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Fossil Fuels Still Generate 57% of the World’s Electricity — But We Remain Deeply Dependent on Them for Transportation, Manufacturing, and Building the “Renewables” Themselves

July 22, 2026 Clark Savage185

Recent data confirms that fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) still supply 57% of global electricity generation. Wind and solar together reached about 17% of electricity in 2025, according to Ember’s Global Electricity Review. This marks progress from a decade ago, yet it tells only part of the story. Electricity represents a minority slice […]

U.S. Needs 5,000 Miles of New High-Voltage Lines Annually — It Only Built 392

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026 Clark Savage163

The U.S. electric grid faces a critical bottleneck: explosive growth in electricity demand from AI data centers, manufacturing resurgence, and electrification is outpacing the physical expansion of the high-voltage transmission network that moves power across regions. According to energy economists Leonard Hyman and William Tilles in a new OilPrice.com analysis, the country needs roughly 5,000 […]

President Trump Orders a Review of the Green Graft and False Research Provided

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026 Clark Savage138

In a forceful move against what he describes as entrenched waste, bias, and politicized science in the energy sector, President Donald Trump has ordered a comprehensive review, suspension, and potential debarment of officials tied to fraudulent climate research and manuals used to justify massive regulatory and litigation costs against American energy producers and taxpayers. The […]

We Are in an Energy Addiction Costing Consumers Billions

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 Clark Savage132

Be careful who you vote into office – you will end up paying for their decisions. Humanity’s growing thirst for energy shows no signs of slowing. Despite years of “energy transition” rhetoric promising a shift away from fossil fuels, the reality is far different: we are in an Energy Additions Era, where new sources are […]

Largest US power grid PJM escalates emergency actions to avoid blackouts

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Clark Savage460

The largest U.S. regional transmission organization, PJM Interconnection, escalated emergency measures on July 3, 2026, issuing a federal alert to cut electricity consumption across its vast territory amid generator outages, overloaded high-voltage transmission lines, and surging air-conditioning demand from a prolonged heatwave. PJM, which manages the electric grid for approximately 67 million people, activated demand-response […]

Debunking the Myth of Expensive Coal Plants: Energy Bad Boys Bring The Receipts

June 28, 2026 Clark Savage142

Coal-fired power plants have long been portrayed as outdated, expensive burdens on the American grid — relics that must be retired to make way for “cheaper” renewables. But the data tells a very different story. Energy Bad Boys (analysts Mitch Rolling and Isaac Orr) have delivered the receipts with a rigorous analysis of real-world operating […]

Energy Security Starts at Home: Preparing for the Grid of Tomorrow

June 25, 2026 Clark Savage97

This was a fun discussion around Energy Security and the importance to consumers. Neil Chatterjee, Chief of Governmental Affairs, Palmetto, stopped by, and we had a wild discussion. Neil was also the Chairman and Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 1. Palmetto’s Consumer-Focused Clean Energy Platform Neil Chatterjee discusses his role as Chief of […]

Solar Claims to be the Cheapest Power In History, and States are Running from it

June 21, 2026 Clark Savage130

There is a difference between Red and Blue States The headline from a June 19, 2026, OilPrice.com article captures a striking tension in U.S. energy policy: solar is repeatedly called “the cheapest power in human history” by sources like the IEA, yet multiple states—particularly blue ones—are dialing back aggressive renewable targets amid rising costs, reliability concerns, and […]

Net Zero, Wind and Solar: A More Expensive Combination for European and U.S. Grids

May 22, 2026 Clark Savage153

Lars Schernikau, Author and prior guest on the Energy News Beat nails it. Europe’s electricity grid may be the most complex machine humanity has ever built. Yet energy debates too often reduce the conversation to installed capacity, solar additions, or wind megawatts. This narrow focus misses the real engineering and economic reality. Europe’s electricity grid […]

Wind and Nuclear Output Drops in China, Solved by Increased Coal Output

May 19, 2026 Clark Savage220

China’s power sector delivered a clear reminder in April 2026 that even the world’s fastest-growing renewable energy giant still leans heavily on coal when the wind doesn’t blow or nuclear plants go offline for maintenance. According to data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, thermal power generation (overwhelmingly coal, with a smaller share of natural […]

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Fossil Fuels Still Generate 57% of the World’s Electricity — But We Remain Deeply Dependent on Them for Transportation, Manufacturing, and Building the “Renewables” Themselves

U.S. Needs 5,000 Miles of New High-Voltage Lines Annually — It Only Built 392

President Trump Orders a Review of the Green Graft and False Research Provided

We Are in an Energy Addiction Costing Consumers Billions

Largest US power grid PJM escalates emergency actions to avoid blackouts

Debunking the Myth of Expensive Coal Plants: Energy Bad Boys Bring The Receipts

Energy Security Starts at Home: Preparing for the Grid of Tomorrow

Solar Claims to be the Cheapest Power In History, and States are Running from it

Net Zero, Wind and Solar: A More Expensive Combination for European and U.S. Grids

Wind and Nuclear Output Drops in China, Solved by Increased Coal Output

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