A simple reason why net zero is impossible

Grid scale storage at the scale needed to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar is impossibly expensive.

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|2023-03-14T15:16:49-04:00March 17th, 2023|Comments Off on A simple reason why net zero is impossible

NetZero Reality Coalition forms and scores first big win

NZRC stands in opposition to leftist “NetZero” advocates who seek to tear down energy sources that work, while pushing energy sources, such as intermittent wind and solar, that are not up to the challenge of powering the world's needs.

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|2023-03-17T12:13:53-04:00March 16th, 2023|Comments Off on NetZero Reality Coalition forms and scores first big win

Illinois town nixes solar desert

To add insult to injury, the owner of the 49-acre property, where the thousands of solar panels were to be installed, changed his mind and came out in opposition to the project.

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|2023-03-10T11:18:05-05:00March 11th, 2023|Comments Off on Illinois town nixes solar desert

Electricity prices are soaring in heavy wind energy states

Electricity ratepayers are getting crushed in Europe and American states that copy Europe's energy mistakes.

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|2023-03-05T10:40:58-05:00March 7th, 2023|Comments Off on Electricity prices are soaring in heavy wind energy states

Solar panel appears then disappears at Sydney temp station

Perhaps the BOM just thought no one would notice, and “it’s for a good cause, eh?” We can’t have the punters thinking Sydney was cooler today than in 1883.

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|2023-02-04T15:03:25-05:00February 5th, 2023|Comments Off on Solar panel appears then disappears at Sydney temp station

Illinois town faces solar “high noon”

It is doubtful that Bundleflower Solar would even pursue the project in Pontiac (or anyplace else) without the prospect of Energy Tax Credits under state law, as well as the federal subsidy for solar developers, known as the Investment Tax Credit (ITC).

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|2023-02-01T11:41:46-05:00February 2nd, 2023|Comments Off on Illinois town faces solar “high noon”

FERC considers constraining renewables

The looming threat of numerous blackouts is their fault.

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|2022-12-22T14:43:57-05:00December 27th, 2022|Comments Off on FERC considers constraining renewables

Astronomical battery cost looms over “renewables”

The amount of storage needed to make renewables reliable is so huge that even if the cost dropped fantastically we still could not afford it.

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|2022-12-11T14:54:20-05:00December 15th, 2022|Comments Off on Astronomical battery cost looms over “renewables”

Serious Arguments For Citizen Climate Warriors: Book review of “Dumb Energy” by Norman Rogers

The reality is that wind and solar are subsidized by seventy percent.

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|2022-11-29T13:38:13-05:00November 28th, 2022|Comments Off on Serious Arguments For Citizen Climate Warriors: Book review of “Dumb Energy” by Norman Rogers

Wild west voltage spikes in South Australia and a billion watts of wasted solar

South Australia survived the big scary sunny day yesterday, but had to shut off solar power and throw all those sacred green electrons into a thousand open circuits.

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|2022-11-23T16:16:30-05:00November 18th, 2022|Comments Off on Wild west voltage spikes in South Australia and a billion watts of wasted solar

Rural backlash against renewables with 67 rejections of solar over eleven months

BY ROBERT BRYCE: The punchline here is obvious: the hype about major expansions of renewable-energy capacity ignores first principles

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|2022-10-14T11:39:52-04:00October 16th, 2022|Comments Off on Rural backlash against renewables with 67 rejections of solar over eleven months

Reliable wind and solar are not cheap

That wind and solar are cheaper is at best a half truth, more like an eighth truth.

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|2022-08-11T10:44:21-04:00August 11th, 2022|Comments Off on Reliable wind and solar are not cheap

They’re paneling paradise to put up solar — A lot

BY STEVE MILLER: Supplying 40% of the nation’s energy from the sun by 2035 means covering millions of acres of forest and desert with solar panel installations fenced off like prisons.

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|2022-07-15T11:10:57-04:00July 16th, 2022|Comments Off on They’re paneling paradise to put up solar — A lot

Wind rejected in CA and OH, NBC reports ‘at least 40’ communities have rejected big solar since 2021

BY ROBERT BRYCE: Rejections of Big Solar are exceeding Big Wind rejections.

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|2022-03-31T18:53:38-04:00April 3rd, 2022|Comments Off on Wind rejected in CA and OH, NBC reports ‘at least 40’ communities have rejected big solar since 2021

Why “cheap” solar increases the price of power

It is impossible for solar to generate reliably.

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|2022-03-14T13:01:55-04:00March 3rd, 2022|Comments Off on Why “cheap” solar increases the price of power
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