“Exacerbating the crisis is the new green energy grid because the peak hours for electricity use are from 6:30 pm to 10 pm when solar and wind are the least available. This is called the Duck Curve because the time demand energy use profile looks like the silhouette of a duck.”
The wave of power outages in California during the heat wave of 2020 are mostly in the PG&E power grid area where 21 local green energy-buying cooperatives (called Community Choice Aggregators – see map here) are buying green power and green jobs for their communities. These co-ops buy power for 10 million customers in 170 cities and counties and their goal is 100 percent green power by the 2030’s.
California depends on 25 percent imported power, mainly hydropower, from other states.…
Continue Reading“With votes at stake that would seem to be at the expense of Biden/Harris (or Harris/Biden), the media does not want to give West a break.”
Yes, as announced July 4th, ‘billionaire rapper’ Kanye West is in the mix for voters come the November presidential election, website and all. Of the 14 targeted states for ballot access, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah and Vermont are in, Illinois and New Jersey out, and Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Ohio and West Virginia undecided.
The Democrat Party does not like West’s entry, hoping to consolidate the Black vote for Biden/Harris. The Republican Party is rumored to be helping his ‘spoiler‘ quest in the 2020 election.
What does West say about energy? And how is the Press treating him?
Environment/Energy Plank
Here is Kanye’s environmental and energy platform in its entirety:
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Continue Reading“The U.S. is now world leader in both natural gas and oil production, and for the first time in nearly sixty years, we can claim net energy exporter status. This is energy dominance realized.” – AEA Endorsement
“The American Energy Alliance’s endorsement of President Trump’s re-election is a testament to the Trump Administration’s historic actions to secure more prosperity for American families and businesses through pro-energy policy reforms.” (Trump/Pence Re-election Campaign)
Never has a U.S. President encountered such intellectual disdain and political bias toward consumer-chosen, taxpayer-neutral natural gas, oil, and coal–the mineral energies required by modern life. And never has a U.S. President pushed back in both rhetoric and action.
That president is Donald Trump, who easily goes down as the most free-market-oriented leader in energy history, easily beating out Ronald Reagan in his two terms.…
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