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$2 Trillion Climate Plan

therightinsight.org/2-Trillion-Climate-Plan
  • 3/9/21 at 3:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

President Biden proposed a $2 trillion climate and energy plan during his campaign. He has now begun implementation of that plan, which would provide the funding over his first term in office. The funding would be primarily in the form of ...

Baseload Replacement - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 7/19/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Baseload powerplants operate continuously at, or close to, their rated capacity to meet the continuous demand on the electric grid. Nuclear power plants are typically operated as baseload plants. Some coal power plants are also operated as ...

Blame Game

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  • 10/12/21 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”, Ronald Reagan

The utility industry challenges discussed in the previous commentary, Reliability Roulette...

Climate Change Dissonance - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 9/19/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

 

Dissonance: lack of agreement (the dissonance between the truth and what people want [you] to believe) – Merriam-Webster

Statements of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regarding climate change:

  • Latest IPCC climate ...

Demonstration Challenge - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 11/28/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The stated goal of the US Administration’s renewable energy transition is to replace all dispatchable fossil-fueled electricity generation and all direct fossil fuel usage with renewable electricity to reduce CO2 emissions. Logically,...

Demonstration Reporting - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 4/5/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

This commentary suggests a reporting format for the renewable plus storage demonstration discussed in the prior two commentaries.

 

Pre-demonstration electricity generation ...

Future World – How Many Windmills Would We Need?

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  • 6/6/17 at 8:51 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The US currently consumes approximately 97 quadrillion British Thermal Units (BTU) of energy in all forms each year (97 Quads). Since this quantity of energy and the forms of energy which constitute it vary over time, this analysis will use...

Goals & Plans - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 5/30/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”, Antoine de St.Exupery

“I love it when a plan comes together.”, John (Hannibal) Smith

The Biden Administration has announced a series of goals, leading to an overall goal of ...

Grid Balancing - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 4/12/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The electric utility grid requires instantaneous balancing of demand and supply. Historically, most fluctuations on the grid were the result of changes in customer demand. However, as intermittent renewable sources of generation are added ...

Grid Responsibility - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 2/20/24 at 6:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

Previous commentaries (Renewables Responsibility and Government Responsibility) dealt with the government and renewables industry perceptions of their responsibilities regarding the proposed energy transformation.

Government, at all levels...

Innovation Instead - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 10/18/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

“That's why I think we need to recognize it has to be about innovation instead. If we focus on making green energy so cheap that eventually everyone will want it, then we can get everybody on board, and we can do so very, very ...

Not Zero - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 3/28/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The Biden Administration has set a goal of achieving Net Zero US annual CO2 emissions by 2050. To accomplish this goal, the Administration has decreed that all coal-fired electric generation would cease by 2030; and, that all natural gas ...

Offshore Wind Woes - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 1/9/24 at 6:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The year, 2023, was not a good year for the offshore wind industry, which has seemingly been beset by adversity on all sides.

Supply chain disruptions, largely resulting from the COVID pandemic and national efforts to deal with the ...

Pieces of a Plan

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  • 9/21/21 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

"A goal without a plan is just a wish." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Biden Administration has yet to release a plan to reach its stated CO2 emission reduction goals for 2030, 2035 and 2050. However, the ...

Renewable Demonstration - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 3/22/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

I believe it is essential that at least one large scale demonstration of a completely freestanding renewable plus storage powered grid be conducted under carefully controlled conditions. This demonstration should begin as soon as possible ...

Renewable Productivity - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 4/19/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The wind and solar generation systems installed in the US have been installed in the most favorable locations available, for obvious reasons. However, as wind and solar generation are expanded toward a renewable plus storage generation ...

Renewable Transition

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  • 1/25/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The US transition to renewable electric generation is proceeding down a path which assures that electric rates will rise. Wind and solar are “source of opportunity” generators, producing electricity when the wind blows and the ...

Thanksgiving 2022 - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 11/22/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

We have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving and much to be concerned about as well.

We can be thankful that the increased CO2 in the atmosphere has contributed to increased agricultural productivity, which is essential to feed our ...

Transparency - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 3/29/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

I believe that the demonstration project described in the previous commentary should be conducted rigorously and transparently, with broad website access to hourly, daily, monthly and annual data.

The first step in this process would be ...

Ultimate Demonstration - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 9/12/23 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

There has not been a successful demonstration of a renewable plus storage grid, even with generation support from fossil, nuclear, geothermal and biomass generators. Previous commentaries (here, here and here) have described a conceptual ...

USA Climate Priorities 2

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  • 8/27/19 at 6:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The previous commentary on USA Climate Priorities discussed priorities regarding climate science, specifically regarding: accurate temperature measurement; establishment of specific values for climate sensitivity and feedbacks; and, ...

Utility Regrets (Large) - ORIGINAL CONTENT

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  • 12/20/22 at 7:00 AM
  • Energy Policy,Climate Change
  • Ed Reid

The electric utility industry functions within the framework of federal, state and local legislation and regulation. The legislators and regulators are influenced by the renewable energy industry and by numerous environmental advocacy ...