For several years now, Robert Bryce has established himself as a leading shillfor dirty energy, relentlessly spreading disinformation about clean energy. The titles of his books and articles – Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future, “Let’s Get Real About Renewable Energy”,  and “James Hansen’s war on coal” – can save you from having to wade through them. In addition, Bryce  is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a front group that receives its funding from, among others, the Koch Industries Family Foundation.

So, that in a nutshell is where Robert Bryce is coming from – dirty energy all the way.  And that’s why we weren’t surprised to see Bryce’s latest screed, “The Gas is Greener,” in yesterday’s New York Times.  According to Bryce:

…while energy sources like sunlight and wind are free and naturally replenished, converting them into large quantities of electricity requires vast amounts of natural resources — most notably, land. Even a cursory look at these costs exposes the deep contradictions in the renewable energy movement.

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…In the rush to do something — anything — to deal with the intractable problem of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental groups and policy makers have determined that renewable energy is the answer. But in doing so they’ve tossed Schumacher’s dictum into the ditch.

All energy and power systems exact a toll. If we are to take Schumacher’s phrase to heart while also reducing the rate of growth of greenhouse gas emissions, we must exploit the low-carbon energy sources — natural gas and, yes, nuclear — that have smaller footprints.

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