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Oil moves our machines, but electricity is the cornerstone of our quality of life

By Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaughan and Steve Curtis - posted Thursday, 21 May 2026

Energy reality

The ignorance of the "energy ILLITERATE" leaders is shocking, as they NEVER explain how the "energy" from wind turbines and solar panels can provide TRANSPORTATION FUELS: jet fuel for military and commercial aircraft, diesel fuel for trucks and construction equipment, gasoline fuel for cars, bunker fuel for merchant and cruise ships, and the exotic fuels for the space programs !

Energy "REALITY" is that wind turbines and solar panels ONLY generate electricity but CANNOT make any products or transportation fuels for life as we know it. Planes, ships, trucks, and cars run on transportation fuels manufactured FROM crude oil by multi-billion-dollar refineries.

Reiterating the title of this article "Oil moves our machines, but electricity is the cornerstone of our quality of life", but the world has become dependent on the products and transportation fuels MADE FROM oil, the same products and transportation fuels that unreliable green electricity from Wind and Solar CANNOT make!

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About the Authors

Ronald Stein is co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. He is a policy advisor on energy literacy for the Heartland Institute, and the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and a national TV commentator on energy & infrastructure with Rick Amato.

Olivia Vaughan holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Law and a MBA and operates across key sectors in the circular economywith focus on sustainable systems and the built environment. She lives in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Steven Curtis has 32 years of experience in all levels of project management and leadership. His breadth of experience includes DOE/NNSA, EPA, University of Nevada. Las Vegas, Desert Research Institute, Active Army, Nevada Army National Guard, and consulting for FEMA and DHS, Readiness Resource Group, Inc, and National Security Technologies, LLC. Steve is currently consulting or Readiness Resource Group, Inc. in the area of National Security.