Recent Energy and Environmental News

Our latest Energy & Environmental Newsletter is now available… For the full version of this issue, go here… To review some of the highlights, see below.

Two COVID-19 upbeat specials:

Version of Paul Simon’s song: Fifty Ways to Catch Corona

Version of Billy Joel’s song: We Didn’t Start the Virus

Based on serious concerns for our Country, a letter with multiple COVID-19 recommendations was written and signed by 70 scientists, economists, medical professionals, etc. It was delivered to the President last week by a member of the House Republican leadership. Two sample write-ups about it are: here and here.

My votes for the most outstanding articles this cycle are:

The Virus Modeling Scandal and “the Years of Living Hysterically”

Covid-19 Model has ‘Most Devastating Coding Mistake in History’
Sorrento finds a coronavirus antibody that blocks viral infection 100%
A Tale of 2 Drugs: Lives Sacrificed on the Altar of Money & Power
Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic
Trump issues executive order to protect power grid
Wind and solar add zero value to the grid
Clean energy needs reliable supplies of critical minerals
Large solar farm could cause explosion on scale of small nuclear bomb
EPA: Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS
Video of superior talk by Bret Kugelmass
Report: The inadequacy of wind and solar
Report: Wind Turbine Output Drops Steeply after Ten Years
Report: The Fatal Attraction of a Post-Covid Green Deal
Sorry, Coronavirus Lockdowns Won’t End Climate Change
Climate Change – Ebb and Flow of the Tide: Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3
Historic Drop in US Reading and Math Scores Since Common Core ‘Debacle’
How Colleges Get Rid of Conservative Admins: An Example
The Strategic Conquest of America: Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3
Short video: Social Justice Isn’t Justice
The Religion of Leftism
China’s Electrifying Rags-to-Riches Ascent . . . at America’s Expense
Unbearable Truths About Our Current Political Moment
Is Trump a racist?
Good short video about President Trump

COVID-19: Therapies and Prevention

Sorrento finds a coronavirus antibody that blocks viral infection 100%
A tale of 2 drugs: Lives sacrificed on the altar of money & power
Doctors Say HCQ Has ‘90% Chance’ Of Helping COVID Patients
Doctors Rate HCQ Most Effective Therapy for Coronavirus Infection
Arthritis Drug Appears to Help COVID-19 Sufferers in Small Study

COVID-19: Models and Data

The Virus Modeling Scandal and “the Years of Living Hysterically”
Covid-19 Model has ‘Most Devastating Coding Mistake in History’
Was the lockdown decision based on crude mathematical guesswork?
Code Review of Imperial’s COVID-19 Model
Redfield and Birx: Can they be trusted with COVID?
COVID-19 Death Rate Is Much Lower Than Estimates Justifying Lockdowns
State amends COVID-19 death count – says fewer have died
Crucial COVID-19 Testing Data
Short video: The reported COVID-19 deaths in Italy are highly inflated

COVID-19: Misc

Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic
Big Government in the Post-Coronavirus Political World
The Most Monumental Social Engineering Effort in History
COVID-19 could kill an extra 75,000 Americans through “deaths of despair”
Do Your Genes Predispose You to COVID-19?
COVID-19 Patients Face Danger of Blood Clots
Coronavirus Mutates as Doctors Ponder ‘East Coast vs. West Coast’ Strains
Video: Debunking the Narrative with Dr Dolores Cahill

Greed Energy Economics

Wind and solar add zero value to the grid
Wind Subsidies the Most Costly Government Energy Sector Ripoff
Coronavirus Relief Should Not Distort Our Energy Market
Wind Projects Are Being Rebuilt to Capture More Subsidies
Taxpayer Wind Subsidies have China as a Beneficiary
COVID-19 Lockdown Has Killed 600,000 US Renewable Energy Jobs

Renewable Energy Health and Eco-system Consequences

Hundreds of non-recyclable wind turbine blades are piling up in landfills
Clean energy needs reliable supplies of critical minerals

Solar Energy

Large solar farm could cause explosion on scale of small nuclear bomb
EPA: Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS
A billion dollar solar boondoggle in Vegas
Without Subsidies Germany’s Solar Industry Could Implode This Summer

Nuclear Energy

Video of superior talk by Bret Kugelmass
DOE launches Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program

Natural Gas Energy

Why China is Changing the Rules to Stay Competitive
Short Video: Rare Earth Emergency #1
Natural Gas Consumption Up, Emissions Down
COVID-19 Exposes Opponents Of ‘Fracking’
Oil and Gas is more than Energy; It’s a Socially Responsible Industry

Misc Energy

Trump issues executive order to protect power grid
Report: The inadequacy of wind and solar
Report: Wind Turbine Output Drops Steeply after Ten Years
Report: The Fatal Attraction of a Post-Covid Green Deal
Replace coal with Renewables. Why not?
China’s Ascent To Global Superpower Based On Cheap Coal
Wind Energy Solution Doesn’t Pass Smell Test

Manmade Global Warming: Some Deceptions

Sorry, Coronavirus Lockdowns Won’t End Climate Change
COVID-19 give sense of proportion of the risk of death from climate change
Oops! Climate Change Actually NOT the Cause of Coastal Flooding
Mega Drought or Mega Propaganda?
The Coronavirus Lockdown Has Not Made the Air Cleaner

Manmade Global Warming: Misc

Climate Change – Ebb and Flow of the Tide: Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3
Report: We are winning the war on climate related diseases
Germany’s Course Could Signal End Of Clamor Over Climate Change
Michael Moore Has Become a ‘Hero to Climate Deniers’
Earth records 600 millionth consecutive cooler-than-average month
Climate alarmism lurks behind COVID-19

Education Related

Historic Drop in US Reading and Math Scores Since Common Core ‘Debacle’
How Colleges Get Rid of Conservative Admins: An Example
The Academic and Social Benefits of Homeschooling
The Therapeutic Campus
As Budgets Tighten, Colleges Still Vulnerable to Ransomware

US Politics and Socialism

The Strategic Conquest of America: Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3
Short video: Social Justice Isn’t Justice
The Religion of Leftism
Will COVID-19 Kill Environmental Leftism?
Net-Zero Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, and Extinction Capitalism
Progressives Use Virus for Agenda Opportunity

US Politics and China

China’s Electrifying Rags-to-Riches Ascent . . . at America’s Expense
China Is Still the Next China
Senator Cruz Seeks to End U.S. Dependence on China for Rare Earth Metals
White House directs federal pension fund to halt Chinese investments

Other US Politics and Related

Unbearable Truths About Our Current Political Moment
Is Trump a racist?
Good short video about President Trump
5 Ways Election Will Determine New Normal
Democrats Face Worsening Dilemma With Biden

Science and Misc Matters

Pandemic researchers — recruit your own best critics
Computer modeled scaremongering ain’t going to cut it any more
Last day to tell EPA to end secrecy in studies they accept (Good comments)

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Note 2: Originally this was a monthly Newsletter. However, as pertinent material proliferated, it has been issued more frequently. As a guideline, once we collect a hundred worthwhile articles, a new Newsletter will be issued on the following Monday. Recently this has resulted in a once every three weeks frequency — and occasionally once every two weeks.

Note 3: To accommodate numerous requests received about prior articles, we’ve put together detailed archives — where you can search by year, or over the ten+ years of the Newsletter.

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Note 5: See this extensive list of reasonable books on climate change. As a parallel effort, we have also put together a list of some good books related to industrial wind energy.

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