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Intermittent electricity from renewables cannot support AI and data centers

Before the 1800s, much farm work, transportation, heating, and home chores were done with muscle power and wood burning. As coal, petroleum, natural gas, and

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How its policies are hurting California and are now a US national security risk

The Net-Zero emission policies within California, and their lack of comprehension of “supply AND demand,” and the subsequent over regulations, mandates, and taxes just on

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Newsom relinquishing control to China to meet the energy demands of Californians?

California’s Governor Newsom has been on this planet for 57 years and has yet to publicly recognize that modern life requires the use of fossil

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The good, the bad, and the ugly of electric vehicles

Electric vehicles are being mandated in California, but Governor Newsom is oblivious to the fact that it’s just another product that cannot exist without oil,

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Another refinery closure in California increases the state’s dependency on China

Over the last several decades, California’s passion to transition away from fossil fuels has overregulated and overly burdened the supply of oil production and refining, but

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California net-zero leaders want to shutter its only zero-emissions electricity-generating plant

Over the years, the so-called forward-thinking policymakers in California have achieved questionable results: > California’s high cost of electricity is already more than 80 percent higher than

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Net Zero policymakers remain oblivious that electricity came after oil

Lifestyles are driven by the materialistic and transportation fuel demands of society, which so-called wind and solar energy are incapable of fulfilling. All the climate change

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South Africa needs all the products and transportation fuels that renewables cannot provide

Oil, coal, and gas are foundational to the global economy, contributing to thousands of products — estimated at over 6,000 — that underpin modern living standards. These

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Demand in US electricity elevates risk of wind/solar & highlights need for nuclear power

For at least four decades, we have been faced with some difficulties in the production and delivery of electricity in the United States. More recently,

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Earth has limited natural resources to support the generation of electricity

Today, the “green” movement is exacerbating the unsustainable extraction of the earth’s resources of minerals and metals just to support the generation of electricity. Without

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For more than six decades, Ronald Stein, P.E. has worked at the intersection of engineering, infrastructure, energy and public education, bringing decades of practical industry experience to today’s most important energy conversations.

As Founder of PTS Advance, author and columnist, Ronald is passionate about improving energy literacy and helping leaders, educators and the public better understand the systems that power modern society. Through his writing, speaking and research, he provides fact-based perspectives on energy, infrastructure and the resources that support transportation, industry, economic growth and everyday life.

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