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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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Nuclear-generated electricity saves an electricity-starved world

Only a few wealthy countries have spent hundreds of billions of dollars subsidizing what they call “renewable energy” in the name of “carbon-free electricity” that

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Bogus myths created to promote renewables

So-called renewable energy is ONLY intermittently generated ELECTRICITY from renewables, as wind turbines and solar panels CANNOT make any products or fuels for the various

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Small Modular Reactors will benefit developing economies

Earth has existed for more than 4 billion years without present-day humans. In the past, dinosaurs and cavemen never used its plentiful natural resources. The discrepancy

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Controlling ways to generate electricity through subsidies is a terrible plan for the planet

The few wealthy countries of Germany, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, other EU countries, and the USA, representing less than one of the eight billion

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California Governor Newsom has positioned the state to be a national security risk for the entire USA

California is home to 9 International airports, 41 Military airports, 3 of the largest shipping ports in America, as well as more than 30 million

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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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