Tag: batteries
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National Suicide – a Rejection or Just a Reprieve for the USA?
by Paul Driessen, ©2025 (May 7, 2025) — “Poor Jud is dead. A candle lights his head! He’s looking oh so pretty and so nice. He looks like he’s asleep. It’s a shame that he won’t keep. But it’s summer and we’re running out of ice.” In Oklahoma! Curly McClain almost succeeds in convincing Jud…
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Misplaced Green Energy
by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2025 (Mar. 4, 2025) — Why are we always putting green energy assets in all the wrong places? The main electricity demand comes from big cities and their industries, so the electricity generators should be nearby, thus reducing capital costs and transmission losses, and supporting local jobs.…
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First Aid for Flicker Power
by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2024 (Jul. 12, 2024) — Wind and solar energy have a fatal flaw – intermittency. Solar generators won’t run on moon-beams – they fade out as the sun goes down and stop whenever clouds block the sun. This happens at least once every day. But then at…
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Net Zero Burial of Carbon Dioxide?
by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2024 (Jun. 3, 2024) — The Queensland Government recently placed a ban on pumping and dumping carbon dioxide into the rocks of the Great Artesian Basin. This was an event rarely seen – politicians have stumbled onto a sensible energy policy. Burying CO2 would achieve nothing useful…
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Cobalt Carnage, Child Labor and Ecological Destruction
by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2023 (Jul. 30, 2023) — Global cobalt demand soared with the advent of cell phones and laptop computers. It exploded with the arrival of electric vehicles and now is skyrocketing in tandem with government EV mandates and subsidies. Cobalt improves battery performance, extends driving range and reduces fire risks. Demand will…
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Ottawa’s Reliance On Batteries To Back Up Wind And Solar Power
by Tom Harris with contributions from Mary-Jean Harris, ©2023 (Jul. 29, 2023) — As demonstrated in the report issued by the International Climate Science Coalition – Canada, the City of Ottawa’s Climate Change Master Plan is costly, infeasible and ultimately dangerous to the public. Arguably its most insane element is the plan to introduce batteries…
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The Coming Crash of the Climate Cult
by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2022 (Dec. 7, 2022) — The Climate Cult worships two green idols – electric vehicles and wind-solar energy. This is part of a futile UN scheme promoting “Net Zero Emissions” which aims to cool the climate of the world by waging war on CO2 plant food. Green…
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Don’t Even Think about Buying an Electric Vehicle
by Mike Latham, ©2022 (Sep. 13, 2022) — Electric cars are not new; in fact, the first electric-powered car appeared in the late 19th century. Admittedly, they’ve come a long way in 120+ years but are still prohibitively costly to own, unreliable in meeting the owner’s many needs (particularly in colder climates), and are overly demanding…
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The Stampede of the Green Lemmings
by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2022 (Feb. 24, 2021) — No country on Earth relies entirely on wind/solar energy, but Australian politicians aim to achieve this miracle. They are leaders in the Stampede of the Green Lemmings. See here:https://saltbushclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/green-lemmings.jpeg(Feel free to use this cartoon with no alterations.) Solar energy has a huge…
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An RPG, EMP, Or Hacker Could Turn Our Lights Off
by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2021 (May 23, 2021) — “No electricity, no hot water, no heat – at times, we struggled. We’d wake up in the morning and wash with water we heated on a hot plate. And we’d go to bed at night wearing skull caps, sweat shirts, and gloves.” — Jalen Rose, American…
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CA Electric Power Chief Says Serious Problems Lie Ahead
by David Wojick, CFACT, ©2021 (Apr. 19, 2021) — The head of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) recently gave a revealing interview, in an obscure outlet he probably figured would not travel. It is “Yale Insights” published by the Yale School of Management. Elliot Mainzer, President and CEO of CAISO is a Yalie, so…
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Batteries Cannot Make Renewables Reliable
“WILDLY PROHIBITIVE” by David Wojick, Ph.D., CFACT, ©2019 (Apr. 27, 2019) — Utilities are starting to experiment with adding batteries to wind and solar projects. These storage projects are feeding the mistaken belief that batteries can cure the intermittency that makes wind and solar unworkable as a reliable source of power. The reality is that…
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100% Renewable Deception
“HOW MANY MILLIONS?” by David Wojick, Ph.D., ©2018, CFACT (Nov. 24, 2018) — Press coverage of the crusade for 100% renewable electricity invariably talks about wind and solar energy. As I have pointed out, the wind and solar fantasy requires a stupendous amount of battery storage, which is never mentioned. This is because the 100%…
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Blackouts Stalk Green Energy Utopia
“RUNNING OUT OF JUICE” by Viv Forbes, carbon-sense.com, ©2017 (Aug. 7, 2017) — It is 7pm on a cold, still night in the city which boasts “100% Green Energy.” Thousands of electric cars are plugged into chargers; electric lights, heaters and TVs are running; electric stoves are cooking dinner, electric trains and lifts are moving…
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Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies
MORE SUBSIDIES FROM EXHAUSTED CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS CANNOT COMPENSATE FOR HARD REALITIES by Paul Driessen, ©2017 (Jul. 23, 2017) — The first justification was that internal combustion engines polluted too much. But emissions steadily declined, and today’s cars emit about 3% of what their predecessors did. Then it was oil imports: electric vehicles (EVs) would reduce…
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Clean Green Batteries?
NOT “EMISSIONS-FREE” by Viv Forbes, ©2016, carbon-sense.com (Dec. 14, 2016) — Greens and technically challenged scribes apparently believe that battery-powered cars and planes are exciting new clean “zero-emissions” vehicles. There is little new about batteries – battery powered cars were running on British roads over a century ago – they were pushed out of the…