Renewables made up 92% of new generating capacity in the U.S. in the first half of 2021

[Old Rocks]

Funny how the environmental damage caused by the mining of lithium and cobalt, to name just two minerals, doesn't faze leftoids. Even child labor in the Congo for cobalt doesn't bother them, I guess little black children doing that mining really isn't upsetting to them.

Mountaintop mining for coal;

Tar sands mining for oil'

 

[Old Rocks]

Funny how the environmental damage caused by the mining of lithium and cobalt, to name just two minerals, doesn't faze leftoids. Even child labor in the Congo for cobalt doesn't bother them, I guess little black children doing that mining really isn't upsetting to them.

Another damned hypocrite. Before the use of cobalt in EV batteries, you said not a word about cobalt mining. And they were doing plenty of it then. And now, with the advent of many new types of batteries, cobalt is going to be used in very few of them. Much too expensive. LFP and a lot of others do not use any cobalt.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Mountaintop mining for coal;

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Tar sands mining for oil'

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Useful amounts of reliable energy.

 

[Old Rocks]

Wind: Zero when the wind is insufficient.

Solar: Depends on how much cloud cover, and none after sunset until sunrise.

Meanwhile, they're tearing down hydroelectric dams. Many for the sake of salmon runs and American Indians. Yes, leftoid stupidity knows no bounds.

The largest dam-removal in US history

For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the United States has had to contend with historic dams – and now four of them are set to be taken down.

www.bbc.com

Guess you have never heard of grid scale storage. Sure has worked well for South Australia when their coal fired plants failed.

Tesla defeats coal, saves grid from coal plant crash in milliseconds

Tesla's massive 100MW/129MWh lithium-ion battery officially came online in South Australia at the beginning of December.

futurism.com

QUICKDRAW TESLA​

The mega battery Tesla installed in South Australia has once again proven its worth by protecting a grid from a coal plant failure, according to reporting from Renew Economy. What’s even more impressive is that the battery was activated in mere milliseconds, even before the coal plant in question was finished going offline. The Tesla battery was able to respond, stabilize the grid, and finally go back offline before the backup generator contracted to do the same even finished starting up.

Tesla’s massive 100MW/129MWh lithium-ion battery officially came online at the beginning of December. Its implementation was a response to a series of blackouts over the summer of 2016 — meaning it was designed to handle events just like this. The region gets 40 percent of its electricity from wind farms, which is an excellent utilization of renewable energy. Yet the wind is not always blowing, so contingency plans need to be put in place when the supply does not meet demand. The battery allows power to be collected at non-peak times for use when that demand reaches beyond the amount of power that is actively being supplied to the grid.

 

[Old Rocks]

Useful amounts of reliable energy.

Environmental disasters. At the mine and at the generating plant.

 

[Viacheslav]

Generating capacity is fiction. How much power do they ACTUALLY GENERATE?

 

[excalibur]

How're those renewables working out in Europe?

Europe’s Power Crunch Shuts Down Factories as Prices Hit Record

(Bloomberg) -- European power climbed to a fresh record as France faces a winter supply crunch, with heavy industries forced to curb production across the region. Most Read from BloombergOmicron May Double Risk of Getting Infected on Planes, IATA SaysOmicron Has 80% Lower Risk of Hospitalization...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Jarlaxle]

Time to get cracking on more nuclear power.

 

[excalibur]

Hmmm?

China's daily coal output at record after order to boost mining

China's daily coal output hit a record of 12.05 million tonnes on Nov 10, up 120,000 tonnes over the previous peak, as miners obeyed Beijing's order to boost production in a bid to cool prices, the powerful state planner said.

www.reuters.com

 

[excalibur]

Putin says Europe only has itself to blame for surging gas prices

The European Union can only blame its own policies for record gas prices as some of its members resell cheap Russian gas at much higher prices within the bloc, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

 

[excalibur]

 

[Old Rocks]

Hmmm?

China's daily coal output at record after order to boost mining

China's daily coal output hit a record of 12.05 million tonnes on Nov 10, up 120,000 tonnes over the previous peak, as miners obeyed Beijing's order to boost production in a bid to cool prices, the powerful state planner said.

www.reuters.com

And? China is #1 polluter, we are #2, India is #3. We are in no position to throw stones. And China is putting in way more wind and solar than we are, and also planting more forests than the rest of the world put together. Yes, they definitely need to reduce their fossil fuel use. But so do we.

 

[Old Rocks]

Well now, what have we here, another Trumpanzee? Ready to believe whatever that treasonous fat senile old orange clown says? If you actually believe that, you are an utter fool.

 

[Old Rocks]

Putin says Europe only has itself to blame for surging gas prices

The European Union can only blame its own policies for record gas prices as some of its members resell cheap Russian gas at much higher prices within the bloc, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

Putin is as big a fool as Trump. Russia has vast resources totally untapped. And they are spending money trying to re-establish an empire they never could hold together. In the meantime, they are aggressing the West, and China is setting there, looking at Siberia, salivating.

 

[sparky]

How're those renewables working out in Europe?

Europe’s Power Crunch Shuts Down Factories as Prices Hit Record

(Bloomberg) -- European power climbed to a fresh record as France faces a winter supply crunch, with heavy industries forced to curb production across the region. Most Read from BloombergOmicron May Double Risk of Getting Infected on Planes, IATA SaysOmicron Has 80% Lower Risk of Hospitalization...

finance.yahoo.com

“This is the domino effect we need to fear. But electricity will be expensive, there’s going to be a cost to pay.


I keep telling folks my trade IS the most $$$ fuel, and they think i'm a moonbat.....~S~

 

[excalibur]

I took this picture on February 14, 2021 of the Rawhide Generating Station in Northern Colorado. It was the coldest day on record that late in winter in Cheyenne. There was no wind and the wind turbines were all shut down due to icing, and the solar panels were covered with snow. The power plant is being shut down due to Colorado climate neuroses and the solar array has destroyed huge tracks of land where I used to film Pronghorns.

Hijacking The Environmental Movement | Real Climate Science

realclimatescience.com

 

[abu afak]

I took this picture on February 14, 2021 of the Rawhide Generating Station in Northern Colorado. It was the coldest day on record that late in winter in Cheyenne. There was no wind and the wind turbines were all shut down due to icing, and the solar panels were covered with snow. The power plant is being shut down due to Colorado climate neuroses and the solar array has destroyed huge tracks of land where I used to film Pronghorns.

Hijacking The Environmental Movement | Real Climate Science

realclimatescience.com

That's Odd because they're SHUTTING DOWN their COAL plant by 2030 (16 Years Early) to be REPLACED by RENEWABLES.

Platte River Power Authority to close Coal-fired power plant by 2030​

Jun 16, 2020 — Platte River's decision to close the Rawhide coal plant will help Colorado reach its goals to Increase Renewable energy and Reduce climate-change.​

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Platte River Power Authority to close coal-fired power plant by ...​

https://www.denverpost.com › 2020/06/16 › platte-rive...
Jun 16, 2020 — The Platte River Power Authority said Tuesday that it will retire a coal-fired power plant by 2030, 16 years earlier than planned.

Rawhide coal plant will close early as Fort Collins, other cities ...​

https://www.coloradoan.com › story › news › 2020/06/16
Jun 16, 2020 — Platte River Power Authority plans to shutter the Rawhide coal plant in 2030, paving the way for coal-free electricity for Fort Collins.

Larimer County coal-fired power plant will close 16 years early​

https://coloradosun.com › 2020/06/16 › rawhide-coal-fi...
Jun 16, 2020 — Platte River Power Authority will shut down the coal-burning unit at its Rawhide power plant in 2030, 16 years ahead of schedule, to try to ...

Colorado Utility Will Close Coal Plant 16 Years Early​

https://www.powermag.com › colorado-utility-will-clos...
Jun 17, 2020 — The Platte River Power Authority on June 16 said the 280-MW Unit 1 at its Rawhide Energy Station near Fort Collins, Colorado, will be taken ...

Platte River utility to close Rawhide coal plant in Colorado 16 ...​

https://ieefa.org › platte-river-utility-to-close-rawhide-c...
Jun 17, 2020 — The Platte River Power Authority said Tuesday that it will retire a coal-fired power plant by 2030, 16 years earlier than planned.

Rawhide Energy Station - GEM.wiki​

https://www.gem.wiki › Rawhide_Energy_Station
Apr 30, 2021 — On June 16, 2020, The Coloradoan reported that Platte River Power Authority has plans to shut down the Rawhide coal plant in 2030 instead of ...

Platte River Power Will Decommission Last Coal Generating ...​

https://cleantechnica.com › 2020/06/20 › platte-river-p...
Jun 20, 2020 — Platte River Power Authority in Colorado says it will shut down its ... its Rawhide Unit 1 280 MW coal fired generating station in 2030 — 16 ...

Colorado Utility to Retire Coal-Fired Power Plant 16 Years ...​

https://theenergymix.com › ... › Batteries / Storage
Nov 6, 2020 — The Platte River Power Authority in Colorado faces accusations that it is watering down its carbon reduction plan after moving to close a ...

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[sparky]

climate neuroses

now there's a ditty that could catch on........~S~

 

[excalibur]

That's Odd because they're SHUTTING DOWN their COAL plant by 2030 (16 Years Early) to be REPLACED by RENEWABLES.

​

Only a mook like you would post so many links.

But they are closing the plant 16 years early.

 

[Rye Catcher]

Phony numbers created by Biden shutting down fossil fuel related energy production. Also nuclear needs to be part of future power generation, neither Party talks about it.

FRIST SENTENCE: FAKE POST ^^^. Too dumb to even be called an idiot-gram.

2ND SENTENCE: I agree, we need to begin to build the new generation of Nuclear Power.