January 2022 Blog Posts (44)

By P Gosselin on 18. January 2022…

US Coal Consumption Up 17% In 2021; also up in Germany, Japan, China, etc.

JANUARY 17, 2022

By Paul Homewood

https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/us-coal-consumption-up-17-in-2021/

So much for the myriad claims about going “beyond coal.”

According to a …

I don't agree with everything in this article such as the imperative to wean ourselves off fossil fuel, the absence of reference to nuclear as well as the likely unimaginable breakthroughs that almost surely will arrive. Nevertheless, I found parts of the article interesting and refreshing.

In the deep ocean, occasionally, a whale carcass falls to the bottom of the sea. Most of…

The US government has the fantasy of wanting to build 30,000 MW of offshore by 2030, i.e., just 7 years, but several companies, building projects for Massachusetts, will be allowed to walk away from the signed PPAs, and rebid at much higher prices next year.

The UK government has the fantasy of wanting to build 36,000 MW of offshore by 2030

That means placing…

This article written by

Skrable, Kenneth; Chabot, George; French, Clayton¹

¹University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854.

Health Physics: February 2022 – Volume 122 – Issue 2 – p 291-305

doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001485

Abstract

After 1750 and the onset of the industrial revolution, the anthropogenic fossil…

By Cristina Laila

Published January 15, 2022 at 7:26pm

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Dr. Meryl Nass, a Maine doctor with more than 40 years experience cannot practice after her medical license was suspended for ‘spreading Covid misinformation’ and treating Covid patients with Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine.

Dr. Meryl Nass was also ordered to undergo a neuropsychological evaluation.

“The information received by the Board demonstrates that Dr. Nass is or may be unable…

7PM Mountain Time / 9PM Eastern Time

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will hold a rally in Florence, Arizona, on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 7:00PM MST. Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 7:00PM MST President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, Delivers Remarks Venue: Country Thunder Festival Grounds 20585 E Water Way Florence, AZ 85132 Timeline of…

A CTFWP member alerted me to the following with a note saying "tacit acknowledgement that we’re not gonna like paying the bill..."

................B. If convened, the stakeholder group shall:

30 (1) Identify different methods to ensure that residents of the State are able to afford

31 electricity as the State seeks to meet the renewable resources goal under section

32 3210, subsection 1-A, paragraph B, including modernized or new rate designs…

New record high price for electricity

by Paula Brewer January 7, 2022

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Aroostook County’s farmers aren’t sacrificing soil for solar yet, but the potato industry and farm preservationists are keeping close tabs on Maine’s largest tracts of prime growing land.

Alternative energy developers have targeted some of Maine’s farmland as ideal sites to set up power arrays, because they favor large pieces of land that are easy to access, flat and located close to power transmission…

January 3, 2022

The Southern Ocean is a significant carbon sink -- absorbing a large amount of the excess carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by human activities -- according to a new study led by scientists affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research. 

The findings provide clarity…

Son: "When I grow up, I don't want to be a capitalist, I want to be a cronyist" and make so much money that I don't have to worry about how much things cost".

Parents: "You can do anything you want Angus".

by Lori Valigra

1/6/22

The commission said it is “critical” that Maine accelerate its electric grid infrastructure modernization so it is compatible with new technology and that it improve its capacity to transmit electricity bidirectionally,…

Deep roots in the community because of John Richardson? Did he live in Roxbury? I thought it was Brunswick or somewhere in that area.

Excerpts:

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (“GREC” or “Greenbacker”), a leading owner and operator of sustainable infrastructure and energy efficiency projects, announced today that RoxWind, a 15.3-MWdc wind farm, entered commercial operation on November 30. When it was acquired in 2020, the to-be-constructed project in…

French President Emmanuel Macron told one of the nation’s leading newspapers that he no longer considers the unvaccinated to be French citizens, and that his primary COVID-19 strategy is to continue to “piss them off” until they submit to his COVID-19 mandates, i.e., coerce them, break their will.

 Macron No Longer Views Unvaxxed as French, Vows to 'Piss Them Off' and 'Reduce'…