Penciling Out ‘Green’ Energy: Politicians Still Can’t Figure Out the Math »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) Out of the mouths of rubes. Nobody ever does the math when it comes to stories about “green” energy projects. I remember all the glowing stories about the huge array of solar panels at Nellis Air Force Base and how they would save the Air Force $1 million a year in power bills. President Obama and Sen. Harry Reid toured the facility and sang its praises. All the stories mentioned the savings [...]
Harry Wants You to Keep Paying His Campaign Backers for ‘Green’ Energy »
(Thomas Mitchell/(4TH ST8) Harry Reid wants Nevada to be powered by “green” energy, even if it costs the last dime of your money to pay his political contributors before they all go broke. During an interview on Nevada Newsmakers Tuesday, Sen. Reid criticized NV Energy for not purchasing even more “green” energy than they already do: “I don’t think NV Energy has done enough to allow renewable energy to thrive. I think a lot of [...]
Segerblom Proud That EPA Regs Scrapped 3 Nevada Coal Power Plants »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – In case you needed any more evidence that President Obama’s “all of the above” talking point on energy policy is a joke, Nevada Assemblyman “Tick” Segerblom, D.-Clark County, just wrote an op-ed bragging about how a recent ruling from Obama’s EPA will kill coal power. Media analysts from left and right are predicting that the most recent EPA rule-making decision spells the ultimate end of Big Coal as utilities turn to cleaner, [...]
They All Laughed at »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) in·vest·ment (in-vest-muhnt) noun: the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value. In announcing the president’s travels this week, the White House said: “On Wednesday, the President will begin the tour in Boulder City, Nevada where he will visit the Copper Mountain Solar 1 Facility, the largest photovoltaic plant operating in the country with nearly one million solar panels powering 17,000 homes. [...]
Reno Windmills Barely Create a Stir in the Cash Drawer »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) After spending a million dollars from Obama’s green energy stash to erect six electricity generating windmills, the city of Reno over the past two years has saved a whopping $2,785 off its power bill, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal today. The newspaper calculated the savings by using the city’s new “open government” website, which tracks the power each windmill generates. The paper quotes Jason Geddes, Reno’s environmental services administrator, as [...]
Pipeline Delayed; Obama Cares More About His Job Than Yours »
(Thomas Mitchell/4th St8) – It’s been said many times and many ways over the past couple of days, but I doubt if it’s been said any better. The Morning Bell at Heritage Foundation opens with this ringing indictment of the Obama administration and gets to the crux of the matter: “If Americans needed any further proof that the Obama Administration is one of the most political on record, or that, for all the recent demagoguing, [...]
“Juice” Powered Solyndra »
(Geoffrey Lawrence/NPRI) – Some companies are in business to serve consumers. Others are in business to serve themselves. Such was the case of Solyndra — a newly bankrupt California-based firm in the ostensible business of manufacturing solar panels. Solyndra’s business model — like that of many “renewable”-energy-component manufacturers — doesn’t achieve success by producing goods that consumers value and would purchase freely. Instead, this business model achieves success by petitioning politicians to legally compel consumers [...]
The Manchurian Disconnection »
(Thomas Mitchell/4th St8) – How could any news story be more thoroughly reported and exhaustively detailed than one Sunday in the Las Vegas Sun “newspaper” about the connection between Nevada and Red China? The story starts with the Chinese coolies brought in to build the railroads to carry Nevada’s gold and silver to market, meanders past the Asian-themed casino floor in the Encore and the American-owned casinos in Macau and up to the announced plan [...]
Renewable Energy Is Destroying Nevada Jobs, Economy »
(Geoffrey Lawrence/NPRI) – Politicians have long sold the myth that the national and state economies would one day be rescued by “renewable” energy. For years, however, a fundamental problem kept these politicians from achieving their goal of making renewable energy culturally dominant: Freedom. Electricity generated by so-called “renewable” sources like solar panels is far more expensive and less reliable than electricity generated through traditional means such as nuclear, coal-fired or natural gas-fired power plants. Confronted [...]
Congress Likely to Cram Down Solyndra Billionaire »
(John Ransom/Townhall.com) – Rources close to the Congressional investigation into the loans that the Obama administration made to bankrupt solar company Solyndra, say that Congress is likely to attempt to scuttle an agreement that the administration reached last February that allowed major investors to take precedent over US taxpayers in the liquidation of the company. In February 2011, Solyndra renegotiated with creditors, including the United States Government, in order to try to avoid bankruptcy. In [...]
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