EV's, Reliable Power, et al

[Herman]

Concrete is considered the 3rd largest CO2 emitter, accounting for 4 to 8% of the world's CO2. A typical wind turbine uses approximately 550 tons of concrete. The production of 1 m³ of concrete requires 2,775 MJ of energy. Most of this energy comes from oil (90 barrels or so per turbine base).
* Note all the steel also required.
 The remote locations add to the huge cost and emissions, and the massive expense of connecting them to the grid.
 One might argue that their life expectancy ensures they cannot pay back for the emissions produced to install them.

[Shen Li]

Nature magazine had to retract it's very influential paper about the cost of climate change. They claimed it would cpost $47 trillion dollars, although I don't know over how long. It was all wrong, the modelling so faulty that they retracted the entire paper because their were too many errors. Meaning it was all horseshit.

[DKG]

Here we go again. This time in Vermont.

Electric buses unveiled with great fanfare as symbols of progress and climate virtue are now sitting idle in the snow, while the supposedly outdated diesel fleet does the actual work of moving people. Taxpayers paid millions for these vehicles, and right now, they can't do the job they were purchased to do.

Green Mountain Transit added five new electric buses to its fleet last year, announcing the move in the warmth of summer. Officials praised the decision as a major step toward Burlington's net-zero energy goals and reduced carbon emissions. The buses were billed as modern, clean, and capable, each equipped with a 520-kilowatt-hour battery and a theoretical range of up to 258 miles on a single charge.

They cannot run in Vermont's cold winters.

[DKG]

With oil prices once again dropping, it may surprise many to know that while Democrats traditionally are harsher on the oil industry, they actually end up making those companies more money, while the average American's pocket gets lighter.

Dan Doyle, president of fracking company Reliance Well Services, said that when pipelines and other drilling technology are limited by Democrats, it is the consumer who suffers.

"Profitability is a little bit better under Democrats than Republicans," Doyle told Return in an exclusive interview. "Trump is very tough on oil prices, you know, because he's using them this time to get gas prices lower. So he's really pressuring to bring those oil prices down."

President Biden shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline his first day in office was just one example of Democrat-led moves that increased the cost of daily living for Americans, Doyle explained.

"You shut the pipelines down, it just makes it more expensive. Now you're bringing it over the roads," he asserted. "Now you're putting this stuff over the road or in train cars."

Doyle asked readers to simply check out the oil prices under Democrat leadership versus Republican.

"Under Obama back in [2013-2014] and, I believe, later, oil was routinely at $100. So you take CPI and you adjust it for inflation. ... That's twice what it is right now."

Doyle was actually estimating conservatively. According to data from the Energy Information Association, a government agency, the price per barrel was $98.99 under Obama in January 2012; when adjusted for inflation using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index inflation calculator, that equates to $142 per barrel in January 2026.