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How did Alberta survive wicked cold snap? Thanks for nothing, solar power
Edmonton Journal via National Post [Canada] ^ | Jan. 14, 2022 | David Staples

Posted on 01/15/2022 5:32:43 PM PST by canuck_conservative

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Ever notice ...

In emergencies, "renewable-energy" sources are nowhere to be found, it's always fossil-fuels-powered vehicles & generators that save lives

Yet they never get any mention or credit in Big Media, which can't stop slobbering over anything "renewable-energy"

now that's ingratitude!!

1 posted on 01/15/2022 5:32:43 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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Solar power works great in desert conditions such as in Arizona.


2 posted on 01/15/2022 5:37:11 PM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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Winters aren’t getting more severe. “Renewables” can’t pull their own weight.


3 posted on 01/15/2022 5:37:33 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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We also survived, no thanks to the Quebec run federal government.


4 posted on 01/15/2022 5:38:48 PM PST by Jonty30 (I love giving directions, because it is like me to tell people where to go and how to get there.)
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To: entropy12

To be fair, the cold snap happened right when the Sun is at its minimum, so it could never be a big contributor this time of year

but the point is, fossil fuels are reliable, they’re instant power WHENEVER you need it ... unlike renewables


5 posted on 01/15/2022 5:42:17 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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6 posted on 01/15/2022 5:44:34 PM PST by datura (Trying to find each possible way to reduce government influence on my daily life.)
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“Solar power works great in desert conditions such as in Arizona.”
Look at the cost in dollars/KWH for solar vs fossil fuel power and you will change your mind.


7 posted on 01/15/2022 5:45:48 PM PST by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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Solar power has never been anything more than a libtard’s wet dream.


8 posted on 01/15/2022 5:48:19 PM PST by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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To: entropy12

It works but it still rarely pays for itself.


9 posted on 01/15/2022 5:53:31 PM PST by tiki (Electiongate)
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~-10 is an issue in the Great White North?

GMAFB.


10 posted on 01/15/2022 6:09:56 PM PST by Paladin2
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Nukes are totally good too.


11 posted on 01/15/2022 6:10:51 PM PST by Paladin2
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Yep, get too far from the equator and solar isn’t a very good option and near useless in winter. Also, one should take vitamin D3 supplements.


12 posted on 01/15/2022 6:18:17 PM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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They say solar panels work better in the cold ,LOL


13 posted on 01/15/2022 6:18:21 PM PST by butlerweave
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Wait I thought we were only eight years from total doom due to global warming. Why did the weather have the effrontery to be cold?


14 posted on 01/15/2022 6:23:24 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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No worries. It isn’t. They just like to tell us that “colder” winters due to “global warming” are breaking our energy. Actually, the grid suffers due to government’s over-reliance on their pet renewable energy sectors—which are overwhelmed because they can’t begin to meet the demands placed on them in winter. When sunshine is at its lowest ebb for solar and the arctic fronts freeze and seize up the wind turbines.


15 posted on 01/15/2022 6:39:54 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Great White North.

Has nothing to do with skin color.


16 posted on 01/15/2022 6:46:39 PM PST by TigersEye (Ashli Babbitt was murdered)
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Meanwhile in Russia....


17 posted on 01/15/2022 6:55:04 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: entropy12

Also geographic latitude is a factor.


18 posted on 01/15/2022 7:32:19 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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Did the experts not notice that typically when it gets super cold there is usually very little if any wind?


19 posted on 01/15/2022 7:33:28 PM PST by Flick Lives
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“...and solar just 0.1 per cent.”

What’s important about solar is the MESSAGE that it sends, not how much ‘power’ we can generate.

And that message is that WE CARE about saving the environment for future generations.

And for those who don’t agree, no big deal (after all, we believe in free speech), but we will have to get you FIRED from your job...in order to keep the debate on this civil.


20 posted on 01/15/2022 7:35:14 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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