Dieter Helm To Head Government Energy Costs Review

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Selection of Oxford University economist Dieter Helm may be controversial because of his criticism of wind and solar power

An academic who is a vocal critic of the costs of renewable power has been selected by the government to head a landmark review of the cost of energy in the UK.

Dieter Helm, an economist at the University of Oxford, has been chosen by the Department for Business, Industrial and Energy Strategy (BEIS) to carry out the review, the Guardian has learned. The Conservative manifesto promised the resulting report would be the first step towards “competitive and affordable energy costs”.

Theresa May is among ministers taking an interest in the cost of energy review, which will examine how power prices can be kept down while meeting the UK’s carbon targets and keeping the lights on.

But the choice of Helm, author of a new book on the slow demise of oil companies in the face of energy trends, will be controversial in some quarters because of his criticism of wind and solar power.

While acknowledging that renewables are rewriting the energy landscape, the professor of energy has attacked the cost of today’s windfarms and solar technology, calling them “expensive” and highlighting the “sheer cost” of electricity generated from renewable sources.

Helm has also suggested the existing generation of green energy is not enough to significantly cut emissions. “Current renewables like wind turbines, rooftop solar and biomass stand no serious chance of making much difference to decarbonisation. It’s very simply a matter of scale,” he wrote in the Spectator magazine.

Instead, Helm believes funding should be directed at next generation renewable technologies, such as more efficient solar panels. He also backs emerging technologies such as smart grids and battery storage.

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July 12, 2017 at 07:58AM

“Mexico Oil Privatization Pays Off With Billion-Barrel Find”

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Featured image. Guest post by David Middleton Mexico Oil Privatization Pays Off With Billion-Barrel Find By Adam Williams and Angelina Rascouet July 12, 2017 Block among first awarded for private exploration in Mexico Premier Oil shares jump as much as 38% on Zama-1 well success Mexico’s decision to allow private companies to explore for oil … Continue reading “Mexico Oil Privatization Pays Off With Billion-Barrel Find”

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July 12, 2017 at 07:51AM

Boulder, Colorado – Destroying The Environment To Save The Planet

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As predicted, wildly corrupt progressives on the Boulder City Council voted to destroy the environmentally critical wetlands which separate Boulder from Denver.

Boulder City Council approves new land-use designation for CU South – Boulder Daily Camera

I’ve been documenting the incredible diversity of wildlife on this land.

So why would the City of Boulder vote to destroy their own environment? The answer is simple – they want to save the planet from global warming.

Boulder declares intent to uphold Paris climate goals – Boulder Daily Camera

The city of Boulder wants to take over operation of their electrical utilities, which are currently generated by this incredibly clean power plant, which puts out no visible pollution, ever.

The city wants to replace this incredibly clean, reliable power plant (which most residents probably don’t even know exists) with 200 very unreliable and environmentally destructive wind turbines.

The University of Colorado has no interest in the city’s idiotic plan to create expensive, unreliable energy. So in order to get CU to agree to the plan , the city made two deals with the University.

1. The University is guaranteed low cost energy from the grid, even when the residents of the city are blacked out and their electricity rates skyrocket.
2. The city lets CU develop the wetlands south of Boulder.

The City of Boulder thus believes that they need to destroy their own environment in order to save the planet from global warming. Meanwhile, the countries which signed the fake Paris Climate Treaty are building new coal fired power plants as fast as they can, with 1,600 new plants planned. The US has no new coal plants in the works.

As Beijing Joins Climate Fight, Chinese Companies Build Coal Plants – The New York Times

The dominant feature of the progressive intellect is that they are completely incapable of critical analysis or rational thought. They are Pavlov’s dogs – who are triggered into madness by a few words – like “global warming”

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July 12, 2017 at 07:07AM

In Antarctica, One Storm in 40 Years Is Climate

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Antarctic sea ice extent has been increasing since 1979, and reached a record high in 2014.

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At the end of August last year, there was a large amount of excess ice.

Stormy winter weather during the first two weeks of September, 2016 broke up some ice, and it hasn’t all grown back yet.

Climate scientists immediately jumped on this week of stormy weather as proof that global warming was destroying the planet.

Climate science has nothing to do with science. It is a criminal venture being propagated by consultants who call themselves scientists, and will say anything for money.

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July 12, 2017 at 06:37AM