David Blackmon

David Blackmon had a 40 year career in the US energy industry, the last 23 years of which were spent in the public policy arena, managing regulatory and legislative issues for various companies. He continues to write and podcast on energy matters

The US should take warning from the huge costs of British floating wind power

Paying more for electricity is going to mean cheaper bills? Really?

David Blackmon 20 Nov 2023, 6:15pm

Green energy surge has forced Texas to subsidise fossil gas

Texas, desperately in need of backup for intermittent renewables, forced to incentivise fossil fuel

David Blackmon 14 Nov 2023, 12:28pm
US offshore wind is holed and sinking

A costly solution to a non-existent problem

David Blackmon 6 Nov 2023, 4:55pm
Biden would sooner kneel before dictators for oil than let America produce its own

Deals with Maduro and the Mullahs show how going green weakens America

David Blackmon 24 Oct 2023, 1:23pm

Much of the world’s gas comes from Hamas headquarters. This war could affect us all

Winter is coming, and Iran sits next to the Strait of Hormuz

David Blackmon 18 Oct 2023, 3:47pm
The fast-growing energy source which will power the future: Yes, it's coal

India has almost doubled coal output in a year. China is building two power stations a week

David Blackmon 6 Oct 2023, 1:16pm
If Trump wins, Net Zero is dead

Rishi Sunak's turn away from green energy targets could spark a transatlantic energy alliance

David Blackmon 26 Sep 2023, 4:06pm
Biden’s mad green energy and electric vehicle plans are falling apart

There's nothing sustainable about green energy if it's being propped up by taxpayer cash

David Blackmon 20 Sep 2023, 3:51pm
Biden has cynically run down the US strategic oil reserve to buy votes

He can expect little pushback from compliant US media, but the people may be another matter

David Blackmon 12 Sep 2023, 3:08pm
China is building new coal power so fast that ‘energy transition’ by the West is meaningless

Even if the US went completely off coal tomorrow, its plants would be more than replaced

David Blackmon 6 Sep 2023, 3:14pm

Keeping the actual energy industry out of the room for climate talks is crazy

The fossil fuel industry has a role to play in managing climate change. Excluding them from COP 28 is madness

David Blackmon 29 Aug 2023, 4:32pm
Biden’s crazy electric car plan means grid collapse, probably this decade

The numbers just don't add up

David Blackmon 23 Aug 2023, 2:34pm
There is no green ‘transition’ to renewable energy. China and India are playing us for fools

In 2022, the human race burned more coal, oil and gas than ever before

David Blackmon 16 Aug 2023, 1:58pm
Biden’s eco crusade against gas stoves is even crazier than you thought

Forcing Americans to buy hugely expensive appliances that save a few pennies at best

David Blackmon 11 Aug 2023, 2:58pm