| Energy Realism this past week hit on the obvious unrealism and dangers of the green dream: never-ending more wind, never-ending more solar…at all costs. “The Energy Transition” that we keep hearing is inevitable relies on seemingly endless amounts of wind and solar power. Both new capacity and new generation wise, the goal is renewables at all costs. We all know that the problem is that these sources are naturally intermittent, so their ability to “displace,” not just “supplement,” far more reliable coal, gas, oil, and nuclear is limited by Mother Nature herself. But perhaps worse, Robert Bryce might just be the leading expert on how these more expensive and less reliable renewables are simply not being supported by the American public. This time, he monitors the solar projects in 2022 that were rejected by rural communities in the U.S. Check out Robert’s Renewable Rejection Database. What is most ironic is that many of these rural communities have historically relied on the coal that greens so despise. Coal power is far more affordable and reliable than renewable power. Frank Lasee looks at the net-zero zealots and their destructive mission to destroy coal, a resource that has been the foundation of the U.S. power system since Edison’s Peal Street Station back in 1882. So how can we, the West that has built our incredibly high living standards on coal and other fossil fuels, now block fossil fuel usage for the world’s poor? Duggan Flanakin examines the West’s wasting of precious resources to force more expensive and less reliable wind and solar on poor Africa. This forgotten land of 1.3 billion deserves a realistic path to end its horrific energy poverty. Our Essential Reading, then, must come from our Senior Fellow, Rupert Darwall, who details the demise of the World Bank, a once great institution that is now peddling a provably faulty “green” dream over desperately-needed human development based on proven energy resources: coal, gas, oil, and nuclear. In the News Isaac Orr, RCPolicy Jessica Guynn, USA Today Reuters Tsvetana Paraskova, Oil Price NPR NBC News YF Nate Rott, NPR ZeroHedge, Oil Price Irina Slav, Oil Price Michelle Chapman, AP Steven Loveday, Inside EVs Bloomberg Charmaine Jacob, CNBC Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica CBS Sunday A new NASA report says sea levels along U.S. coastlines are expected to rise as much as 12 inches by 2050, and by the end of the century 13 million Americans could be displaced and $... Quest Means Business "While natural gas will come down, the LNG shared will still be very important." Hoegh LNG CEO Erik Nyheim discusses Germany's natural gas usage as Russia continues its war and pric... NowThis Earth Is that 'green' product actually environmentally friendly? Here's the scoop on greenwashing and how you can spot it. CNBC International TV Dan Pickering of Pickering Energy Partners says $85 "feels like a good equilibrium price in a world that's probably squeezing out Russia for the next five years." Firstpost As Europe's energy crisis drags on, the European Union has thrown climate concerns out of the window. You see, so far it depended on Russian gas pipelines for almost 40% of its energ... | 