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The green energy transition will be sacrificed in favor of generating enough electrical power.

If I had been given the assignment by the North Koreans to write the Report to somehow induce the West to self-destruct, I don’t know how I would have done it differently.

At a time when inflation is making its tougher from families and businesses to thrive, imposing additional costs for transmission buildouts for special interests makes little sense.  

“I think we’re heading for potentially very dire consequences, potentially catastrophic consequences in the United States in terms of the reliability of our grid, and I think that the basic reason is that we’re facing...

At the end of the article, Haferburg comes to the conclusion that we will continue to see coal-fired power plants in operation for a very long time.

“Renewable good, non-renewable bad” is far too simplistic and unfortunately influential

But capacity additions are falling, and per-mile costs and utility product costs are soaring.

Vague warnings are not good enough. It is time for all levels of Government to plan for blackouts.

By Robert Bradley Jr. — February 20, 2024 “The Kiesling/Giberson (et al.) narrative is a call for more government. MORE wind. MORE solar. MORE Batteries. MORE central planning to correct…

The impact of “renewables” on reliability is too vague to be meaningful. 

Wild weather has pushed the Aussie State of Victoria's fragile grid beyond breaking point during the last few days. The last thing Victoria needs is senior academics pushing non-solutions.

The recent storm did, however, once again underscore the dilemma Texas faces with its current mix of generation sources. 

America is plagued by short-term thinking, particularly regarding our electric grid.

Sustainability Depends on the Entire Energy Conversion Process

The push to treat electricity as a commodity instead of a service is particularly punishing in California, where electricity prices are increasing three times faster than in the rest of the U.S.