VOCABULARY: Here’s dunkelflaute or why we can’t depend on wind or solar power

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

https://www.schiffsovereign.com/trends/if-you-think-bitcoin-is-on-fire-just-wait-for-the-natural-gas-boom-151726/

If you think Bitcoin is on fire, just wait for the natural gas boom
by James Hickman
on November 12, 2024

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So, wind and solar are somewhat price competitive. But they carry a security risk: do you really want China manufacturing your entire power grid? Is it possible they built a kill switch in their software?

More importantly, they’re not terribly reliable. There are times (like night!) when the sun doesn’t shine. Germany (which generates nearly 60% of its power from renewable energy) recently experienced yet another dunkelflaute, i.e. a foggy, doldrum period in which there is neither sunshine nor wind.

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Thanks Schiff Gold we know have another “loaned-word” from German.  Akin to a portmanteau, English is not afraid to borrow good words for a unique description.

In this case, what is wrong with wind and solar power  —  dunkelflaute!

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POLITICAL: Nuclear Power, like RKBA, is a litmus test issue

Monday, April 22, 2024

https://www.schiffsovereign.com/trends/these-powerful-inspired-idiots-will-take-us-back-to-the-stone-age-150693/

These powerful Inspired Idiots will take us back to the Stone Age
by James Hickman on April 12, 2024

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Sure, it would be great to reduce oil consumption… Geez if only there were another technology that was multiples more energy efficient than oil, but was simultaneously clean and green?

Oh wait, that technology already exists. It’s called nuclear.

But the green fanatics don’t like nuclear either… because they are Inspired Idiots. So their one-track minds are focused on stopping oil.

Just imagine if Honolulu’s lawsuit succeeds, and the city is awarded punitive damages; it would open up the floodgates for class action lawsuits around the world. Every city, state, and country in the world would be able to sue in the name of climate change.

No oil company would survive, and no investor or entrepreneur would touch the sector. The cost of energy would skyrocket… which would increase the cost of everything. Powering your home. Heating your home. Food. Medicine. EVERYTHING.

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Seems like “We, The Sheeple” should insist on safe cheap nuclear power!

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