As the truth gets out, the smugness that comes with owning (and sometimes driving) a Tesla may be harder to maintain than the vehicle itself (see above).

The trope has it that soon we’ll all be auto-piloted by EVs charged by electrons lovingly caressed from sunshine and breezes. Although, if that vision is ever realised, expect to hear more about collisions between stray unicorns and EVs, which is just as likely as an RE-powered all-EV future.

While there’s nothing wrong in theory about all-Electric Vehicles, if they really were a sensible substitute for petrol or diesel-powered vehicles, they’d already be jumping off the shelves. Except, for some strange reason, they aren’t.

But, all that is to ignore where all that gooey greenness comes from. Because at the heart of every lithium-ion battery, whether it’s used to power an all-EV or as a standalone store for electrons lovingly harvested from mother…

By Douglas Blair ~

Europe is in a world of hurt when it comes to energy.

News outlet Die Welt reported last Sunday that the German government was preparing to deal with backlash from angry citizens who will need to deal with a massive energy crisis come winter.

According to the outlet, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told news broadcaster ARD in July that skyrocketing heating costs are a “powder keg for society.”

As bad green policies come back to bite elites, they’ve begun to blame the people for expressing their frustration. Pictured: A passenger on a tourist excursion boat shelters from the sun Aug. 4, 2022, in Berlin. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

As the war in Ukraine continues to rage and failed green policies contribute to weak domestic energy production, the government has been forced to reckon with the fact that there will be shortages when things get cold.

Current…

By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~

You often hear that wind and solar power are cheaper than burning coal or natural gas, so we will save money by switching. But as the song says, it ain’t necessarily so. In fact it is almost never so. That wind and solar are cheaper is at best a half truth, more like an eighth truth.

Here is the reality you never hear of.

That wind and solar are cheaper is true in one way, but it is a small way. It is also a technical way, with the grand name of the “levelized cost of electricity” or LCOE. Now “levelized” is not a word you hear every day, to say the least. This might tip you off that something is going on.

In fact LCOE, as it is always called, is a simple idea. It is usually calculated (or estimated) for a single electric…