Electricity

The Drax power station in Yorkshire, which has received £6bn in U.K. green subsidies, has kept burning wood from some of the world's most precious forests, a BBC investigation has found.
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One of India’s iconic large birds, the great Indian bustard, is feared to be about to go extinct due to the growth of electric transmission lines from wind and solar power. Just 150 birds may remain.
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Welcome to the Government's latest Net Zero swindle, says David Turver: electricity interconnectors with continental Europe. Touted as making energy cheaper, cleaner and more secure, they in fact do the opposite.
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Russia implements an energy pivot to the south By Dmitry Skvortsov The EU’s refusal to purchase Russian electricity has become one of the most important points of the West’s sanctions program…

by Frank Bergman, Slay News: Joe Biden is “close” to signing an executive order to declare a “climate emergency,” granting the Democrat president sweeping new powers to enforce lockdowns and other tyrannical measures in order to “save the planet” from “global warming,” a public policy think tank is warning. According to the Heartland Institute, “the […]

The cost of electricity will soon be based on amount of electricity consumed, plus income level. It's a new income tax plus a new wealth redistribution scheme. This sets a bad precedent to set prices based on income rather than the cost of the goods or services.

It would cost $29 trillion in initial outlays for battery backup to replace current US 'fossil fuel' electricity and convert vehicles, furnaces, water heaters, and stoves to electricity. An engineer determined that grid-backup battery costs could reach $290 trillion (12.6 times the USA's 2021 GDP).

The state energy supplier is asking Swedes to insulate windows, gather the whole family in a single room, and build a makeshift hut out of blankets in the event of partial power cuts. The newly elected Moderate Party supports the expansion of nuclear power, but it will not be available by winter.

At least 20 million households -- or about 1 in 6 American homes -- are behind on their power bills as soaring electricity prices spark what is said to be the worst-ever crisis in late utility payments.

Spain’s socialist government is actually imposing a decree that bans air conditioning below 27°C (80.6°F) in all public and commercial places including airports, public transport, restaurants, cinemas and more.