A train wreck of their own making. It is what happens when you chase hallucinations.
>Our legislators, innumerate to a person, had bought into the fantasy
This is a great essay and man, that line there really, really nails it.
Manhattan Contrarian ping
Prices of energy in the northeast have sky rocketed for years yet Democrats have a iron lock on political power. Hopes were raised for an upset in the NJ governor race in November based on high energy bills, but it didn’t pan out. It will take the lights going out before the public turns against save the earth prophecies.
For perhaps the very best damnation and rational discourse on wind energy, check out the YouTube presentation of the Landman, Tommy Norris. This video might really make your day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmbZwxEnAFc&t=138s
It was my vague understanding that the State of New York was planning to rely on Quebec hydropower.
It was my thought that the Canadian greenies would want that power for Canada itself.
I don’t follow stuff in New York closely any more since all my close relatives in the State have died.
The wind in the Atlantic is too variable in location and speed to make wind power a realistic option.
That leaves solar power in southeast Virginia and eastern North Carolina as the best green option for the State.
The Northeast US and northern Europe would best be served by competitively priced nuclear power. I doubt they can get it.
Liz Moran from New York Earthjustice (https://earthjustice.org/author/elizabeth-moran) is a radical environmentalist and you can see from the quote below she sees corporations as the enemy.
“Agreeing to a delay the administration previously opposed, while getting nothing for New Yorkers in return, is nothing short of a handout to wealthy corporate polluters while families are left suffering from higher and higher energy bills,” said Liz Moran, New York policy advocate for Earthjustice.
Are candles considered “renewable energy”?
The problem is that the grid is shared. So when these commies fail it will cost everyone more to feed the grid. PA gets screwed.
Exit Strategy ... Leave. People simply get out.
Burn baby, burn.
OK, go ahead and shut down all power plants IN the city — then, no power can come in.
That is the way networks work — you must kinda have a “receiving” power plant.
The exit strategy is freezing to death in the dark.