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.…
The dark side of California – the sunshine state
Our resident cartoonist Josh has come up with a political cartoon response to the “rolling blackouts” in California. For some background, see these two WUWT posts: CAISO President: California Power Grid teetering close to the edge of collapse and In CAISO Emergency Break Glass Like his work? Buy him a pint.…
Time to Stand UP! Against Academic Suppression
CLINTEL has issued the Magna Carta Universitatum 2020. This short document is basically an aspirational code of conduct for freedom of inquiry and speech at universities.…
Legal Motion Filed to Stop FOIA Stonewalling on Paris Climate Treaty
From govoversight.org via press release: As Biden vows immediate re-entry into climate pact, State stops processing FOIA request: litigation seeks to reveal whether Memo asserting false premise for “disturbing contempt” of skirting Senate ‘advice & consent’ is genuine; “major political and legal scandal” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late Monday night on August 17th, the public interest……
CAISO President: California Power Grid teetering close to the edge of collapse
You are trading the loss of 3000 megawatts for the collapse of the entire system of California and perhaps the entire West. […] When you’re at the very edge and you have a contingency and you have no operating reserves, you risk entire system collapse.…
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……
The excess costs of Weather Dependent Renewable power generation in the USA
“roughly how much would it cost to generate the same amount of power as is produced by the 2016 fleet of United States Weather Dependent Renewables, using conventional generation technologies, (Gas-firing or Nuclear) ? and how do those figures compare ?”.…
Is Joe Biden Copying the Mistakes of Australia’s “Unloseable” Climate Election?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova; Democrat Presidential Candidate Joe Biden is rushing to the polls with a plan to slam everyone with a raft of new green taxes. But as the 2019 Australian experience demonstrates, you cannot win an election by campaigning for higher taxes and the destruction of entire industries, no matter……