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.
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
They want to ban coal, oil and gas. Exactly how will they replace them? Who wins? Who loses?
China has enough coal-fired power plants in the pipeline to match the entire capacity of the European Union.
For the cost of drilling a single shale well which may average 10 barrels of oil per hour or its equivalent in natural gas over decades, one can build two 500-foot-high, 2-megawatt (MW) wind turbines which will produce a combined output averaging the energy equivalent of 0.7 barrels of oil per hour.
America is taking giant steps toward following Germany’s failed climate goals which should be a wake-up all for governments everywhere.
President Trump should help poor nations by directing USAID to support coal and gas, not just wind and solar