Germany’s Energy Disaster
The Biden administration remains committed to some version of the Green New Deal, despite devastating blackouts in California and Texas that should serve as warnings of the consequences of depending on inherently unreliable sources of electricity. Germany is one country that has advanced far down the path that “green” advocates want to take the U.S. So what has been the German experience, and how does it relate to the disasters we have seen in California and Texas?
At AmericanExperiment.org, Isaac Orr lays out the facts in detail. His long post is worth reading in its entirety, but here are a few excerpts:
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Unusually cold temperatures caused blackouts that left millions of Texans without power for days, but the repercussions have now spread across the country. Minnesotans will feel the nationwide natural gas price surge.
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) Frigid cold temperatures could be seen across much of the United States this week. A deep freeze in Texas and surrounding states caused millions to lose power in a time where heat was essential.
According to CNN, outages were most severe in Texas because the state runs on its own electric grid, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). ERCOT does not easily borrow power from other states.
Why did this happen in Texas, while many lights in the Midwest remained on?
“As you noticed, we did pretty good. Minnesota planned well. Texas did not plan. ‘Texas’ model was build the cheapest thing, we don’t care,’” Minnesota Public Utilities Commissioner John Tuma said.