{"id":346439,"date":"2024-10-12T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T13:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=346439"},"modified":"2024-10-12T15:12:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T13:12:16","slug":"grand-wind-solar-transition-built-on-massive-subsidies-and-even-bigger-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=346439","title":{"rendered":"Grand Wind & Solar \u2018Transition\u2019 Built on Massive Subsidies and Even Bigger\u00a0Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From STOP THESE THINGS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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The wind and solar \u2018industries\u2019 were built on lies and run on subsidies. The electricity that the occasionally produce has no commercial value, simply because it can\u2019t be delivered as and when power consumers need it. And because their output can\u2019t be controlled, producers get paid a fortune to produce nothing at all to prevent the instability they generate from completely destroying the grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As wind and solar capacity increases, the story has had to shift to cover the \u2018big intermittency\u2019 problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lies about wind and solar being perfect compliments, and about the wind always blowing somewhere, have been replaced with lies about giant batteries filling the gaps on calm nights \u2013 when wind and solar producing absolutely nothing at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the piece below, David Gardner tackles the latter with some hard numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batteries not included<\/strong>
The Spectator
David Gardner
12 September 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The illusory truth effect (also known as the illusion of truth effect, validity effect, truth effect, or the reiteration effect) is the tendency to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure.\u2019 \u2013 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In plain English, if you repeat a lie often enough, most people will eventually accept it as the truth. Here are a few you may have heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Renewables are the cheapest form of energy.\u2019 \u2018Nuclear energy is up to six times more expensive than renewable energy.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is too difficult for the average voter to fact-check these statements, so they are accepted as truth with a bit of help from the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, however, the media have begun to add the words \u2018and batteries\u2019 when reporting on new renewable energy developments. No fanfare, they just slip it in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Battery storage units, which are used to maintain supply when the wind isn\u2019t blowing or the sun isn\u2019t shining, are a critical part of the renewable energy industry. They are used to balance the grid and cover the gaps during wind droughts, storms, hail damage, fire, cyclones, or mechanical failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a plan for OECD countries to cease all coal-fired electricity generation by 2030 or 2040 at the latest. The push to increase renewables seven-fold between 2023 and 2050 is on in spades.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Proponents of the \u2018Climate Crisis\u2019 have recently realised that the closure of coal and gas generation equipment is likely to lead to an unstable energy grid, intermittent power, and potential blackouts. To alleviate this problem, there is a concerted effort to encourage investment in \u2018The Big Battery\u2019. Within this battery world, there are currently around 30 projects in operation or under construction. These projects will, when completed, provide 5 Gigawatts of clean power for a total of two hours without a recharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia\u2019s East Coast peak daily power consumption is currently around 65 Gigawatts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, 65 Gigawatts, not 5 Gigawatts\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inferred, but not said, is the desire to aim for battery storage equal to 65 Gigawatts so that it can replace the current coal and gas-fired generators. The trouble is, the current predictions (with no gas or coal, and charging 15 million EVs) are for our power usage to increase to over 160 Gigawatts by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February of this year, in Victoria, six high-voltage power line towers were brought down by a storm with 120 km\/hour winds. 500,000 homes were left without power. This continued for many days. Once isolated, extra power was brought online to replace the loss. This extra power was mainly sourced from interstate gas and coal generators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider these facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n