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therightinsight.org/Common-Precaution
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1/3/17 at 8:11 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Many climate activists claim that the Precautionary Principle requires that humanity cease using fossil fuels to avoid the potential of catastrophic anthropogenic climate change. That is a relatively absolutist interpretation of the ...
therightinsight.org/Consensus-and-Science
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4/25/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Consensus: general agreement, the judgement arrived at by most of those concerned, group solidarity in sentiment and belief (Source: Merriam-Webster)
Science: knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of ...
therightinsight.org/COP-21-Agreement
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7/5/16 at 10:54 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The Obama Administration insisted that the Agreement reached at the conclusion of COP 21 in Paris, France not be legally binding on the parties because of the near-absolute certainty that the US Senate would not ratify the Agreement as a ...
therightinsight.org/Cost-Benefit-Analysis-in-the-Regulatory-Process
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9/5/17 at 6:15 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The US federal government has taken numerous actions to require cost / benefit analyses, or cost effectiveness analyses, regarding federal rulemaking activities. The intent of these actions is to assure that the rulemaking activities ...
therightinsight.org/Costing-the-Green-Grid-Current-and-future-technology
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2/8/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Curiouser-and-Curiouser
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8/31/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Strange decisions are being made by numerous global governments which have committed under the Paris Accords to reduce CO2 emissions in an effort to limit the increase in the global average temperature anomaly to 1.5°C.
China is ...
therightinsight.org/Current-Storage-Deficit
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4/9/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
In a summary of a recent peer-reviewed paper, the principal author stated that an electric grid predominantly powered by intermittent renewables such as wind and solar would require storage approximately equal to 25% of annual generation to...
therightinsight.org/CVOW-and-Storage
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11/8/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Dominion Energy has proposed to build Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) a 176 wind turbine farm off the Virginia coast. The Virginia Legislature had predetermined that such a project was in the public interest. The Virginia State ...
therightinsight.org/Defending-Climate-Orthodoxy
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1/9/18 at 6:42 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
scientific method: principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of ...
therightinsight.org/Demand-Pull-Markets
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7/13/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
A market economy is an economic system in which economic decisions and the pricing of goods and services are guided by the interactions of a country's individual citizens and businesses. There may be some government intervention or ...
therightinsight.org/Democrat-Climate-Platform
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10/13/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The 2020 Democrat Party Platform covers a broad range of topics. The section of the platform dealing with climate is entitled “Combating the Climate Crisis and Pursuing Environmental Justice”.
The section begins with the ...
therightinsight.org/Democrats-Platform-Up-Close-2016
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8/23/16 at 9:42 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
“We believe America must be running entirely on clean energy by mid-century.”
The term “clean energy” is not defined in the platform, so it is not clear whether natural gas and propane are included, which leaves ...
therightinsight.org/Demonstration-Challenge
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11/28/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The stated goal of the US Administration’s renewable energy transition is to replace all dispatchable fossil-fueled electricity generation and all direct fossil fuel usage with renewable electricity to reduce CO2 emissions. Logically,...
therightinsight.org/Demonstration-Reporting
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4/5/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
This commentary suggests a reporting format for the renewable plus storage demonstration discussed in the prior two commentaries.
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Pre-demonstration electricity generation ... |
therightinsight.org/Desperation
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3/24/20 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The 1970s were the decade of global cooling, hyped in the media with cover art and major articles in Time, Newsweek and other media outlets. Scientists were also concerned about global warming during that period, but the actual cooling ...
therightinsight.org/Diminishing-Impact-of-Increased-CO2
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11/21/17 at 7:26 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.” --Richard P. Feynman
The impact of incremental increases in ...
therightinsight.org/Dispatchable-Wind-and-Solar
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4/11/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Electricity demand fluctuates continuously, over a range of 2.5-3 to one. Electric utility operators control the output of numerous generation resources over their acceptable range of operation to match the contemporaneous demand of the ...
therightinsight.org/Does-Wind-Intermittance-Over-Short-Hourly-Periods-Gives-a-Clearer-Picture
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8/3/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Electric-Energy-Storage
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8/3/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The operation of the electric grid requires continuous balance between supply and demand. Electric demand fluctuates throughout the day and these fluctuations are significantly different between weekdays and weekend days. Electric ...
therightinsight.org/Electric-Transition
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2/15/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The US EIA graph below summarizes the sources and uses of energy in the US economy. The Administration has established a series of progressive goals to eliminate fossil fuel consumption in the energy economy and achieve Net Zero ...
therightinsight.org/Electricity-Prices-Are-Soaring-Its-Time-to-Hold-the-Energy-Transition-Accountable
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1/18/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Emissions-by-the-Numbers
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5/21/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
In my commentary “Emissions or Equity”, I discussed the philosophical issues regarding global “greenhouse gas” emissions reductions. Now let’s look at the numbers.
The graph below shows the trends in global ...
therightinsight.org/Emissions-or-Equity
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5/14/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The first argument of the consensed climate science community is that global “greenhouse gas” emissions must be reduced to avoid a potential future climate catastrophe if the global average near-surface temperature increase ...
therightinsight.org/Endangered-Species-Reconsideration-of-the-EPA-Endangerment-Finding
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5/30/17 at 6:57 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
therightinsight.org/Energy-Inflation-Was-by-Design
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10/27/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/The-Consensus-on-Climate-Change-Facts-and-Myths
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"No challenge--no challenge--poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change. 2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does: 14 of the 15... |
therightinsight.org/Energy-Security-is-National-Security
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4/27/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Energy-Transition-Goal
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1/30/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The Administration’s stated goal for the energy transition is an energy system with “Net Zero” CO2 emissions after conversion of all energy end uses to all-electric systems. I often find, when trying to visualize a ...
therightinsight.org/Energy-User-Responsibility
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2/27/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
therightinsight.org/Energy-War-Similarities
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I...
therightinsight.org/Enlightened-Self-interest-Opposition-to-Trumps-Environmental-Policies
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5/23/17 at 6:28 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Prior to the US election in November 2016 the UNFCCC, the IPCC, the signatories to the Paris Accords and numerous environmental NGOs were quietly confident that the expected future Clinton Administration would continue the environmental ...
therightinsight.org/EPA-Endangerment-Finding
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5/9/17 at 7:07 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Several commentators have identified rescission or substantial revision of the 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding regarding CO2 and other “greenhouse gases” as the key to achieving the Trump Administration’s environmental ...
therightinsight.org/Epstein-on-Energy-Fossil_Future-on-Deck
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3/5/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Estimates-and-Averages
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10/3/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Developers of renewable energy generation installations frequently focus their marketing efforts on estimates of the number of homes the installations would serve. The developers’ estimates are not based on consistent assumptions and ...
therightinsight.org/EV-Precautions
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11/15/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Precautionary Principle: An expression of a need by decision-makers to anticipate harm before it occurs. Within this element lies an implicit reversal of the onus of proof: under the precautionary principle it is the responsibility of an ...
therightinsight.org/Evidence-Communication
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12/15/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
A recent article in the journal Nature suggested five fundamental rules for evidence communication which apply well to science communication, though they are not always followed, particularly in climate science.
therightinsight.org/Existential-Threat
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8/9/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The United Nations and several national governments have begun referring to climate change as an existential threat, meaning a threat to the future existence of life on earth. This is a political position intended to draw attention to the ...
therightinsight.org/Exploiters-Versus-Experts
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12/8/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
From: Climate Etc.
By: Planning Engineer (Russell Schussler)
Date: November 28, 2022
Exploiters Versus Experts
The unfolding saga around FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange currently in bankruptcy, appears to share ...
therightinsight.org/EXTRA-Some-Thoughts-on-Independence-Day-2017
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7/5/17 at 9:03 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The American colonies did not declare independence from Britain and fight the Revolutionary War with Britain to achieve that independence for the United States of America, only to surrender that independence less than 250 years later and ...
therightinsight.org/Fact-or-Fancy
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5/3/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Simple Definition of fact
: something that truly exists or happens
: something that has actual existence
: a true piece of information
Simple Definition of fancy
: to believe mistakenly or without evidence
: to believe without being ...
therightinsight.org/Factual
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8/11/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
- factual: of or relating to facts; restricted to or based on fact (Merriam-Webster)
- nonfactual: not relating to, concerned with or based on facts (Merriam-Webster)
- counterfactual: contrary to fact (Merriam-Webster)
- deceptive: tending or...
therightinsight.org/Falling-into-the-Trap
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1/12/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Numerous individuals and organizations, including Clintel and the Copenhagen Consensus Center, have calculated the potential effect of US CO2 emissions reductions on global average temperatures or temperature anomalies in the future. These ...
therightinsight.org/Fauci-Fear-Balance-and-the-Grid
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5/25/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Feasibility-for-achieving-a-net-zero-economy-for-the-US-by-2050
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3/23/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
therightinsight.org/Financial-Mechanism-of-the-Convention
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6/1/16 at 11:30 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at COP 16 in 2010, as an operating entity of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention. The original intent was for the developed ...
therightinsight.org/Focus-on-the-Magma
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2/9/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
magma: molten rock material within the earth from which igneous rock results by cooling Merriam-Webster
The land surfaces of the earth and the bottom surfaces of the earth’s oceans compose the earth’s crust, a...
therightinsight.org/Fossil-and-Non-Fossil-Fuels
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8/10/23 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
From: Watts Up With That
By: Willis Eschenbach
Date: July 7, 2023
Fossil and Non-Fossil Fuels
In my previous post, The Myth Of Replacing Fossil Fuels, I looked at the new BP global use of fossil and non-fossil fuels. In this ...
therightinsight.org/Fraudulent-Fantasy
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1/23/24 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The UN and numerous national governments are promoting the fantasy that the global energy economy can transition to a fossil-fuel-free, all-electric everything energy economy by 2050. In this fantasy, intermittent renewable generation ...
therightinsight.org/Full-Disclosure-Solar
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6/21/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Solar is intermittent. Therefore, solar generation is intermittent. Solar is unreliably available during the day and reliably unavailable at night. Solar conditions vary geographically and seasonally. Therefore, solar generation potential ...
therightinsight.org/Full-Disclosure-Storage
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6/28/22 at 7:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Wind and solar are intermittent resources, so both wind and solar generation are intermittent and require backup. This backup is currently provided by conventional generation. However, with the evolution of a fossil-free grid, storage ...
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