Batteries not a sustainable backup for wind and solar — Part I: Environmental Concerns
Batteries must be disposed of every few years, the tonnage of toxins will skyrocket, and so will the costs.
Batteries must be disposed of every few years, the tonnage of toxins will skyrocket, and so will the costs.
ll Wind and Solar Power must be backed up with an equal or greater amount of fossil fuel power running on Standby 100% of the time.
All Solar and Wind Power on an Electric Grid Must Be Backed Up With an Equal or Greater Amount of Fossil Fuel Power Running on Standby 100% OF The Time.
Mexico is pulling the plug on subsidy dependent intermittent power from wind and solar that has been driving up the cost of electricity for its financially challenged population.
ALL SOLAR AND WIND POWER ON AN ELECTRIC GRID MUST BE BACKED UP WITH AN EQUAL OR GREATER AMOUNT OF FOSSIL FUEL POWER RUNNING ON STANDBY 100% OF THE TIME.
The dark side of renewable wind, solar and biofuel energy is that they are not clean, green, renewable or sustainable, and they are horrifically destructive to vital ecological values that will last for generations to come.
Investors collect the subsidies, while rate and taxpayers get fleeced. CO2 emissions don't budge (if that's your thing) while vast natural lands are turned into solar wastelands.
Coronavirus impacts on energy demand in combination with a cheap oil supply glut have taken a particularly devastating toll on American shale producers, many of whom may never recover.
In just a few sentences we can explain the futility of this mammoth project that will blight this great desert forever, while pulling the curtain down on the futility of attempting to obtain dependable power from the sun.
Perhaps the most outstanding parts of the movie was a fast forward moving picture of every aspect of the mining of materials and construction of every aspect of what is called renewable energy.
A miraculous turn of events
America needs to wake up, acknowledge the hard truths about "renewable" energy, and plan for a realistic power grid to supply abundant, affordable electricity to all.
Early in the film the questions are asked, “[A]re we desperate to accept any idea that sounds ‘alternative’ or ‘green’?
The reason wind and solar are not growing requires an understanding of the fundamental elements of an electrical grid.
Seeking to cash in on America’s response to the coronavirus crisis its wind and solar power outfits tried to snare $billions out of the Trump administration’s $2 trillion coronavirus aid package. But to no avail