This seems counterintuitive to the huge push for EVs. It seems the demand for power will be higher in order to charge all of these cars, yet we are shutting down traditional power in favor of green power, that might not be so green.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 28, 2023, at 7:37 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:30:13 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> What Jim said - it's all emotion and politics. Most coal plants are >> being replaced or converted to gas here in OK, due to Devon energy >> owning the GOP here. >> Thorium nuclear is the only power source that makes sense today (or will >> once someone in power sees the light). >> Meanwhile, there's good money to be made installing wind and solar. > > From an email I just got: > > For decades environmentalists have been vilifying fossil fuels—the > abundant, reliable, affordable fuels that lifted the developed world > out of universal poverty and early death into prosperity and long > life. For decades their demands were on the fringe. > > No more. Today they’re the darlings of governing officials everywhere > and even big business kowtows to them. > > Result? More and more states are acting to shut down coal- and > gas-fired electric generating facilities and “replace” them with wind > turbines and solar panels. > > But the “replacements” don’t replace. They can’t, because they’re > predictably unpredictable. We know the wind doesn’t always blow and > the sun doesn’t always shine. We know that half the time the sun > doesn’t shine. We don’t know how much of the other half the time > clouds will block it—and we don’t know when the wind will blow just > right for generating electricity. > > We also know these “renewables” are more expensive than coal and gas. > Wherever they’ve become significant contributors to electric grids, > prices have risen. > > Results? An unstable electric grid, the need to back up wind and solar > with reliable coal, gas, and nuclear—and the multiplication of > blackouts when we don’t have enough backups because we’ve foolishly > shut them down. > > In short, the necessity of paying twice for our electricity. > > Don’t be a victim of this “Green Energy Madness”! Get well informed, > and then tell your elected officials, “Get your hands off my abundant, > reliable, affordable electricity!” > > The High Cost of 100% Carbon-Free Energy uses cold, hard facts to > demolish the dreams of getting all our electricity from wind, solar, > and other “renewables.” Read it and you’ll be equipped to explain the > problem to others. > > See > https://www.americanexperiment.org/reports/the-high-cost-of-100-percent-carbon-free-electricity-by-2040 > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
