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05/06/2018 / By Ethan Huff

The latest left-wing ecological insanity: Clear-cutting forests to burn the trees for “green” energy

In the interest of stopping “global warming,” government officials in the United Kingdom have partnered with companies and governments in the state of Virginia to hack down large swaths of southern hardwood forest in order to create “biomass” energy for use across the pond. Since continuing to burn native fossil fuels like coal won’t help […]

03/20/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Study of microbes found in cow stomachs could lead to energy extraction breakthrough, aiding in production of biofuels

To develop new techniques in maximizing food and fuel production in the modern age, researchers from The University in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom are turning to an unlikely source for answers: The living bacteria inside the guts of bovine animals. A new study claims that microbes may be the solution to figuring out how […]

01/15/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Cryptocurrency is now breaking the power grid of a U.S. county as electrical consumption for Bitcoin mining reaches “insane” territory

The amount of electricity required to mine and transact Bitcoin is now so high that a small county in Washington state is having to kick production into overdrive. According to reports, Douglas County, located in almost the dead-center of the state, has some of the cheapest electricity rates in the country, and this has created heavy […]

01/04/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Your “green energy” may not be so green after all: rare earth elements used in solar panels and wind turbines are highly polluting

Renewable energy is taking the world by storm, as “greenies” everywhere welcome with open arms the latest iterations of solar panels, wind turbines, and other “clean” energy alternatives to traditional fossil fuels like coal. But one of the things that many people who believe in “green energy” fail to realize is that many of their […]

12/04/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Bitcoin now consuming more electricity than 12 U.S. states as inefficient “mining” heads for collapse

You might not be able to see or touch it because it isn’t actually made up of real physical matter, but the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is still having an enormously tangible impact on the world – and no, we’re not talking about the way that it’s changing the financial landscape, in this case. According to […]

11/30/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Bitcoin is powered by COAL: Massive electricity usage to mine Bitcoins runs mostly on coal and pollutes the world with mercury and smog

Because they exist fictitiously somewhere out there in cyberspace, digital cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin might seem like more eco-friendly alternatives to traditional cash. But the latest data shows that not only does “mining” Bitcoin consume unprecedented amounts of energy, but the bulk of this energy comes from coal: A highly-polluting substance that, when burned, releases mercury […]

11/29/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Bitcoin on track to consume the ENTIRE global electricity supply by the year 2020

As the online cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin reaches record price highs, many people are now asking themselves: Is Bitcoin really where the financial sector is headed? Not if you care about the environment, suggests shocking new data compiled as part of Digiconomist‘s “Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index” (BECI). This eye-opening measure of how much energy it […]

09/11/2017 / By Ethan Huff

California power officials beg customers to stop using air conditioning as West Coast power grid reaches critical failure

A prolonged heat wave that continues to hover over much of the West Coast of the United States is causing record temperature swells throughout California, putting major strain on the Golden State’s power grid. Recent reports suggest that if California residents don’t start cutting back on their energy usage, the power grid could reach critical […]

06/26/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Coal-hating liberals don’t seem to understand that coal is needed to make STEEL, and without steel, modern society can’t function at all

The modern-day meme about coal is that it’s just a filthy fossil fuel with no redeeming value beyond pollution for profit. But the reality is that society still needs coal – and desperately – not only for energy production but also to produce steel, which is vitally important to build many of the things we […]

06/11/2017 / By Ethan Huff

North Korea’s satellites revealed to be in “ideal position” to unleash EMP attack on America’s most populated cities

Rumblings about a possible future attack on America’s power grid and logistical infrastructure have some politicians in a scurry trying to figure out how to prevent it. According to reports, North Korea currently operates two satellites that cross over the U.S. in what experts say are just the right patterns and altitudes for triggering an […]

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