( aka "Green Ordeal" )
reads like a new
communist manifesto.
Read about it here,
if you don't believe me:
Since the announcement
of the Green New Deal (GND),
several studies attempted
to quantify the energy-cost of
forced, near-term decarbonizing
of the electric grid:
Decarbonizing
the electric grid
is part of the GND’s
overall energy plan.
The GND intends
to decarbonize
transportation
and buildings too.
Black & Veatch study for SoCalGas:
= $3 Trillion just for CA;
= $25 Trillion extrapolated to entire U.S.
( not adjusted for different weather
in states outside of Califoprnia )
ICF study for AGA:
= $0.6 to $1.2 Trillion;
= $14.8 to $30 Trillion extrapolated
for remaining 96% of the U.S,
per EPA’s “Inventory of U.S.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
and Sinks"
And $25 to $30 trillion
might not be a worst-case
scenario.
The estimates do not account
for cold weather emergencies,
such as “polar vortexes” and
“bomb cyclones,” both causing
huge peak loads that could not be
supplied by renewables plus batteries.
Wind turbines ice up when it gets
polar vortex-level cold, and
then are routinely shut down.
Solar photovoltaics
have lower efficiency
when covered with
dust and dirt,
and perform less well
when covered in snow.
Battery storage capacity
is measured in hours
-- a polar vortex
can last for days.
Batteries also lose
their storage capacity
as the temperature
gets colder.
Charging batteries
(especially lithium batteries )
can cause problems
when it’s freezing cold.
And what would it cost
to transform a typical
private residence
from gas appliances
to electric?
Retrofitting electric panels
and wiring to accommodate
electric appliances.,
is another potential cost.
A recent study funded by
the California Building Industry
Association (CBIA), “Cost of
Residential Electrification”. said:
"Homeowners would
need to pay roughly $4,600
to upgrade their wiring
and electric panel"
[ in addition to the cost
of buying new electric appliances ].
"Deep decarbonization,
through electrification"
would have huge costs,
especially for batteries
required to maintain
an electric grid, where
there would otherwise
be no electricity available
during a windless night.