100% renewable energy claims are almost always trumped up and this is no exception. For ~5 hrs on Oct 7, Greece’s IPTO said that renewables accounted for 100% of electricity generation. This is NOT the same as 100% of energy, and Greece is nowhere close to being powered solely by renewables.
▪️IPTO’s snapshot of Greece’s electricity production over the last 10 days shows natural gas and lignite (coal) play a large role in powering Greece (photo posted in comments). Often the wind doesn’t blow and/or the sun doesn’t shine, so reliable sources need to pick up the slack.
https://www.admie.gr/en
▪️For example, on Oct 9, renewables produced almost nothing, and fossil fuels produced the large bulk of Greece’s electricity. Greece is lucky to have ~10% of hydropower (the only reliable renewable) but they don’t have nuclear, so gas & coal must be ready at all times to power their grid.
▪️The most recent monthly report is from August, which showed fossil fuels accounted for 58.7% of Greece’s electricity, while hydro produced 8.6% and other renewables 32.6%. (Chart posted in comments)
https://www.admie.gr/sites/default/files/attached-files/type-file/2022/10/Energy_Report_202208_v1_1_en.pdf
▪️YTD, fossil fuels produced 48.5%, hydro 8.6% and other renewables 37.5%. To pretend Greece is 100% powered by renewables because of one 5 hr period is laughable. A modern nation needs power 100% of the time, on demand, not sporadically.
▪️Remember, energy encompasses far more than electricity. Most homes are heated by gas, and most cars, agriculture and industrial production are powered by fossil fuels. Europe is quickly learning this importance as winter comes and gas supplies are interrupted.
▪️This meme also ignores that Greece’s electricity prices have skyrocketed recently, and 45% of Greek households are already in arrears, unable to pay the increased prices.
https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2022/08/21/electricity-up-to-65-as-greeces-suppliers-announce-sept-tariffs/
▪️In response, the Greek government is spending billions it doesn’t have to massively subsidize electricity bills for its citizens who can’t afford their electricity.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/greece-extends-energy-bill-subsidies-ahead-winter-battle-2022-09-21/
▪️Other countries who’ve tried to switch to renewables have seen similar spikes in electricity prices and issues with their grids. Like Germany, which is actually now turning back to coal in order to keep the lights on.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/27/1124448463/germany-coal-energy-crisis#:~:text=Press-,Germany%20goes%20back%20to%20burning%20coal%20as%20its%20energy%20crisis,Germany%20is%20turning%20to%20coal
▪️Propaganda about running on 100% renewables ignores the fact that the country/city is often totally reliant on reliable sources (usually fossil fuels) and that any attempts to seriously switch to a renewable grid results in skyrocketing prices, fragility, and ironically an increased reliance on gas.
As with the leftist freak out over “banned books” this is not banning books, it’s still easy to get Harry Potter and bookstores should be able to limit whatever books they want for whatever reason. But not only does it show a double standard, the rationale is far less justifiable than removing certain content from school libraries. At least there the justification was the content of certain books are inappropriate for children, clearly not every book should be available in a school library. Here, there’s no argument about the content they just don’t like the author’s politics!
Because news came out about his letter to the FBI, revealing he was a nutcase. The letter was rambling and incoherent, claiming he was trained by the US military off the books, and that Walz had instructed him to kill Amy Klobuchar so he could run for Senate. None of it made any sense (Walz is not running for Senate) and none of the assassinations made any sense, even in a diabolical way.
Nearly all of his hit list was Democrats (including Walz) and abortion clinics, but he was supposedly working for Walz?! Plus, one of the guys he killed wasn’t even on his list, and others were no longer in office or deceased. None of it makes sense from any coherent angle.
Basically, it appears the guy was mentally ill and neither the left or right can use the incident to push their agendas anymore, so the story was dropped.
This is so dumb. First, this means LA began as Spanish land founded to support Spanish missions (i.e. colonialism). Which contradicts their entire premise. But the reality is that Los Angeles is a quintessential American city.
▪️When the US acquired California in the 1840s, LA was a small town of less than 2,000 people. It was basically nothing. It became large only after the gold rush and the railroads completed in the 1870-80s, which brought thousands of new settlers and a booming commercial center.
▪️But LA had a major issue limiting its growth, no water. It wasn’t until Mulholland found a water source and built an aqueduct down from Northern California that LA had the infrastructure to grow into a major city.
▪️Then, a combination of oil, real estate and the film industry caused it to boom in the early 1900s. Post WWII, industries like aerospace continued its spectacular growth. Calling this “Mexican land” is a brain dead take. Neither the Mexicans, Spanish nor ...
