Energy

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 2, 2025
Economics, Energy}

Watch: The Wild West of Energy

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 2, 2025
Economics, Energy}

A piggy bank placed on a solar panel at sunset, symbolizing savings through renewable energy, sustainability, and eco-friendly investments.

^{Jonathan Lesser and Mitchell Rolling
October 25, 2024
Energy}

Staggering Cost of a Wind and Solar Future in the Pacific Northwest

_{Jonathan Lesser and Mitchell Rolling
October 25, 2024
Energy}

Some academics claim that the U.S. can end reliance on fossil fuels by electrifying most everything — cars, trucks, space and water heat, etc. — and supply the needed electricity solely with wind, solar and hydroelectric energy, without increasing costs. But our study of the cost of doing so just for Oregon and Washington state shows this belief to be a fantasy. Read More ›

The excitement and anticipation of a brewing hurricane

^{Jonathan Lesser
October 22, 2024
Energy}

Hurricanes, Climate Change, and Statistical Sleight-of-Hand

_{Jonathan Lesser
October 22, 2024
Energy}

Doomsayers wasted no time identifying the destruction wrought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton as “proof” of climate change. It is the latest example of an increasingly common phenomenon: attributing individual weather events — a flood in Vermont, a heatwave in the Pacific Northwest, a cold snap in Texas, and many others — to climate change. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 1, 2024
Energy}

Jonathan Lesser Discusses Devastating Net-Zero Policies with Brandi Kruse

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 1, 2024
Energy}

Jonathan Lesser appeared on Brandi Kruse’s [un]Divided podcast as her “Sundays with Subscribers” guest to discuss the devastating consequences of net-zero policies in the Pacific Northwest. A recent report authored by Lesser and Mitchell Rolling revealed that net-zero energy policies in Washington State and Oregon will produce staggering costs to individuals and businesses without providing any meaningful environmental benefits. You Read More ›

Person with Wind Turbine and Dollar Bills: Renewable Energy and Finance Integration Concept

^{Discovery Institute
September 18, 2024
Energy}

Net-Zero Economy Plan Will Hit Consumers with Huge Electric Bills Warns New Energy Report from Discovery Institute

_{Discovery Institute
September 18, 2024
Energy}

Net-zero energy policies in the Pacific Northwest will produce staggering costs to individuals and businesses without providing any meaningful environmental benefits, warns a monumental new research report from Discovery Institute’s Reasonable Energy program. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Lesser
September 11, 2024
Energy}

Do Green Energy Subsidies Work?

_{Jonathan Lesser
September 11, 2024
Energy}

Congress has not been the only institution shoveling subsidies to green energy. Many states have provided their own subsidies, especially the mid-Atlantic states that are forcing ratepayers to purchase electricity from offshore wind projects at prices many times higher than the market. States have also enacted renewable portfolio standards forcing electric utilities to increasing percentages of electricity from renewable sources that would otherwise never be built. Read More ›

^{Bill Walton
March 26, 2024
Energy}

CO2 Is Historically Low — Too Low

_{Bill Walton
March 26, 2024
Energy}

What if, rather than being at unprecedented high levels, CO2 is at one of its lowest concentrations in the long history of the Earth and that the modest warming anticipated from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases will be benign? Read More ›

Charging modern electric cars from station outdoors

^{Walter Myers III
February 2, 2024
Energy}

Can the U.S. Electricity Grid Support All-Electric Vehicles?

_{Walter Myers III
February 2, 2024
Energy}

Hybrid vehicles are the smart choice for now and into the future, particularly with plug-in hybrids that provide electric motor efficiency for local commutes along with the convenience and range of an internal combustion engine for longer trips. Read More ›

Vehicle with an electric motor. Electric vehicle charging. Eco car.

^{Walter Myers III
November 29, 2023
Energy}

The Folly of Electric Vehicle Mandates and Subsidies

_{Walter Myers III
November 29, 2023
Energy}

All-battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have been hailed as a breakthrough innovation that will end the reign of inefficient, emission-spewing gasoline-powered vehicles — in the same manner that gasoline-powered vehicles put the horse and buggy out to pasture at the turn of the last century. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
November 20, 2023
Energy}

Oregon and Washington State Green Energy Policies Are Burdening Individuals and Businesses While Providing Little Environmental Benefit, Discovery Institute Study Shows

_{Discovery Institute
November 20, 2023
Energy}

The report concludes that a better common-sense approach would be to emphasize market-based approaches that eliminate burdensome mandates and subsidies and focus on providing low-cost, reliable energy supplies, especially emissions-free nuclear power. Read More ›