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‘The Green Energy Delusion’

Excerpted from a piece of the same name by Charles Hugh Smith.

Call it a MEMO to wherever you keep your COMMON SENSE.

Here’s the quote (my italics/bolding/underscoring):

“Many believe so-called renewable energy such as solar and wind will replace hydrocarbons. But as analyst Nate Hagens has explained, these sources are not truly renewable, they are replaceable.

“All solar panels and wind turbines must be replaced at great expense every 20–25 years. These sources are less than 5% of all energy we consume, and it will take many decades of expansion to replace even half of the hydrocarbon fuels we currently consume.

“To double the energy generated by wind/solar in 25 years, we’ll need to build three for each one in service today: one to replace the existing one and two more to increase the energy being produced.

“All these replacements for hydrocarbons require vast amounts of resources: diesel fuel for transport, materials for fabricating turbines, panels, concrete foundations and so on.”

SO, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

Call Them What You Will . . .

 . . . Europe Needs Nuclear and LNG.

And VIRTUE SIGNALING will not change things.

Meanwhile, it’s getting HARDER being GRETA.  

What’s A Million Worth?

Not a hell of a lot.

A 4% return on a million — assuming you can SAFELY get one — will get you $40K per annum. What’s one to do with THAT when the average couple aged 65 is looking at potentially $250K in non-insurable medical expenses should they live another 20 years.

A few years ago, I advised a female acquaintance of mine to stay in a marriage where her spouse was willing to pay her a million if she chose to leave. What a BARGAIN for him THAT would have been — as HE’S NOT POOR.

She stayed.

Anyway, check out what it takes to be “rich” in America plus some other interesting numbers.

Adam Uber Greta

GREEN IS THE GOAL/BUT WHAT’S BURNING IS COAL.

BUT GRETA, TIMING IS EVERYTHING, AND WE CAN’T RAMP UP GREEN FAST ENOUGH TO A)  KEEP THE LIGHTS, HEAT AND A/C ON AND B) POWER OUR PLANES, SHIPS AND VEHICLES.

AND NO AMOUNT OF TEAR-UPS OR FOOT-STOMPING WILL CHANGE THIS.

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ADULT IN THE ROOM:

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ZEAOLTRY TRUMPS POLICY.

Peter Thiel and Eric Weinstein

Left meets Right, highlighting Thiel’s more CENTRIST leanings.  Though predominantly centrist HE ISN’T.

As the video reveals, Weinstein WORKS FOR Thiel despite NOT AGREEING WITH HIM in key areas.

What also comes through is Thiel’s ALMOST OBSESSIVE FOCUS ON GROWTH and his fear that WITHOUT IT, democracy DOESN’T WORK. 

And since he views the US economy as having been MORE OR LESS STAGNANT for 40 years, he’s concluded that DEMOCRACY HASN’T FLOURISHED during that period either.

Is such a view a harbinger of something DANGEROUS — namely, someone of Thiel’s stature DOUBTING THE EFFICACY OF DEMOCRACY?  Or is it a VALID CLAIM?  Either way, what do we DO ABOUT IT?

This one is long but covers not only one but MANY WATERFRONTS.

Check it out:

What, No More Pain?

From Northwestern Now.

Dissolving Implantable Device Relieves Pain without Drugs

“A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed a small, soft, flexible implant that relieves pain on demand and without the use of drugs. The first-of-its-kind device could provide a much-needed alternative to opioids and other highly addictive medications.”

Not bad, right?

While it DOESN’T MEAN no more DISEASE, it could certainly make life, well . . . LESS PAINFUL.

Congrats to NORTHWESTERN!