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Alternative energy can’t replace hydrocarbons

For the cost of drilling a single shale well which may average 10 barrels of oil per hour or its equivalent in natural gas over decades, one can build two 500-foot-high, 2-megawatt (MW) wind turb...

https://www.cfact.org/2020/02/17/alternative-energy-cant-replace-hydrocarbons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alternative-energy-cant-replace-hydrocarbons&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alternative-energy-cant-replace-hydrocarbons

New tech brings sunshine to solar’s future

When it comes to solar power, it has always been a choice of tapping the sun’s heat or light to produce energy – never both at the same time. But that may change now . . . http://www.cfact.or...

https://www.cfact.org/2013/10/25/new-tech-brings-sunshine-to-solars-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-tech-brings-sunshine-to-solars-future&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-tech-brings-sunshine-to-solars-future

Unprincipled lack of precaution on wind turbines

The problem with regard to consistency get larger as we come to realize that whatever they support is permitted; whatever they oppose violates the Precautionary Principle. They support windmills;...

https://www.cfact.org/2013/06/21/unprincipled-lack-of-precaution-on-wind-turbines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unprincipled-lack-of-precaution-on-wind-turbines&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unprincipled-lack-of-precaution-on-wind-turbines

Solar subsidies just tip of renewable cost iceberg

The collapse of Solyndra solar a while ago focused much attention on the cost of so-called renewable energy. But according to James Rust of the Heartland Institute, subsidies for solar are just t...

https://www.cfact.org/2013/05/31/solar-subsidies-just-tip-of-renewable-cost-iceberg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-subsidies-just-tip-of-renewable-cost-iceberg&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-subsidies-just-tip-of-renewable-cost-iceberg

U.K. biomass plants fuel local opposition

Producing electricity from the burning of wood, or biomass, has long been viewed as an environmentally friendly way of generating power. But now this once favored source of green energy is losing...

https://www.cfact.org/2013/05/28/u-k-biomass-plants-fuel-local-opposition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-k-biomass-plants-fuel-local-opposition&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-k-biomass-plants-fuel-local-opposition