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Day: September 13, 2021

Stop worshipping the sun: Biden’s solar power enthusiasm is unmoored from reality

Hyping solar energy is one of Washington, D.C.’s most renewable resources. Back in 1979, President Jimmy Carter declared the U.S. needed to capture more energy from the sun because of “inevitable shortages of fossil fuels.”

ABOUT Robert

Robert Bryce is a Texas-based author, journalist, film producer, and podcaster. The host of the Power Hungry Podcast, Bryce has been writing about energy, power, innovation, and politics for more than 30 years. His articles have appeared in a myriad of publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Time, Austin Chronicle, and Sydney Morning Herald. His sixth book, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations, was published in 2020 by PublicAffairs. He is also the producer of a feature-length documentary film: Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, which is available on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and numerous other streaming platforms. He lives in Austin with his wife, Lorin, who is an art teacher, photographer, and master potter.

Books

  • A Question of Power: Electricity and The Wealth of Nations
  • Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong
  • Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future
  • Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence"
  • Cronies: Oil, The Bushes, And The Rise Of Texas, America's Superstate
  • Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron
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