{"id":1324040,"date":"2022-02-21T15:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1324040"},"modified":"2022-02-21T20:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T01:37:37","slug":"washington-post-blasted-online-for-story-claiming-wind-and-solar-would-solve-blackouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-blasted-online-for-story-claiming-wind-and-solar-would-solve-blackouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Blasted Online For Story Claiming Wind And Solar Would Solve Blackouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-post-blasted-online-for-story-claiming-wind-and-solar-would-solve-blackouts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1324040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Windmills.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Washington Post was blasted online Monday after it published an article claiming that power blackouts, even ones caused by natural disasters, could be avoided nationwide by switching to 100% renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2022\/02\/20\/texas-energy-winter-renewable-jacobson-dessler-rogan\/?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=wp_main&#038;utm_source=twitter\">article<\/a>, titled \u201cA year after Texas cold spell, study shows renewable energy could help prevent blackouts,\u201d focuses on the blackouts that rocked the state of Texas in the winter of 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A recent study shows that electricity blackouts can be avoided across the nation \u2014 perhaps even during intense weather events \u2014 by switching to 100 percent clean and renewable energy, such as solar, wind and water energy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z3de3RgzM5\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z3de3RgzM5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1495552116085215235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Millions of Texans were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/millions-without-power-in-texas-energy-prices-climb\">without power<\/a> in the midst of rare winter storms in Texas, as The Daily Wire reported last February. Gas prices also soared across the state, as demand skyrocketed while the freezing temperatures impacted much of the state\u2019s infrastructure and caused production to slow dramatically. At the same time, nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nearly-half-of-texas-wind-turbines-frozen-in-winter-storm-limiting-states-power-output\">half of the state\u2019s wind turbines<\/a>, which produce nearly 20% of the state\u2019s electricity, were frozen in the winter storm.<\/p>\n<p>Against the background of the Texas blackouts, the Post article went on to cite an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/efmh\/jacobson\/Articles\/I\/21-USStates-PDFs\/21-USStatesPaper.pdf\">October 2021 study<\/a> from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, which claimed that a complete switch to 100% renewable energy would cut end-use energy demand by more than half, approximately 57%, and decrease private energy costs by approximately 63%, compared with a \u201cbusiness-as-usual\u201d scenario. Extreme weather events, like the Texas blackouts or the rolling blackouts that affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-faces-rolling-blackouts-as-heat-wave-begins\">California<\/a> throughout the summer of 2020, could be \u201cavoided <span>at a low cost,\u201d The Washington Post wrote. Per the Post, the study claimed that building more alternative energy sources would lower energy demand by 60% in California and 56% in Texas. The study also determined that its predictive model would have enough energy supply to meet demand every 30 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But the study was conducted based on a model of 2050 and 2051, and the authors make several assumptions about energy infrastructure. First, the researchers imagined that all vehicles by 2050 would be powered either by electricity or by hydrogen fuel cells. Fossil fuel power generators and home heating systems were also replaced by wind turbines, solar panels, and electric heat pumps and hot water heaters. The researchers also added some new geothermal energy sources, but no new hydroelectric power plants. Mark Jacobson, the lead researcher, told the Post that in the team\u2019s prediction, \u201c<span>many homes would also have their own storage and wouldn\u2019t need to rely on the grid as much.\u201d The team also relied on a nationwide, interconnected energy grid to make up for deficiencies in the energy supply, such as less wind or low sunlight during the winter, or in case of a severe weather event like in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Twitter users blasted the Post, citing the study\u2019s myriad assumptions and taking issue with many of its claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYup, just a puny ~3,700,000 MW (w\/ 4 hrs) of batteries and ~390,000 MW of HVDC and ~5,900,000 MW of generation,\u201d wrote Dr. Christopher Clack, an environmental researcher who published a paper in 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/114\/26\/6722\">refuting<\/a> a previous paper by Jacobson on the same topic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yup, just a puny ~3,700,000 MW (w\/ 4 hrs) of batteries and ~390,000 MW of HVDC and ~5,900,000 MW of generation. I shall just leave this here again (lots of the same issues remain): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I1jB1J0LSz\">https:\/\/t.co\/I1jB1J0LSz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xjh7gdWHV1\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xjh7gdWHV1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Christopher T M Clack, PhD (@DrChrisClack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrChrisClack\/status\/1495621236147298307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis preposterous \u2018study\u2019 by Stanford assumes a 57%, FIFTY SEVEN PERCENT, reduction in end-use energy demand,\u201d A Twitter user wrote. \u201cDo you realize how much you\u2019d have to devastate our standard of living for that? Half the population gonna live in mud huts now?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This preposterous \u201cstudy\u201d by Stanford assumes a 57%, FIFTY SEVEN PERCENT, reduction in end-use energy demand. <\/p>\n<p>Do you realize how much you\u2019d have to devastate our standard of living for that? Half the population gonna live in mud huts now? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WNIdYAs4yH\">https:\/\/t.co\/WNIdYAs4yH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oilfield_Rando\/status\/1495871134180515853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf we switched to \u2018100 percent clean and renewable energy, such as solar, wind, and water energy,\u2019 we\u2019d have daily blackouts since it\u2019s literally not possible for those sources of energy to fully power our nation given the technology that\u2019s on the market,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If we switched to &#8220;100 percent clean and renewable energy, such as solar, wind, and water energy,&#8221; we&#8217;d have daily blackouts since it&#8217;s literally not possible for those sources of energy to fully power our nation given the technology that&#8217;s on the market. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uApQ4p0iwf\">https:\/\/t.co\/uApQ4p0iwf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnhawkinsrwn\/status\/1495875069549109250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A number of users took particular issue with Jacobson\u2019s track record and pointed out that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/mark-jacobson-drops-lawsuit-against-critics-of-his-100-renewables\">sued Clack<\/a> for critiquing his work.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The utter bullshit that undergirds Mark Jacobson\u2019s research was obvious to some of us over a decade ago, obvious to many more after he sued his academic critics, but apparently will never be obvious to a subset of peer reviewers and journalists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a9uvnMAA7p\">https:\/\/t.co\/a9uvnMAA7p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Trembath (@atrembath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrembath\/status\/1495826370965901314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh, come on, this again? It is literally the same model with flawed assumptions &#038; implausible scenarios that he keeps regurgitating across journals.<\/p>\n<p>So many experts have spent time in trying to engage &#038; point out flaws in their methodology but he never wants to listen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bxvKrJcI9M\">https:\/\/t.co\/bxvKrJcI9M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arvind Ravikumar (@arvindpawan1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arvindpawan1\/status\/1495633270234562560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div id=\"post-body-text\">\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. 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