Climate Depot Exclusive
Washington D.C.- A total blackout of a House Science committee occurred during a House Hearing on Climate Change and the EPA’s power plans. The lights went out and the room was plunged into total darkness at 10:23 AM in the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled: Full Committee Hearing – “The Administration’s Climate Plan: Failure by Design” – 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 | Sep 17, 2014 10:00am
The lights continued to blink off and on and then stayed off for nearly one minute. Everyone remained seated and the dark room descended into a quiet chatter among the crowd as they waited for power to be restored.
Climate Depot was in attendance and provides these exclusive photos and video of the House climate and power hearing as it was plunged into involuntary darkness. Photos & Video here
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The irony of a climate and energy hearing being plunged into darkness was made even more ironic by the fact that Holdren has warned that the U.S. is ‘threatened” by what he termed “the hazards of too much energy, too soon.” Obama EPA’s Real Motive?! Flashback 1975: Obama Science Czar John Holdren warned U.S. ‘threatened’ by ‘the hazards of too much energy’ – Flashback 1975: Obama Science Czar John Holdren Said Real Threat to USA Is Cheap Energy: ‘The U.S. is threatened far more by the hazards of too much energy, too soon, than by the hazards of too little energy, too late.’
“Mounting evidence suggests that the United States is approaching (if not beyond) the level where further energy growth costs more than it is worth,” Holdren added.
This is the at least the second time that a hearing dealing with EPA climate and energy regulations has been hit by a blackout. See:
EPA forced to move climate hearings on coal plant restrictions due to ‘large scale power outage’ – EPA’s own version of ‘Gore Effect’?
Reaction: ‘EPA’s hearing session on their proposed guidelines to hammer existing coal plants has to be moved due to electrical outages. Feels a bit like the ‘Gore effect’. Perhaps a harbinger of things to come.’
Is economic ‘graceful decline’ the true agenda of some warmists‘
NYT: New EPA regulations may prompt blackouts — ‘May Strain Summer Energy Supplies’
Analysis: ‘Obama’s War on Coal Killing jobs, causing blackouts’
Climate Depot response: A war on affordable energy is just what the greens want. Obama science Czar Holdren in 1975: Holdren Says Real Threat to USA Is Cheap Energy
Is this coming to U.S. Via EPA regs? Britain ‘may be forced to use ‘last resort’ measures to avert blackouts in coming winters’ – Factories will be paid to switch off at times of peak demand in order to keep households’ lights on, if Britain’s dwindling power plants are unable to provide enough electricity, under the backstop measures from National Grid.