{"id":377071,"date":"2025-05-02T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=377071"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:34:16","slug":"the-pain-in-spain-is-renewably-insane-the-climate-realism-show155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=377071","title":{"rendered":"The Pain in Spain Is Renewably Insane \u2013 The Climate Realism Show#155"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"377074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=377074\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Screenshot-2025-05-02-162916.png?fit=1386%2C779&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1386,779\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot 2025-05-02 162916\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Screenshot-2025-05-02-162916.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Screenshot-2025-05-02-162916.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Screenshot-2025-05-02-162916.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Screenshot-2025-05-02-162916.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Screenshot-2025-05-02-162916.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Screenshot-2025-05-02-162916.png?resize=1200%2C674&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0Screenshot-2025-05-02-162916.png?w=1386&amp;ssl=1 1386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AIdro_nbFC65TF2vSmRND-z-tSnTQczJF6jiadJT6myXzyUVVEE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In mid-April, Spain\u2019s socialist government bragged that, for the first time, the nation was powered by 100 percent \u201crenewable\u201d energy\u2014mostly solar and wind. One week later, Spain, Portugal, parts of France, and several other countries suffered the largest peacetime blackout in their histories. Net Zero came to Europe all right\u2014as in zero energy. We were perhaps seconds away from nearly the entire continent going dark. Yet again, wind, solar, and other \u201crenewables\u201d proved they simply cannot generate the consistent power needed to keep a complex electricity grid stable. We\u2019ve been warning about this for a while, and today we\u2019ll break down exactly what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Heartland Institute\u2019s Sterling Burnett, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely will also cover some \u201cCrazy Climate News of the Week,\u201d including the federal government scrapping the so-called \u201csocial cost of carbon,\u201d NASA\u2019s climate-alarmism office above the Seinfeld diner getting shut down, a newly minted map of climate anxiety, and Florida\u2019s ban on chemtrails. (Is that like banning leprechauns from marrying cats?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We discuss all this and more on Episode #155 of The Climate Realism Show. Watch the stream LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and jump into the chat with your comments and questions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-naxvV1K0sE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rumble-com wp-block-embed-rumble-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"The Pain in Spain Is Renewably Insane \u2013 The Climate Realism Show #155\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v6qo8s9\/#?secret=Bd00V4WEPh\" data-secret=\"Bd00V4WEPh\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heartland Institute\u2019s Sterling Burnett, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely will also cover some \u201cCrazy Climate News of the Week,\u201d including the federal government scrapping the so-called \u201csocial cost of carbon,\u201d NASA\u2019s climate-alarmism office above the Seinfeld diner getting shut down, a newly minted map of climate anxiety, and Florida\u2019s ban on chemtrails. 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