Posted on 04/18/2024 7:31:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I smell bovine excrement. They may have the capacity, but there is no way they can cover the variable demand.
BULLCRAP
So that means those countries have almost zero carbon emissions, right?
Right?
Buehler?
Considering that electricity production for Albania, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Iceland, Nepal, Paraguay and the Democratic Republic of Congo amounted to about a few large D Cell batteries before the Green Energy came into the picture, this isn’t such a big deal. Try producing 99% of the total power consumed by Cut and Shoot Texas with Green Sources, then we’ll talk…..
Iceland is sitting on a goldmine of geothermal (natural nuclear) energy.
Radioactive decay of uranium and thorium means they will never run out of electricity.
They have little farmland and that’s problematic.
What’s for breakfast? Fish and pickled shark.
What’s for lunch? Fish and pickled shark.
What’s for dinner? Fish and pickled shark.
misinfo/disinfo/malinfo - too much to critique.
however, just consider wind droughts for starters.
Exactly. Nameplate rating can theoretically meet demand, but with a 27% average wind capacity factor, you don’t come close to meeting energy demand. AND, when the inevitable wind droughts happen and night falls (or clouds or eclipses happen), no power. And what about frequency regulation with intermittent, unstable, non-dispatchable energy sources?
This article is pure BS.
“More than 99.7 per cent of electricity in Albania, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Iceland, Nepal, Paraguay and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes from geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.”
yeah, lets lump in geothermal for Iceland and hydro with solar and wind to make things sound really great ...
assuming any of that is actually true, any country powered by wind and solar simply proves that 3rd world shithole countries have little use for reliable electricity ...
They counted geothermal and hydro, which are legitimate and reliable energy sources, and tried to fool the reader into thinking that this “renewable miracle” was due to wholly unreliable windmills and solar panels.
There’s no way wind and solar are ever going to meet the 24/7/365 base load demand requirements of an industrialized society’s grid....ain’t physically gonna happen, but in the meantime, maybe they can find some unicorns that will shit out skittles for the kiddies....
How much of that is provided by hydro?
Many environmentists want to eleminate dams!!
Iceland-Lots and lots of geothermal.
Nonsense. Fossil fuels are not derived from fossils but from petroleum, formed in Earth’s mantle is is constantly being formed. This is not about energy or “renewable energy” which has yet to be defined. It’s about money and control.
That’s quite a list.
I believe this happened just 2-3 days ago in Texas, on a perfectly clear and normal spring day.
The wind stopped blowing and suddenly the renewables share dropped on the grid dropped close to zero, sparking a mini crisis in the ERCOT grid
Time to fire up the gas generators
Is there any room for people ? LOL
yes, but have you tried the pickled shark? It’s delicious!
In the US, wind power is dependent on government subsides.
I suspect that in other countries, wind and solar power are government projects with painted rosie projections.
My feasibility study in 1981 concluded that US wind power is dependent on government subsidies to be profitable and holds true today.
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