Posted on 06/18/2024 5:44:15 AM PDT by MtnClimber
What could go wrong?
Manhattan Contrarian ping
The democrat governments are creating a disaster in the name of Weather (climate)
Addressing nonexistent problem with nonworking solutions.
The State of New York is relying heavily on Canadian hydropower.
However, the Canadian national government might desire to use that power to officially make Canada ‘green’. If it does so, New Yorkers will enter a new dark age.
New Yorkers can’t rely on wind power because the wind is generally too weak and too widely dispersed.
New Yorkers can’t rely on in-state solar because New York is cloudy too often.
Out-of-state solar electricity might be obtained from future solar farms in SE Virginia and other southern areas.
New nuclear plants might take over a decade to get built and to get placed online.
New York may be using fossil fuel electricity far into the future, or far less electricity.
The Chickens are coming home to roost. Solar and wind are Energy-Lysenkoism, and it will make things worse.
The blue state morons should stop closing power plants and start building them or there will be controlled blackouts to prevent uncontrolled blackouts.
We are becoming California, and will repeat their staggering stupidity.
As for an individual New York household, residents might buy an EV and drive to a nearby state to recharge it and then use its electricity to run their house.
Too bad NYS doesn’t have ANY natural materials within its own state borders it could use to generate electricity.
It is also too bad that NYS does not have something to use for cooking and heating in the winter.
(SARCASM)
Central and western New York are sitting atop the Marcellus Shale formation where there is so much methane that they really do not have to worry about power generation for the next 200+ years. There are so many capped natural gas wells sitting in inventory that they had to keep them from drilling more because the price/value of that gas would plummet.
There are places in Western New York where the methane literally leaks out of the ground in the shale that has been exposed in a waterfall.
It is the people of NYs fault for falling for the climate change BS and electing stupid Dem/liberals.
Wind and solar power, is itself a manifestation of Mental Greentardation.
Hmmm ... why don't you think about it and suggest a few things that might "go wrong"? Perhaps you might even suggest possible solutions to the things that might "go wrong".
Here we have an oxymoron. To the leftists "clean" means windmills and solar cell panels. Neither of which are particularly "clean" in their lifecycles, but we're not allowed to talk about that. Even less are we allowed to talk about their lack of reliability.
If the leftists were serious about electric generation being both reliable AND not emitting carbon dioxide, they'd be pushing nuclear.
But they're not.
And that shows that they are not serious. They're lying, running a scam, and seeking reliable POLITICAL power over We the People.
The solution would be to stop electing power-hungry leftists. But, the people of New York have not seen enough pain yet. They may never stop electing the leftists.
Grady from Practical Engineering has a new video up about the complete NTSB report on the Fern Hollow bridge collapse.
The net implication is that everyone ignored the inspection reports until the bridge collapsed. During Biden's visit on repairing infrastructure.
The problem with our infrastructure is not the engineering at the time, but the maintenance during the life cycle of a bridge.
Or in this case, the energy grid.
The same people who oversee the grid should not be the same people who overlook our safety.
And we pay for it all.
Can you imagine living in NYC without electricity? Back to the 1800s w the flick of a switch.
No.
Vastly worse than the 1800s, at the flick of a switch.
In the 1800s, the population density was much smaller for the simple reason that the buildings were not as tall. They were designed for life without electricity. Today's buildings are unlivable without electricity. The NYC water distribution system is dependent upon electricity. Transportation (gas/diesel pumps) are dependent upon electricity; there aren't enough horses in the entire USA to replace NYC engine powered transportation. Food preservation is entirely dependent upon electricity; food preparation largely so.
Cut off power to NYC, and zombies will flood the countryside.
This is New York...
DILLIGAS?
No, I don’t.
Before you do another thing, read Shorting the Grid by Meredith Angwin.
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Totally agree.... Years ago, Meredith read a piece that I wrote about how industrial wind turbines were the stupidest thing ever and she contacted me. We’ve communicated a bunch since then and I was very pleased when she let me know that she was on substack.
https://meredithangwin.substack.com/
I highly recommend it... The Electric Grandma is one very smart lady!
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