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Sealing The Coffin Of "Renewable" Energy May Take A Few More Nails
Manhattan Contrarian ^ | 13 Jan, 2023 | Francis Menton

Posted on 01/14/2023 6:14:10 AM PST by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 01/14/2023 6:14:10 AM PST by MtnClimber
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If the ban on fertilizer works then there won’t be many people left that need electricity.


2 posted on 01/14/2023 6:14:23 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Ditto for vaxxing bees into extinction...


3 posted on 01/14/2023 6:15:53 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: MtnClimber

“Renewable” Energy = Perpetual Motion Machines ? LOL


4 posted on 01/14/2023 6:16:37 AM PST by butlerweave
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Climate scientists = alchemists


5 posted on 01/14/2023 6:31:02 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: MtnClimber

The author needs to consider the possibility that one can drown while fording a river with an average depth of six inches.


6 posted on 01/14/2023 6:34:46 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: MtnClimber

Tucker interviewed a lady last night about the increased deaths of whales on the east coast. It is suspected that the intense sonar activity being used probe the seabed for windmills platforms may be the cause.

But the environmentalists who used to care about the whales don’t seem very concerned, because windmills are a good thing.


7 posted on 01/14/2023 6:35:20 AM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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Yes, we also have too much “renewable” capacity sometimes.
They are trying to build some batteries to store it (very expensive) and they actually build some huge resistors to burn that energy to waste.
Especially that solar cells cannot be easily turned off!


8 posted on 01/14/2023 6:35:31 AM PST by AZJeep
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I’m beginning to sense a slight move away from EV’s. Notice the stories about EV 18-wheelers stopping, and the collision concerns? Musk drops the price on Teslas by thousands and p’od customers that had already bought. A small sense of panic in the investment market too regarding Greenies.


9 posted on 01/14/2023 6:37:13 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: mewzilla

I’m against vaccinating bees, but there are over 200,000 species of pollinators.

https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/pests-and-pollinators-23564436/


10 posted on 01/14/2023 6:40:28 AM PST by EEGator
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There is no such thing as ‘renewable’ energy. It can neither be created or destroyed but merely converted from matter to energy and energy to matter...


11 posted on 01/14/2023 6:42:07 AM PST by silent majority rising
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One could reach 100% renewable energy in your scheme by adding one more source of renewable — water: hydroelectric.

Create a two-level reservoir system of lakes.
Use the periods of excess energy to pump the water from the lower to the upper lake of each pair.
During the periods of low/no wind, etc. produce hydroelectricity as the water flows from upper to lower lake of each pair.


12 posted on 01/14/2023 6:43:27 AM PST by Wish2Post
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To: MtnClimber

Until we get the lobbyists’ bribes under control, this and other boondoggles will continue. Graft is a crime.


13 posted on 01/14/2023 6:43:57 AM PST by ryderann
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When the wind isn’t blowing (or if it is blowing too hard) and the sun isn’t shining (at night) it doesn’t matter what the nameplate capacity states, the output will be at zero from both “unreliables”. If the storage issue gets figured out, then wind and solar become more viable, but we will always need some sort of reliable power generation.

To your point, it sounds like you already found real world proof that refutes Pollack’s premise anyhow.


14 posted on 01/14/2023 6:44:00 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The Left doesn't have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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Interesting...
I stopped reading at the first mention of the term fossil fuels...
There is no such a thing as a fossil fuel.


15 posted on 01/14/2023 6:44:05 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: EEGator

Sounds like they are applying Moore’s law to renewables. Get rid of all of the fad alternatives and just go nuclear. Solves all renewable energy issues.


16 posted on 01/14/2023 6:45:19 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (“Racist” is the new “Nazi”.)
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I wrote my Comp III paper on nuclear power in college.
The ignorance on the subject is massive.
Aside from the lack of knowledge is the emotional connection to be against it.
Logic and facts don’t mean anything to an emotional ideologue.


17 posted on 01/14/2023 6:50:09 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Not_Who_U_Think

They don’t even care about the protected bald eagle or other raptors that are killed by the hundreds every year, by their windmills. Yet they are lobbying hard to remove electric generating damns to protect the salmon?


18 posted on 01/14/2023 6:51:07 AM PST by thirst4truth (America, What difference does it make?)
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To: MtnClimber

His math is flawed in that there is no modifier/multiplier for the value of virtue signaling. It enables that deep, warm inner smugness of being smarter than others.


19 posted on 01/14/2023 6:57:09 AM PST by glorgau
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To: silent majority rising

Since the current trend is to eliminate words from our language, I would like to add ‘renewable’ and ‘sustainable’ to the list.


20 posted on 01/14/2023 7:05:25 AM PST by Right Brother
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