Where are we headed with the Federal emphasis on replacement of fossil fuel with “green” energy ?
“The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind…” – just look to England and the recent statements by Lawrence Solomon, UK electricity CEO in the FinancialPost:
Wind power will require lifestyle change
Electricity consumers in the UK will need to get used to flicking the switch and finding the power unavailable, according to Steve Holliday, CEO of National Grid, the country’s grid operator. Because of a six-fold increase in wind generation, which won’t be available when the wind doesn’t blow, “The grid is going to be a very different system in 2020, 2030,” he told BBC’s Radio 4.
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Under the so-called “smart grid” that the UK is developing, the government-regulated utility will be able to decide when and where power should be delivered, to ensure that it meets the highest social purpose. Governments may, for example, decide that the needs of key industries take precedence over others, or that the needs of industry trump that of residential consumers. Governments would also be able to price power prohibitively if it is used for non-essential purposes.
Commentary from The Daily Bayonet:
As Britain embraces the future of renewable energy, notably wind and solar, the boring old days of flipping a switch and being rewarded with instant, reliable energy are over. The wind doesn’t blow all the time and solar power only works in, well, sunlight.
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The green dark age might test even the stiffest of upper lips, but there is no alternative if Gaia is to be saved. Oh wait, nuclear power you say? No emissions and clean, reliable and affordable energy for all, on demand. What a remarkable idea. Not quite as remarkable as the notion of a government determining what counts as a non-essential use of electricity, but close.
Britain’s future is green. Miserable, cold and much like the 19th century without the excuses, but green.
We sit on huge untapped reserves of natural gas, oil and coal; cheap energy sources that were responsible for the age of economic prosperity in the 19th and 20th century.
Expensive energy will return us to dark ages where we will, out of necessity, need “progressive” rulers to maintain order and manage us in the darkness.
Our “representatives” in Washington sit on their thumbs while Obama’s regulatory army forces this same insanity upon the U.S.
Shame on US for our silence and inaction …
“Expensive energy will return us to dark ages where we will, out of necessity, need “progressive” rulers to maintain order and manage us in the darkness.”
Now we are getting it. This is not about power generation but about power over the people. Why have we not built power plants and oil refineries for the past 30 years? If you want to control people (i.e. enslave them), all you need to do is ration power and food. Have you seen the price of food lately?