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  • Why Are Some Wind Turbines Not Turning? – Reasons & Remedies!

    03/12/2024 10:36:43 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 22 replies
    WX Research ^ | 8/21/22 | Nikole D
    Why Are Some Wind Turbines Not Turning? SNIP 2. The Wind Is Too Strong Wind turbines need wind to function, yet too much wind is ineffective. Wind turbines can only be safely operated up to a particular wind speed, known as the “cut-off wind speed” or “cut-out wind speed.” Any wind exceeding the limit is too powerful for the mechanism to manage, posing threats to the equipment and the workers.
  • Mayor Adams eyes NYC property tax breaks as co-ops, condos face crunch from ‘green’ mandate

    02/11/2024 4:24:55 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 14 replies
    Nypost ^ | 02/11/2024 | CARL CAMPANILE
    Mayor Eric Adams said he’d consider property tax breaks for middle-class co-op and condo owners who have to pay for pricey building upgrades when a new “green” mandate icks in. Hizzoner said he was open to tax abatements as anxious residents brace for the costs of Local Law 97, which covers 800,000 co-op and condo apartments. “My second apartment was a co-op,” Adams said during testimoney in Albany on the state budget last week.
  • OPINION: Biden's plummeting support in NM a product of his green agenda

    02/05/2024 1:49:48 PM PST · by CedarDave · 14 replies
    The Albuquerque Journal ^ | February 4, 2024 | state Sen. David Gallegos / Eunice Republican
    New Mexico may be small in terms of population, but we are the second-largest producer of oil. We punch well above our weight when it comes to American energy. That’s starting to be a problem for President Joe Biden. New polling data shows Biden’s support in our state plummeting. With an approval rating of just 41% and a disapproval rating of 57% (according to a new Public Opinion Strategies poll), Biden finds himself 16 points underwater (in New Mexico). This decline is particularly worrying for the president, given that he won New Mexico by a comfortable 10-point margin during the...
  • Why Is Joe Biden Screwing Seniors To Subsidize Electric Vehicles?

    12/21/2023 12:04:26 PM PST · by george76 · 12 replies
    Federalist ^ | December 20, 2023 | Jeff Reynolds
    The Biden administration is more interested in pet projects, unsustainable green schemes, and ideological revenue redistribution than in the core functions of government.. The Biden administration is so obsessed with making electric vehicles (EVs) work as part of its green agenda that it’s taking money away from seniors — namely, drug savings under Medicare. Unsurprisingly, it has also failed to advertise that fact. The news of EV and green energy subsidies flew under the radar until a poll conducted in Arizona alerted voters there to the scheme. Fully three-quarters of Arizona voters polled (76 percent) said they didn’t know the...
  • Biden admin quietly developing settlement with groups seeking to tear down key power source

    12/10/2023 9:19:33 PM PST · by george76 · 101 replies
    Fox News ^ | November 22, 2023 | Thomas Catenacci
    'Congress alone has the authority' to breach federal dams, lawmakers write in letter to White House.. The Biden administration is quietly discussing a potentially far-reaching settlement with environmental groups that advocate for tearing down four hydroelectric dams in Washington... ... In the filings, jointly submitted by the federal government and eco groups... However, the filing failed to detail exactly what conditions were included in the secretive package .... We find it necessary to remind you Congress alone has the authority not only to order the breach of the Lower Snake River Dams, but also exclusive authority to direct the study...
  • Xcel Energy pitches new clean energy plan for Colorado that is nearly twice as costly as one it offered in 2021

    12/06/2023 6:36:51 AM PST · by george76 · 13 replies
    Colorado Sun ^ | Dec 6, 2023 | Mark Jaffe
    Colorado utilities regulators will consider the new plan, which was revised in hopes of capturing lucrative renewable energy credits while slashing greenhouse gas emissions... Xcel Energy has a vision for Colorado’s clean energy future — one independent power producers, consumer advocates and regulators didn’t see coming — a vision that is both expensive, with a $15 billion price tag, and unparalleled in its sweep. Xcel Energy’s preferred electric resource plan submitted to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission in September includes 7,100 megawatts of new generation and storage, mainly wind and solar and nearly $3 billion in new transmission lines. “We...
  • A Letter to the President

    11/29/2023 5:06:36 PM PST · by Twotone · 14 replies
    Voice of the Customer ^ | Unknown | Supporting Dealerships
    Let our customer's voices be heard. In just three weeks, 3,882 dealerships reflecting the voice of our customers, representing all major vehicle manufacturing brands spanning 50 states, called on the President of the United States to tap the brakes on the proposed Electric Vehicle Mandate. Below is the letter and list of the dealerships that signed. A Letter to the President Dear Mr. President, We are auto dealers from across the country who collectively sell every major brand in the U.S. We are small businesses employing thousands of Americans. We are deeply committed to the customers we serve and the...
  • Congress blasts Biden for secret negotiations to destroy dams

    11/28/2023 8:11:51 AM PST · by Twotone · 24 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | November 22, 2023 | Eden Villalovas
    Four Northwest Republican lawmakers asked the federal government to share details of “secretive negotiations” between the government and environmental groups that have called for the removal of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. In a Nov. 20 letter to Brenda Mallory, chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality, the lawmakers reminded the White House that Congress has the authority to weigh in on President Joe Biden’s potential removal of dams in the Columbia River Basin to rebuild salmon runs. “In addition to expecting the immediate transmittal of the proposed USG commitments, we find it necessary to remind you Congress...
  • Biden admin quietly released study showing green energy receives far more subsidies than fossil fuels

    10/01/2023 5:58:32 AM PDT · by george76 · 10 replies
    Fox News ^ | October 1, 2023 | Thomas Catenacci
    Solar should be competing for sales in the marketplace, not for subsidies in Washington,' ... The Biden administration quietly issued a 59-page report outlining the current scope of federal energy-related subsidies revealed that the renewable energy sector enjoys significantly larger taxpayer backing than the fossil fuel industry. The report — authored by the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) and published in August — represents the first of its kind since 2018. The EIA analyzed data from 2016 through 2022, and determined that, during that time period, the federal government doled out $183.3 billion in direct and mainly indirect...
  • Panic now: The Australian national grid manager admits blackouts are coming

    09/04/2023 11:19:39 AM PDT · by george76 · 35 replies
    Jo Nova ^ | September 2, 2023 | Jo Nova
    We’re on the precipice of a radical experiment with a national electricity grid The AEMO (manager of the Australian grid) has finally released the major report on problems coming in the next ten years on our national grid, and it’s worse than they thought even six months ago. They euphemistically refer to the coming “reliability gaps”. They could have said “blackouts” instead, but a gap in reliability sounds so much nicer. Bizarrely, the lead graph of the 175 page AEMO report goes right off the scale, mysteriously peaking in the unknown and invisible real estate off the top of the...
  • Navajo Leaders Challenge Chaco Canyon Drilling Ban. Climate Advocates Should Listen.

    08/30/2023 12:15:35 PM PDT · by george76 · 10 replies
    Real Clear Investigations ^ | August 28, 2023 | Ethan Brown
    On June 2, the U.S. Department of the Interior blocked oil and gas leasing for the next twenty years within a ten-mile radius of Chaco Canyon — the site of a Puebloan civilization in now-northern New Mexico dating back over a millennium. Despite some support from people within the Pueblo tribes and Navajo Nation which surround the land, the vast majority of Navajo leaders have opposed these drilling restrictions. It’s essential that climate advocates hear them out. Between high-profile cases of extractive industries seizing and polluting Indigenous land and the fact that climate change exacerbates the many environmental and economic...
  • Texas Power Prices Surge 6,000% as Grid Operator Asks Residents to Reduce Energy Usage Due to ‘Low Wind Generation’

    08/20/2023 12:03:25 PM PDT · by george76 · 109 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Aug. 19, 2023 | Cristina Laila
    Earlier this week Texas grid operator ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) asked residents to reduce energy usage amid a sweltering heat wave to avoid rolling blackouts. ERCOT manages electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers and represents 90% of the state’s electric load, according to the company. Temperatures soared to 115+ degrees with the heat index in parts of Texas on Thursday amid an excessive heat warning. ERCOT issued the voluntary conservation notice due to extreme temperatures, forecasted high demand and lower reserves due to low wind generation. ... The wind turbines aren’t producing enough energy. Texas...
  • Xcel will raise electric bills again next month. A quarter of the hike will cover closing coal-fired power plants.

    08/17/2023 7:08:00 AM PDT · by george76 · 18 replies
    Colorado Sun ^ | Aug 17, 2023 | Mark Jaffe
    The utility’s 1.6 million Colorado customers will see their bills rise 4.4% — about $4 on the average residential bill — on Sept. 1 ... lectricity bills for 1.6 million Colorado customers of Xcel Energy will rise 4.4% — about $3.99 on the average residential bill — on Sept. 1, under a settlement approved Wednesday by the state Public Utilities Commission. In 2022, Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electricity supplier, filed for a $312 million rate hike, but under the settlement it will get an increase of $96 million. The reduced revenue figure was reached in a settlement between Xcel Energy...
  • Environmentalism: where democracy goes to die

    08/07/2023 1:51:00 PM PDT · by george76 · 4 replies
    Spiked ^ | 6th August 2023 | Fraser Myers
    Britons have never been given a proper say over our draconian, punishing climate laws. ‘I’ve knocked on hundreds, literally thousands of doors, and had tens of thousands of conversations with voters… and I just don’t have conversations about climate change.’ So said an anonymous MP, despairing at the British public’s lack of interest in climate change. He was quoted in a 2018 report by the environmental think-tank, the Green Alliance. The findings were stark. Ten years after the UK had passed the Climate Change Act, which commits the British government to stringent, legally binding decarbonisation targets, there was no sign...
  • Environmentalists Shutting Down Wyoming Oil & Gas Industry Through Litigation

    07/28/2023 5:43:32 PM PDT · by george76 · 16 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | July 27, 2023 | Kevin Killough
    Nearly every lease and permit issued in Wyoming since 2021 has faced litigation from various anti-fossil fuel groups. As a result, 2 million acres are languishing in a holding pattern awaiting court decisions that will take years. ... The Bureau of Land Management is withholding oil and gas drilling permits on leased acres on public land, if the leased acres are in litigation. Pete Obermueller, president of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, said the agency is doing this by its own choice. Nearly every lease and permit issued in Wyoming since 2021 has faced litigation from various anti-fossil fuel groups,...
  • While Biden Shuts Down U.S. Coal, China’s Coal Use Surges To Record Levels

    07/28/2023 9:09:57 PM PDT · by george76 · 21 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | July 28, 2023 | Kevin Killough
    Although it's reported the world is going through a transition away from fossil fuels to so-called 'green energy,' the data doesn’t support it. The use of coal in China has exploded thereby making overall coal consumption increase. As much as it’s reported that the world is going through a transition away from fossil fuels to wind and solar energy, the data doesn’t support it. The International Energy Agency released its 2023 Coal Market Update on Thursday, which shows that global coal consumption in 2022 rose by 3.3% to a record 8.3 billion tons. While the use of coal in European...
  • New Rules Show Biden Making Good On Promise To End Oil And Gas

    07/24/2023 12:48:47 PM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | July 22, 2023 | Kevin Killough
    The Bureau of Land Management announced new rules that will greatly increase the cost of oil and gas development on public lands. Critics say if the rules become final, it will likely make oil and gas production in Wyoming uneconomical. The Bureau of Land Management has announced new rules that, if finalized, will increase bonding requirements, royalty rates and minimum bids for oil and gas drilling on public lands. Statements by the bureau on the proposed rules say they will lead to more responsible leasing and development processes. Critics say it’s just a step toward the elimination of oil and...
  • Biden’s Green Rules Mean Appliances Will Soon Cost More and Do Less, Experts Say

    06/04/2023 7:05:02 PM PDT · by george76 · 44 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | June 2, 2023 | Kevin Stocklin
    Consumer advocate: New Biden regulations mean ‘Everyday things that people want are going to get more expensive or disappear' ... A pledge by the Biden administration in December 2022 to take “more than 100 actions” to impose significantly tighter environmental standards on consumer goods is now becoming reality, and consumer groups are predicting a future in which Americans pay more for products that do less, while manufacturers warn of shortages and supply chain breakdowns. “You’re seeing, just in the last few months, new rules from the Biden administration about clothes washers, dishwashers, and other kinds of kitchen appliances, and in...
  • John Kerry: Farmers Must Stop Growing Food to Meet ‘Net Zero’ Goals for ‘Emissions’

    05/27/2023 9:36:49 PM PDT · by george76 · 168 replies
    Slay News ^ | May 27, 2023 | Frank Bergman
    Joe Biden’s “climate czar” John Kerry is calling for farmers to stop growing food in order to meet the administration’s radical “net zero” goals for lowering “emissions.” Kerry, Biden’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, issued the warning during a green agenda conference in Washington D.C. During the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) AIM for Climate Summit, Kerry told the audience that “we can’t get to net zero, we won’t get this job done, unless agriculture is front and center as part of the solution.” Kerry warned attendees that his and other world leaders’ “lives depend” on farmers ceasing their operations. Stopping...
  • COLUMN: Property tax con job continues | Jon Caldara. ( Colorado )

    05/02/2023 12:42:34 PM PDT · by george76 · 10 replies
    Denver Gazette ^ | Apr 30, 2023 | Jon Caldara
    If you’ve opened your property tax assessment you’ve already had your coronary. Your property value has gone up between 30% and 70%.. That means because the Legislature, under Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter, froze mill levy rates (preventing them from lowering) and because voters foolishly repealed the Gallagher Amendment in 2020, your property taxes are going to go up some 30% to 70% next year. But don’t worry. The same people who have put you in this bind are going to pantomime rescuing you just as the clock runs out on their legislative session. What heroes. The Colorado state Legislature, with...