Saturday, February 16, 2019

Green energy failed, non-green energy saved lives

The Midwestern U.S. just suffered a "polar vortex."*  Here in [Dilorenzo Rule redaction] Michigan, the high temperature was minus 13F (minus 25C), and this was one of the warmer places.  Michigan's demand for energy for heating peaked... and wind power collapsed.  Fortunately, coal, natural gas, and nuclear don't depend on weather conditions.  Ninety seven percent (97%) of Michigan's electricity came from these "non-green" sources during the cold snap.

In Illinois, power from nuclear reactors hit a record high.

Thankfully we had safe, reliable, non-green energy available.  Had we been forced to rely on wind, solar, rainbow unicorn flatulence, and similar pixie dust, we'd be talking about the body count.  Subzero temperatures make for a dangerous, inhospitable environment.  "Environmentally friendly" means warming the air when that's needed, and non-green sources can do that.  Green energy cannot.
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*"We" at Unforeseen Contingencies put "polar vortex" in quotation marks because our drama detectors register very high numbers when we encounter this term.  It smacks of the same pseudo-scientific pedigree as "windchill."

Photo: Coal stockpiled by a generating plant.  This saved lives.

// posted by Charles N. Steele @ 19:32
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