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Tag: California Blackouts
California: Curtailing Solar Power & Building Natural Gas Plants… Because…
Because “I don’t care who you are! That’s funny right there!” by David Middleton Solar power delivers more electricity than Californians can use from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and…
California Electricity Woes: More Intervention, Higher Prices, More Emissions (the back side of wind and solar)
Facing a 3,500 MW shortfall in power generation capacity to meet current peak demand, and predicting a 5,000 MW deficit next summer, California is adding regulation to regulation, reports Rob…
Californian Gamers Being Starved of High End Computers Because of Green Energy Regulations
I have long predicted Californian support for the green revolution would evaporate the moment it interfered with coffee deliveries to Starbucks. But I never dreamed California would mess with the…
California year 2020 blackouts caused solely by reliance on mandated unreliable renewable energy
It’s been 15 years since 2006 where California’s AB 32 Global Warming Solutions Act (never let it be said that California politicians are lacking in grandiose overstatement) was adopted so…
Get ready for nationwide blackouts under Biden
The power disaster unfolding in California will soon occur across the country, if Joe Biden gets his way. The Golden State has been sweeping away the forms of energy that…
Wildfires inhibiting solar power generation in California
Guest “irony can be so ironic” by David Middleton SEPTEMBER 30, 2020Smoke from California wildfires decreases solar generation in CAISO In the first two weeks of September 2020, average solar-powered…
A Tale of Two Renewable Energy Blackouts: California vs Texas
Guest “Yi-hah!” by David Middleton EnergyCalifornia Blackouts Highlight Contrast with Texas Energy, Provide ForewarningLast summer, Texans nearly experienced similar rolling blackouts to what Californians faced just a few weeks ago.BRAD…
Forbes: “Blackouts Expose Perils And Costs Of California’s ‘Electrify Everything’ Push”
Even Forbes, whose deep green editors recently censored Michael Shellenberger for criticising the climate movement, has sharply criticised California’s headlong rush into a new dark age of unreliable electricity.
Gizmodo Blames Natural Gas for California’s Rolling Black Outs
Guest “too fracking funny” by David Middleton CLIMATE CHANGERenewable Energy Isn’t to Blame for California’s Blackouts Dharna NoorWednesday On Friday and Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Californians had their power cut for…
‘Gaps’ In Renewable Energy Led To Blackouts For Millions Of Californians, Gov Newsom Says
The elimination of fossil fuel products as a major form of energy production and the shift to solar power and other forms of green energy has led to what Newsom…
ProPublica Journo Sees What He Thinks Is The Positive Side Of California’s Rolling Blackouts
From The Daily Caller Energy Chris White Tech Reporter October 23, 2019 6:29 PM ET ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten suggested California’s rolling blackouts contain one silver lining: It highlights for…
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