Green Energy / Climate Issues - Failures - Lies and Falsehoods

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For your consideration ...

They may claim oh the West provoked this by offering NATO membership to Ukraine.

But the West did interfere with Ukraine. First by installing a government of our choosing in 2014, with the goal of NATO expansion. Regardless, after the dissolution of the Soviet States and collapse of communism in the eastern blocks, there is no need for NATO, except, now, for use as an intimidation tool to access and exploit the resources of the region.

 

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For your consideration ...


But the West did interfere with Ukraine. First by installing a government of our choosing in 2014, with the goal of NATO expansion. Regardless, after the dissolution of the Soviet States and collapse of communism in the eastern blocks, there is no need for NATO, except, now, for use as an intimidation tool to access and exploit the resources of the region.

That works a lot better than open war.

But I don't see Russia as powerless or not a threat. As has been all my life, the major threats to the United States are still Russia and China. There's zero doubt in my mind that they would conquer their neighbors if no one opposed them.

Perhaps the United States' most powerful weapon is our ability to place massive amounts of troops anywhere in the world at almost a moment's notice. Having NATO kind of helps that. That, plus a military alliance with the most powerful nations of Europe kind of keeps the likes of our adversaries in check.

 

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If that sounds a little familiar to you, join the club. It sounded familiar to GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, too:

Just two weeks to slow the spread? https://t.co/j3H2TZZnWI
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 7, 2022

 

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RETURN OF THE ICE AGE​

To Europe, anyway. Years of horrible decisions by European leaders have come home to roost, as Europeans now worry about how to heat their homes this winter. Reliance on a geopolitical enemy for much of their energy turned out to be a mistake, as Russia has now shut off gas supplies. Who could have predicted it? Other than anyone with a modicum of common sense? Which Europe’s governing class has lacked for many years.
The continent’s leaders are panicking and preparing to ration energy:

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for the implementation of “mandatory” energy rationing throughout the EU during peak hours in order to “flatten the curve” of demand amid the largely self-inflicted energy crisis befalling the bloc.

“Flatten the curve?” Where have we heard that before?

Energy rationing proposals have already come out of several member states, including France, Italy, and Germany. President Emmanuel Macron, who has warned that France is facing the “end of abundance“…

This is exactly the kind of talk we heard in the U.S. during the energy crisis circa 1979. In fact, all that was needed was to unleash our massive petroleum resources.

…urged citizens this week to limit their energy usage in order to prevent future government imposed rationing, mirroring similar statements from outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

So European countries are voluntarily turning themselves into third-world nations. Will any politicians pay the price for this disaster? Don’t bet on it.

 

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In spite of gloomy predictions by conservatives that she’d just be another useless WEF stooge, it seems to me that UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss, who just recently replaced disgraced covid party-PM Boris Johnson, is off to a pretty good start.

First, the Telegraph UK ran a story yesterday headlined, “Liz Truss Vows ‘Never Again’ on Exorbitant Energy Bills.” The sub-head attempts to explain, “Prime Minister pledges to ‘revolutionise’ supply as she takes action to ease household fuel crisis.”

The actual news is that starting TODAY (how’s that for fast? she was just elected Monday) Liz plans to lift Boris’ fracking moratorium, allowing Britain to take advantage of the cheapest, fastest, most successful technology for producing domestic oil. Observers also predict the new government will promptly delete carbon taxes from Brits’ energy bills.

The Telegraph also predicted the new Prime Minister will immediately move to support more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, and will prune regulations to speed up the approval process.

You may recall that President Trump flipped the U.S. into energy independence for the first time in history in just two years using a similar strategy. Trump taught the world how to do it, and it looks like Liz is now pursuing a Trumpian energy policy.

On the other hand, Biden CANCELED fracking. And look where we are now.

That’s pretty good for her first few days in office. But that’s not all!

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Janet Yellen: U.S. Must Look to ‘Wind, Sun’ for Energy, Not Oil and Gas​

“Our plan — powered by the Inflation Reduction Act — represents the largest investment in fighting climate change in our country’s history,” Yellen told the crowd. “It will put us well on our way toward a future where we depend on the wind, sun, and other clean sources of energy.”

“We will rid ourselves from our current dependence on fossil fuels and the whims of autocrats like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” Yellen added.

 

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Following the shutdown of Russian gas lines, there’s a new gold rush on in Germany. A stone-age gold rush. A gold rush for wood. Germans are cutting up wooden park benches and decks and everything else that isn’t made of steel or plastic, and are invading forests to cut down their trees.

Hello? Environmentalists? Climate people?

Armstrong economics published an article last week titled, “Germans Stockpiling Firewood.” The article explains that Google search results for “brennholz” (firewood) peaked this August in Germany, after German officials announced the country will continue supporting Ukraine — indefinitely. Makes sense. This will show those nasty Russians.



Reports indicate that retail firewood is GONE in Germany, the fibrous resource is being stolen in truckloads, and imports from other countries are going up in flames. Germans are hoarding piles and piles firewood in their backyards and even hiring guards to protect their splintery stashes.



Meanwhile in Russia, the price of energy dropped again. It’s not working, so they need to sanction harder!

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Ernst Bill Would Force Biden Admin to Set Thermostats in Solidarity With Californians​

"During a hot summer, liberal leaders told folks to set the AC to 78 degrees to compensate for failed Democratic policies," Sen. Ernst said of California's energy crisis that saw days of power shortages and power officials tell residents statewide to set their thermostats to 78 degrees or higher, avoid using large appliances, turn off unnecessary lights, and avoid charging their electric vehicles. "Secretary of Energy Granholm praised the move, saying states like California are leading by example,” Ernst reminded.

During a swing through the Golden State just days before the threats of rolling blackouts hit, Granholm said "California is in the lead and can show the rest of the nation how it is done." Apparently, "how it is done" is sweating in the dark while your mandated electric vehicle sits dead in the driveway.

“It’s time for Biden officials to adhere to the same regulations they’re pushing on hardworking Americans," Ernst continued of a new piece of legislation she's introducing — the Lead By Example Act — to make a point about how powerful and elite Democrats expect Americans to live by one substandard rule while they continue to enjoy uninterrupted comfort. "My bill requires EPA and the Department of Energy to set the AC no lower than 78 degrees, and provide a report to Congress on what they’ve had the AC set at in the past," Ernst said. "Not only will this make Washington bureaucrats think twice before imposing arbitrary rules on Americans, it could even save money."

 

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— the Lead By Example Act —

 

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If that sounds a little familiar to you, join the club. It sounded familiar to GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, too:

You know, another way to lower peak use is to add storage and load shift. Allows your base generation plants to keep spinning at optimum efficiency and saving the less expensive energy generate off peak to feed back into the grid at peak, reducing the need for dirty and more expensive peaker plants. Hell, fill those storage systems with nuke or geo or wind and double your benefit.

Storage systems can be as simple as pumping water uphill and letting it generate energy by spinning turbines when you let it back down. But the response time there is pretty slow but works fine for expected surges. .

 

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This is Bloomberg, not a parody account – believe me, I checked. Holy schamoly.

That same French grid operator RTE, referenced in the tweet, put out a relatively optimistic electricity forecast for the coming winter.

No risk of total blackout in France but vigilance needed – RTE
PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) – There is no risk of a total blackout in France this winter due to the current energy crisis, but some power cuts cannot be ruled out during peaks of demand, grid operator RTE said Wednesday.
RTE said lowering national electricity consumption by 1% to 5% in most scenarios and up to 15% in an extreme scenario of gas shortage and very cold weather could help avert a power crunch. It added it would be on alert to monitor market developments from November, or sooner if needed. RTE usually starts its winter monitoring in January.
The risks to supply are particularly high between November and January, but tense situations cannot be ruled out in October, February or March, RTE said.
The main uncertainties in the power sector include the energy situation in neighbouring countries, demand growth over the coming months, and the restart schedule of French nuclear reactors – half of which are currently offline due to corrosion issues and planned maintenance.

After spending last week and this, writing about the self-defeating renewables/anti-fossil fuel policies of Germany, and the Netherlands, I wasn’t really up to speed on the French. Astonishingly enough in this age of hyperventilating Green tyranny, France has 56 nuclear reactors, with announced plans to build 14 new-generation reactors, and a “fleet” of smaller reactors all over the country. How’d they get so many to begin with? Unlike the United States and other countries, cowering in the face of the Saudi oil embargo of 1974, the French pro-actively went in the opposite direction and started building nuclear plants to transition from fossil fuel generated electricity.

That's one heckuvan electricity plan, France

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[Sneakers]

Doesn't France have more nuke plants than most?

Quick lookup - 56 plants with plans for 22 more. That's a lot for a country about the size of Texas.

 

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Doesn't France have more nuke plants than most?

Quick lookup - 56 plants with plans for 22 more. That's a lot for a country about the size of Texas.

WE have the most nukes and produce the most power from them. We just use a lot more energy than France or Japan, and we don't RELY on so much of it for nuclear.

 

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Patagonia founder just donated the entire company, worth $3 billion, to fight climate change​

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, his spouse and two adult children are giving away their ownership in the apparel maker he started some 50 years ago, dedicating all profits from the company to projects and organizations that will protect wild land and biodiversity and fight the climate crisis.

The company is worth about $3 billion, according to the New York Times.

In a letter about the decision, published on the Patagonia website on Wednesday, Choiunard wrote of “reimagining capitalism,” and said:

“While we’re doing our best to address the environmental crisis, it’s not enough. We needed to find a way to put more money into fighting the crisis while keeping the company’s values intact. One option was to sell Patagonia and donate all the money. But we couldn’t be sure a new owner would maintain our values or keep our team of people around the world employed.
Another path was to take the company public. What a disaster that would have been. Even public companies with good intentions are under too much pressure to create short-term gain at the expense of long-term vitality and responsibility.
Truth be told, there were no good options available. So, we created our own.”

 

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Two Democrat governors rule out California-style ban on gas vehicle sales in their own states​

"I think that that's going to be enough to really spur investments in electric vehicles," she added, referring to the electric vehicle tax benefits in the legislation that President Biden signed last month. "So we're going to start there, and I'm really excited about being able to do that and offer that to consumers."

Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who also attended the White House event, was asked for his assessment of California's ban and if he is considering something similar for his state.

"I'm not thinking about doing that," Wolf replied. "I'm not sure, the economics of that, I think, would be that as electric vehicles become more ubiquitous, and we do a better job of creating the charging stations, that more and more people are going to move to non-fossil-fuel burning vehicles."

 

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WEF publishes ideas on a carbon allowance system where surveillance tech is used to track personal emissions​

However, “My Carbon” and what’s dubbed as “personal allowance programs” have apparently not been a success, although the push has been there for years; but now, with tracking and surveillance technology continuing to, technically speaking, improve and become more and more ubiquitous, the idea is to start bringing those into the climate change story.

And since the share of emissions attributed to individuals in cities is 40%, the proposal is to tackle those things that are now identified by WEF and its cohorts as standing in the way of personal allowance programs taking root: social and political resistance, a lack of awareness, and, of “fair mechanisms” to track individual emissions.

The post, which says the views are “those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum,” sees “an improved” world not only when it comes to technology, but also society, and mentions the catastrophic pandemic restrictions in a positive tone, as proof that billions of people can effectively be trained to show “individual social responsibility.”

Good old Covid was a test for that. “A huge number of unimaginable restrictions for public health were adopted by billions of citizens across the world,” the WEF blog piece says approvingly.

 

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I'll give them some personal emissions to track....