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Why “Green” Energy Is Futile, In One Lesson
Here in Minnesota, we are enduring a brutal stretch of weather. The temperature hasn’t gotten above zero in the last three days, with lows approaching -30. And that is in the Twin Cities, in the southern part of the state. Yesterday central Minnesota experienced a natural gas “brownout,” as Xcel Energy advised customers to turn thermostats down to 60 degrees and avoid using hot water. Xcel put up some customers in hotels. Why?
Because the wind wasn’t blowing.
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Texas had the same “brown out” problem in February 2011 when all the wind generated electricity went off-line because it was too cold. We were forced to buy power from “our good neighbors” in Mexico, who promptly charged us three times the going rate.