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EPA's Looming Blackouts
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| August 22, 2011
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Posted on 08/22/2011 4:53:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
08/22/2011 4:53:05 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
I’m really looking forward to blackouts in a Michigan January.
That’s what you get when you put up windmills instead of reliable coal, gas, hydro, or nuclear generation plants.
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posted on
08/22/2011 4:57:17 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin)
To: Kaslin
With all the energy sources the US has; we should not have these blackouts period.
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posted on
08/22/2011 4:57:34 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Kaslin
The estimates I’ve read were %9 of the entire country’s energy production being shut down by these obama thugs. Can someone more knowledgeable please elaborate or correct me?
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posted on
08/22/2011 4:58:48 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: Kaslin
This is just right wring extreme fear mongering . .
To: freekitty
The USSR (Russia - to the youngsters) also had enormous energy reserves but kept the people cold and energy starved.
Has nothing to do with energy and everything to do with controlling people.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:00:36 PM PDT
by
OpusatFR
To: freekitty
I’m tempted to build a coal furnace just so I can burn the damn coal.
Wonder what a truckload of coal costs these days.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:01:46 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin)
To: cripplecreek
No kidding! It was 103 here today (down to 99 now - woo hoo!). When my kids were little, we had a big ol high-ceiling built-for-the-climate house without A/C in the main living area, but the bedrooms were air-conditioned, and I don’t want to think of having to spend much time without A/C right now. It would go beyond miserable to life threatening. Much like Michigan in January. Or, December, or February, or...
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:02:15 PM PDT
by
SuzyQue
To: Kaslin
If we don’t stand up against the EPA we deserve to freeze!!
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:02:54 PM PDT
by
PALIN SMITH
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
To: allmost
I think that the correct figure is 20% of coal produced electricity— which comes out to 8-10% of all our electric capacity.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:03:04 PM PDT
by
Lysandru
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:04:17 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: allmost
allmost wrote:
The estimates Ive read were %9 of the entire countrys energy production being shut down by these obama thugs. Can someone more knowledgeable please elaborate or correct me? |
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You have it about right.
And these coal fired plants will be shut down within 6 months. The problem is, even as a "work around," building transmission lines to import power to the areas served by those plants will take a few years to build. Building replacment generating plants could take decades.
Rolling blackouts will be the new normal in many states next year. Just in time for elections.
This assumes that the states put up with these regs, and the power plants operators actually shut down the "dirty" coal plants.
It's getting close to time to "just say NO!" to the EPA.
Perhaps Perry will tell operators in Texas to ignore those EPA thugs. I would support Governor Scott in my state telling the EPA to go pound sand.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:04:33 PM PDT
by
cc2k
( If having an "R" makes you conservative, does walking into a barn make you a horse's (_*_)?)
To: OpusatFR
I live in Michigan and we have all the heat and electricity we need right under my feet. Too bad the feds and state have made it virtually untouchable. Fred Upton was one of the idiots who voted for the great lakes directional drilling ban.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:05:24 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin)
To: cripplecreek
Yes its not just going to be Texas. We have been afraid of this ever since Soetoro took office. We are buying a retirement retreat and putting in an alternative electrical system either solar or micro hydro depending on the property we finally settle on. There are some really great systems out there. We are going to install an off grid system so if we get a solar flare or an EMP it will not be tied directly to our circuit box. If the electric grid goes down then we will power up the alternative system.
In the next 15 mos until we can get this insane Marxist out of office he is going to try to destroy the electrical grid and everything else in this country. You should have a water filter, 6-12 mos of food, weapons and an alternative electrical system of some kind.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:06:32 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Kaslin
We in California have already been there before! (and it cost us a cool $30 billion in bond costs).
We STILL lead the way!!!
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:06:54 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(GunWalker: Arming "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as well funded")
To: freekitty
What energy sources are you referring to? Coal accounts for about 48.5 of our generation and that is spread across the nation but heavy in certain areas. Wind and solar are a silly pipe dream. We have a good mix but when you remove a significant portion of something as large a coal you are going to have problems, serious problems.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:07:29 PM PDT
by
WHBates
To: Kaslin
“Fundamentally transforming America” one regulation at a time. A lot of people thought he was kidding.....
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:07:29 PM PDT
by
radioone
(Don't let the media pick our nominee. "Palin 2012")
To: cc2k
I wouldn't count to heavily on Perry either. He's proud of the fact that Texas leads the nation in wind generated power.
Gov. Rick Perry: Wind Energy Keeps Texas' Air Clean and Our Future Bright
Texas doesn't just believe in the potential of wind energy, we are reaping its benefits already. People who talk about wind energy as a technology of the future clearly haven't been to West Texas lately: the future of wind energy in Texas is now. I probably don't need to spend too much time talking about the benefits of wind energy to a bunch of people who specialize in this remarkable technology, but a few things really stand out for me. I am proud that our state's installed wind generation capacity leads the nation, a place we did not reach by accident.
(snip)
Just last year, nearly $3 billion worth of wind-powered electric generators were installed, twice as much as any other state. This addition of more than 1,600 megawatts of capacity bumped up our total wind capacity by 59 percent. And the hits keep on coming. For example, this afternoon, one of the world's largest manufacturers of alternative energy equipment is announcing a new research facility here in Houston. And I recently got word that Hill Country Wind Power has acquired the Wind Turbine Company and is moving their manufacturing operations from Bellevue, Washington to the Lone Star state. With progress like this, I am confident we'll hit the next milestone, 10,000 megawatts, or 10% of our current capacity, well before the deadline in 2025.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:08:34 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin)
To: cripplecreek
Cripplecreek, sounds like your in Battle Creek! I have bought a generator that will (hopefully) keep me warm when those idiots roll those blackouts. I’m in Sturgis.
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:10:11 PM PDT
by
sig229
(The loonie left "FLUNKED" human nature 101)
To: quantim
Consumers energy has informed us that they won’t be building the long planned coal fired plant, they’re building a wind farm and raising rates. Idiots
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posted on
08/22/2011 5:11:36 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin)
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