Artificial Intelligence might be the new paradigm, but the demand for electricity created by AI rests on an old one: the ability to supply reliable and affordable power, around-the-clock to energy hungry computers and servers. Which is one reason why AI promoters are quietly rejecting chaotically intermittent wind and solar. There’s nothing vaguely Intelligent about running out of power, when you need it most. Ask a Spaniard or a Portuguese.
Which brings us to this week’s roundup.
James Taylor’s report from the Heartland Institute provides a timely reality check, demonstrating that, without doubt, massively subsidised wind and solar ain’t cheap, they aren’t reliable and they most certainly are not clean.
Affordable, Reliable and Clean: An Objective Scorecard to Assess Competing Energy Sources
Heartland Institute
James Taylor
25 April 2025
Alex Epstein reports on how the US Congress is set on providing wind and solar scammers with the opportunity of a lifetime; namely to back up their claims that they are truly competitive with coal, gas and nuclear power generation sources.
How the House cut off new solar and wind subsidies in the “Big Beautiful Bill”
Substack
Alex Epstein
31 May 2025
Eric Worrall takes up our opening theme, pointing out the obvious: increasing AI means an increasing demand for reliably delivered electricity that wind and solar can never meet.
Delusional Business Council of Australia Thinks AI can be Powered by Renewables
Watts Up With That
Eric Worrall
7 June 2025
Parker Gallant, as part of a rundown on the absolutely mind blowing cost of solar power in Canada, identifies a phenomenon unknown elsewhere: never-ending sunshine and around-the-clock solar power.
Oops, the Costs of Selling Surplus Power to Our Neighbours Includes “In the middle of the night” Solar
Energy Perspectives
Parker Gallant
12 June 2025
Robert Bryce provides a detailed rundown on the recent Irish High Court Decision shutting down turbines and awarding substantial damages to the victims who had suffered endless sonic torment from the wind factory, next-door.
More Proof Wind Energy Isn’t “Clean” Or “Green.” Irish Court Orders Wind Turbines Shut Down Due To Noise Pollution
Substack
Robert Bryce
7 June 2025
And we finish this week’s roundup with a video (the link is in the X post below) put together by Steve Cortes, who smashes the great wind power fraud, with a little help from Billy Bob Thornton’s character in the drama series Landman.
In the series Tommy Norris sets his starry-eyed daughter straight, in this scene that went viral for good reason. Here it is.
Stay tuned, STT will be back next week with more.
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