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TEXAS POWER OUTAGE SHOWS IMPACTS OF THE VAGARIES OF THE WEATHER

Texas’ electric grid nearly melted down in the summer of 2019, when searing temperatures sent electricity demand soaring.

The state’s grid operator was able to keep the lights on, but many observers were worried. They wondered if Texas power plants would be able to match the rising demand, driven largely by residents reaching for the dial on their air conditioning units.

When the…

China has made electric buses and EVs a priority in urban areas to reduce excessive air pollution, due to: 1) coal-fired power plants, and 2) increased vehicle traffic.

The US has much less of a pollution problem than China, except in its larger urban areas. 

The US uses much less coal, more domestic natural gas, and CO2-free nuclear is still around.

New England has a pollution problem in its southern urban areas.

Vermont has a minor pollution…

STATE AND LOCAL ELECTION REFORMS TO REDUCE FRAUD ARE LONG OVERDUE

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/state-and-local-election-reforms-are-long-overdue

by Willem Post

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Voting machines are used for early voting in…

This article describes the efficiency of electric vehicles, EVs, and their charging loss, when charging at home and on-the-road, and the economics, when compared with efficient gasoline vehicles.

In this article,

Total cost of an EV, c/mile = Operating cost, c/mile + Owning cost, c/mile, i.e., amortizing the difference of the MSRPs of an EV versus an equivalent, efficient gasoline vehicle; no options, no destination…

MAJOR ELECTION FRAUD PROVEN IN SEVERAL SWING STATES IN 2020

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/eecieieeie

by Willem Post

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Voting machines are used for early voting in Georgia, and in other states, to provide the Democrats with vital info regarding how many ballots they have to fabricate, based on bloated registration lists (dead people, moved…

Environmental sciences professor, Jacobsen, at Stamford University, CA, claimed in 2015, almost all US energy requirements, for all uses, could be supplied by wind, solar and hydro. He excluded energy from nuclear and from bio sources, mainly because of excessive cropland area requirements, and because forests are a major absorber and storer of CO2.

NOTE: Coal, oil, gas, etc., are used as feedstocks to make millions of products that fill…

The US, a Beacon of Freedom

The US presents itself as a defender of human and civil rights, and Freedom and Democracy

The US organizes Color Revolutions to oust corrupt governments flouting the Rights of the People.

Almost always, those governments are allied with Russia, the Evil Empire, run by Evil Dictator Putin.

It would seem reasonable, the US would have in place nationwide standards to conduct Elections, to ensure Free and…

Info status as of December 30, 2020

As additional news comes in during October through February, this write-up will be revised and augmented.

INTRODUCTION

Biden has a history of:

1) Performing near the bottom of his class, in college and in law school,

2) Repeated plagiarism, while a student and in public office

3) Shady financial dealings with China and Ukraine,

4) Touchy-feeling…

HERE IS A WRITE-UP ABOUT A VOTING IRREGULARITY THAT LED TO MANY LAWSUITS IN 2020

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/here-is-a-write-up-about-a-voting-irregularity-that-led-to-many

by Willem Post

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Solar systems have their highest electricity production at midday.

The surge of production from near-zero to maximum causes disturbances on the grid, aka DUCK-curves.

Southern California and Southern Germany, with high MW of installed solar, have major DUCK-curves on sunny days.

At present, mostly gas-fired, combined-cycle gas-turbine (CCGT) power plants are used to counteract the DUCK-curve surges.

In California, the shutdowns of 15 of 19 coastal, CCGT…

https://climatechangedispatch.com/meet-the-dutch-climate-refugees-fleeing-unbearably-noisy-wind-farms/

WRITTEN BY EDWIN TIMMER ON NOV 2, 2020. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS

Meet The Dutch Climate Refugees Fleeing…

World energy consumption is projected to increase to 736 quads in 2040 from 575 quads in 2015, an increase of 28%, according to the US Energy Information Administration, EIA.

See URL and click on PPT to access data, click on to page 4 of PowerPoint

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/ieo/

Most of this growth is expected to come from countries not in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, and…

As more details emerge about Hunter Biden’s emails and Biden Family connections to China, Russia, Ukraine and other countries that would provide most of the metals and minerals America would need under any Green New Deal, we should contemplate how much some families, companies and countries would be enriched by the GND – while others would lose their jobs, see their energy prices skyrocket, and watch their favorite scenic vistas and wildlife habitats get blanketed by wind turbines, solar…

Vermont has a Comprehensive Energy Plan, CEP. The capital cost for implementing the CEP would be in excess of $1.0 billion/y from 2017 to 2050, 33 years, as stated in Energy Action Network annual report for 2015.

It would take $1.25 billion/y from 2022 to 2050, 28 years, and probable much more to overcome the Biden 5 to 6 percent inflation. See URLs.

Excluded are financing and replacements of short-life systems, such as EVs (10y), heat pumps…

The Vermont House overrode Governor Scott's veto of GWSA, and sent it to the Vermont Senate for an override vote

GSWA converts the aspirational goals of the CEP, into mandated goals, with penalties, taxes, fees and surcharges. 

GWSA had been called “must pass this Session”.

Capital Costs to Implement the Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan

In 2015, Energy Action Network, EAN, an umbrella…

VAGARIES OF SOLAR  

In summer, expensive, weather and season-dependent, highly subsidized, variable, intermittent solar dozes off in late afternoon/early evening, during peak electricity demands, sleeps all night, and does not wake up until about mid-morning the next day, becomes very active around midday creating DUCK curves, especially on sunny days, then dozes off again in late afternoon/early evening, during peak electricity…

Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, VEIC, is involved in “energy solutions for an evolving world”. It helps various, mostly government entities, meet economic and environmental goals with sustainable solutions “designed for impact”. Major areas of interest are energy efficiency, building electrification, transportation electrification, and a clean and flexible grid.

SOLAR IN VERMONT

VEIC states: Vermont is on its way to becoming an advanced…

Based on the sun index level, Vermont is ranked 44th regarding solar power potential, according to a sun index developed for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) using data provided by NREL's Renewable Resource Data Center.

Connecticut and Rhode Island rank 41^st and 38^th. See table 2 of URL

https://neo.ne.gov/programs/stats/inf/201.htm

The sun index is defined as an…

Please note, this article is a short excerpt, with references to tables and the Appendix, from this much longer article. Much additional information is provided in the longer article. Please, also read the longer article.…

Review of Planet of the Humans

Richard Heinberg  (Post Carbon Institute)

April 27, 2020

A few days ago, Emily Atkin posted a…