{"id":31008,"date":"2017-06-13T13:18:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31008"},"modified":"2017-06-13T13:18:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:18:42","slug":"ruled-by-the-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31008","title":{"rendered":"Ruled By The Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems as if any attempt at honesty in the energy field is met with lots of dollars being donated to oppose it. We know that the Saudis have funded a large portion of the anti-fracking movement in America<\/a> because they don’t want to lose their monopoly on oil. Well, that is not the only place money is fighting science.<\/p>\n

The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article yesterday about pushback from the wind industry’s lobbying arm.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Not long after Secretary of Energy Rick Perry<\/a> announced a 60-day review\u00a0of green energy<\/a> policies\u2019 impact on electric grid reliability, the wind industry\u2019s lobbying arm devised a strategy to push back against the study, according to a leaked memo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perry\u2019s April announcement worried the American Wind Energy Association<\/a> (AWEA) and others that\u00a0the requested study could be used to bash subsidies and policies that allowed wind energy production to rapidly grow in recent years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

AWEA laid out a plan to engage with federal lawmakers, regulators and the media to push back against a study they saw as \u201csupporting baseload sources such as coal and nuclear,\u201d according to a leaked memo<\/a> obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In March 2011 I posted an article<\/a> about Spain’s<\/a> attempt to convert to green energy. The attempt was a total failure–green energy is not reliable–the wind does not blow consistently 24\/7 and the sun does not shine every day. The blades of windmills and the pressure around the blades kills birds, and the air above a solar farm can literally fry birds flying by. The attempt to convert to green energy caused energy prices to skyrocket and almost tanked the Spanish economy.<\/p>\n

The green energy lobby is already taking aim at the review of green energy policies:<\/p>\n

Green energy supporters and environmentalists interpreted the department\u2019s study as a lifeline to coal and nuclear power plants, many of which have been slated for closure in the coming years. The Trump administration may be more focused on promoting coal and nuclear, green energy advocates fear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

AWEA quickly circulated a memo with other green advocates to push back against Perry\u2019s study. The group planned a media and advocacy blitz in preparation for a study critical of wind power.<\/strong><\/p>\n

AWEA personnel would discuss the study with \u201ccontacts\u201d at the Energy Department and present their own research to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission<\/a>, which regulates the electric grid, according to the memo sent out by AWEA CEO Tom Kiernan<\/a> on April 17.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kiernan also wanted AWEA to \u201cpursue late April meeting with Secretary Perry and wind CEOs\u201d and to lock down a meeting with Perry in Dallas, Texas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The memo mentions teaming up with the Solar Energy Industries of America and the pro-green energy Advanced Energy Economy<\/a> to issue a \u201cjoint response\u201d to the study. Kiernan also suggested working with allies in Congress and the media, including The New York Times<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s really about the money–not the environment–the green energy industry is worried about losing its government subsidies. My feeling on that is if you can’t make green energy economically feasible without government money, then it isn’t really economically feasible and you need to go back to the drawing board and invent something better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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