Solar Energy Costs and Impacts
…taxes and subsidies for clean energy projects that now account for roughly half of households’ energy bills.” More specifically, data from the International Energy Agency shows that the average consumer…
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…use primitive energy sources that create far more pollution than commercial energy technologies. Assessing the full environmental impacts of energy sources requires looking at their entire life cycles, not just…
Read moreAOC’s Pitch for the Green New Deal Is Unhinged From Reality
…intermittent sources of energy, meaning that they do not deliver energy all the time. This means that you need back-up power, or a means of storing power for times when…
Read moreHow Biofuel Profiteers Fleece Average Americans
…contained 19 questions dealing with voters’ knowledge of nine major issues, one of them being energy. Among the energy-related questions was this: “Without government subsidies, which of these fuels is…
Read moreMedia Titans Subvert Reality About Biden/Ukraine Profiteering
…top executive of a corrupt Ukrainian energy firm that was enriching his son, media titans are misleading the public about the central facts of this explosive affair. Twitter, for a…
Read moreA Factual Look at Obama’s Presidency
…and 2013, inflation-adjusted direct federal energy subsidies per unit of production of solar energy increased from $2,721 per billion BTUs to $17,807. For other energy sources, subsidies varied as follows:…
Read moreAre Incandescent Light Bulbs Being Banned?
…details. At issue here is the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which passed Congress with 97% of Democrats voting for it and 76% of Republicans voting against it…
Read moreWhat Will Obama’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations Cost and Achieve?
…effects tend to be harsher on poorer nations and people, because they spend a greater portion of their incomes on energy than wealthier individuals, and because high energy prices drive…
Read moreThe Washington Post’s Slander on Hurricanes and Climate Change
…yet been implemented. Furthermore, Charles McConnell, a former assistant secretary of energy under Obama and the director of Rice University’s Energy and Environment Initiative, estimated that this regulation would decrease…
Read morePoll Reveals Voters Misinformed About Key Issues
…the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Energy Information Administration, without federal subsidies, the average nationwide retail price for ethanol in 2013 was 22% more than gasoline, and biodiesel was…
Read moreHas Global Warming Made Rainstorms More Intense?
…done in conjunction with efforts to hinder people from using sources of energy that produce more greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants. However, these energy sources generally have lower costs than…
Read morePre-Election Poll: Voters Broadly Misinformed About Key Issues
…Department of Energy and U.S. Energy Information Administration, without federal subsidies, the average nationwide retail price for ethanol in 2013 was 22% more than gasoline, and biodiesel was 41% more…
Read morePoll Reveals Voters are Uninformed About Major Issues
…of 23 questions about education, healthcare, taxes, government spending, global warming, Social Security, energy, hunger, pollution, and the national debt. Overall, the majority of voters gave the correct answer to…
Read moreBans on Plastic Bags Harm the Environment
…impacts of supermarket bags are dominated by the energy and raw materials needed to manufacture them. Plastic bags are inexpensive because relatively small amounts of energy and raw materials are…
Read moreAre Today’s Newborns the Luckiest Generation in U.S. History?
…recuperation. greenhouse gas regulations, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, will add 30% to the price of electricity by 2022. Productivity is the second variable in the GDP equation…
Read moreRape Facts and Falsehoods
…about you. Don’t expend all your energy on futile attempts to escape. Wait for your best moment—such as when your attacker is using his hands to pull down his pants—and…
Read moreThe Birthright Citizenship Debate
…as food stamps, housing, home energy, child care, and health insurance. can sometimes serve as shields to prevent their parents from being deported. can sponsor their relatives to become legal…
Read more2017: The Year in Facts and Falsehoods
…courts, prisons, and immigration enforcement 5% on economic affairs, like transportation, labor affairs, agriculture, natural resources, energy, and space Fact #3: At the current drug overdose death rate, one in…
Read moreQuantitative Easing: Who Wins and Who Loses?
…may stoke inflation that would make necessities like food, housing, and energy far more expensive. Instead, he asserts that QE is “in the interest of the vast majority of Americans,”…
Read moreHow Hard and Effectively do Americans Work?
…with a broken hip and receives treatment until recuperation. greenhouse gas regulations, which the U.S. Energy Information Administration projects will add 30% to the price of electricity by 2022. unionization…
Read moreEffects of Immigration From Impoverished Nations
…parents are illegal immigrants, visitors, or tourists. This entitles their children to all federal welfare benefits, such as food stamps, housing, home energy, and health insurance. Effects on Crime A…
Read moreThe Science of Abortion: When Does Life Begin?
…Gametes and Preimplantation Embryos: Assessment and Diagnosis, “At the zygote stage,” the human embryo metabolizes “carboxylic acids pyruvate and lactate as its preferred energy substrates.” Response to stimuli: Collins English…
Read moreThe Effects of Regulations on the Economy
…regulations on productivity via their impact on innovation activity.” raising the costs of energy—which, per the textbook Introduction to Air Pollution Science—harms “public health and economic prosperity.” As an example…
Read moreReporters Wrong: Romney Pays a Far Higher Federal Tax Rate Than Most Americans
…corporate income tax rate is 35%, tax preferences (such as those for manufacturers and those for green energy companies) make the effective rate 27% while spreading this tax burden unevenly….
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What portion of all U.S. energy consumption is provided by solar energy? 3 During 2019, solar provided 1.0% of all U.S. energy consumption. Contrary to the claims of certain politicians,…
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What portion of U.S. energy consumption is provided by wind energy? 3 During 2019, wind energy provided 2.7% of U.S. energy consumption. Because wind speeds fluctuate and are sometimes not…
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Which of the following energy sources provides the most energy for the United States? 6 During 2019, petroleum supplied 36.7% of all the energy consumed in the U.S., or more…
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According to the Obama administration’s Department of Energy, by how much would Obama’s regulatory agenda for CO2 have raised the cost of electricity by 2022? 3 In 2013, the U.S….
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Did the Ukrainian energy firm that paid Hunter Biden more than $3.3 million ever tell him to get U.S. officials to shut down investigations of the company’s owner? 3 On…
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…of transportation for our nation’s energy products…. Oil pipeline spills amount to … less than one teaspoon of oil spilled per thousand barrel-miles.” Likewise, an evaluation of the Keystone pipeline…
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…million tons of trash, or 4.5 pounds per person per day. Of this, 52% was placed in landfills, 25% was recycled, 13% was burned for energy, and 10% was composted….
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