This is the 2020 Aug. 10, 2020 Iowa Derecho as it happened in real time. Follow along with KGAN-TV meteorologists, area storm chasers, police officers and citizens caught up in the most devastating thunderstorm in US history.
The cost of producing electricity has dropped significantly in the last decade. So why haven’t we seen those price drops reflected in our electricity bills? Charles McConnell, former Assistant Secretary of Energy in the Obama Administration, answers this riddle.
You hear lots of dire predictions these days — the planet is burning, the seas are rising, and so on. But what is the real purpose of all this doom and gloom? Is it to protect the environment? Or is there a different motive? Rogan O’Handley, aka DC Draino, gets to the bottom of these questions in this important video.
Are wind, solar, and batteries the magical solutions to all our energy needs? Or do they come with too high a price? Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, analyzes the true cost — both economic and environmental
Photo by Bev Hockett The second wave of Derecho storm clouds rolled in about 4PM, Monday afternoon on August 10, 2020 looking west from Highway 34 near New London, Iowa.