Posted on 10/27/2023 5:37:32 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Wind and solar are both terrible methods of generating electricity, both expensive and unreliable. The one thing that can make the situation worse is the drive to electrify everything, including motor vehicles. The impracticality of this “green” vision has become blindingly obvious, and the “green” movement has begun to fall apart.
Steve noted this afternoon the collapsing share prices of renewable energy companies. Here are some more indications that the “green” movement is spiraling downward:
From the Telegraph: “Electricity prices ‘must rise by 70pc to pay for more wind farms.’”
No new wind farms will be built off Britain’s shores unless the Government lets operators earn more money from the electricity they produce, the chief of the nation’s biggest generator has said.
Tom Glover, country chair of RWE’s UK arm, said the price offered by the Government to wind farm operators must rise by as much as 70pc to entice companies to build. *** His warning follows the disastrous result of the last offshore wind allocation round in September, which ended in a humiliation for ministers with not one company offering to build new offshore wind farms.
From Grid Brief: “GE Offshore Wind to Post $1 Billion in Losses.”
General Electric’s offshore wind division is set to post $1 billion in losses. “Offshore Wind remains difficult this year with losses of roughly $1 billion,” Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp said on Tuesday. Culp added that he expects similar losses next year, but with a better cash performance.
Culp’s announcement comes as the wind industry reels from sustained headwinds—supply chain snags, materials costs, component price increases, and higher interest rates. Project delays plus decreases in demand for offshore wind are expected.
From Robert Bryce: “Ford Lost $62,016 For Every EV It Sold In 3Q.”
Where are Ceech and Chong?
Are they to blame? THC to blame?
Greens dream but not of the Real world
Wind and solar are both terrible methods of generating electricity
Ya get what ya vote for.
Idiots.
Solar is fine to augment existing power sources. It is preposterous to believe that it will become our primary source. This is like a developer deciding instead of making you pay for your new house, he will simply charge you a toll everytime you drive through the front gate of the subdivision.
For all the required solar panels needed to replace the current grid, the amount of land and subsequent environmental damage is immense. Recently there was a story in Scotland? (Ireland?) where 80,000 trees were felled to make room for a new wind farm. Does this make sense?
Reality intrudes.
Wow, who could possibly have seen this coming? I mean, didn’t the large mammaried sub 50 IQ aoc promise the green nude eel would solve the world’s problems?
Deliberate scam to make others rich, remember solyndra!
And wind and solar are NOT really green.
The saving of CO2 emissions are at best marginal, as they require huge amount of energy and resources, mostly coming from China’s coal power plants.
In the amount needed, they are massive pollutants, covering fields with solar cells and killing birds with windmills.
Just awful! Looking at the massive solar and wind project, I get sick how much Earth is being destroyed!
Yet, POS Kemp and his crew continue to throw money down the drain(steal) for Rivian.
No sense at all.
Too bad the froggy progs didn't figure out their scams could be merely squintingly obvious or "made you blink" obvious.
Putting on some shades obvious would have done just fine but nooo, they have to make sure they have sufficiently oppressed the general public with their juvenile attempts at ruling the entire planet.
When they are told no they will begin screeching "Hitler!" racist! and NAZI!
If that does not induce the correct amount of fear and groveling, physical violence is immediately attempted.
When the prog communists are "encouraged" to stop the physical attacks THEN the police are suddenly their friends.
If the police do not execute on demand any normal American Citizen that did not prostrate themselves while the prog passes judgement over any "resistor," other tactics are employed.
When THAT is not allowed by the normal American Citizens the progs get "lawyers" to file harassment suits and false statements that the the poor innocent communists were not assaulting anyone, they were just raising awareness" and "starting a conversation."
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who on earth would want to electrify EVERYTHING? insanity.
wind ain’t doing too well:
27 Oct: Reuters: Siemens Energy shares slide 39% after company seeks state guarantees
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/siemens-energy-seeking-billions-euros-state-guarantees-wiwo-2023-10-26/
Bloomberg: Siemens Energy’s Faulty Wind Turbines Become Germany’s Problem
Solar generation using mirrors and molten salt storage has substantial potential.
“expensive and unreliable”
Game over. Not to mention that it’s all based on a hoax.
27 Oct: Youtube. 1m45s: Oyster Bay property set alight by e-bike battery fire | 7 News Australia
(159 such call-outs of firefighters in the past year in this State of New South Wales alone)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrOtxxxWhFs
27 Oct: MSN: ABC: Solar system DC isolator fire on rooftop a warning for home owners to have ageing equipment checked
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/markets/solar-system-dc-isolator-fire-on-rooftop-a-warning-for-home-owners-to-have-ageing-equipment-checked/ar-AA1iUkVC
“Solar generation using mirrors and molten salt storage has substantial potential.”
Molten salt storage was tried at the Crescent Dunes solar power plant near Tonopah, Nevada, which went broke. Another billion in tax payer money down the drain.
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