350 New Mexico Caught in a Lie, Then Gets Schooled on The Real Cost of Renewables

You have to give 350 New Mexico a little credit. Not only are they willing to proclaim their lack of understanding of renewables, but they are glad to do it so publicly. When presented with the fact a $1 million investment in shale wells produces more than 5 times the amount of electricity than a similar investment in wind, they simply decided to make up a new “fact.” How convenient of you to completely ignore the zero fuel cost required by solar and wind over 30 years. @pgessing — 350NM (@350NM) August 29, 2019 We had to read it twice…

How Green Of Them: Wind Energy Companies Dump Turbines In Landfills

The left won’t stop talking about how wind turbines are great for the environment. Yet as is often the case with the eco-left, reality doesn’t match their rhetoric. Iowa is well known for its wind farms – but where do used wind turbines go when they’re not needed anymore? As it turns out, they get dumped into landfills, polluting our environment. The Argus Leader reports that Iowa wind energy companies are bringing old wind turbines to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and dumping them in landfills at large rates. As the Argus Leader explains, turbines need to “be replaced after a decade or two,” and that…

Bloomberg-Funded Eco-Town Admits Defeat

Georgetown, Texas gained fame last year for committing to 100% renewable energy. They even got Michael Bloomberg in on the action, with Bloomberg philanthropies agreeing to fund the city with a $1 million grant. But as is the case with implementing extreme eco-policy, it never works. The project was a complete disaster, and now it’s officially over, with the city council voting unanimously to end the project. As Fox News explains, Georgetown, Texas’ plan was to “generate all of its electricity from wind and solar power.” It gained national attention because of the city’s location in oil-rich Texas, and because the town was Republican….

“Green” Energy Is Not So Green As You Think

The eco-left is infatuated with wind and solar. Far-left members like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to remake the entire American energy economy with these technologies. They envision seas of solar panels and wind farms. But they never tell you how those solar panels and windmills are made in the first place. That’s because the process is not so “green” after all. Mark Millis, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, explains in the Wall Street Journal that renewable energy is a “misnomer.” “Wind and solar machines and batteries are built from nonrenewable materials,” Millis explains. “And they wear out. Old equipment must be decommissioned, generating…