He Calls It Wistful Thinking;  I Call It "Magical Thinking" We didn't have a "required reading" in October. This is required reading  for November.  There is simply no meteorological way that wind and solar will ever be primary energy sources -- and, they are hugely wasteful and expensive secondary sources.  By the way, I learned a new word, "dunkelflautes:"   In the renewable energy sector, a dunkelflaute is a period of time in which little or no energy can be generated with wind and solar power, 

We haven't done a "required reading" in a couple of months because I don't want to waste your time unless the story is important and succinct.  Here is a story that is vital to America and its energy supplies . Three highlights... CBS News Texas posted an article to their website describing how wind turbines struggle to produce enough electricity during heat waves, due to the natural effect of lower wind speeds during these events. This is true, and it highlights one of the biggest problems renewable sources face when they are supposed to make up a greater and greater share of electricity production. That is, they are highly weather dependent and often fail under unideal conditions. The expert CBS interviewed for the post, Dr. Todd Griffith of the Wind Energy Center at UT Dallas admitted that when the wind doesn’t blow, “we need to compensate for that with these other sources…namely, natural gas and coal sources and nuclear. ”This is true, and it doesn’t seem to make ...

We didn't have a required reading in June. As I don't want to recommend pieces I don't believe are worthy of everyone's valuable time.  This month, a second required reading link is posted below.  From Bari Weiss, link here . Read it, you won't regret it -- regardless of what side of the political spectrum you fall.  My earlier, July 8, required reading, link here .