Tag: cheap power and development

Morality Fail: Costly & Unreliable Wind & Solar Are Being Used To Keep Millions In Poverty

Electricity is a civilising force; once seen as a common good to be provided universally to those without it, but no longer. For the impoverished power is a path out of poverty and not just a means of lighting homes and cooking meals. The political class that trumpet global warming as the singular threat to … Continue reading Morality Fail: Costly & Unreliable Wind & Solar Are Being Used To Keep Millions In Poverty

Power Poor: Reliable & Affordable Electricity The Critical Path To Economic Salvation

The path out of poverty is always and everywhere about reliable and affordable energy. And entrenched poverty is best explained by its absence. Want to know how important electricity is to modern life? Try living a comfortable and civilised life without it. More than a billion humans struggle through daily life without access to power … Continue reading Power Poor: Reliable & Affordable Electricity The Critical Path To Economic Salvation

Bjørn Lomborg: Believe in the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy? Then You’ll Probably Believe Wind Power Replaces Fossil Fuels, Too

  When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy, Bjørn Lomborg is one of the very few that provide balanced, detailed analysis; properly supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make – about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out – … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Believe in the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy? Then You’ll Probably Believe Wind Power Replaces Fossil Fuels, Too

Want to Help the Poorest? Then It’s Time to Ditch Wind Power

**** The only reason that Western economies have entertained the infantile nonsense of wind power, is that the rich world can afford (at least in the short term) to throw $billions in subsidies at a wholly weather dependent "system", that will never stump up as an "alternative", unless your starting point is sitting freezing (or … Continue reading Want to Help the Poorest? Then It’s Time to Ditch Wind Power

Denying Power to the Poor: the Idolatry and Moral Bankruptcy of “Earth Hour”

**** The so-called “Greens”, that have sought to overtake and destroy sensible energy policy around the Globe, are not just delusional, they’re dangerous. Part of their perverse, human-hating ideology centres around demonizing electricity; and the only meaningful generation sources capable of providing it; ie, coal, gas, nuclear and hydro – yes, hydro – even though … Continue reading Denying Power to the Poor: the Idolatry and Moral Bankruptcy of “Earth Hour”