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DOE Warns Blackouts Could Surge 100-Fold by 2030 Without Reliable Energy
« on: July 09, 2025, 07:05:51 am »
DOE Warns Blackouts Could Surge 100-Fold by 2030 Without Reliable Energy
Major outages loom if America keeps chasing Biden’s green energy agenda, Energy Dept. warns.
by Audrey Streb  July 08, 2025, 11:29 AM 
 
The Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report Monday warning of impending blackouts if the United States continues to shutter power plants without adequately replacing retiring capacity. [emphasis, links added]


DOE warned in its Monday report that blackouts could increase by a factor of 100 by 2030 if the U.S. continues to retire power plants without sufficient replacements, and that the electricity grid is not prepared to meet the demand of power-hungry data centers in the years to come without more reliable generation coming online quickly.

The report specifically highlighted wind and solar, two resources pushed by Biden, as responsible for eroding grid stability and advised that dispatchable generation from sources like coal, oil, gas, and nuclear is necessary to meet the anticipated U.S. power demand.

“This report affirms what we already know: The United States cannot afford to continue down the unstable and dangerous path of energy subtraction that previous leaders pursued, forcing the closure of baseload power sources like coal and natural gas,” DOE Secretary Chris Wright said.

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Re: DOE Warns Blackouts Could Surge 100-Fold by 2030 Without Reliable Energy
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2025, 08:47:50 am »
That horse has been out of the barn for a long time, especially since Methane became Global Climate Change Public Enemy #1. 

Methane was supposed to backfill the generation capacity lost by shuddering old nuclear, coal, and oil power plants.

Instead, we got unfulfilled promises of wind turbines and a New England Clean Energy Connect that has yet to be built.

Global Climate Change nitwits are going to leave America with a 3rd World energy infrastructure.
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Re: DOE Warns Blackouts Could Surge 100-Fold by 2030 Without Reliable Energy
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2025, 05:37:02 pm »
I don't know if he has the authority to do this... but if he does...

... it would be advisable for Mr. Trump to issue some kind of edict that orders that all existing coal-fired power plants -- even those that are currently shut down -- be preserved "in place" for possible future needs. No dismantling, etc.

And then... start an evaluation process that examines each one, noting what kind of state it's currently in, what would be required to re-activate it, and the estimated costs of doing so.
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Re: DOE Warns Blackouts Could Surge 100-Fold by 2030 Without Reliable Energy
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2025, 06:52:06 pm »
Solution:

Stop screwing around with this "Green" energy BS and build things that are proven to work!
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« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2025, 07:08:32 pm »
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Re: DOE Warns Blackouts Could Surge 100-Fold by 2030 Without Reliable Energy
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2025, 10:48:59 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on July 09, 2025, 07:05:51 am
DOE Warns Blackouts Could Surge 100-Fold by 2030 Without Reliable Energy

This from the people who have been subsidizing Unreliable Energy for the past four decades.
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Re: DOE Warns Blackouts Could Surge 100-Fold by 2030 Without Reliable Energy
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2025, 10:51:27 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on July 09, 2025, 07:08:32 pm
A windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.

But they can make it up in volume.
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