Winter Is Coming as Grid Struggles to Produce Energy
The Obama administration is busy trying to save us all from the day when the ice melts – wasn’t that supposed to already happen? – causing polar bears to swim off to find a new home and people to stop vacationing in the Caribbean because all the islands will be underwater. But the administration forgets the warning from everyone’s favorite geo-political gore-fest, “Game of Thrones” – winter is coming. The EPA’s crusade on every reliable way to produce energy could make a cold winter much harder for the nation if it strains the nation’s electrical grid to the point of failure. The grid was already near capacity, and now the EPA’s plan to cut carbon emissions from coal power plants could raise the stakes. As CEO of American Electric Power Nicholas Akins told Congress about the nation’s electrical output last winter, “This country did not just dodge a bullet – we dodged a cannon ball.” If the heat doesn’t work as snow begins to fly, we’re sure the elderly will understand it is to fight global warming. More…
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