As Ive been saying forever on here, nobody cares about the science!! The climate crusading OCD's on here talk about "cults" and "deniers" being "clueless".......but who really are the clueless here?
NO MATTER WHAT the science says, the harsh reality is that the only way the AGW absolutists propose to fight the devastation from CO2 is by banning fossil fuels and replacing them with renewables, chiefly, wind and solar. These are state of the art for the climate crusaders.
But upon closer inspection, wind power, for example, is a veritable joke.......thus, no matter what the science says, fossil fuels are here to stay no matter how loud the climate nutters try to indict the deniers. 100% certainty on this.........
Consider some facts on wind.........
Tilt away from windmills[/B
Power subsidies cost taxpayers, kill jobs
Saturday, July 13, 2013
The thing about money is that when you have it you dont need it and when you need it you dont have it, my grandfather used to tell me. He could have said the same thing about wind power. Its most abundant when demand for energy is lowest and least abundant when demand is highest. No amount of subsidy, no amount of federal or state regulation can change this simple fact. Because of this, wind power can never live up to its advocates promises. They would have us believe that subsidizing wind energy can improve U.S. energy security. But since wind turbines cant be strapped to the top of your car, it isnt clear how.
Most of Americas electrical power is produced from domestic energy sources, with coal, natural gas and hydroelectric accounting for 75 percent of our total power generation. The United States is either self-sufficient or soon will be in all of them. Nuclear power, which provides 19 percent of our power, is the only major electric power source in which the United States isnt self-sufficient. But with 40 percent of the worlds recoverable reserves of uranium held by longstanding allies Canada and Australia, we dont need to be. At the same time, wind power carries its own set of energy security problems. The next generation of wind turbines will require 6,614 pounds of copper and 95.24 pounds of rare earth minerals per megawatt capacity of generation. The United States now imports 35 percent of its copper and is facing increased competition for these resources from rival China, which already accounts for 40 percent of global demand. Wind energy subsidy advocates claim that subsidies help create jobs. Subsidized wind power generation doesnt create jobs; it simply redistributes jobs to a much smaller group of people.Subsidized wind power only creates jobs by displacing workers in the more efficient conventional energy sectors and the general economy. Thats been the case in every country its been tried. Spains renewable energy programs destroyed 2.2 jobs for every one theyve created; the United Kingdoms green energy programs destroyed 3.7 jobs for every one they created; and Italy could have either created 6.9 jobs in the conventional energy sectors or 4.8 jobs in the general economy for the money it spent creating each renewable job, according to Italys prestigious Bruno Leoni Institute.
Apparently wind energy advocates dont know what anyone who has ever earned a paycheck knows: Theres a difference between gross and net. Wind subsidy proponents also argue that wind energy will help significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but just how isnt clear. Because wind power is intermittent and unpredictable, adding wind power to our power generation makes it less efficient and, consequently, more likely to produce not reduce emissions. This occurs because wind offers the most power when it is in greatest supply, driving electricity prices down in the short term and prompting power companies to retire less profitable base load and intermediate power plants. This makes power companies even more reliant on less efficient, more costly, fossil fuel back-up generation thats needed during peak demand periods when wind turbines are often idle. To put it another way: If wind subsidies fall, the American people will reap a windfall.
- See more at: Tilt away from windmills | Boston Herald
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NO MATTER WHAT the science says, the harsh reality is that the only way the AGW absolutists propose to fight the devastation from CO2 is by banning fossil fuels and replacing them with renewables, chiefly, wind and solar. These are state of the art for the climate crusaders.
But upon closer inspection, wind power, for example, is a veritable joke.......thus, no matter what the science says, fossil fuels are here to stay no matter how loud the climate nutters try to indict the deniers. 100% certainty on this.........
Consider some facts on wind.........
Tilt away from windmills[/B
Power subsidies cost taxpayers, kill jobs
Saturday, July 13, 2013
The thing about money is that when you have it you dont need it and when you need it you dont have it, my grandfather used to tell me. He could have said the same thing about wind power. Its most abundant when demand for energy is lowest and least abundant when demand is highest. No amount of subsidy, no amount of federal or state regulation can change this simple fact. Because of this, wind power can never live up to its advocates promises. They would have us believe that subsidizing wind energy can improve U.S. energy security. But since wind turbines cant be strapped to the top of your car, it isnt clear how.
Most of Americas electrical power is produced from domestic energy sources, with coal, natural gas and hydroelectric accounting for 75 percent of our total power generation. The United States is either self-sufficient or soon will be in all of them. Nuclear power, which provides 19 percent of our power, is the only major electric power source in which the United States isnt self-sufficient. But with 40 percent of the worlds recoverable reserves of uranium held by longstanding allies Canada and Australia, we dont need to be. At the same time, wind power carries its own set of energy security problems. The next generation of wind turbines will require 6,614 pounds of copper and 95.24 pounds of rare earth minerals per megawatt capacity of generation. The United States now imports 35 percent of its copper and is facing increased competition for these resources from rival China, which already accounts for 40 percent of global demand. Wind energy subsidy advocates claim that subsidies help create jobs. Subsidized wind power generation doesnt create jobs; it simply redistributes jobs to a much smaller group of people.Subsidized wind power only creates jobs by displacing workers in the more efficient conventional energy sectors and the general economy. Thats been the case in every country its been tried. Spains renewable energy programs destroyed 2.2 jobs for every one theyve created; the United Kingdoms green energy programs destroyed 3.7 jobs for every one they created; and Italy could have either created 6.9 jobs in the conventional energy sectors or 4.8 jobs in the general economy for the money it spent creating each renewable job, according to Italys prestigious Bruno Leoni Institute.
Apparently wind energy advocates dont know what anyone who has ever earned a paycheck knows: Theres a difference between gross and net. Wind subsidy proponents also argue that wind energy will help significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but just how isnt clear. Because wind power is intermittent and unpredictable, adding wind power to our power generation makes it less efficient and, consequently, more likely to produce not reduce emissions. This occurs because wind offers the most power when it is in greatest supply, driving electricity prices down in the short term and prompting power companies to retire less profitable base load and intermediate power plants. This makes power companies even more reliant on less efficient, more costly, fossil fuel back-up generation thats needed during peak demand periods when wind turbines are often idle. To put it another way: If wind subsidies fall, the American people will reap a windfall.
- See more at: Tilt away from windmills | Boston Herald
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