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Net Zero Grid Batteries Alone Would Bankrupt America
« on: May 10, 2023, 11:40:27 am »
WRITTEN BY CRAIG RUCKER ON MAY 9, 2023. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS

Net Zero Grid Batteries Alone Would Bankrupt America

tesla battery australiaSenate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) cites “the climate crisis” at almost every opportunity.

President Biden calls it a greater threat than nuclear war.

They and their allies champion “carbon-free” electricity generation by 2035 and nearly fossil-fuel-free energy by 2050. [emphasis, links added]


Achieving “net zero” carbon dioxide emissions will be painless, they assure us. Costs will be so low you’ll need a magnifying glass to see them.

Governments merely have to enact mandates, provide subsidies, and the transformation to “clean” energy will just happen. Almost like in a fairy tale.

Here in the real world, however, we would need literally millions of weather-dependent wind turbines, billions of equally unreliable solar panels, millions of half-ton battery modules for vehicles, billions more modules to back up intermittent electricity generation, millions of transformers, and tens of thousands of miles of new transmission lines.

 https://climatechangedispatch.com/net-zero-grid-batteries-alone-would-bankrupt-america/
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