Green Energy Peril: Powerless Times Ahead
Watch Europe as its hungry, powerless winter unfolds. Their peril is our warning
Viv Forbes , Bio and Archives--September 22, 2022
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It is a still winter night in Green-topia. Wind turbines are idle; solar panels are in darkness; some are covered with snow. In the rich green suburbs, electric cars are getting re-charged. Lights, heaters and TV are on, and coffee is percolating.
Where is the electricity coming from?
Where is the electricity coming from? Maybe big batteries? No – they got drained last night re-charging the electric cars. All power tonight is coming from the old reliables - coal, gas, hydro or nuclear. What if it’s cloudy and windless tomorrow and the reliables have a hiccup? Watch Europe as its hungry, powerless winter unfolds. Their peril is our warning.
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Viv Forbes, Chairman, The Carbon Sense Coalition, has spent his life working in exploration, mining, farming, infrastructure, financial analysis and political commentary. He has worked for government departments, private companies and now works as a private contractor and farmer.
Viv has also been a guest writer for the Asian Wall Street Journal, Business Queensland and mining newspapers. He was awarded the “Australian Adam Smith Award for Services to the Free Society” in 1988, and has written widely on political, technical and economic subjects.