Grid Failure: The New American Paradigm

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Grid Failure: The New American Paradigm

Post by Riddick » 02-14-2022 01:27 PM

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What’s Good For Generac Is Bad For America
Over the past two decades, our grid has been fragilized by three things: the headlong rush to add weather-dependent renewables like wind and solar, the closure of coal and nuclear plants which provide baseload power and help keep the grid stable, and mismanagement of the country’s bulk power system by regional transmission organizations like ERCOT in Texas and CAISO in California, which do not provide the incentives needed to assure reliability and resilience.
The weakening of our grid matters now because climate activists are pushing policies that will make it even weaker. Many of America’s biggest and most influential activist groups, including the Sierra Club, are pushing to shutter all of the coal- and gas-fired generators in the country.

Furthermore, groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council have successfully pushed for the closure of nuclear plants, including the Indian Point Energy Center, which was prematurely shuttered last year.

In addition, many of these same pressure groups are demanding that we rely more heavily (or solely) on renewables and “electrify everything,” including industry and transportation. That’s a remarkable ask given that the grid is struggling to keep up with demand under existing loads.
A rational environmental movement would push a zero-emissions nuclear power grid over solar, which gobbles up huge amounts of land and resources, or wind, which does similar damage to the environment. An environmental movement funded by nefarious actors such as Soros (and the Soviets in the 1970s) would push expensive and unreliable energy sources while simultaneously destroying the baseline supply.

The math is simple and unimpeachable; we cannot eliminate nuclear and petroleum from the energy mix without a drastic reduction in our standard of living. Adding a huge baseline load of electric vehicles is enough to overwhelm the current grid. Then add increased industrial demand for electricity while simultaneously decreasing the only reliable source of electricity is a recipe for disaster. It is guaranteed to fail, and anyone who is paying attention knows it.

The useful idiots in the lower reaches of the environmental movement are too enamored of their pie-in-the-sky dreams to understand, but their sources of funding know very well what the outcome will be: a sadly diminished America with significant gaps in basic services, skyrocketing poverty, and an angry and unsettled populace.

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Re: Grid Failure: The New American Paradigm

Post by Doka » 02-14-2022 02:01 PM

The "Superior Elite" do not live in the real world. And that is always worriesome to the rest of us. 8) :?
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Re: Grid Failure: The New American Paradigm

Post by Malaria_Kidd II » 02-14-2022 08:53 PM

Doka wrote: 02-14-2022 02:01 PM The "Superior Elite" do not live in the real world. And that is always worriesome to the rest of us. 8) :?
That told it all very scary well you two! I live near and respond to emergencies at this nations 3rd largest coal fired power station. For many years it was the largest.

Just a few days back on a conservative web site. The Captain Obvious news was about copper thieves stealing the charging cables off EV charging stations!

I'd say your set of jumper cables would be useless getting road juice.🔌🔌💸


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