Daily Archives: November 21, 2011

Solar: Even Worse Than What I Said

Written on November 21, 2011 at 4:06 pm, by

Earlier today, I pointed out that using some generous numbers, a solar wind power plant could provide power for about 179 homes (and I also pointed out why this is a misleading comparison). The Triangle Business Journal article I was referring to stated that the 900 kilowatt solar plant would generate power for about 800Continue Reading

It Takes More Than Three Wilmingtons for Onshore Wind Power

Written on November 21, 2011 at 3:02 pm, by

Wind power plants use an extensive amount of land.  Using data from a proposed wind power plant in Beaufort County, wind power requires about one acre per 19 megawatt-hours. The proposal is for a 80 MW plant requiring 11,000 acres.  I assumed a generous 30% capacity factor (80*8.760= 700,800 megawatt hours multiplied by 30% =Continue Reading

Clean Tech sets Dec. 15 deadline or it will abandon Stanly County plans

Written on November 21, 2011 at 2:15 pm, by

From a press release issued today by Clean Tech, a company hoping to produce rebar and other construction materials at Alcoa’s former smelter location in Stanly County:   Clean Tech sets December 15 deadline for Stanly County project Stanly County stands to lose 450 high-paying jobs if an agreement to bring Clean Tech to BadinContinue Reading

Statists fear a balanced budget amendment, invoke doomsday follies

Written on November 21, 2011 at 2:11 pm, by

The majority of Americans get it. Deficit spending is irresponsible. It expands the size and scope of governmental power and does not bring economic recovery. In fact, according to a July 2011 poll, 74 percent of Americans favor a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution—similar to what 49 of the 50 states face. However,Continue Reading

Wilmington’s bid to win recognition as ‘America’s World War II City’

Written on November 21, 2011 at 1:39 pm, by

If any city deserves to win federal recognition as “America’s World War II City,” advocates say Wilmington deserves the honor. Author, military historian, and Wilmington native Wilbur Jones explained why during a presentation today to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. In the video clip below, Jones describes the process he and fellow Wilmington residentsContinue Reading

Recognizing Renewable Energy Propoganda

Written on November 21, 2011 at 12:35 pm, by

A recent article in the Triangle Business Journal discusses a firm called Strata Solar.  The firm has installed a 900 kilowatt solar power plant near Boone. As is common with stories on renewable energy, there’s an attempt to try and equate the size of the renewable energy plant (be it wind, solar, etc.) with theContinue Reading

Obama repeats the Hoover mythology

Written on November 21, 2011 at 11:55 am, by

Hans Bader points out that our ostensibly scholarly president keeps repeating the myth that the Great Depression was due to Herbert Hoover’s policies of cutting taxes for the rich and slashing government spending. Both ideas are demonstrably false. Hoover was a big-government advocate who increased taxes and spending, just as George Bush and Obama haveContinue Reading

Another silly reason for coercive redistribution

Written on November 21, 2011 at 11:30 am, by

Don Boudreau’x letter below, responding to the claim that we don’t have enough consumer spending to keep the economy going because there are too many rich people, is excellent. 18 November 2011 Mr. Gus Lubin Business Insider Dear Mr. Lubin: Saying that “the ’99%’ do have a point,” you favorably quote Aneta Markowska’s allegation thatContinue Reading