Posted on 12/31/2011 2:40:10 AM PST by Libloather
Expert warns: EPA regulation could lead to blackouts in ’12
By JOSELYN KING - For The Times Leader
December 27, 2011
WHEELING - The leader of a think tank on energy policy sees electrical blackouts in America's future if the Environmental Protection Agency continues plans to phase out coal-fired electric plants.
Thomas Borelli, director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research, also believes there could be backlash in the 2012 elections if voters find themselves without electricity in the coming months.
New EPA rules were issued last week and will allow companies three years to comply. These will further limit mercury emissions under the Clean Air Act, set new limits on the emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and establish new coal-ash disposal rules.
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"Projecting in the future, if blackouts and brownouts happen, it will be a difficult election for senators and representatives," Borelli said. "Constituents might want to know why they didn't act to stop it.
"There could be a significant effect in the 2012 election if there are brownouts and blackouts, and questions of who failed to control the EPA," he continued. "There could be political consequences."
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Don’t worry, Hussein’s media ass lickers have already written stories about how Republicans in Congress and the companies that provide energy are to blame.
For freepers in the know about backup generators, anyone know if the mysolarbackup.com is a good solution for powering a well pump (submersible)? We are in good shape on our 10 acres, lp tank, woodstove, but water is our challenge. We got a manual pipe system for 1000.00 for Y2K and it still sits in the barn. We are getting too old to set up and use something like that now. Any advice would be appreciated and thanks.
I have the same quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in my profile page! LOL
We are looking at that system ourselves. We don’t know anyone who has actually purchased it but based on the videos and the fact that it puts out 1.8KW at peak hours I would say its fairly powerful. Would run your well pump for sure but thats during the day. What you probably want to do is get one of those pressurized blue metal containment vessels and pump water into it during the day and then at night you would not be draining that solar unit. You could plug something else in. We are going to install a full solar system for the house and then maybe use the solar backup as a mobile electrical unit to run an electric wood splitter or an electric chain saw or something like that if the SHTF.
As a guy who owns 4 generators, I will tell you that the generator there is not really solar. It is a gasoline powered generator which is claimed to be a backup for a solar power system, I see very small solar panels and not very many of them in their ads.
I smell ripoff.
1.8 KW is not a very powerful generator, and may or may not power your well.
If you want a small backup generator get yourself a Honda EU2000i, which is what I have for camping/hunting. It will power a small reefer and a coffee pot, or a reefer and microwave, but it will not supply a microwave and coffee pot at the same time. It is a 1.8KW generator, but the highest quality available.
It runs 8 hours on one gallon of gas with no, or very low load, but the gas consumption is a lot higher with a substantial load. You can find them for $900-1000 new if you look. They are very quiet—at idle it sounds like mouse farts. It is much louder with a load.
Learn how to store gasoline properly (you must add fuel stabilizer) and always have about 10 gallons on hand. This will get you through most blackouts.
For a whole house generator you really need something a lot larger — 4KW to 8KW and maybe even more. And, proportionately more gasoline.
Running a well pump depends on the depth of the well. I have a 700 foot well and need an 8KW generator to make the well pump work. The issue is not running the pump, but getting it to start. Startup current on a well pump is very high. Most people have shallower wells, and may be able to get by with 4-6KW.
Yes they can - the lights went out and it is dark everywhere. They can hide anywhere!
The odor man, the odor. They are like their brethren in “Occupy......” ~ and a few days without hot showers they will be remarkable ~ more so than normal people!
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