From New York to California, localities have taken action to stymie solar and wind energy projects to preserve their way of life, according to Manhattan Institute senior fellow Robert Bryce.
“All-renewable scenarios rely on the vacant-land myth, the faulty notion that there’s endless amounts of unused, uncared-for land out there in flyover country that’s ready and waiting to be covered with forests of renewable-energy stuff,” Bryce told Senate lawmakers in a hearing Thursday.
“The truth is quite different,” Bryce said in prepared testimony for the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
“Rural communities, even entire states, are resisting or rejecting wind, solar, and high-voltage transmission projects and that opposition is already slowing deployment of new renewable capacity in the U.S., Canada, and Europe,” Bryce said.
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ReplyDeleteNuclear should be given the green light again. The plants are complex but have worked well and safely despite the fact we're all spooked by them. They don't take up much space in comparison to the visual blight accompanying wind and solar installations, and produce so much more power every day.
Hydroelectric is already largely in place, and efficient. Coal, oil and gas are proven technologies, and can continue to be improved.
We need a lot more electricity in the foreseeable future, and that's without making any provision for more electric vehicles. Wind and solar will not get the job done. More nukes, widely distributed can carry the bulk of the load, and provide a more decentralized and stable grid which would benefit all of us and our heirs.
Go Nuclear !!!
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