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DAILY ENERGY NEWS | 12/23/2022
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** If you need a feel-good story to warm you up this morning here it is.
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BBC ([link removed]) (12/22/22) reports: "Offshore workers feared they would have to spend Christmas in the North Sea after weather conditions canceled helicopter flights are now expected to get home. About 300 staff, many of whom are Scottish, had been unable to leave platforms off Denmark as scheduled. French firm TotalEnergies said a phenomenon called 'triggered lightning' was responsible for the disruption. The firm has now said it would get everyone transported safely onshore. TotalEnergies said the number of stranded personnel in the North Sea had been 'substantially reduced' in the past days, and it expected to bring all remaining people back onshore by the end of Thursday. 'This has been possible thanks to both weather improvements, the extra efforts to hire more helicopters and to commit three ships to get everyone transported safely onshore,' a statement said. 'We fully understand the challenging situation that our teams have faced by not being able
to fly home as scheduled due to disturbances in the helicopter transport caused by adverse weather. However, we have been working hard on assuring that all people get back onshore as soon as possible, and in time for Christmas.'"
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** "American households need to hope for a warmer winter to reduce some energy needs, but hope is not a plan, nor is it an energy policy. Biden’s anti-energy policies are only making things worse."
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– Katie Tubb, The Heritage Foundation ([link removed])

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Bill Gates, yesterday's Dim Bulb, said "Extreme weather is already causing more suffering." But the actual data on extreme weather shows that 2022 was a pretty normal year. If the bulb fits, wear it.

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(12/11/22) article: "How extreme was the weather in the United States in 2022? Of course the year is not over, and more extreme weather will yet occur, but most of the year has passed and it is not too early to take a look back at how 2022 looks in historical context. I wanted to get this out before NOAA blasts out its 'billion-dollar disaster' press kit, along with the implication that damage from disasters tells us something about extreme weather. If you want to understand trends in extreme weather, look at weather data, not economic data. In a few words, extreme weather in 2022 in the U.S. has been — well, pretty normal. Some extreme weather phenomena occurred at a rate or intensity greater than historical averages, but many occurred less. There have been and there will again be many years with far more extreme weather than we’ve seen in 2022. In this post I share for a range of extreme weather phenomena 10 graphs and links to original data sources for those who’d like to dive deeper.
For those who want a summary first, here is what I document below:
* Extreme temperatures — higher than historical average
* Drought — above average this century, not as pronounced longer-term
* Tropical Cyclones — average to below average
* Tornadoes — Below average (since 2005)
* Hail — Below average (since 2005)
* Strong winds — above average (since 2005)
* Fire — Average (since 2000)
* Flooding and Extreme Precipitation — Data not yet available, but appears average"

🎶 🎶 The snow is snowing, the wind [DEL: it is :DEL] ain’t blowing, but I can weather the storm. What do I care how much it may storm? I've got my love to keep me warm. 🎶🎶

Apparently, even love is more reliable than renewables...

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Turns out some people don't like to industrialize farmland with large-scale solar arrays. Who knew?

** Inside Climate News ([link removed])
(12/22/22) reports: "Local opponents have succeeded in killing plans for a solar array in rural Ohio that now becomes one of the largest renewable energy projects in the country canceled because of resistance from nearby residents and their elected leaders. Mark Schein, a farmer whose land near Williamsport would have hosted part of the project, learned of the change of plans in a brief phone call with the developer, EDF Renewables. The company decided to withdraw its proposal to build the 400-megawatt Chipmunk Solar project in the face of a grassroots campaign and in light of state regulators’ recent rejections of projects that have local opposition. Chipmunk will be the second-largest solar array in the United States to have been submitted for regulatory approval and then withdrawn because of local opposition in at least two years. The largest was Battle Born Solar, an 850-megawatt project in Nevada that was canceled by its developer last year, according to a database maintained by the
research firm Wood Mackenzie. 'I’m disappointed, and there are a couple people here in the community I don’t think I’ll speak to for the rest of my life,' Schein said, referring to neighbors who sunk the project."

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Tom Pyle, American Energy Alliance
Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Phil Kerpen, American Commitment
Andrew Quinlan, Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom
Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste
Richard Manning, Americans for Limited Government
Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks
Craig Richardson, E&E Legal
Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute
Jason Hayes, Mackinac Center
David Williams, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Paul Gessing, Rio Grande Foundation
Seton Motley, Less Government
Annette Thompson Meeks, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
Isaac Orr, Center of the American Experiment
David T. Stevenson & Clint Laird, Caesar Rodney Institute
John Droz, Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions
Jim Karahalios, Axe the Carbon Tax
Mark Mathis, Clear Energy Alliance
Jack Ekstrom, PolicyWorks America

Energy Markets


WTI Crude Oil: ↑ $79.67
Natural Gas: ↓ $4.96
Gasoline: ↓ $3.09

Diesel: ↓ $4.69
Heating Oil: ↑ $320.95
Brent Crude Oil: ↑ $83.07
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: ↓ 856



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