In our house, we get coal in our stockings because we've been good.
Real Clear Energy (11/11/21) op-ed: "Regardless of whether the coming winter proves to be mild or severe, Americans are going to be paying a lot more just to stay warm. In the midst of a global energy crisis, energy-driven inflation is here and most Americans are deeply concerned. Unfortunately, energy policy now under consideration could make the situation far worse, rather than better...While Americans are feeling the pinch of higher energy prices, the situation is far worse in Europe. In the United Kingdom, energy providers are going bust at an alarming rate as they deal with soaring energy costs, pricing caps, and the government’s “renewable fees” to force wind and solar power onto the grid. The crisis is poised to leave many Britons experiencing a serious cost crunch just to keep warm. In Germany, inflation is at its highest levels since the 1990s, with soaring energy costs correctly identified as the culprit. Astronomical natural gas prices and a lack of secure supply have left governments and utilities across the continent begging for more Russian natural gas. Relying on the goodwill of Vladimir Putin to keep the heat and lights on is hardly successful policy...While Americans will be paying more for energy this winter, they’re largely shielded from the astronomical prices seen across the Atlantic because of robust domestic energy production and a diversified electricity mix. For example, coal generation in the U.S. is expected to jump 22% this year as coal regains market share from higher-priced natural gas, easing the pressure on ratepayers. Because coal has been largely pushed aside in Europe, consumers don’t have that optionality to protect them from soaring prices."
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John Kerry is spectacularly wrong about almost everything. But at least he blows it with confidence.
Bloomberg (11/9/21) reports "John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate, predicted the world’s biggest economy will stop burning coal by the end of the decade. 'By 2030 in the United States, we won’t have coal,' Kerry said Tuesday during an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. 'We will not have coal plants.' The U.S. has a long way to go to become coal free. President Joe Biden’s most ambitious efforts to wean the nation from fossil fuels through a $1.75 trillion spending bill have been thwarted by opposition from Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from coal-rich West Virginia. Manchin holds a key swing vote in the Senate and has pushed to remove provisions hostile to coal. The U.S. gets nearly 25% of its electricity from the fuel, and many of the nation’s largest power companies don’t plan to phase out their emissions from fossil fuels until 2050."
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"There’s something pathetic about people in the Climate Death Star making ever loftier promises to one another that they cannot get past their own citizens. It’s not confronting reality, it’s taking a pampered, gloating holiday from it."
– John Robson, National Post
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