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It’s not just #GasStoves, (open) wood fireplaces are an energy, climate, and human-health disaster

February 15th, 2023 · Comments Off on It’s not just #GasStoves, (open) wood fireplaces are an energy, climate, and human-health disaster

There has been quite a furor over gas stoves (how they worsen human health along with cooking (far) less efficiently and safely than magnetic induction stove tops) over the past few months. During cold winter snaps, one can see and smell the signs of yet another indoor air quality disaster: wood-burning fireplaces. ACTION ITEM NOTE: […]

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Tags: analysis · Energy · energy efficiency · Washington Post

That solar ROI … considering one Virginia installation’s return (and exploring complexities).

March 30th, 2022 · Comments Off on That solar ROI … considering one Virginia installation’s return (and exploring complexities).

“What was your solar installation’s ROI?” This was a question recently posed to me packaged with context issues (is solar financially sensible, discussing Chinese panels, solar panel production pollution (without mention of coal’s pollution), and otherwise). When I began to a typically geekish ‘it all depends’, the interjection: no, what was YOUR solar system’s return […]

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Tags: Energy · energy home · solar

Will the Brick Wall stand against Fossil Foolish ALEC Legislation?

March 1st, 2022 · Comments Off on Will the Brick Wall stand against Fossil Foolish ALEC Legislation?

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a front organization, in essence, for pay-to-play corporate interests to get slavish state legislators to submit cookie-cutter, lobbyist-written legislation in state after state after state. From promoting for-profit prisons to criminalizing exposure of factory-farm animal-rights abuses to anti-labor, the ALEC legislative agenda promotes privatization of profits and socialization […]

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Tags: Energy

Washington Post’s Snow Job about EVs in the snow is sadly par for the course

January 7th, 2022 · Comments Off on Washington Post’s Snow Job about EVs in the snow is sadly par for the course

Imagine adopting “Democracy dies in darkness” as a motto, and then running opinions echoing those who’ve dedicated their lives to blowing smoke–literally. The DC area, yet again, made global news through a massive traffic clusterf–k during a snowstorm as I-95, in Northern Virginia, got so clogged that drivers were stuck upwards of an entire day. […]

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Tags: electric vehicles · Energy · truthiness · Washington Post

Youngkin: Predatory Delay Truthiness on Climate

September 29th, 2021 · 1 Comment

Teed up by Chuck Todd’s abysmal climate change question (about flood insurance prices) in the Virginia gubernatorial debate, Glenn Youngkin lived up to what one would expect from the Virginian Republican (Grand Oil Party) nominee for Governor: predatory delay truthiness. In summary, Youngkin Avoided saying “climate change” and directly acknowledging basic reality which would risk […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Cost-Benefit Analysis · Energy · virginia

Climate change makes an appearance in Virginia gubernatorial debate (Or, how Chuck Todd exemplifies dismal media framing of climate crisis)

September 29th, 2021 · 1 Comment

The climate crisis made a brief appearance in last evening’s Virginia gubernatorial debate (see here for commentary on other portions of the debate) An oddball question from NBC’s Chuck Todd sparked strong comments from Democrat Terry McAuliffe and shallow predatory-delay, deceptive climate-truthiness from Trump-wannabe Glenn Youngkin. In a southern state that, under Democratic Party leadership, […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · journalism · Terry McAuliffe · virginia

A Merited Legislative Death to Mourn: Electric School Bus bill dies in Virginia House

February 28th, 2021 · Comments Off on A Merited Legislative Death to Mourn: Electric School Bus bill dies in Virginia House

Upfront, Electric School Buses (ESBs) should be deployed as rapidly as possible — they make eminent sense on financial, environmental, safety, student performance and other grounds. Legislation proposed to the Virginia legislature (SB1380) was fatally flawed. Regrettably but appropriately, the last legislative vote in the Virginia House of Delegates killed SB1380 by a 41 Yea, […]

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Tags: Energy

Flawed Electric School Bus (ESB) Program Barreling Down the Highway in the Old Dominion

February 27th, 2021 · Comments Off on Flawed Electric School Bus (ESB) Program Barreling Down the Highway in the Old Dominion

Let’s get some facts on the table first. Electrification of School Buses should be fast-tracked across the United States due to huge benefit streams Improved student and community health due to Significant reductions in diesel and particulate pollution with a wide-range set of other benefits including improved student performance outcomes; reducing greenhouse gas and noise […]

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DeJoy-run USPS falls short on Next-Generation Delivery Vehicle

February 23rd, 2021 · Comments Off on DeJoy-run USPS falls short on Next-Generation Delivery Vehicle

President Biden has made clear that the Federal Government should (will) move to 100 percent clean (mainly electric) vehicle acquisition (“including vehicles of the United States Postal Service”) as quickly as possible. Postmaster General DeJoy has made clear that, well, ‘frankly my dear, he doesn’t give a damn” with today’s announcement of the Next-Generation Delivery […]

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Tags: Energy

Media complicity with fossil fuel deceit: Texas Freeze Edition

February 17th, 2021 · Comments Off on Media complicity with fossil fuel deceit: Texas Freeze Edition

As Texans battle through serious cold with serious shortfalls in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region (about 90% of Texas’ electricity load), fossil fuel propagandists have been out hot and heavy to distort the situation. Much like happened in 2011, cold has driven thermal power (primarily fossil gas but also coal, diesel, and […]

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Tags: Energy