{"id":58287,"date":"2025-02-04T11:06:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58287"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:06:55","slug":"the-impending-end-of-a-really-bad-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58287","title":{"rendered":"The Impending End Of A Really Bad Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, John Hinderaker posted an article at Power Line Blog<\/a> about wind energy. The Trump administration is taking a good, hard look at the practicality and efficiency of wind energy.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

One of the most felicitous aspects of the new Trump administration is its determination to drive a stake through the heart of the zombie wind industry. Because it is an absurdly inefficient and unreliable way to generate electricity, wind power was doomed from the start. But the Trump administration is seeing it off.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Bryce, one of our top energy experts, has a long Substack post<\/a> that is full of good news. You will have to follow the link to get it all, but here are some highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few days ago, Jason Grumet, the head of the American Clean Power Association (annual revenue: $62.3 million), told Heatmap News that \u201cprobably more than half\u201d of all new wind projects under development in the US could be killed due to President Trump\u2019s executive order requiring a \u201ccomprehensive assessment\u201d of federal permitting. Heatmap explained that Trump\u2019s policies pose \u201ca potential existential threat to the industry\u2019s future. Just don\u2019t expect everyone to say it out loud.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

…[T]he offshore and onshore wind sectors are in full-blown panic mode. Trump\u2019s executive orders, particularly the one requiring the federal government to assess the wind industry\u2019s impact on wildlife \u2014 have had an immediate and chilling effect on wind projects onshore and offshore.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

I am not sure why solar energy is doing better than wind. It has the same defects that wind does: solar is ridiculously expensive, inherently unreliable since it can\u2019t produce electricity at night, when it is cloudy, or when solar panels are covered with snow, and it is massively destructive of the environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So let\u2019s drive the solar scam out of existence next. Or, rather, make it stand on its own two feet: no subsidies and no mandates. Let solar compete on even terms with nuclear, natural gas, coal and hydro power, and see who wins. Solar will die out, and the environment will only be better for it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have better, more efficient, and cheaper ways to produce energy. Let’s further develop them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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