Stanford Phds Say Renewable Energy Won’t Work

The A Register:  “Two highly qualified Google engineers who have spent years studying and trying to improve renewable energy technology have stated quite bluntly that renewables will never permit the human race to cut CO2 emissions to the levels demanded by climate activists. Whatever the future holds, it is not a renewables-powered civilization: such a thing is impossible. Both men are Stanford PhDs, Ross Koningstein having trained in aerospace engineering and David Fork in applied physics. . . . The duo were employed at Google on the RE<C project, which sought to enhance renewable technology to the point where it could produce energy more cheaply than coal”

The men wrote this conclusion:

“At the start of RE<C, we had shared the attitude of many stalwart environmentalists: We felt that with steady improvements to today’s renewable energy technologies, our society could stave off catastrophic climate change. We now know that to be a false hope . . . Renewable energy technologies simply won’t work; we need a fundamentally different approach.”

Energy Department Prepares to Approve more Green Loans

The Hill:  “The Energy Department said Thursday it expects to begin tentatively approving new taxpayer-backed loans for renewable energy projects in the coming months.  The announcement comes about seven months after Solyndra, the California solar firm that received a $535 million loan guarantee from the administration in 2009, went bankrupt, setting off a firestorm in Washington.”

The purpose of government is not to decide which businesses should receive taxpayer money to enrich the chosen few citizens who win the government business investment lottery.  Not only is it morally wrong the government does not have the knowledge necessary to be in the venture capital business.

Chevy Volt Pays for Itself in 27 Years

New York Times:  “opting for models that promise better mileage through new technologies does not necessarily save money, according to data compiled for The New York Times . . . . the added cost of the fuel-efficient technologies is so high that it would take the average driver many years — in some cases more than a decade — to save money over comparable new models with conventional internal-combustion engines. . . . The Volt, which cost nearly $40,000 before a $7,500 federal tax credit, could take up to 27 years to pay off

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