Melissa Chen on X - "Imagine if the United States had swallowed the Al Gore-style climate gospel back in the day... You don't really have to imagine it. Because there's a natural experiment that took place and that alternative future that the US dodged actually exists. It's called the United Kingdom. I seem to remember there was a sneering attitude from coastal liberal elites hooked on TED talks when Sarah Palin came on the scene and said "drill baby drill." They laughed and dismissed the idea of ramping up domestic fossil fuel production as backward and environmentally reckless. If it was up to them, they would have shut down fracking, choked off new drilling, slapped massive restrictions on oil and gas development, and chased the fantasy of rapid "green" transition at all costs. Instead America did the opposite. The result? UK households today pay 2X more than US households do for energy and their industrial electricity prices are among the highest in Europe. Sure they've lowered emissions (technically they just outsourced it) but at the cost of creating a massive structural economic disadvantage. Energy is the foundational input for everything - steel, chemicals, fertilizers, aluminum, cement, refining. When your electricity and gas bills are 2–6× higher, you just can't even compete. So you end up closing plants, offshoring jobs, and watching your industrial base slowly bleed out. So yeah, the UK's current predicament is exactly where the US would be in if the Green Lobby, Dems and Hollywood suckers had their way: energy-poor, import-dependent, economically hobbled, and geopolitically neutered. The worst part is it's completely ideological. The UK could have had more homegrown energy supply to buffer prices and keep revenue flowing, but Ed Miliband refuses to exploit the UK's own shale or North Sea potential aggressively. Decline really is a choice. Americans should be glad their leaders refused to make it."
Starmer: Miliband decides whether we drill North Sea - "Mr Miliband previously claimed that “new exploration licences in the North Sea, which some people are calling for, will not take a penny off people’s bills”... Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir Starmer of making a “reckless promise” not to drill in the North Sea, saying it would now have “catastrophic” consequences. The Conservative leader told the Prime Minister: “Hiding behind the Energy Secretary is pathetic. Under his Labour Government we buy half the gas we use from Norway. Last year, Norway’s Labour government drilled 49 wells in the North Sea. How many did Britain drill? Zero. “For the first time since 1964 under his Government, Britain drilled no wells. Why is energy security the right policy for Labour in Norway but the wrong policy for Labour in Britain?”... “The Jackdaw gas field could be up and running before winter. All that gas would be used here in the UK to heat 1.6m homes. That is enough to power Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex put together. So will the Prime Minister approve the licences or is the Energy Secretary running the Government?”"
CO2 row over climate activist Thunberg's yacht trip to New York - "a spokesman for German round-the-world sailor Boris Herrmann, the yacht's co-skipper, told Berlin newspaper TAZ that several people would fly into New York to help take the yacht back to Europe. Hermann himself will return by plane, according to the spokesman. The paper estimated that in fact Thunberg's boat trip would end up being more polluting than if she and her companions had just taken flights to New York themselves."
From 2019
Meme - "2023 Retail Electricity Price vs Wind + Solar Share (All Countries) *clear positive correlation - the more wind & solar, the pricier electricity is*"
The cope is that wind + solar are expensive despite being intrinsically cheap due to "greed", but it's weird that in the greediest country in the world (the US) electricity is like a third of the cost as in Denmark, which left wingers love to hold up as a model, and Denmark also has slightly more than 3x the wind + solar share of the US
Besides "greed", a new cope I saw was "Rather matches the highest functioning societies. Smart countries tax energy, encourages conservation and efficiency. Smart." Greens actively want to tank quality of life and don't understand that green energy is a luxury good and virtue signalling (rather than the relationship being causal in the other direction)
Meme - "While the US and Europe were dismantling their industrial base, China was building two new coal plants a week, cornering the solar panel market, taking over battery manufacturing, and dominating electric vehicle production. China didn't listen to Greta, China used Greta."
Meme - Unbelievable facts: "Seven countries-Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo- now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy sources."
"Oh look, the most economically productive countries in the world are 100% renewable energy!"
What climate change hystericists envision as the future: either become a shithole with unreliable electricity or be on top of a volcano
MAVERICK X on X - "In April 2025 Katy Perry burned 498 tons of fuel to do space tourism. Today she arrived in Davos to raise awareness about the "environment.""
Meme - Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX: "China isn't turning into a “green superpower.” Any renewable energy systems they're installing only add to existing energy sources; they are not replacing fossil fuels at all. China is increasing their use of ALL energy."
"China Primary Energy Consumption by Source 1965-2024"
Sean Feucht - "🚨REUTERS finally reports last nights massacre of Christians in Nigeria calling them “gunmen” (not Muslim jihadists) who killed Christians due to “climate change” not their faith. The media is complicit and demonic with their lies! WE ARE ON THE GROUND TO TELL THE TRUTH HERE!"
Gunmen kill at least 30 in Nigeria's Plateau state attack | Reuters
“Muslims massacre Nigerian Christians because of climate change” - Reuters. Trust the Experts! Of course, if Christians massacre Muslims, this will be proof that Christianity is evil and we need to do more to eradicate Islamophobia, like banning all criticism of Islam
Not everything has to be about politics – the time is right for an energy truce in Canada - "For a country blessed with an extraordinary abundance of resources, Canada seems strangely committed to fighting about them. Few topics inflame our politics like energy—oil versus renewables, left versus right, Alberta versus Ottawa. It’s a tug-of-war that’s been dragging on for decades, and every time it looks like we might finally pull in the same direction, we find a fresh reason to let the rope burn our hands again... Energy is the oxygen of modern life. Everything—everything—depends on it. Hospitals. Food supply chains. Manufacturing. Digital infrastructure. Heating. Transportation. Even renewable energy systems themselves rely on hydrocarbons for mining, processing, manufacturing, and transportation. Worldwide demand for all forms of energy is rising rapidly. Billions still lack reliable power. Countries we admire—like Norway, Sweden, Japan, and South Korea—approach energy not as an ideological purity test, but as a strategic national priority. They use what works. They invest where it matters. They innovate. They balance. They don’t spend precious time demonizing one energy source to elevate another. Why can’t we do the same?"
Meme - Fission Phil: "A common attack on #nuclear advocates is that we are trashing #wind and #solar. Wind and solar have so many limitations and drawbacks that simply talking about them is considered trashing them. Explaining why we need nuclear means telling the truth about renewables.
The fact is simply this. Wind and solar make the act of decarbonizing grids to completion harder because they are variable intermittent sources of power we can't call on. This is a physical fact that has been handwaived away since the original push to use those sources. Nuclear now has to be the technology that can integrate wind and solar into the grid. An example is @TerraPower Natrium. They are adding thermal salt storage tanks to deal with the randomness of wind and solar. Decarbonization would be a lot less complicated with just nuclear. People are just conditioned to view wind and solar as a sacred cow that cannot be criticized. I believe the hype around wind and solar is a dangerous lie and actually threatens efforts to decarbonize to the degree needed to save the planet from climate disaster. Now I am not saying we can't do some wind and solar where appropriate. But I am saying we can't continue to believe that wind and solar will do the grid heavy lifting. And saying otherwise is feeding delusion. We need to be clear and adamant in our criticism of wind and solar. If that is considered trashing it then so be it. We can't be coddling feelings over facts. Wind and solar are intermittent, energy diffuse, resource and mining intensive, invasive to ecosystems, needing of ungodly amounts ot transmission infrastructure, needing of replacement every 30 years at a maximum, have no real cheap storage solution, make grids more expensive in total, is unavailable during sever weather, requires lots of natural gas backup, has very low capacity factors and need to be overbuilt, is totally reliant on huge government subsidies, decreases spinning reserve for grid stabilization, cannot black start in an emergency, the list goes ON AND ON. We are not trashing them. We are telling the truth, and the truth is often uncomfortable. Now we can be kind in our truth telling to not turn people off immediately, and exercise a little more humility. But we shouldn't have to just tiptoe around the glaring issues with wind and solar just because the appeal-to- nature folks have more institutional power. /END"
Randy Andy: "What advocates of nuclear don't understand about RE fanatics is that they reject physics and objective reality altogether. They are not interested in proper scientific debate. They have a predetermined ideological outcome in mind (100% RE) and will say anything to further this."
Meme - "Total US Taxpayer Subsidy per Megawatt-hour Of Energy Produced (Subsidy and Production Data by Type of Fuel), 2016 - 2022
Hydro- electric - $0.44
Fossil - $1.03
Nuclear - $1.21
Wind - $16.79
Biomass - $17.79
Geo- thermal - $17.93
Solar - $68.67
DATA: https://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/pdf/subsidy.pdf"
This doesn't stop left wingers screeching about oil and gas subsidies even though "renewables" get more subsidies than fossil fuels
Meme - "Climate activists saving hot water *3 women bathing together*"
UK climate aid cuts 'short-sighted', campaigners say - "Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told parliament that the UK's climate finance commitment would be cut to around £6 billion or three years – roughly £2bn a year, down from £2.3bn annually under the previous five-year arrangement. The overall aid budget has been reduced from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent of gross national income by 2027, with the government citing the need to fund increased defence spending. The previous £3bn earmark for nature and forest projects has also been scrapped... Campaigners from the Global South said the cuts represented a historic betrayal by one of the world's largest historical emitters. "For the UK to retreat to a historic low of 0.3 per cent in aid is an act of climate colonialism,” said Harjeet Singh, climate activist and founding director of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation. “We in the Global South are being forced to foot the bill for a catastrophe we did not cause, while the very nation that built its wealth on the carbon of the Industrial Revolution strips away the healthcare, clean water, and education that the world's most vulnerable need to survive it”... "It is clear that climate finance has, to some extent, been protected as a priority within the overseas development assistance budget — it is now a larger proportion of a shrinking overall pot," said Gareth Redmond-King, head of the international programme at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit think tank. "However, cutting that budget at a time of such intense global upheaval goes against the warnings from the government's own national security advisers and food experts, who all warn of the growing threats to our security and stability from the climate crisis." "We import two fifths of our food from overseas, and worsening climate change impacts hitting farmers at home and abroad are leading to shortages and higher prices on our supermarket shelves," he said... Andreas Sieber, head of global political strategy at 350.org, told The Independent the cuts were a political choice rather than a fiscal necessity. "Cutting aid to the world's poorest is not belt-tightening, but moral abdication," he said. "The real absurdity: this is a phantom debate. While ministers pick pockets at the bottom, they leave windfall profits from fossil fuel giants untouched, even as those same companies cash in on the price fossil fuel shocks hammering households right now." Earlier this week, former international development minister Gareth Thomas, the Labour MP for Harrow West, also issued a warning to the government that it was leaving the door open for malign foreign powers such as China to fill the space left by the UK... “Our security depends not just on a stronger military but also on building soft power so that our soldiers aren’t needed.”"
When you're upset the grift doesn't keep growing, still pretend to be deluded that burning money stops climate change and are ignorant about the country's fiscal crisis. They know China isn't as stupid as the UK, even though it exceeded the UK's historic emissions quite a while ago and became a bigger economy in 2005
Clearly a Chinese invasion will be repelled by the UK's moral superiority
Barbara Bal MBA on X - "It’s wild how progressives will try to cancel anyone who questions sky-high gas prices, calling us “anti-supply and demand” or even communists for daring to suggest affordable energy. Yet they cheer this kind of cronyism: $206 million in taxpayer-backed loans to Liberal-supported “green” wind projects at sweetheart rates, while small businesses and families pay full price. They don’t actually want true free markets. They just want government control, tax and “global prices” for what they oppose and funding for what they support. Thank you @LeslynLewis for calling this out."
Climate change hysteria is a great way to make money, while climate change hystericists screech about oil company profits
Scott Harradine | Facebook - "There can no longer be any doubt. Our premier Doug Ford works FOR Enbridge Gas, NOT the province of Ontario, NOT the people of Ontario and certainly NOT the environment of Ontario. The #FordGovIsMostCorruptInOntHistory"
Ford’s latest bill collides with cities’ efforts to phase out gas in buildings - "Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will have 1.5 million more homes by 2031 to address the housing and affordability crisis in one fell swoop. But some of Ford’s development ambitions concern observers who say his plan is hampering municipalities’ ability to ditch fossil fuels in buildings. Across North America, municipalities have been considering, and in some cases passing, gas bans to force fossil fuels from new buildings. Montreal already has a ban, but legislation is stalled in other jurisdictions. In Vancouver, Mayor Ken Sim tried to kill the city’s existing ban and allow gas back into new buildings, but he was thwarted by popular pushback. New York state’s gas ban is being challenged in court and is on pause. Municipalities in Ontario have taken a different route. Rather than enacting outright gas bans, multiple cities and towns have put green building standards in place. They are broader policies that capture EV-charging requirements, landscaping standards and more, but they also have emissions thresholds that get stricter over time. Toronto’s green standards would have led to very little gas use, the main source of emissions from buildings, citywide by 2030. Those standards have come repeatedly under fire from the province, which says they slow down development. Now, new legislation — Bill 98, or the Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act — is snaking its way through the Legislature, and aims to kill green building standards for good, and in turn, the municipal ability to ditch gas. Bill 98 fits into a trend exhibited by the Ford government, which caters to gas giant Enbridge, said Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner. In 2024, the province overturned a ruling from the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) that would have required developers to front the cost of new gas infrastructure rather than passing the cost on to customers. As with Bill 98, the justification was that the move would slow down housing development. Enbridge supported the province’s intervention, and said the OEB decision would hinder its ability “to bring affordable and sustainable natural gas to all Ontarians.” The OEB’s ruling cited the affordability of heat pumps, and wrote: “The operating cost of a new all-electric house using a cold climate air source heat pump for space heating is lower than a new gas and electricity serviced house.” Schreiner said the province is “putting the profits of oil and gas giants like Enbridge ahead of affordability for everyday people,” even as research shows that fossil fuel use leads to higher energy bills. “Yet the Ford government, over and over again, undermines policies like the green building standards that create the conditions for builders to utilize lower cost solutions like heat pumps”"
Natural Gas or a Heat Pump? Where You Live Matters - "The graph below shows that natural gas is more affordable in 41 out of 50 states when comparing ENERGY STAR natural gas furnaces to ENERGY STAR electric heat pumps. As a rule of thumb, the higher the average annual heating bill, the greater the savings from natural gas."
Left wingers hate choice and want to immiserate people to bring on their revolution
Chris Martz on X - "The New York Times has reported that the east coast beaches may disappear in as little as 25 years from now. Just kidding; this was published in 1995."
Ron DeSantis on X - "Leftism as a religion."
The Kobeissi Letter on X - "Europe is in a full-blown energy crisis. In fact, Europe's energy crisis has gotten so bad that the European Commission is now recommending Europeans to work from home. They are also recommending using public transportation to cut fossil fuel use. Meanwhile, new IEA data shows that Europe has just 6 weeks worth of jet fuel remaining as the Iran War shortage worsens. As a result, many flights are expected to be cancelled on non-essential routes. Between the Russia-Ukraine War and the Strait of Hormuz closure, Europe's vulnerability to energy supply shocks has been exposed. We expect another wave of inflation in Europe."
Weird. Left wingers claim that doubling down on renewables like in Europe is the way to ensure energy security
Chris Mowrey on X - "the republican nominee in Virginia believes solar panels don’t work when it’s dark outside and windmills don’t work when “there’s no wind”. Stunning levels of incompetence and garbage."
Devon Eriksen on X - "Right wing propaganda is increasingly unnecessary. It can be replaced by verbatim reposts of what a democrat just said."
Science Magazine on X - "Climate policy has long fixated on how energy is produced, but a growing body of research suggests the real leverage lies in how it is used. In a new #SciencePolicyArticle, researchers argue that reshaping energy demand, through efficiency, electrification, and curbing excess consumption, could unlock faster, fairer progress toward net-zero goals. https://scim.ag/4cPAlol"
Jannik 🐿️ on X - "Everything that humans do and everything that makes them happy requires energy. No matter if it's food production, traveling, entertainment, industry... everything. "reshaping energy demand" is just an euphemism for artificial poverty and human suffering."
Climate change hysteria's goal is to immiserate humanity
Ontario Adds New Power 73 Per Cent Lower Than Former Government | Ontario Newsroom
Climate change hystericists keep boasting about the average price of electricity from these new projects being 8.8 cents per kwh and citing the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), but from the IESO Long-Term 2 RFP documents (both the initial results table and the Additional background, context and key information presentation, it's clear that this refers to the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and excludes system costs including storage and grid costs. LCOE is a terrible metric to use to measure the cost of power and experts recommend we stop using it. The true cost of "renewable" energy is much higher as it includes storage to backup unreliable "renewable" energy and grid upgrades to distribute it
Philippe Lemoine on X - "It's pretty remarkable how, within maybe 4-5 years, we went from a quasi-millenarist environment of fear about climate change premised on the idea that we were just a few years away from the end of the world to a situation where almost nobody talks or gives a shit about it anymore. There may be a lesson here about the dangers of hyping a risk, which I think might soon become relevant to discussions about AI, because although the apocalyptic cult that developed about the risk posed by climate change was ridiculous, it's not as if the problem had magically disappeared either."
Clint Warren-Davey on X - "The reason no one talks about climate change anymore is because geopolitics came back. Climate change was a political issue only at the height of the Pax Americana, the Fukuyaman End of History, where there were no real threats to American dominance. Now nations and empires are on the move again. Russia, China and every other country don't give a shit about the environment in any way. They are doing what every state in history tries to do and amass hard power. And the Western world is being forced, kicking and screaming, to care about war and statecraft once again."
BladeoftheSun on X - "The World's largest Wind Turbine 26MW. In its lifetime it will produce the same energy as burning 750,000 tons of coal. That's 44,118 truck loads. And that's just 1 Wind Turbine."
The Rational Animal 🤔 on X - "No one should be surprised but what he left out is that this turbine costs an estimated $50-80 million to build and install. It only produces power 35-45% of the time because wind is intermittent. Its output degrades 12-16% over its 20-25 year lifespan. It requires hundreds of tons of steel, concrete, fiberglass, and rare earth minerals mined largely in China (his favorite country). The other 55-65% of the time you need backup power, which comes from natural gas. And it exists only because of massive government subsidies. A natural gas plant of the same 26MW capacity costs $26-39 million, produces more than double the effective output, runs on demand 24 hours a day regardless of weather, and lasts 30-40 years. Half the price. Double the output. No weather dependency. No subsidies required. But this was never about the environment. If it were, you would care that rare earth mining for wind turbines devastates landscapes across China and Africa, that thousands of birds and bats are killed annually by turbine blades, that the blades themselves are non-recyclable fiberglass rotting in landfills, and that natural gas produces half the emissions of coal with none of these problems. You ignore all of this because environmentalism was never your goal. It is your vehicle. The destination is what it has always been: government control of energy production, which means government control of the economy, which is socialism. Rand identified this decades ago. The green movement is not a scientific movement. It is a political one, and its target is not pollution. It is capitalism."
