Energy policy is the one item that will have the biggest impact on the livelihoods of ordinary Americans over the next four years. The Republicans certainly lead on energy policy, but people don't vote for policies, they vote for people, and the GOP has thrown away a huge opportunity by selecting a decrepit old misogynist as their candidate. Trump is not fit to represent America on the world stage, so Americans will very likely have to suffer another four years of rising energy costs and lower living standards.
In all seriousness, are you as sick as I am of ANY politician promising to solve every problem they create, but never admitting to creating them? Our political class should be flogged!
I long for the days when it was fashionable, even admirable, to make the statement, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
Here's this. A video follows detailing the population density, car usage etc. We who know what we know know that this is a result of the SAI and SRM programs. Rural New Mexico has less density, but the same visual of a pollution dome.
Have y'all checked out how the DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy has been engaged during the Biden Admin. Also consider listening to House Committee on Energy and Commerce sessions. This committee (established 1795) is the at the forefront of all issues and policies powering America’s economy, including our global competitive edge in energy, technology, and health care. Is your state elected representatives engaged in collaborative, bipartisan efforts to improve or revise inadequate policy legislation or just blowing hot air into dog whistles.
My dem state reps are paid/supported by the nuclear bomb industry via Los Alamos National Lab and Sandia National Lab. Whatever papa wants we, the people get.
I'm in Washington so aware of how nuclear weapon development and nuclear energy got convoluted. NGOs like Sierra Club promote the convoluted disinformation because of Hanford nuclear weapons development waste cleanup. Papa?
Yep, those are the years I chose to study it for environmental law classes. A lot has been done since then, but I won't enumerate all here. However, one example is vitrification of weapons development liquid waste: https://www.hanford.gov/files.cfm/WTP_Fact_Sheet.pdf
I have always believed the DOD should have responsibility for the Hanford accumulated nuclear weapons development waste. Liquid nuclear weapons development waste and solid nuclear energy production spent fuel are different end products.
Also, noted in Harris campaign message last night she included nuclear. IMHO if people aren’t listening to anything other than their own preconceived or biased opinions they are missing the nuances of that message. The middle of a campaign is not the time to get the “green washing” NGOs riled up and spewing their brand of misinformation and fear mongering. Note that Robert Bryce’s “green energy” rejection data base is getting bigger by the day; communities are seeing the light (pun intended). I’m a disappointed ‘60s vintage California environmentalist, who is hoping real world physics, ecosystem degradation reality checks, and common sense pragmatism might be coming into play.
papa - whoever the hell is running things. Not the puppet faces. DOD, WEF, DARPA, or their controllers.
Oh, I went to the NM legislative sessions to oppose a "cloud-seeding" bill. The Sierra Club controls much of the legislation that gets passed for useless environmental "solutions". Tax breaks for electric vehicles. Tax funds for hot dry rock geothermal energy, and so on.
Calling nucular a mispronunciation is revisionist history. Early on (probably int he 30's), scientists working in this new field used this pronunciation to distinguish between the "molecular" level and the "nucular" level. From there using this pronunciation, became a symbol of being in the inner circle. People who used the nukleear pronunciation were outsiders much like saying "lee-ward" instead of looard shows you don't know anythign about sailing,
Interesting. I retired from a National Lab, the one who conceived the design of and created the A bomb and subsequently the H bomb at another National Lab. Everyone I knew there said nukleear. Scientists, managers, techs, secretaries. That was 1975 thru 1994.
Yeah, the old pronunciation fell out of favor surprisingly quickly , just as the proper pronunciation of buoy (boy) did. But it lasted a little longer in teh military. Carter was still using it at TMI in 1979.
A purely personal observation from an old codger who's seen several of these circuses (brilliant quote, BTW), two other distinctions can be made between the candidates.
First, Ms. Harris wants us to believe that she can "tackle the climate crisis." Rubbish. Moses might have split the waters, but he couldn't stop climate change had he stayed on the mountain 400 days, and Ms. Harris is certainly no Moses.
Second, the RNC preamble starts with these words: "Common sense." America has two great deficits - a financial debt, and a deficit of common sense. I'm not saying the RNC is blessed with this attribute (some of their other platforms are senseless), but they recognize that it is something we need to restore.
Your conclusion is spot-on: like him or hate him, Trump is the only candidate who understands the importance of energy to America and its economy.
If she were 150 yards away, and draped in an era-appropriate shroud, in the right light, and you squinted (and Moses had been walking around with long hair that day), I could see how she could be confused with Moses. From that distance. :)
Another great piece! When are you going to turn on the “payment” on Substack. If the statistics on party affiliations are correct ( I think it’s much higher) finding independents to inform themselves could be more challenging than wading thru the bs spewed by the new Presidential candidate VP Harris. Oh btw just how did she get the nomination without having any primaries? Asking for a few friends. We’re not too smart, but we’re trying to be informed. Best 16 minutes I’ve had today thank you!
And free is why I can read and learn. You are definitely and thank you. There are hundreds of substacks now and growing on a daily basis as every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks that what they have to say is worth a payment or thinks this is a way to get rich working from home. God journalism should get paid. The question is what substack is replacing costs $100 or less per month. I have been saying this for months. Substack needs to have an alternative to a yearly subscription. A "if you enjoyed this article or found it helpful, please buy me a coffee or whatever you can afford.' I say this because many won't subscribe and then miss out on great info that helps our 'common sense to recognize our common sense'. I'd have missed this article and all the comments and the attached links if it was another $100 US. Besides why not have a donate button so when an article is enjoyed and worthy ( cause not all are interesting nor worthy) there is a button what can hit and offer a donate or ? Especially for seniors.....don't make me turn on msn, hahahaha. I think you get my drift. This $100 a year payment for every substack may be it;s downfall.
What a shame. We have a big generac here, but it burns 4-5 gallons of propane/hour. The stupidity is incredible. I see your new government/bankers are all in on killing North Sea E&P
I have a personal large solar array on my garage roof. It's still working fine after 9 years. I'm told by the unbiased that it should continue working for at least another 20 years. I have a back up generac that doesn't use much propane because the electric grid doesn't go down that often. I would love to be off the grid entirely but I was told the batteries were problematic. The crap electric co-op we have charges all of us who have solar a base fee whether we are providing or using electric (on the days the planes creating clouds are particularly busy). My base fee is $33/month. I talked to someone else who, I assume, has a bigger array. His base fee is $55/month. This should be and probably would be, if we would muster enough people to object, illegal. At best, it is unethical. The co-op is run by a bunch of corrupt people and their relatives.
Clearing forests and using farm land for large solar arrays and the corruption of the electric "providers" are my only negatives for solar arrays.
Do you generate enough, put on the grid, and get a high enough price for what you put on grid to offset the $33/mo. fee? Ergo, are you net up or losing money b/c of this?
I get nothing for putting electricity on the grid except a discounted electric bill. I have to pay the $33/mo fee no matter what. It is in addition to my electric bill on the occasions when my solar does not generate enough to pay for my entire bill. I don't feel I am losing money. The solar array cost $34,000 in 2014. My bills have been as high as $200 since then. Most often they are much lower than what we used to be charged. After I went to a meeting of the corrupt electric co-op, my bills suddenly went down to the base $33/month.
When I've talked to other people who don't have solar panels, I find out that some of the high usage folks are paying as much $400 to $600/month.
I guess I could live in a cave and eat insects, but I don't want to. I have 2 refrigerated air conditioners and a swimming pool pump. Yet this summer my bills were most often at the $33 mark. This is after I went to one of the electric co-op meetings and voiced my displeasure at the way things were going. Do you honestly trust those in charge after the past 4 - 5 years? I DO NOT.
The base fee you are paying is for the privilege of connecting to the grid and having electricity when your solar array is not providing enough. It only covers part of the grid costs. Other people are subsidizing your solar power, if you don't like it, get off the grid
I would love to get off the grid. Other people are subsidizing the corrupt people at the corrupt electric co-op. PNM the big electric company pays people for the electricity they generate. Our co-op charges people for the electricity we generate. Prove me wrong. Thanks.
Energy policy is the one item that will have the biggest impact on the livelihoods of ordinary Americans over the next four years. The Republicans certainly lead on energy policy, but people don't vote for policies, they vote for people, and the GOP has thrown away a huge opportunity by selecting a decrepit old misogynist as their candidate. Trump is not fit to represent America on the world stage, so Americans will very likely have to suffer another four years of rising energy costs and lower living standards.
Could be.
"196 words of sheer pablum."
Wow! You earned an A+ in self-restraint!
In all seriousness, are you as sick as I am of ANY politician promising to solve every problem they create, but never admitting to creating them? Our political class should be flogged!
I long for the days when it was fashionable, even admirable, to make the statement, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
"word salad"? platitudes? bullshit? What would you have liked better there than "pablum"? ;)
yes, sick as you of the same damn thing.
Pablum was perfect!!!
Harris platform and its ability to meet and adjust to ever changing technical innovation and social landscapes seems pretty well defined here. https://youtu.be/slFJdY5ZO0g?si=Ie_RtaPBiiMNhcIi
not getting that from the link.
Here's this. A video follows detailing the population density, car usage etc. We who know what we know know that this is a result of the SAI and SRM programs. Rural New Mexico has less density, but the same visual of a pollution dome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heK3YegGXp8
Have y'all checked out how the DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy has been engaged during the Biden Admin. Also consider listening to House Committee on Energy and Commerce sessions. This committee (established 1795) is the at the forefront of all issues and policies powering America’s economy, including our global competitive edge in energy, technology, and health care. Is your state elected representatives engaged in collaborative, bipartisan efforts to improve or revise inadequate policy legislation or just blowing hot air into dog whistles.
https://www.youtube.com/@energyandcommerce/featured
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/newly-signed-bill-will-boost-nuclear-reactor-deployment-united-states
My dem state reps are paid/supported by the nuclear bomb industry via Los Alamos National Lab and Sandia National Lab. Whatever papa wants we, the people get.
I'm in Washington so aware of how nuclear weapon development and nuclear energy got convoluted. NGOs like Sierra Club promote the convoluted disinformation because of Hanford nuclear weapons development waste cleanup. Papa?
The Hanford site was a disaster back in the 70s and 80s. Nothing was done. Nothing is done.
Yep, those are the years I chose to study it for environmental law classes. A lot has been done since then, but I won't enumerate all here. However, one example is vitrification of weapons development liquid waste: https://www.hanford.gov/files.cfm/WTP_Fact_Sheet.pdf
I have always believed the DOD should have responsibility for the Hanford accumulated nuclear weapons development waste. Liquid nuclear weapons development waste and solid nuclear energy production spent fuel are different end products.
You must read the 'Doomberg' latest piece.
Thanks, did read it, I’m a huge Doomberg fan. Also see the last week Decouple podcast with Mark Nelson https://youtu.be/UrDv2XQEg9E?si=x7PlR3fOpU5SIvWV
Also, noted in Harris campaign message last night she included nuclear. IMHO if people aren’t listening to anything other than their own preconceived or biased opinions they are missing the nuances of that message. The middle of a campaign is not the time to get the “green washing” NGOs riled up and spewing their brand of misinformation and fear mongering. Note that Robert Bryce’s “green energy” rejection data base is getting bigger by the day; communities are seeing the light (pun intended). I’m a disappointed ‘60s vintage California environmentalist, who is hoping real world physics, ecosystem degradation reality checks, and common sense pragmatism might be coming into play.
papa - whoever the hell is running things. Not the puppet faces. DOD, WEF, DARPA, or their controllers.
Oh, I went to the NM legislative sessions to oppose a "cloud-seeding" bill. The Sierra Club controls much of the legislation that gets passed for useless environmental "solutions". Tax breaks for electric vehicles. Tax funds for hot dry rock geothermal energy, and so on.
the one we love to see when we're looking for a good laugh:
Gravity batteries. Genius!
Mental,
Calling nucular a mispronunciation is revisionist history. Early on (probably int he 30's), scientists working in this new field used this pronunciation to distinguish between the "molecular" level and the "nucular" level. From there using this pronunciation, became a symbol of being in the inner circle. People who used the nukleear pronunciation were outsiders much like saying "lee-ward" instead of looard shows you don't know anythign about sailing,
Our main point was to become President you don't have to understand it or even pronounce it correctly.
But thanks for the color. Never would have guessed "nucular" was actually use/preferred by indsiders.
Interesting. I retired from a National Lab, the one who conceived the design of and created the A bomb and subsequently the H bomb at another National Lab. Everyone I knew there said nukleear. Scientists, managers, techs, secretaries. That was 1975 thru 1994.
tomayto, tomato..
Yeah, the old pronunciation fell out of favor surprisingly quickly , just as the proper pronunciation of buoy (boy) did. But it lasted a little longer in teh military. Carter was still using it at TMI in 1979.
Well said, thank you.
A purely personal observation from an old codger who's seen several of these circuses (brilliant quote, BTW), two other distinctions can be made between the candidates.
First, Ms. Harris wants us to believe that she can "tackle the climate crisis." Rubbish. Moses might have split the waters, but he couldn't stop climate change had he stayed on the mountain 400 days, and Ms. Harris is certainly no Moses.
Second, the RNC preamble starts with these words: "Common sense." America has two great deficits - a financial debt, and a deficit of common sense. I'm not saying the RNC is blessed with this attribute (some of their other platforms are senseless), but they recognize that it is something we need to restore.
Your conclusion is spot-on: like him or hate him, Trump is the only candidate who understands the importance of energy to America and its economy.
Thanks.
If she were 150 yards away, and draped in an era-appropriate shroud, in the right light, and you squinted (and Moses had been walking around with long hair that day), I could see how she could be confused with Moses. From that distance. :)
Another great piece! When are you going to turn on the “payment” on Substack. If the statistics on party affiliations are correct ( I think it’s much higher) finding independents to inform themselves could be more challenging than wading thru the bs spewed by the new Presidential candidate VP Harris. Oh btw just how did she get the nomination without having any primaries? Asking for a few friends. We’re not too smart, but we’re trying to be informed. Best 16 minutes I’ve had today thank you!
Thanks, Dave. Because I am still working full time thru next September, we’ve decided to remain free until then. Enjoy!
And free is why I can read and learn. You are definitely and thank you. There are hundreds of substacks now and growing on a daily basis as every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks that what they have to say is worth a payment or thinks this is a way to get rich working from home. God journalism should get paid. The question is what substack is replacing costs $100 or less per month. I have been saying this for months. Substack needs to have an alternative to a yearly subscription. A "if you enjoyed this article or found it helpful, please buy me a coffee or whatever you can afford.' I say this because many won't subscribe and then miss out on great info that helps our 'common sense to recognize our common sense'. I'd have missed this article and all the comments and the attached links if it was another $100 US. Besides why not have a donate button so when an article is enjoyed and worthy ( cause not all are interesting nor worthy) there is a button what can hit and offer a donate or ? Especially for seniors.....don't make me turn on msn, hahahaha. I think you get my drift. This $100 a year payment for every substack may be it;s downfall.
Sorry to report that the link to the IER paper is not functioning.
Thank you for the quick report, Jeff!
Fixed!
-Mental
Thank you!
Here in the UK we are doubling down on net zero madness. I'm off to buy a generator.
I am envious, California has outlawed home generators.
Next home gardeners....
Madness to be sure. And still burning American and Canadian forests at Drax. SMH.
What a shame. We have a big generac here, but it burns 4-5 gallons of propane/hour. The stupidity is incredible. I see your new government/bankers are all in on killing North Sea E&P
Was wondering how much those burn. Thanks for the inside knowledge, Dave!
I have a personal large solar array on my garage roof. It's still working fine after 9 years. I'm told by the unbiased that it should continue working for at least another 20 years. I have a back up generac that doesn't use much propane because the electric grid doesn't go down that often. I would love to be off the grid entirely but I was told the batteries were problematic. The crap electric co-op we have charges all of us who have solar a base fee whether we are providing or using electric (on the days the planes creating clouds are particularly busy). My base fee is $33/month. I talked to someone else who, I assume, has a bigger array. His base fee is $55/month. This should be and probably would be, if we would muster enough people to object, illegal. At best, it is unethical. The co-op is run by a bunch of corrupt people and their relatives.
Clearing forests and using farm land for large solar arrays and the corruption of the electric "providers" are my only negatives for solar arrays.
The killing of generations of life. Nothing grows or lives under that land covered by solar panels. This greening thing is madness.
Do you generate enough, put on the grid, and get a high enough price for what you put on grid to offset the $33/mo. fee? Ergo, are you net up or losing money b/c of this?
I get nothing for putting electricity on the grid except a discounted electric bill. I have to pay the $33/mo fee no matter what. It is in addition to my electric bill on the occasions when my solar does not generate enough to pay for my entire bill. I don't feel I am losing money. The solar array cost $34,000 in 2014. My bills have been as high as $200 since then. Most often they are much lower than what we used to be charged. After I went to a meeting of the corrupt electric co-op, my bills suddenly went down to the base $33/month.
When I've talked to other people who don't have solar panels, I find out that some of the high usage folks are paying as much $400 to $600/month.
I guess I could live in a cave and eat insects, but I don't want to. I have 2 refrigerated air conditioners and a swimming pool pump. Yet this summer my bills were most often at the $33 mark. This is after I went to one of the electric co-op meetings and voiced my displeasure at the way things were going. Do you honestly trust those in charge after the past 4 - 5 years? I DO NOT.
The base fee you are paying is for the privilege of connecting to the grid and having electricity when your solar array is not providing enough. It only covers part of the grid costs. Other people are subsidizing your solar power, if you don't like it, get off the grid
I would love to get off the grid. Other people are subsidizing the corrupt people at the corrupt electric co-op. PNM the big electric company pays people for the electricity they generate. Our co-op charges people for the electricity we generate. Prove me wrong. Thanks.