Fmr. PM Tony Blair moment of clarity! Rips UK climate plan: ‘Any strategy based on either ‘phasing out’ fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail’
Blair said people were “being asked to make financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle when they know that their impact on global emissions is minimal”. He said “any strategy based on either ‘phasing out’ fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail”.
Alex Berenson on Spain blackout: ‘Renewable energy was fun while it lasted’ – Caused by ‘overdependence on solar & other renewable energy’ – ‘Congrats, Greta Thunberg!’
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/urgent-yet-more-legacy-media-deception URGENT: Yet more legacy media deception on a vital issue By Alex Berenson Excerpt: Overdependence on solar and other renewable energy is almost surely the reason almost 60 million people in Spain and Portugal lost power yesterday. Don’t try to find that fact in the NY Times, though. … I can’t believe I have […]
Meteorologist Joe Bastardi: Geothermal inputs ‘showing signs of cooling’ temps’
Special to Climate Depot By Joe Bastardi The cumulative buildup of heat in the ocean due to increased geothermal input since the late 1980s. Upper left SST anomaly 1989. Upper right increased geothermal and ocean response. Lower left last year, lower right this year. Underneath the 4: Rapid input drop since last year. Just what […]
Watch: Morano on Fox on Spain’s Blackout: They were celebrating 100% renewables & then ‘the whole grid goes belly up’ – Also talks how Calif Gov. Newsom is still ‘dictating’ U.S. gas car bans
@ClimateDepot sounds off as Spain & Portugal are hit with massive power outages just days after Spain touted its 100% renewable energy-sourced grid. | @DagenMcdowell @DavidAsmanfox pic.twitter.com/PlMd84e9S6 — The Bottom Line (@BottomLineFBN) April 28, 2025 Full Segment: Morano on Fox on The Bottom Line – talking Spain’s energy blackout & how Calif. Gov. Newsom is […]
‘Spain celebrated the destruction of their nuclear plants. Now they’re seeing the result of this decision’
Spain’s blackout wasn’t just a technical failure. It was a political, strategic, and technical failure. Spain celebrated the destruction of their nuclear plants. Now they’re seeing the result of this decision. Renewables are direct current (DC). Power grids are alternating… pic.twitter.com/ExQnDsVo5m — The People’s King Elvis Libertarian for Hughes (@Real_King_Elvis) April 29, 2025 […]
Analysis: ‘Spain was running its grid with very little of what’s called ‘dispatchable spinning generation’ – Therefore, power plants were not able to ‘quickly adjust their output to keep the grid stable’
Before the outage hit, Spain was running its grid with very little of what’s called “dispatchable spinning generation” (also known as inertia). …
“Dispatchable spinning generation” means power plants, like gas or nuclear, that can quickly adjust their output to keep the grid stable. The name “spinning” refers to the turbines that traditional generation plants such as coal, gas, nuclear that use spinning turbines help with this.
Traditional plants provide this with their spinning turbines, but renewables don’t, making the grid more fragile if you don’t have a way to very rapidly load-balance in the case of an outage.
This likely contributed to the outage that hit Spain, Portugal, and parts of France, as the grid couldn’t handle sudden disruptions well.
UK Telegraph: ‘Net zero blamed for Europe’s biggest power cut’ – ‘Experts say a reliance on solar & wind power left Spain & Portugal vulnerable’
Traditional energy systems have mechanisms which allow them to keep running even if there is a shock, such as a surge or loss of power.
However, solar and wind do not have the same ability.