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Lawrence Solomon: Fossil fuels now beat wind and solar on environmental as well as economic grounds

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Lawrence Solomon

(November 14, 2013) When governments try to impose large-scale renewable technologies, they lay waste to nature. Continue reading →

Posted in Fossil Fuels, Renewables | Tagged China, environmentalism, fossil fuels, pollution, renewables, solar energy, sustainability, sustainable development, wind power | 3 Comments

Fossil Fuels

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Other News Sources

Energy Probe has been Canada’s chief critic of the fossil fuel industries for 40 years, starting in the 1970s, when it helped create the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (the Berger Commission), which led to the scrapping of uneconomic Arctic pipelines. … Continue reading →

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Electricity generation with 100% renewables is a fantasy

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Other News Sources

(December 3, 2022) Breaking down the high cost of renewables based on the data.

Posted in Costs, Energy Probe News, Renewables | Tagged Andrew Roman, electricity, IESO, renewables, solar, wind | Leave a comment

The Big Green Lie almost everyone claims to believe

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Lawrence Solomon

(August 2, 2022) The claim that the “science was settled” on climate change never withstood scrutiny. What is settled is the abject failure of the three-decade-long attempt by the bureaucracies of the 195 countries of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, The Deniers | Tagged C02, Climate Change, climate policy, Global Warming | 1 Comment

The impossible green dream

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Other News Sources

(July 12, 2022) Instead of refurbishing an old and deteriorating natural gas pipeline that has served Ottawa for 65 years, Ottawa is investing instead in a fantasy strategy it calls its Energy Evolution plan. Unfortunately, Ottawa is not alone in … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Costs, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Energy Probe News, Natural Gas | Tagged Enbridge, Energy Evolution plan, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario Energy Board, Ottawa City Council, Patricia Adams, St. Laurent Pipeline | Leave a comment

Russia’s war has started The Great U-Turn

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Other News Sources

(June 26, 2022) The West’s net zero policies, pursued too rapidly, with the wrong technologies, and without regard to energy security, has financed Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Great U-Turn back to fossil fuels has already begun in Europe.

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All that glitters isn’t green. Or renewable.

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Other News Sources

(February 3, 2022) “Green” is used as a political obedience button. We are expected to agree, without closely examining proposed laws and policies. After all, how could it be bad if it’s green? We are not expected to ask “green in … Continue reading →