Thought Piece Electric Fracking on the Horizon! Efficient Energy is more important than any other source of energy, other than energy efficiency. They both are cheaper, cleaner, quicker!!! "The world needs as many Practical Environmentalists as possible, with real proof of capital formation that is integral to any form of environmentalism that costs the world’s Poverty [...]
Steve Heins' is Creating a Small NGO: "The Practical Environmentalist" (aka the energy pragmatist).org Getting serious about credible energy and environmental writing/reporting. Historically, Heins has been writer on subjects ranging from broadband and the US electricity grid, to environmental, regulatory and clean energy topics. He is also a vocal advocate of the Internet of Everything, international [...]
Thought Piece We owe Max Brod. After promising his dear friend Franz Kafka (who was on his death bed) that he wouldn't publish his writing, Max Brod waited for almost a decade before publishing all of his work. The importance of Kafka's writings vs. The promise to a dear friend. We owe Max Brod for his [...]
Thought Piece New "Nature Magazine" published Study affirms the Climate Benefits of Increased Natural Gas Use The “seminal” piece by Naomi Oreskes, “Merchants of Doubt,” and the “Indirect Health Benefits Study” will certainly be historical embarrassments for Harvard. Bradley Keyes has written a powerful piece that exposes the ongoing mendacity of the Oreskes arguments about climate [...]
Thought Piece Another thoughtful piece about technological complexity and commercializing 4 and 5 G Broadband, with light-handed regulation, by Holman Jenkins How to Avoid a 5G Boondoggle See Article
Thought Piece Why I don't "believe" in today's environmental activism. And, why I don't believe much in the agitprop from the Big Green Machine. "After billions and billions of dollars spent on environmental activism, the only accomplishment is insuring nothing got built.” - Anonymous Heins Why I Don’t “Believe” in “Science” Science isn't about "belief." It's [...]
Thought Piece Credibility isn’t an ordinary Word. Why hasn’t any investigative reporter picked up this ongoing story about the EPA under the leadership of Gina McCarthy and Janet McCabe in President Obama’s second term. Remember, the Clean Power Plan was finalized in 2015 and Janet McCabe oversaw the (CPP) regulations implementation and was EPA Air Chief. [...]
Thought Piece The Credibility of One-Eyed Environmental Sources In terms of credibility, NTY does not even refer to the former EPA’s (under Gina McCarthy) involvement in the Flint Water Crisis. In fact, there were Office of Inspector General 2016 & 2018 Reports detailing the flaws and “cover-up” of the EPA’s response to the Flint Water Crisis [...]
Thought Piece In 2019, there should be a Full Disclosure requirement (including all published quotes) for the latest group of catastrophists such as prognosticators, forecasters, futurist, meteorologists, climatologist, scientists, predictors, and visionaries. They should have to disclose their past record for predicting the future: One year, five years, 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years, which [...]
Thought Piece To quote the ubiquitous Anonymous: “Environmental activism does not destroy things, but rather it inexhaustibly prevents them from ever coming into being.” It is time for Canada to have an updated discussion about climate, economic development, state of the art of energy technolgy, and thoughtful resource development for all of Canada including its indigenous [...]
