The disastrous economics of trying to power an electric grid with 100% intermittent “renewables”

BY FRANCIS MENTON: In those jurisdictions that have succeeded in getting generation from renewables up to as high as about 30% of their total electricity supply, the result has been an approximate tripling in the price of electricity f

By |2024-03-29T09:13:20-04:00March 30th, 2024|Comments Off on The disastrous economics of trying to power an electric grid with 100% intermittent “renewables”

Here comes The Sun

BY JOE BASTARDI: While sunspot activity has been going down, Net incoming radiation has not. 

By |2024-03-08T08:33:48-05:00March 9th, 2024|Comments Off on Here comes The Sun

Limitations on mining for electricity

Just for electricity from EV batteries, and the electricity occasionally generated from wind turbines and solar panels, the World Bank estimates that more than three billion tons of metals and minerals could be required over the next three decades.

By |2023-06-14T11:42:19-04:00June 15th, 2023|Comments Off on Limitations on mining for electricity
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