Making PJM all wind and solar would cost over $2.4 trillion in battery backup
By
David Wojick
|
July 12th, 2025
 
I keep reading how big batteries are all it takes to make wind and solar reliable as the sole grid electricity source. The reality is that making wind and solar work at all requires a fantastic amount of battery backup, far more than is possible.

Below is an example using the PJM grid. PJM is America’s biggest grid operator, with a territory covering the Mid-Atlantic and points west. Their territory includes the Washington, DC metro area, where all the federal bigwigs live, making it a good place to start. I also live there.

We are quantifying a fantasy, so let’s keep it very simple. In fact, the basic question is why hasn’t PJM done this simple analysis? They do a lot of sophisticated grid modeling. Or maybe they have done this crucial assessment, but it is a secret, which is even worse.

Consider a single day in a typical peak demand summer heatwave. The heatwave is due to a stagnant high-pressure system called a Bermuda high, so there is not enough wind to generate usable wind power, no matter how much generating capacity is available.

https://www.cfact.org/2025/07/12/making-pjm-all-wind-and-solar-would-cost-over-2-4-trillion-in-battery-backup/

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/polar-wolf-prison-alexei-navalny-2909589

I'm certain it is much worse than this.

Not familiar with any of the names. None.  My first inclination was to think that they may have some involvement with Epstein or at least familiar with the truth.

Nah... Smells like leadership throwing 'nobody' votes to bury the problem. They can probably afford the expended moral capital, or don't need it because they are outside of the limelight.

Trump border czar didn't say 'Give me one good reason kids and seniors can't pick lettuce'
The satirical Fox News chyron presumably referenced immigration raids at farms under U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
Rae Deng
Published July 15, 2025
 
Claim:
A Fox News chyron reported that U.S. President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said: "Give me one good reason kids and seniors can't pick lettuce instead."
 

In mid-July 2025, a rumor circulated online that U.S. President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said: "Give me one good reason kids and seniors can't pick lettuce instead," an apparent reference to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids at farms.

A screenshot of an allegedly authentic Fox News chyron — text superimposed on the bottom of a news broadcast — with the aforementioned quote spread on Facebook, Bluesky and X.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/quote-lettuce-trump-border-czar-tom-homan/

July 15, 2025
We Need Clear Heads, And A Plan, About Epstein-Gate
By Julian R. Sinclair

Over 90% of the responses and discussion about the way the Trump Administration has mishandled the Epstein documents and records have been emotional, vitriolic, or filled with outrage. I can understand why and agree to a large degree: What Jeffrey Epstein did, likely with the approval (if not outright endorsement) of Western intelligence agencies, was a crime against humanity. However, it is in these moments when faced with immense evil that we must proceed with clear heads and not react emotionally.

It speaks well to our side that, unlike the four years in which Biden did not release the Epstein documents, there is a collective rage from the right at the Trump administration’s gross mishandling (some would argue outright cover-up, but I doubt this) of the case. Unlike the Democrats, we demand and hold our leaders accountable, even when it might hurt us. That is because our side actually believes in justice and accountability, even when it is not convenient for us.

However, we should avoid demanding resignations unilaterally, getting angry, or shouting “Damn the consequences, release it all!” None of us who aren’t in the Trump administration really have all the facts, and even if we did, those responses would be based on emotional outrage and not good sense, or even blind justice.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/we_need_clear_heads_and_a_plan_about_epstein_gate.html