and Economics should be paramount Ontario saves $500± Million by dumping wind turbines Expect the ECB to Use a "Climate Crisis" to Justify Their Next Stimulus Plan Wind Energy Ecosystem Impacts— EPA working aggressively to address “forever chemicals” (e.g. in Solar) This Wood is Key to Wind Energy — Too Bad there’s a Shortage UK Wind Project Extension: Environmental and Economic Downsides Seabird Populations Plummet As Offshore Wind Projects Proliferate NY State's Race to the Bottom — In NY National Grid fails under pressure National Grid and Cuomo Settle Moratorium; Who Blinked? NY PSC Needs To Be Independent Of Cuomo, Not A Pawn NY Editorial: Don't limit access to power grid talks Nuclear Energy — Rolls Royce wants innovative financing for its first-of-a-kind nuclear SMRs Short video: Gates Goes Nuclear Bitter Cold Stops Coal, While Nuclear Power Excels  Nuclear Energy is the Future (click on American flag for English) Nuclear Power isn’t Green Enough for Germany Archive: Solar Produces 300 times more waste than Nuclear does Energy Misc — Why “Green” Energy is a Terrible Idea Green Energy Studies: Consulting, or Advertising? Tech Breakthrough Could Spark A Geothermal Energy Boom Recent DOE Presentation about Geothermal (download) Some Facts About Energy MIT: Why electric cars cannot compete against petrol engines Video: Good talk about the cons of renewable energy Can we go back to the pre-fossil fuel era? The UN and Global Warming — Dr. Judith Curry: Madrid and Lessons from 30 Years of Failed Climate Policy The UN’s impossible climate action pyramid Principled Inaction in the Face of Climate Change Extremism 30 Years Of UN Climate Policy Failure COP25: the “easy wins” are coming to an end. What now? Professor Says UN Could Use Military To Enforce Climate Change Agenda The European Union and Global Warming — Goodbye Freedom, Democracy and the Rule of Law EU Parliament's 'Climate Emergency' Will Lead to Disastrous Consequences Short video: CLINTEL meets with European Parliament Revolt Brewing Against EU’s ‘Unrealistic’ Climate Goals Europe’s Climate Fiasco: EU Set to Miss 2030 Climate Goal European Parliament splits over "climate emergency” motions Manmade Global Warming (other) — Climategate: Untangling Myth and Reality Ten Years Later Global Warming’s Apocalyptic Path The Incredible Story Of How Climate Change Became Apocalyptic Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong Who is Winning the Climate Wars? Educational deficiencies lead to doomsday projections New Dr. Lindzen Study: On Climate Sensitivity  The great failure of the climate models Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Steady Upward Trend Four Renowned Scientists Expose Major IPCC Shortcomings  Report: Carbon Futility —  Five Essays on Climate Policy Alarmists Propose Rebranding ‘Climate Change’ for Greater Shock Value Good short video: Naomi Seibt on Climate Change Bishops urge Catholics to divulge ‘eco-sins’ in confession Misc Education — Creepy: Greta Thunberg Being Taught As Religion In Swedish Schools? Despite Common Core Promises, U.S. Kids Repeat Poor Performance On Latest Global Tests A New-Schools Strategy to Fix Higher Education The Majors that Pay and the Degrees that Don’t for Graduates Misc US Politics — America needs to wake up to the real threat President Trump and the Popularity of Socialism New Poll Shows US Voters Aren’t Buying Into Sales-Pitch For Socialism Hong Kong protestors sing American National Anthem as thanks Mask off: Greta Thunberg comes out full Marxist Greta Thunberg the teenage Climate Puppet has gone Marxist Climate Change: The Democratic Party's ultimate coup d'etat Recommended Gift: Agenda Documentary Package Science and Misc Matters — Short video: The Dark Art of Framing Tipping point in civilization: Experts say “listen to children”  Scientific Transparency, The New Trump Administration Proposal What do 'Renewable' and 'Green' Mean? The world is doing much better than the bad news makes us think Dr. Soon Video: All Green Cash … and Hidden Secrets of Greenpeace Most Americans Think Cohabitation Is Fine, But That’s Not What Social Science Says John Droz, jr. physicist & citizen advocate Note 1: We recommend reading the Newsletter on your computer, not your phone, as some documents (e.g. PDFs) are much easier to read on a large computer screen… We’ve tried to use common fonts, etc. to minimize display issues. Note 2: Originally this was a monthly Newsletter. However, as pertinent material proliferated, it has been issued more frequently. As a guideline once we collect a hundred worthwhile articles, a new Newsletter will be issued on the following Monday. Recently this has resulted in a once every three weeks frequency — and occasionally once every two weeks. Note 3: Our intention is to put some balance into what most people see from the mainstream media about energy, environmental and education issues… As always, please pass the Newsletter on to open-minded citizens, and link to it on your social media sites. If there are others who you think would benefit from being on our Energy & Environmental email list, please let me know. If at any time you'd like to be taken off this list, simply send me an email saying that. Note 4: This Newsletter is intended to supplement the material on our website, WiseEnergy.org. For wind warriors, the most important page there is the Winning page. Note 5: I am not an attorney, so no material appearing in any of the Newsletters (or the WiseEnergy.org website) should be construed as giving legal advice. My recommendation has always been: consult a competent licensed attorney when you are involved with legal issues.