Posted on 12/14/2022 4:37:43 PM PST by entropy12
Like much of the world, Western Europe is in a major energy bind — but an ongoing wind drought is making things so much worse. As gas prices continue to soar, many are resorting to cleaner means of renewable energy. But as of recently, barely even a breeze has made its way through the through the winter air.
This has drawn serious concerns for power generation. Now many are looking to other energy alternatives.
(Excerpt) Read more at greenmatters.com ...
If only they would shut down the coal and nuclear plants this wouldn’t happen...
Because Science!!!
You can’t power modern civilization on wind and solar and unicorn farts.
The “Energy Transition” Delusion - A Reality Reset
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/the-energy-transition-delusion
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Global economies are facing a potential energy shock—the third such shock of the past half century. Energy costs and security have returned to center stage, as has the realization that the world remains deeply dependent on reliable supplies of petroleum, natural gas, and coal. And all this has arrived during an inflation itself partially the result of higher energy prices that are raising production and transportation costs across industries.
In these circumstances, policymakers are beginning to grasp the enormous difficulty of replacing even a mere 10% share of global hydrocarbons—the share supplied by Russia—never mind the impossibility of trying to replace all of society’s use of hydrocarbons with solar, wind, and battery (SWB) technologies. Two decades of aspirational policies and trillions of dollars in spending, most of it on SWB tech, have not yielded an “energy transition” that eliminates hydrocarbons. Regardless of climate-inspired motivations, it is a dangerous delusion to believe that spending yet more, and more quickly, will do so. The lessons of the recent decade make it clear that SWB technologies cannot be surged in times of need, are neither inherently “clean” nor even independent of hydrocarbons, and are not cheap.
The only path to significantly lower energy prices while maintaining vibrant economies—and unlinking them from Russian oil and natural gas—is to radically increase the production of hydrocarbons. The U.S. holds the greatest potential for achieving this outcome, and without government subsidies. On the contrary: increasing the production of these energy sources would generate government revenues, increase U.S. geopolitical soft power, and, in due course, save the world trillions of dollars.
America’s hydrocarbon-centric industries could, if unleashed, replicate the unprecedented growth in oil and natural gas production over the past 15 years. That growth resulted in the U.S. becoming the world’s biggest producer and a major exporter of both. The crucial question now is whether America has the political will to forge an energy path based on the lessons learned and the urgencies of the new geopolitical landscape.
but it’s green ,LOL
There is not a thing in the multiverse that cannot be made worse when touched by a leftist.
I would think those hideous things would be spinning like tops, as much as Brussels sucks.
The funny thing is even with a wind going some aren’t whirring away. I assume some are down for maintenance or repairs but they also shut down if the wind gets too strong otherwise we get a replay of those videos of the things blowing apart. They’re like Goldilocks machines. Everything has to be just right.
Wind droughts are caused by climate change.What causes wind droughts? The Week points to climate change as the culprit.
Who could have thunk it? Wind not blowing, sun not shining at night? Follow the science.
They will have to milk unicorns for farts.
last time I looked
ng prices were $6.43 per mmbtu
are things really that bad?
If they didn’t have so many damn windmills blocking surface air flow, they’d have more wind.
Idiots.
So global warming is causing the drop in wind speeds and simultaneously causing more storms and hurricanes. Interesting.
It’s quite the scam they have going.
At times it’s almost as if global warming is worse than Hitler!
wish more people understood they don’t work when the wind is too strong either.
plus, as you say, maintenance, damage, etc means they are down much of the time.
u’d never know listening to FakeNewsMSM shilling on behalf of China and so-called “renewables”.
The Climate changed.
Its called Mother Nature and you, puny humans, can not change Mother Nature
All the turbines are slowing down the wind! Energy isn’t free!
Globull warming causes less wind. Not counting my backside.
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