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November 13, 2008
Enviromoonbattery Will Make the Lights Go Out
Posted by Dave Blount at November 13, 2008 7:02 AM
Isn't it great the way you just flip a switch and on come the lights? Enjoy it while you can. Moonbattery will soon do to the energy sector what it has done to everything else it has touched.
According to a recent report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp., rules intended to reduce harmless CO2 emissions will impair the reliability of the power grid.
Shutting down inefficient coal plants in favor of politically correct boondoggles like wind and solar would impose new demands on a system that was not designed for moving large amounts of power over long distances. We may end up reliant on natural gas for electricity, which could lead to supply disruptions.
According to Kenneth Farmer, executive director of the Beauregard Electric Cooperative:
It appears that greenhouse-gas issues and electric-utility reliability are on a collision course.
Updating the power grid with new lines would help. But ever more powerful envirowackos won't permit it.
The good news is, when our computers go out, bureaucrats won't have to worry about people conspiring on the Internet to drag them out of office by their ears and treat them to the tarring and feathering they so richly deserve. On the downside, candles might cause global warming.
On a tip from Kevin R.
