Tag: energy

Germany Is Dismantling A Wind Farm To Make Way For A Coal Mine

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Germany Is Dismantling A Wind Farm To Make Way For A Coal Mine. We don’t know whether to file this under “Immense Irony,” “Stupid Greentards,” “No Wonder Germany Lost WW2” or “Russia Russia Russia.” Regardless, they should have listened to Trump about not making deals with Vladimir Putin for natural gas.

A wind farm is being dismantled in western Germany to make way for an expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in a “paradoxical” situation highlighting the current prioritization of energy security over clean energy in Europe’s biggest economy.  

The dismantling of at least one wind turbine at the wind farm close to the German coal mine Garzweiler, operated by energy giant RWE, has already started. RWE says that lignite, or brown coal, has been mined from the Garzweiler coalfields for over 100 years.

RWE also said at the end of September that three of its lignite-fired coal units that were previously on standby would return to the electricity market on schedule in October.

Latest lunacy from the NAACP: Coal-fired power plants are racist

It should come as no surprise to our readers to learn that coal-fired power plants fall into that vile category, too.

Of course, regular readers of IHateTheMedia.com are well aware that everything – absolutely everything – is racist. So it should come as no surprise to learn that coal-fired power plants fall into that vile category, too.

The Holland, Michigan Sentinel reports the latest in leftist outrage:

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Oh, for god's sake. The NAACP says this coal-fired power plant in Holland, Michigan is raaaacist

A new national report to be released by the NAACP Saturday gives Holland’s James De Young coal-fired plant a environmental justice grade of ‘F.’

The report analyzes toxic emissions and demographic factors including race, income and population density to calculate “environmental justice scores” for the nation’s 431 coal-fired power plants which are “significantly harmful to low-income communities and communities of color.”

Detroit’s River Rouge Power Plant is ranked as ninth-most harmful in the nation.

Other failing plants include Eckert (Lansing); B.C. Cobb (Muskegon); Monroe (Monroe); Trenton Channel (Trenton) and Presque Isle (Marquette).

Regular IHTM reader Paden alerted us to this story and said, “The Sierra club has been fighting Holland city for two years to stop the expansion of the power plant. Holland has one group of liberals who won’t allow a new plant and another flock of libs saying the currant plant is racist.”

Environmental justice. A phrase in which neither word is accurate, but the left buys it anyway. Generally with your money.

H/T: Paden

Source: Holland Sentinel

Idiot of the Day: Democrat rep asks General Petraeus if Afghanistan bases use renewable energy

War is simple to Republicans. Kill the bad guys, help the good guys, win the war. But as Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) demonstrates, Democrats have other concerns, more nuanced concerns, more sophisticated concerns. Like whether we’re fighting a green war.

If this doesn’t define the difference between Republicans and Democrats, nothing does.

War is simple to Republicans. Kill the bad guys, help the good guys, win the war. But as Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) demonstrates, Democrats have other concerns, more nuanced concerns, more sophisticated concerns. Like whether we’re fighting a green war.

Giffords actually asked General Petraeus if, in light of the BP oil spill, the military is going to start using renewable energy at our Afghanistan bases to reduce the need for oil.

Even a cool, calm customer like Petraeus found himself at a loss for words.

Congresswoman Giffords, we salute you. You are the official IHateTheMedia.com Idiot of the Day.

H/T: Cubachi.com

Joe Biden is creating jobs like nobody’s business

Why to hear Joe Biden tell it, he’s a regular job creating dynamo. Here’s how Bloomberg reports the story of this walking, talking economic miracle

Joe Biden has also saved or created 700,000 follicles
Joe Biden has also saved or created 700,000 follicles

Why, to hear Joe Biden tell it, he’s a regular job creating dynamo.

Here’s how Bloomberg reports the story of this walking, talking economic miracle:

President Barack Obama’s clean- energy initiatives will help create more than 700,000 jobs and allow the U.S. to double its renewable-power generation in three years, according to a report by Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden, in a memo on administration efforts to shift to a clean-energy economy, said projects in the $787 billion economic stimulus package are contributing to “unprecedented growth” in renewable energy, such as wind and solar, and improving manufacturing for new clean-energy technology.

Hold your horses there, buckeroo. The Wall Street Journal noticed something a little odd about those jobs:

Take a look at footnote 3 on page 2 of the Biden memo:

All of the job estimates used in this document correspond to jobs that last for one year. Of course, some jobs could last longer–in this case the number of distinct jobs would be reduced proportionately. For example, a project that employs one person for two years would count as creating two jobs.

We suppose if the guy doesn’t get fired from either of his two jobs over the course of the two years, that would count as four jobs saved or created.

Of course. It’s like Biden’s hair plugs. He takes them from one part of his head and moves them to another part of his head and says he’s created or saved 700,000 follicles.

Source: Bloomberg

“Joe, Joe, I’m gonna stop the fight. She’s killin ya!”

There’s nothing funnier than Joe Biden trying to sound smart, as in this campaign speech when he challenged Sarah Palin’s energy policy by saying, “It’s a lot more complicated, Sarah, than drill, baby, drill.”

There’s nothing funnier than Joe Biden trying to sound smart, as in this campaign speech when he challenged Sarah Palin’s energy policy by saying, “It’s a lot more complicated, Sarah, than drill, baby, drill.”

For her part, Sarah Palin blasted back with:

The vice president’s extreme opposition to domestic energy development goes all the way back to 1973 when he opposed the Alaska pipeline bill.

As Ann Coulter pointed out, “Biden cast one of only five votes against the pipeline that has produced more than 15 billion barrels of oil, supplied nearly 20 percent of this nation’s oil, created tens of thousands of jobs, added hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy and reduced money transfers to the nation’s enemies by about the same amount.”

But don’t begin to think that Biden’s left this leftist nonsense in the past. This short sighted opposition to America’domestic energy development continues to this day. Apparently the Obama-Biden administration only approves of offshore drilling in Brazil, where it will provide security and jobs for Brazilians. This election is about American security and American jobs.

Ouch. Joe, you might want to put a steak on that shiner.

Source: HotAir.com

– Written by Patrick Michael

Obama uses California as “energy example for the nation.” Wrong!

President Obama called California’s “energy-efficiency policies” an example for the rest of the nation. Not a good example actually.

The President says California has a brilliant energy policy that should be emulated by the rest of the country.
The President says California has a brilliant energy policy that should be emulated by the rest of the country.

President Obama must be a Michael Jackson fan. Because when he talks about California’s energy policy, he’s definitely in Neverland.

Yesterday the President called California’s “energy-efficiency policies” an example for the rest of the nation and noted that “Californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average.”

Harvard’s Edward Glaeser logically points out that California’s temperate climate has far more impact on the state’s low energy consumption than the state’s draconian energy policies.

“January temperature does a terrific job of explaining carbon emissions from home heating and July temperature does almost as well at explaining electricity usage,” Glaeser noted. “California has the most temperate climate in the country and as a result, homes use less heat in the winter and less electricity in the summer. In hot, humid Houston or frigid Minneapolis, people use plenty of energy to artificially recreate what California has naturally.”

According to the President’s illogical spin, California’s lack of power plants is another sign of its success. But in reality, California uses 20% more electricity than it generates and is forced to import power from neighboring states that aren’t crippled by California’s overly-strict environmental regulations.

The President may have been completely wrong about California, but at least he’s consistent. He’s wrong about the other 56 states, too.

Source: Wall Street Journal Best of the Web

Three Democrats tell the truth about cap-and-trade

Three Democrats, John Dingell, Charlie Melancon, Mike Ross, tell the truth about cap-and-trade energy tax bill for non-existent global warming and climate change.

John Dingell (D-MI) said H.R. 2454 is “a tax and it’s a great big one.”

Charlie Melancon (D-LA) said, “I believe this bill would create an undue burden on families who are already paying too much in energy bills.”

Mike Ross (D-AR) said, “‘If you don’t like $4-a-gallon gasoline, you’re really not going to like your electric bill sometime between now and 2030.”

Quote of the Day:
“As administration officials tilt at windmills and talk of painting our roofs white, a real energy solution has emerged from the Arctic deep. So why has only Alaska’s Sarah Palin noticed?”

The Chukchi Sea is chock full of oil and gas (Source: WorldAtlas.com)
The Chukchi Sea is chock full of oil and gas (Source: WorldAtlas.com)

Investors Business Daily again demonstrates the logic that the biased liberal media won’t.

“…It was thought that Chukchi’s waters northwest of Alaska’s landmass held 30 billion cubic feet of natural gas.”

“Today, Science magazine reports that the U.S. Geological Survey now finds it holds more than anyone thought — 1.6 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered gas, or 30% of the world’s supply and 83 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, 4% of the global conventional resources.
That’s enough U.S. energy to achieve self-sufficiency and never worry about it as a national security question again.”

Source: Investors Business Daily

Energy Secretary comes up with stupidest idea in the history of human thought

We're feeling cooler already. How 'bout you?
We're feeling cooler already. How 'bout you?

We’ve been told that US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, is a genius. An absolute genius. The smartest man alive other than President Obama.

Chu’s latest brainstorm would have us combat global warming by painting everything white – roofs, roads, sidewalks, everything gets a coat of white paint.

Unfortunately, the Sydney Daily Telegraph’s Tim Blair did the math on this brilliant strategy:

The total area of the U.S. (50 states + D.C.) equals 9,826,630 km^2.

According to a 2004 study by the U.S. Geophysical Union, all constructed so-called “impervious surfaces” (buildings, roads, parking lots, roofs, etc.) in the USA total a combined 112,610 km^2. Which is a bit less than the total area of Ohio, a bit more than Virginia.

That means we’ve got about 1.14% for Dr. Chu to paint.

That should make a big difference.

This isn’t Chu’s idea. It was actually proposed last year by Hashem Akbari, a scientist based at the prestigious Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California.

Eco wackos assume the entire world looks like Manhattan. As anyone who’s ever flown over the country knows, it’s mostly empty. 98.86% empty, in fact.

Blair points out that Chu accentuated his hypocrisy by travelling to and from the meeting in a jet-black SUV.

Someone needs to find out if Chu owns stock in a paint company.

Source: Tim Blair/SyndeyDailyTelegraph

Michael Moore proves that Moore is less. Less for you, that is.

Alternate energy: Power the homes of several average American families for a year with the fat sucked out of Michael Moore's wattle.
Alternate energy: Power the homes of several average American families for a year with the fat sucked out of Michael Moore's wattle.

For some reason, we’re on corpulent corporate bashing Michael Moore’s email list. 

Yesterday we got an email from our pal Mike that proved he’s as good an economist as he is a film maker.

He presents a 9-point plan to revitalize America. It involves mass construction projects including bullet trains, light rail systems, fleets of electric cars, windmills and solar panels, and hybrid cars and busses.

But how, you may ask, can we possibly afford all this? Well, Michael has the answer to that, too.

“To help pay for this, impose a two-dollar tax on every gallon of gasoline. This will get people to switch to more energy saving cars or to use the new rail lines and rail cars the former autoworkers have built for them.”

Yes, $2 per gallon. Overnight. Bang. The price goes up more than 50% overnight.

We have a better idea. Enforced liposuction on all obese film makers. Burn it like they used to burn whale oil back in the 1800s. We’d cut our foreign energy dependence overnight.

The email letter on his website.

Thanks, President Obama: Cap-and Trade means a new $4300 per family energy tax

Save your pennies. Cap-and-Trade is coming.
Save your pennies. Cap-and-Trade is coming.

The Democrats’ Cap-and-Trade bill passed out of committee this week on a party line vote.

They passed it despite the fact that Cap-and-Trade has been a corruption-plagued failure in Europe. They passed it despite the fact that logic says you can’t pile billions of dollars of expenses on the economy without increasing costs. They passed it despite all logic and reason.

Heritage.org did an analysis that shows this preposterous program will cost the average American family $4,300 per year.

They predict that the direct impact on household energy bills will average $1500 per year. That includes the increases the increased costs of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, and gasoline for your car.

“But the direct tax on household energy use is just the beginning,” Heritage reported. “The energy tax also hits producers. As the higher production costs ripple through the economy the household pocketbooks get hit again and again. When all the tax impacts have been added up, the average per-family-of-four costs rise by $4,300 per year.”

Heritge.org continued: “As President Obama warned us on his campaign trail, electricity prices will ‘necessarily skyrocket.’ So will everything else, except for our income and standard of living.”

After President Obama has finished his ‘Round the World Apology Tour 2009, perhaps he can come home and apologize to the American people for this Obamanation abomination.

Source: Heritage.org

Energy Secretary Steven Chu babbles when Congressman asks him where oil comes from

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this guy is in charge of America’s energy future.

Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) asked the energy expert where oil comes from and Steven Chu begins babbling about continental plates drifting around and geology and scientific stuff like that. But he finally bit on Barton’s bait and said, in effect, “Yes, the oil drifted up there.”

Kind of like this administration is drifting. Only slower.

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