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Most of The World Could Be 100% Powered With Renewables by 2050

Jack Hays said:
States that Switch to Renewable Power Suffer High Costs, Lagging Growth

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Your source mention Texas as an example of a state with good economical growth. There Texas have invested a lot in wind power.

Texas is embracing renewable energy – and its wind power is soaring | World Economic Forum

The U.S. wind industry installed over 2,500 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity in the second quarter of 2020 | REVE News of the wind sector in Spain and in the world

You can also for example look at Forbes Best Countries for Business list.

Best Countries for Business List

There UK that have drastically reduced it coal consumption and invested a lot in renewable energy are number one on the list.

UK's record run without coal power ends at 67 days.

Climate crisis: Offshore wind power ‘so cheap it could return money to consumers’ | The Independent

There Sweden that is one the world's most sustainable countries are on second place.

https://info.esg.adec-innovations.c...worlds-most-sustainable-country-top-5-reasons

There also for example Denmark that got 47 percent of their electricity from renewables last year rank higher than US.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...d-47-of-power-from-wind-in-2019-idUSKBN1Z10KE

That there are also great economic opportunities with a transition away from fossil fuels.

Leading economists: Green coronavirus recovery also better for economy


Coronavirus accelerates global shift to cheaper, more sustainable renewable energy
 
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In CAISO Emergency Break Glass

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Here in the United California Socialist Republic, we have an insane bunch of laws about electricity. Number one among them is a “Renewables Mandate” that requires the local utility, Pacific Gas and Electric (PGE) to purchase a huge amount of expensive, unreliable solar, wind, and other renewable energy. So of…
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[FONT=&quot]. . . Anyhow, there you have it. Here’s the bottom line.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]If you add ten gigawatts of solar energy to your grid as shown in Figure 2 above, you perforce, must, need to, have to, add ten gigawatts of conventional fossil energy to cover times like yesterday when renewables simply don’t cut it …[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]And it is the ignoring of that fact above all that allows people to claim that renewables are ready for the market. They are absolutely not ready without huge ongoing subsidies and full fossil backup, and in the end, they are simply not up to the job. . . . [/FONT]

 
[h=2]California: Weather in the 21st Century includes rolling blackouts[/h]
[h=4]By 2030 weather reports may map out tomorrows blackouts, today[/h]Matthew Wright for the DailyMail
[h=4]California orders rolling blackouts for up to two MILLION people as record-breaking heat wave grips the state with temperatures hitting 112 degrees and crowds flocking to beaches[/h]
  • Rolling blackouts could affect up to 250,000 homes and businesses in the state
  • Such a power cut has not been implemented since 2001, when there was a massive electric crisis
  • San Joaquin Valley will see temperatures of 112 degrees and Los Angeles is expected to reach 96 degrees
So that’s a hot 44.4 C in the San Joaquin Valley, while L.A.’s extreme heatwave is all of 35. degrees C. These are the first set of rolling blackouts since 2001. Obviously the USA is behind Australia in the race to the Unreliable Future.
With temperatures soaring above 100 degrees in many parts of the state, and millions of residents stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, experts feared the high demand for power would overwhelm the grid.
‘A Stage 3 Emergency is declared when demand outpaces available supply. Rotating power interruptions have been initiated to maintain stability of the electric grid,’ the Independent System Operator announced shortly before 6pm.
Despite residents being networked, swamped in twitter, facebook, mobile phones, tablets and spam they were not able to be notified:
Residents were unable to be notified due to the emergency announcement, leaving thousands of vulnerable people suddenly without air-conditioning in the midst of a severe heatwave.
Californians were being asked to not use major appliances between 3pm and 10pm and to turn off unnecessary lights. (For every 300 LED’s they turn off, someone will be able to run an air conditioner.) They should also close the drapes and sit in the dark.
Imagine if it was actually hot in LA?
h.t Richard Ilfeld who says :
“A heat wave, and lots of people at homes using air conditioning, and a renewable energy mandate = rolling blackouts.
Shocker, right?”
 
Jack Hays said:
[h=2]California: Weather in the 21st Century includes rolling blackouts[/h]
[h=4]By 2030 weather reports may map out tomorrows blackouts, today[/h]Matthew Wright for the DailyMail
[h=4]California orders rolling blackouts for up to two MILLION people as record-breaking heat wave grips the state with temperatures hitting 112 degrees and crowds flocking to beaches[/h]
  • Rolling blackouts could affect up to 250,000 homes and businesses in the state
  • Such a power cut has not been implemented since 2001, when there was a massive electric crisis
  • San Joaquin Valley will see temperatures of 112 degrees and Los Angeles is expected to reach 96 degrees
So that’s a hot 44.4 C in the San Joaquin Valley, while L.A.’s extreme heatwave is all of 35. degrees C. These are the first set of rolling blackouts since 2001. Obviously the USA is behind Australia in the race to the Unreliable Future.
With temperatures soaring above 100 degrees in many parts of the state, and millions of residents stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, experts feared the high demand for power would overwhelm the grid.
‘A Stage 3 Emergency is declared when demand outpaces available supply. Rotating power interruptions have been initiated to maintain stability of the electric grid,’ the Independent System Operator announced shortly before 6pm.
Despite residents being networked, swamped in twitter, facebook, mobile phones, tablets and spam they were not able to be notified:
Residents were unable to be notified due to the emergency announcement, leaving thousands of vulnerable people suddenly without air-conditioning in the midst of a severe heatwave.
Californians were being asked to not use major appliances between 3pm and 10pm and to turn off unnecessary lights. (For every 300 LED’s they turn off, someone will be able to run an air conditioner.) They should also close the drapes and sit in the dark.
Imagine if it was actually hot in LA?
h.t Richard Ilfeld who says :
“A heat wave, and lots of people at homes using air conditioning, and a renewable energy mandate = rolling blackouts.
Shocker, right?”
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The shocker is the right wing alleging their fake news alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror are more important than Providing for the general welfare.
 
What Is The Cause Of The Recent Power Blackouts In California?

August 16, 2020/ Francis Menton



  • You may have read in the past few days that residents of California have been experiencing rolling power blackouts.
  • This has occurred in the middle of a strong heat wave, meaning that large numbers of people have had their air conditioning, light, refrigeration, and everything else dependent on electricity, go out just when they are most needed.
  • The blackouts have not been the result of technical failures of the grid, but rather have been intentionally imposed by the electricity system operator (known as CAISO — California Independent System Operator) via the various local utilities.
  • So what has caused these blackouts?
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[FONT=&quot]". . . So what has caused these blackouts? The official explanation is that the heat wave is the cause. It has just gotten so unusually hot that demand has risen beyond the capacity of the system. Many articles in the media reporting on the situation go further to associate the unusual heat with “climate change.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]This explanation is complete BS. Yes, there is a strong heat wave going on, at least in certain areas of the state, but it is not unusual in historical context. In fact what is occurring is that California has begun to face the consequences of replacing reliable fossil fuel and nuclear powered electricity with the intermittent renewables, wind and solar. In the evening, approximately 7 to 9 PM, when the sun has set and the heat lingers, and when the demand for electricity for air conditioning reaches a peak, the intermittent wind and solar sources have been producing just about nothing. With insufficient fossil fuel backup, there is not enough power to meet the demand. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In short, we are witnessing the results of almost unbelievable incompetence by the authorities in California. As usual, the equally incompetent and corrupt media are completely giving the authorities a pass in the name of supposedly addressing “climate change.”. . . ."[/FONT]
 
Obama and Biden failed California.They knew global warming was coming.
 
gulfman said:
Obama and Biden failed California.They knew global warming was coming.
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Investing in renewable energy isn't a partisan issue. That even Texas invest a lot in renewable energy.

Texas is embracing renewable energy – and its wind power is soaring | World Economic Forum

Also both nuclear power plants and fossil fuels breaks down or decrease their output during extreme heat waves that are getting more common because of climate change.

Intense Summer Heatwaves Rattle World’s Power Plants

What happened to our electricity system in the heat? Coal and gas plants failed | Nicky Ison | Opinion | The Guardian.

Also solar panels produce the most power during sunny summer days. There you can also build concentrated solar power plants with thermal storage that can procedu electricity on demand.

The transition towards electric vehicles would also have come a lot further if Bush didn't stop California's emissions standards. That electric car batteries capacity are tens times the daily commute. So electric cars can not only be charged then supply is high but also act as energy storage then parked. There you also have this interesting trials of using electric buses for energy storage.

"The initial trial will use the batteries of 28 state-of-the-art double decker buses, capable of returning over 1MW energy to the grid.

V2G technology helps manage the peaks and troughs of electricity demand, as well as store excess energy generated by renewables that otherwise cannot be stored.

The Bus2Grid project will be led by SSE Enterprise in partnership with the Mayor of London, Transport for London (TfL) and Go-Ahead London.

Although only a trial for the time being, the project will explore both the commercial and social benefits to the energy and passenger transportation systems by developing services for the national grid, regional distribution network operators, bus operators and transport authorities."

Electric buses stored in London garage to become ‘virtual power station’ | E&ampT Magazine
 

Chevron’s Answer to Climate Change: Drill, Baby, Drill!

Guest “this is fracking hilarious” by David Middleton Chevron’s Answer to Climate Change Is to Keep Drilling for OilThe energy giant believes it can still wring years of profits from fossil fuels while its European rivals embrace renewables. By Kevin Crowley and Bryan Gruley for Bloomberg Green Speaking to the Texas Oil & Gas Association in July, Chevron…
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Green California Has the Nation’s Worst Power Grid

When high temperatures caused customer demand to exceed the power available, California electrical utilities used rotating outages to force a reduction in demand. The California grid is the worst in the nation, with green energy policies pursued by the state likely furthering reduced grid reliability.
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[h=1]Death of Shale Postponed… Again[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest “oils well that ends well ” by David Middleton The Red Chinese coronavirus has led to a lot of wishful thinking on the part of “journalists” over the past few months… Shale May Not Recover From Pandemicby Nick Cunningham | July 15, 2020 The U.S. oil industry may have already peaked, with an all-time…
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Jack Hays said:
Dems' Green Policies Responsible for CA Blackouts
Michael Shellenberger, Forbes
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There can of course be things California could and should have done better in their necessary transiton away from fossil fuels. Still even red Texas sees the great benefits of renewable energy.

Texas leads the country in wind power additions - Crossroads Today

Also that Denmark is able to get almost half of their electricity from wind power with out blackouts.

Denmark sets record, sourcing almost half of power from wind | TheHill

That at the same California suffer from massive wild fires and extrem heat waves.

"The fires follow a bone-dry winter in Northern California and a stretch of record-setting summer heat waves across the state, conditions that effectively turned grasslands and forests into tinder. The infernos come on the heels of several of the most destructive and deadly fire seasons in California history.

All of which raises the question, once again: Is human-driven climate change to blame? Did it make the latest fires more likely or more severe?

Climate scientists, who long resisted linking global warming to any specific extreme event, now say its influence is all but certain.

David Romps, director of the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center, said in an email that we’re living in a fundamentally climate-altered world. He noted that average daily highs for this time of year are now about 3˚ or 4˚ F warmer in Berkeley, California, than at the beginning of the 20th century. He was also the lead author of a 2014 Science paper finding that every additional 1 ˚C (1.8 ˚F) of warming could increase lightning strikes over the US by about 12%."

Climate change is almost certainly fueling California’s massive fires
 
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danielpalos said:
This is Why upgrading infrastructure is Important!
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Also building a more resilient and decentralized system based on renewable energy, energy storage and new technologies. That you can combine so many different types of renewable energy and storage. For example solar power, wind power, hydro power, pump storage hydro, bio fuels, hydrogen power and storage, concentrated solar power with thermal storage and battery storage. Also that don't just have a few big power plants instead millions of households and business can produce and store electricity and be part of virtual power plants. There battery storage and virtual power plants also can much quicker and accurate react to changes in supply and demand.

Why Energy Storage Is Proving Even More Disruptive Than Cheap Renewables

How a Virtual Power Plant Works

Another opportunity is that electric cars and other electric vehicles can be used for energy storage.

Audi tests new bi-directional charging for electric cars to store solar energy - Electrek

Electric buses stored in London garage to become ‘virtual power station’ | E&ampT Magazine
 
Bergslagstroll said:
There can of course be things California could and should have done better in their necessary transiton away from fossil fuels. Still even red Texas sees the great benefits of renewable energy.

Texas leads the country in wind power additions - Crossroads Today

Also that Denmark is able to get almost half of their electricity from wind power with out blackouts.

Denmark sets record, sourcing almost half of power from wind | TheHill

That at the same California suffer from massive wild fires and extrem heat waves.

"The fires follow a bone-dry winter in Northern California and a stretch of record-setting summer heat waves across the state, conditions that effectively turned grasslands and forests into tinder. The infernos come on the heels of several of the most destructive and deadly fire seasons in California history.

All of which raises the question, once again: Is human-driven climate change to blame? Did it make the latest fires more likely or more severe?

Climate scientists, who long resisted linking global warming to any specific extreme event, now say its influence is all but certain.

David Romps, director of the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center, said in an email that we’re living in a fundamentally climate-altered world. He noted that average daily highs for this time of year are now about 3˚ or 4˚ F warmer in Berkeley, California, than at the beginning of the 20th century. He was also the lead author of a 2014 Science paper finding that every additional 1 ˚C (1.8 ˚F) of warming could increase lightning strikes over the US by about 12%."

Climate change is almost certainly fueling California’s massive fires
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"Renewables are the energy of tomorrow and always will be."
 
Oil and Gas
Big Oil Asset Write-Downs Are Not The End Of The Oil Age

Climate change activists have long lobbied for divestment from fossil fuel-producing companies. They have largely failed in this quest. This year, the steep falls in the value of the large oil and gas companies, however, occurred with a rapidity that astonished market watchers.

[FONT=&quot]". . . Low oil and gas prices will now be an established feature of global capital markets for some time to come. While the economic impact of the twin shocks in the oil universe have been severe, much depends on how fast the global pandemic is contained. The faster economies re-emerge from the pandemic lockdowns, the quicker and stronger the recovery in oil and gas demand. But whatever the rate of demand recovery for fossil fuels, it won’t change the fact that we live in an age of ample oil (and gas and coal).[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In the 5 year period to 2019, developing countries accounted for three quarters of global oil demand growth and the Asian developing countries accounted for over 70%. As the developing world, especially the rapidly-growing populous economies of Asia, emerge out of the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, access to cheap fossil fuels will be critical over the next few decades. Coal, oil and gas have powered urbanization, industrialization and agricultural productivity, and have led to improvements in the standards of living for the vast majority of the global population.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]For the hundreds of millions of people that have newly emerged from poverty in recent decades and are beginning to enjoy the fruits of economic growth and technological progress across Asia, Africa and Latin America – among the greatest achievements in human history – demanding that the global use of fossil fuels be curtailed would be unacceptable. Wishing for a premature end to the Age of Oil (and gas and coal) will do humanity irreparable harm."[/FONT]

 
Jack Hays said:
[FONT=&]Oil and Gas[/FONT]
Big Oil Asset Write-Downs Are Not The End Of The Oil Age

[FONT=&]Climate change activists have long lobbied for divestment from fossil fuel-producing companies. They have largely failed in this quest. This year, the steep falls in the value of the large oil and gas companies, however, occurred with a rapidity that astonished market watchers.

[/FONT][FONT="]". . . Low oil and gas prices will now be an established feature of global capital markets for some time to come. While the economic impact of the twin shocks in the oil universe have been severe, much depends on how fast the global pandemic is contained. The faster economies re-emerge from the pandemic lockdowns, the quicker and stronger the recovery in oil and gas demand. But whatever the rate of demand recovery for fossil fuels, it won’t change the fact that we live [URL="https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-brave-new-world-of-ample-oil-119110901393_1.html"]in an age of ample oil[/URL] (and gas and coal).[/FONT]
[FONT="]In the 5 year period to 2019, developing countries [URL="https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html"]accounted[/URL] for three quarters of global oil demand growth and the Asian developing countries accounted for over 70%. As the developing world, especially the rapidly-growing populous economies of Asia, emerge out of the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, access to cheap fossil fuels will be critical over the next few decades. Coal, oil and gas have powered urbanization, industrialization and agricultural productivity, and have led to improvements in the standards of living for the vast majority of the global population.[/FONT]
[FONT="]For the hundreds of millions of people that have newly emerged from poverty in recent decades and are beginning to enjoy the fruits of economic growth and technological progress across Asia, Africa and Latin America – among the greatest achievements in human history – demanding that the global use of fossil fuels be curtailed would be unacceptable. Wishing for a premature end to the Age of Oil (and gas and coal) will do humanity irreparable harm."[/FONT]
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The age of oil will end, when we have a viable replacement that costs less than fuels made from oil.
Anyone who suggests otherwise is simply deceiving themselves!
 
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[h=1]Record setting US “Natural Gas Power Burn”… Frac yeah![/h][FONT=&quot]Guest “burn, baby, burn!” by David Middleton According to the US Energy Information Administration, these nominally United States set a new record for natural gas-fired electricity generation in July 2020. On July 27, 2020, US power plants burned 47.2 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas, beating the previous record by nearly 2 Bcf. The…
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longview said:
The age of oil will end, when we have a viable replacement that costs less than fuels made from oil.
Anyone who suggests otherwise is simply deceiving themselves!
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Almost half new car sales are already pure electric in Norway.

Norway sets electric car record as battery autos least dented by Covid-19 crisis

There companies also sees the great potentials in electric vehicles.

Amazon, IKEA, AT&T, DHL & Others Join Electric Vehicle Alliance

There electric cars also work as energy storage.

Electric Vehicle Batteries Will ‘Dwarf’ The Grid’s Energy-Storage Needs
 
Bergslagstroll said:
Almost half new car sales are already pure electric in Norway.

Norway sets electric car record as battery autos least dented by Covid-19 crisis

There companies also sees the great potentials in electric vehicles.

Amazon, IKEA, AT&T, DHL & Others Join Electric Vehicle Alliance

There electric cars also work as energy storage.

Electric Vehicle Batteries Will ‘Dwarf’ The Grid’s Energy-Storage Needs
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We can likely make an electric car that will meet most peoples needs, as long as it is a second car, and fuel vehicle is kept in reserve.
In a few years, the technology could improve so the electric vehicle is the only primary vehicle and people simply adapt
they lifestyles to the deficiencies. But battery power will still not fly a passenger jet across the ocean.
 
New Report: Australians pay $1,300 in hidden climate bills each year


The parasites' take: $1,300 per household each year in Australia

Australians could save $13 billion dollars a year if they weren’t forced to pay for pagan climate witchery.
If the bill collector knocked at the door and demanded $1,300 dollars each year to try to stop storms and floods a century from now, there would be riots in the streets. Instead the money is buried in complexity and taken in slices through unlabeled bills and receipts throughout the year. We list the GST. Imagine if we listed “the Climate Tax”?
Malcolm Roberts, a One Nation Senator has commissioned a study by Alan Moran to add up the cost. But why did he have to do that? Where was the Treasury, the Minister for Energy, the CSIRO, the ABC, the Labor Party, the State Premiers, and all our universities? All apparently, are out to lunch with the vested interests or running chicken, afraid of being called names.
Alan Moran adds up the state and federal subsidies, including the renewable schemes (like the SRET) that charge every electricity user for other people’s solar panels. He also includes the costs to businesses from higher electricity charges — which are invariably passed on to consumers in their purchases. Those frozen peas at Coles have a hidden carbon tax.
Labor likes to say “make the polluters pay”. But in the end, it’s always people who pay, no matter how the charge is hidden. But the Liberals are complicit too (with a few brave exceptions like Craig Kelly). What happened to the free market?
Why are solar and wind “the way of the future” but twenty years later and people still need to be forced to buy them or they’d go out of business? Enough’s enough. . . .
 
the old conservatives (WWII vets, farmers, etc) made damn sure that they didn't waste anything and reused everything they could.


their whiny ass grand kids would burn a hole straight through the planet if it meant they didn't have to get up and change the channel.
 
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