Posted on 10/11/2014 1:39:32 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
“Renewable” energy is unreliable, and can never replace secure base load sources like coal, natural gas, and hydro. And now a bunch of greenies have embarrassed themselves and proved the point.
Attempting to show how wonderful solar power is, a band of self-righteous greenie demonstrators in Madison, WI, the Berkeley of the Midwest, instead demonstrated that reliance on renewables means brownouts and blackouts. Protesting a proposed rate increase by the local utility, Madison Gas & Electric, they made utter fools of themselves, and showed by reliable power from hydrocarbons is the only way to have secure energy supplies.
The MacIver Institute summarizes and offers a hilarious video that is less than two minutes long:
Demonstrators gathered outside the Public Service Commission to protest against a requested rate structure change by the local utility company, Madison Gas and Electric (MG&E). During the protest, they decried the use of "dirty coal" and called for more renewable energy. To make their point, they had a blow-up coal power plant that was running on a fan powered by wind and solar charged batteries. Before the protest was over, however, the batteries died and their solar panel could not produce enough energy to keep the power plant standing upright.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Another one slip thru the wire?
You must be a public school graduate or you get all your information from the Tee Vee.
Right! A piece of chewing gum, a paper clip and a rubber band and he’d have that puppy cranking in no time!
But these people BELIEVE in SCIENCE. How could they be wrong?
“With all of their alleged intellectual prowess...”
Hey! Quit pickin’ on Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Afleck! They’ve BOTH had a tough week kissing 0bama’s backside!
*SMIRK* :)
And don't call me Shirley.
Hilarious!
Did Jug-Ears try to kiss Ben back in return?
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