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'Green New Deal' preview? Texas town's lofty environmentalism leaves residents with a nightmare
Fox News ^ | August 29 2019 | Chuck DeVore

Posted on 08/29/2019 5:37:07 AM PDT by knighthawk

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Georgetown, Texas – population 75,000 – was to be the new poster child of the green movement.

Environmental interest in Georgetown’s big push to generate all of its electricity from wind and solar power was amplified by three factors: the town and its mayor were nominally Republican; Georgetown is in an oil- and natural gas-rich state; and that state is deep-red Texas.

Former Vice President Al Gore and other climate change luminaries feted Georgetown Mayor Dale Ross, and Ross was featured prominently at renewable energy conventions.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: environmentalism; georgetown; greennewdeal; texas
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To: knighthawk
The only thing "green" about a Green New Deal is the MONEY!.....................🤑
21 posted on 08/29/2019 6:49:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: knighthawk

This guy looks at the Numbers https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog/videos


22 posted on 08/29/2019 7:10:28 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: knighthawk

In Georgetown’s case, for it to truly go 100 percent renewable energy using today’s state-of-the-art mass-produced batteries from Tesla’s Gigafactory, the city would need a $400 million battery farm weighing some 20,000 tons to avoid a blackout on a quiet winter night. And, after spending $15,600 for each household to build such a battery farm, its backup power would be drained in 12 hours, with a second windless winter night leaving residents shivering in the dark.


23 posted on 08/29/2019 7:21:41 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: knighthawk
They should have never closed the Chicken Ranch nearby in LaGrange.
24 posted on 08/29/2019 7:37:20 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: knighthawk

Anybody tied to the grid for backup while using “renewable” energy is a fraud and a freeloader. He is taking advantage of the people who pay for the grid, he relies on only when he needs it, every single day so it can be there when his green power is inconvenient and he needs dirty old conventional power.

Green power is a myth so long as one is tied to the grid and may be a myth altogether in the balance when the various costs for it are admitted. It may be realistic some day but not now. The clean future, if we really want it, is in Thorium for now and nobody wants that.


25 posted on 08/29/2019 8:25:23 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: knighthawk

Such a waste and complete boondoggle. In ten years we will have vast wastelands of solar and wind farms. Most people have no understanding of energy. They just cannot conceive the true process and what goes into acquiring and producing it.


26 posted on 08/29/2019 8:39:25 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: FreedomPoster
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter always return!

Excellent Kipling reference!

27 posted on 08/29/2019 9:17:30 AM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: Army Air Corps; Arrowhead1952; NYTexan; mylife; Eaker; TheMom; laurenmarlowe; El Gato; RebelTex; ...
Your eye 🙄 rolling story of the day.
28 posted on 08/29/2019 9:28:59 AM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: LUV W

The Green New Deal is a pipe dream.


29 posted on 08/29/2019 9:42:20 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: allendale

its only “squandering” when the money doesn’t go to the elite class and its minions......somebody’s made off with billions..


30 posted on 08/29/2019 9:44:50 AM PDT by cherry
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To: LUV W

Texas as a whole has a problem with increasing grid unreliability and problems meeting demand because they poured so much money into wind and solar while shutting down coal fire plants.


31 posted on 08/29/2019 9:48:04 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Mogger

Have you done a cost/benefit analysis on that? Just curious!


32 posted on 08/29/2019 9:53:21 AM PDT by gr8eman (Only the mediocre are always at their best)
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To: LUV W

Fabulous Post! This story needs to go VIRAL.. in Blue Srates, as well!
Thx for the ping!


33 posted on 08/29/2019 10:07:59 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christ Rey! Publik Ed/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming. Infinitum.)
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To: RitaOK

I hope people will pay attention, but I don’t have much faith in “people” any more. LOL!


34 posted on 08/29/2019 10:14:03 AM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: LUV W

My Panhandle is infested with wind generators and electric bills are ever increasing to pay for said windmills whirl gigs that are selling said power to the grid for areas other than ours.


35 posted on 08/29/2019 10:59:42 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: knighthawk

My hometown. This fat ass algore fanboi clown is on the shortlist for removal.


36 posted on 08/29/2019 11:02:14 AM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: eastexsteve

The Austin area is infested with Kalifornitards.


37 posted on 08/29/2019 11:58:54 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Squantos

Same along the I-20 route from Stanton to Abilene. Ugly expensive and ineffective. But...follow the money for the reason they’re everywhere. it’s certainly not to make people’s lives better. Just the opposite.


38 posted on 08/29/2019 1:12:28 PM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: gr8eman

We switched to those new energy saving light bulbs. Zero savings. In fact, the electrical usage has gone up. Nothing has been changed, no new appliances or anything but the light bulbs.


39 posted on 08/29/2019 1:13:53 PM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

Yeah, the only advantage I see in those bulbs is that they may last years...may not! They’re overpriced. I now get the cheap bulbs from Big Lots. No practical difference IMO!


40 posted on 08/29/2019 1:49:38 PM PDT by gr8eman (Only the mediocre are always at their best)
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