Daily Standup Top Stories U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Federal Reserve From Issuing a CBDC June 3, 2024 Mariel Alumit The U.S. House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency. The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, introduced by Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), seeks […] Saudi […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Replacing a Talen Energy coal-fired power plant with battery storage is infeasible: PJM May 6, 2024 Mariel Alumit An 800-MW, four-hour battery is “not a realistic option” for replacing Talen Energy’s 1,280-MW, coal-fired Brandon Shores power plant near Baltimore, according to the PJM Interconnection. The Sierra Club’s proposed battery storage solution to […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories U.S. produces the energy everyone is looking for: 900 MW at the largest plant in the world April 30, 2024 Mariel Alumit It is a common misconception that renewable energy is hidden in large production plants. Instead, it is found in the sun, in the wind or in an unprecedented source that the […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Buttigieg rejects critics of EV future: Like people in 2000s saying we could have landlines forever April 3, 2024 Mariel Alumit Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rejected criticism of the Biden administration’s push for America to embrace a future where electric vehicles (EVs) overtake internal combustion engines, comparing the dynamic to that of landline phone […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Climate bureaucrats giving China a free pass on its massive pollution March 18, 2024 Mariel Alumit China’s annual greenhouse gas emissions have soared over the past 20 years, dwarfing those of the U.S. But according to our progressive federal bureaucrats, America’s cumulative historical emissions are the problem and Beijing now deserves […] Saudi […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories U.S. Northeast Gasoline Reserve Could Be Sold Off March 4, 2024 Mariel Alumit The U.S. could sell off its 1-million-barrel Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve in the fiscal year of 2024, a funding bill up for discussion at U.S. Congress says. Under the draft text of the bill, “the Secretary […] US funding bill blocks […]
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Daily Standup Top Stories Net Zero’s days are numbered February 24, 2024 Stu Turley If a week is a long time in politics, then 2023 belongs to a different age in the politics of Net Zero. Less than eleven months ago, the government was saying that ‘Net Zero is […] Research warns net zero policies risk plunging […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Energy Secy. Granholm explains the clean energy ‘battle’ – Really? February 26, 2024 Stu Turley The Biden administration has made some big investments into infrastructure and clean energy initiatives within the US. However, two years into the push to transition the country to clean energy, the government is still behind […] First Solar […]
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Daily Standup Top Stories Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. as Top Crude Oil Producer February 13, 2024 Mariel Alumit Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. as Top Crude Oil Producer This was originally posted on Elements. Sign up to the free mailing list to get beautiful visualizations on natural resource megatrends in your email every week. Over […] OPEC […]
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Daily Standup Weekly Top Stories Energy Bills Set to Soar as Report Finds Almost All Major Studies on Net Zero Grossly Underestimate Cost January 28, 2024 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: I have just interviewed data modeling experts who have found where the global warming narrative over the last four years has been manipulated to increase […]
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