$58,000 Solar Investment for a $21 Carbon Credit a Bright Idea?
We can see the t-shirt slogan already: I paid $58,000 for solar panels and all I got was a $21 carbon credit that bought me this t-shirt. It’s not very catchy, but that’s the story of a Harrisburg...
View ArticleWind Power is More Dangerous than Coal or Oil
The recent explosions in Massey’s Upper Big Branch coal mine and on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig highlight the tragedy of workplace fatalities. Though improvement in statistical averages do...
View ArticleInstalling Windmills Doesn’t Make the Wind Blow
A tweet from the Department of Energy (DOE) gives a link to a DOE webpage highlighting a graph from, and giving a link to, a study by the American Wind Energy Association. Skipping the question of how...
View ArticleGreen-Energy Projects Face Opposition From Green Groups
“We need green energy. Just not here.” Do those words sound familiar? That’s quite often the case with so-called proponents of green energy. The acronym NIMBY (not in my back yard) should really be...
View Article7 Myths About the Wind Production Tax Credit
The wind production tax credit (PTC) has created an industry that produces overpriced, intermittent power, and it will continue to produce overpriced, intermittent power so as long as there is a PTC to...
View ArticleBlowing More Taxpayer Money for Offshore Wind
Much of the debate over wind subsidies this past year has been over the extension of the wind production tax credit. But even if the subsidy expires at the end of the year (as it is supposed to), that...
View ArticleInstalling Windmills Doesn’t Make the Wind Blow
A tweet from the Department of Energy (DOE) gives a link to a DOE webpage highlighting a graph from, and giving a link to, a study by the American Wind Energy Association. Skipping the question of how...
View ArticleGreen-Energy Projects Face Opposition From Green Groups
“We need green energy. Just not here.” Do those words sound familiar? That’s quite often the case with so-called proponents of green energy. The acronym NIMBY (not in my back yard) should really be...
View Article7 Myths About the Wind Production Tax Credit
The wind production tax credit (PTC) has created an industry that produces overpriced, intermittent power, and it will continue to produce overpriced, intermittent power so as long as there is a PTC to...
View ArticleBlowing More Taxpayer Money for Offshore Wind
Much of the debate over wind subsidies this past year has been over the extension of the wind production tax credit. But even if the subsidy expires at the end of the year (as it is supposed to), that...
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