skookerasbil
Platinum Member
Eye opening article here.......train wrecks any renewable predictions by the climate crusaders. As Ive been saying for years and ignored by the green visitors to this forum.......costs matter.
"It is very difficult to imagine any of the Tier 2 and Tier 3 ( green ) energy sources being able to grow without substantial assistance from coal and oil. All of today’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 energy sources depend on coal and oil at many points in the chain of their production, distribution, operation, and eventual recycling."
Also.........
"The way intermittent wind and solar have been added to the electric grid vastly overpays these providers, relative to the value they add to the system. Furthermore, the subsidies for intermittent renewables tend to drive out more stable producers, degrading the overall condition of the grid."
A great article here......waste of time for the climate crusaders to read because they wont understand it. Fascinating stuff......and the most notable passage.........
"It seems to me that in each part of the world, some utility-type provider needs to be analyzing what the overall funding of the electrical system needs to be. Bills to individuals and businesses need to reflect these actual expected costs. This approach might avoid the artificially low rates that the current pricing system often generates. If adequate funding can be achieved, perhaps some of the corner cutting that leads to electrical outages, such as recently encountered in California and Texas, might be avoided."
In other words, the cost structure has a HUGE impact on the ability of wind and solar to supplant coal and oil in any meaningful way for decades to come. Yep..........reality bites!
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-energy-transition-models-go-wrong
Bottom line? Intermittent energy wont do dick for saving the world...............d0y
"It is very difficult to imagine any of the Tier 2 and Tier 3 ( green ) energy sources being able to grow without substantial assistance from coal and oil. All of today’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 energy sources depend on coal and oil at many points in the chain of their production, distribution, operation, and eventual recycling."
Also.........
"The way intermittent wind and solar have been added to the electric grid vastly overpays these providers, relative to the value they add to the system. Furthermore, the subsidies for intermittent renewables tend to drive out more stable producers, degrading the overall condition of the grid."
A great article here......waste of time for the climate crusaders to read because they wont understand it. Fascinating stuff......and the most notable passage.........
"It seems to me that in each part of the world, some utility-type provider needs to be analyzing what the overall funding of the electrical system needs to be. Bills to individuals and businesses need to reflect these actual expected costs. This approach might avoid the artificially low rates that the current pricing system often generates. If adequate funding can be achieved, perhaps some of the corner cutting that leads to electrical outages, such as recently encountered in California and Texas, might be avoided."
In other words, the cost structure has a HUGE impact on the ability of wind and solar to supplant coal and oil in any meaningful way for decades to come. Yep..........reality bites!
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-energy-transition-models-go-wrong
Bottom line? Intermittent energy wont do dick for saving the world...............d0y