A reader answers the question above, followed by my comments in italics: This is a function of your utility’s grid mix. There will likely be a lot of gas, possibly some coal, hydro is common, nukes, and of course solar …
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A reader asks, “What is wrong with Republicans? Don’t any of them get diabetes?” The problem is that these congresspeople represent people who don’t think that government should be in the business of doing anything good for the American people. …
From Energy Analyst Robert Rapier: I never cease to be amazed by people who flatly reject data that are crystal clear. I once had a guy get huffy because he insisted that gasoline prices at the end of Obama’s second …
The question here is remarkable in that it could have been posed at any time since humankind formed its first agrarian societies about 10,000 years ago, and that this concern has recently intensified with what has happened in Russia, China, …
This is a hot topic right now, and there are numerous perspectives. According to some jackass on Sunday morning news TV, that’s “up to the American people, and they don’t care.” Wrong on both accounts.
When I came across this meme on India’s roadways, I wrote: “Does this represent a legitimate path to sustainability, via a new use of waste plastic?” A reader responds: Not sure how that would hold up in Canada’s extremely changeable …
As George Carlin noted in the video below, we tend to use language that separates us from the punishing blows of harsh realities, and as time passes, our use of euphemisms grows ever more intense.
From Senior Contributor to Forbes Robert Rapier: The announcement (that President Biden is releasing one million barrels of crude oil per day from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gas prices) prompted an odd response from former President Trump. Through …
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An EV skeptic writes as follows, with my comments in italics: What do they think will happen if they succeed in making the entirety of the US transition to electric cars?
Sorry, but I don’t get this. Clarence Thomas voted to block evidence of his wife’s criminality. Please don’t tell me we need a “binding code of ethics” to cover something so obviously illegal and corrupt. The Due Process clauses of the United States …
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