Looking for insight into the wind and solar ‘transition’? Then start with California – where power prices are crushing the poorest households, and blackouts and routine power rationing are now an accepted part of their attempt to run on heavily subsidised and chaotically intermittent wind and solar.

Power prices, already the highest in the USA, continue to rise at a staggering rate. And, as John Hinderaker points out below, in that respect, California is well and truly set on its path to oblivion, with householders in for much, much worse.

Using Electricity to Redistribute Money
Powerline
John Hinderaker
21 April 2023

One of the many problems with “green” energy is that it is ridiculously expensive. Millions of Americans, if they have to pay the cost of wind or solar energy to power their homes, will not be able to afford it, and will have to sell out. Liberals know this…

By Richard Stern ~

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced a debt limit deal Saturday, with a vote expected Wednesday in the House of Representatives.

President Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., before his State of the Union address in February at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

Heritage Foundation experts scrutinized the text of the 99-page bill, including provisions related to spending, pro-growth policies, student loan cancellation, and work requirements for welfare. The following is their latest analysis of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

Spending

Early in the year, The Heritage Foundation called for total base discretionary spending to return to fiscal 2022 levels—a cut from current levels of around $130 billion. Whereas the House Republicans’ Limit, Save, Grow Act hit that mark, the Fiscal Responsibility Act would only cut discretionary spending by $12 billion in fiscal…

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When 300-tonne wind turbines spontaneously explode into giant toxic fireballs, locals have more contend with than the risk of bushfires (or ‘wildfires’ as Americans call them).

Packed with flammable and toxic oils, plastics, fibreglass and low-ignition point metals, like aluminium, when one of these things spontaneously bursts into flames, everybody for miles around knows all about it. For rural dwellers nervous about the terror that comes with an out-of-control bushfire, here are a few fun facts about the Vestas V112.

A Vestas V112 3MW turbine – the kind used at Macarthur in Victoria – holds the following “chemicals”, according to their specifications:

The hydraulic system has about 100 litres of hydraulic fluid in reserve, and to keep the gearbox lubricated requires 1,170 litres of gear oil – which sits in the gearbox sump and a reservoir (“external gravity tank), all housed in the nacelle:

So – once alight…