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Nov 16 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
People think renewables are the future, but California proves there’re not. Electricity from zero-carbon energy sources *declined* by 10% from 2011-2021 despite massive expansion of solar. I explained why to @altifpodcast pod.fo/e/14e6bb
#renewableenergy #cop27
40 U.S. coal-fired power plants that had been scheduled for closure will remain open longer because a) Biden & climate nihilists blocked natural gas production, and b) renewables are making America’s electrical grid rickety & increasingly unstable

gridbrief.com/p/american-coa…
“People fall for the fantasy of renewables…which force reliable sources off the grid. A vicious cycle results: gas plant operators oppose base load's presence on the grid because they make their money off the scarcity pricing wind and solar create.”

gridbrief.com/p/american-coa…
Renewables and the war on reliable energy is destroying the US electrical grid. They’ll blame future blackouts on climate change

utilitydive.com/news/nerc-erco…
Is it a coincidence that those who say civilization is unsustainable are making it so?

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/the-real-rea…

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Many believe entrepreneurs can and should combine altruism with capitalism, but they shouldn't. In fact, doing so is often the basis for the kind of fraud that brought down the crypto-exchange FTX, and which increasingly threatens the future of ESG.

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/crypto-fraud…
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Nov 16
Many say you can’t motivate an addict to quit, but that’s obviously wrong. Every year, thousands of addicts quit to avoid jail time. The people who deny the success of mandated treatment are pursing a radical de-incarceration agenda, not public health.

realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/…
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Nov 15
They say we’re in a climate emergency. We’re not. They’re in a psychiatric emergency

Global elites seeking societal control are spreading climate misinformation that is creating and exacerbating anxiety disorders and exhibitionist narcissism

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/biden-un-eli…
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Nov 15
Climate activists say they aren’t hurting anybody by attacking art works like this Klimt just now, but they’re creating energy scarcity by reducing natural gas production, anxiety disorders in children, and multiple car accidents & at least 1 death.

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michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/psychodrama-…
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Nov 14
Biden & other elites claim climate change is catastrophic, threatens human existence, worsens floods, increases fires, threatens food supplies, and can be solved by renewables. That's false. I debunk those myths and exaggerations in a new video.

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/biden-un-eli…
Climate and weather-related disasters are declining because disasters are defined as deaths + costs, both of which are declining. ImageImageImage
Floods aren't increasing. There's more rain in some places but floods are easy to prevent through flood management. Where more people are exposed to floods it's because more people are living in flood zones. And no, floods aren't increasing in either Pakistan or China. ImageImageImageImage
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