The Unmitigated Disaster Of 'Renewable Energy'

Unprecedented cold in Texas and other states proves that so-called “renewable energy” is an unmitigated disaster

JD Heyes 

Earlier this week millions of Texans awoke to freezing and near-zero temperatures and no electricity to keep them warm.

The Lone Star State, like the rest of the country, had been struck by unprecedented, and unseasonably, cold temperatures of the kind usually reserved for states situated along the Canadian border. 

But the reason why millions awoke to a blackout is the real story.

On the surface, it seems absurd that Texas could be suffering blackouts. Not only does the state have its own power grid independent of the rest of the country, but Texas is an oil-and-gas state, absurdly wealthy in fossil fuels.

But Texas’ red-state political leaders over the past decade have been drinking too much left-wing blue kool-aid; for years, the state has steadily built massive wind farms, most of which are situated on the western plains, and they now account for about one-quarter of all power generated.

When the weather turned unseasonably nasty, the windmills froze; and frozen windmills don’t generate any power.

“Not only have freezing temperatures created an excessive draw on the power grid as residents struggle to keep warm, but generating electricity has also become a major issue for areas that rely on sources such as solar and wind power,” writes Christine Favocci at the Western Journal — all in the name of environmentalism.

The seized-up windmills cost the state 12,000 megawatts of power and the grid was already being taxed to its limits because some 28.8 million Texans were trying to avoid freezing to death.

Not all did; some froze to death. Others died trying to stay warm with makeshift heat. That always happens in these instances.

What’s nauseating and infuriating is seeing all of the left-wing global warming/climate change cultists in the media and on cable TV trying to deny that ‘green energy’ was to blame.

Of course it was to blame; there would never have been frozen wind turbines if wind turbines were never built in the first place and the state continued to rely on plentiful, proven, and cheap fossil fuel for power. Heck, even nuclear power for that matter, but the left doesn’t like that either because even though it is zero-emission, it produces nuclear waste (like we don’t have a plan to store it or something).

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