EPA Putting U.S. Electrical Grid at Risk
It’s time once again to talk about one of our favorite organizations – the Environmental Protection Agency. (I assume you know I’m being sarcastic.)
This organization consists of unelected officials to whom political liberals have given ridiculous amounts of power. How have they used this power? By coming up with unrealistic pollution standards that have nearly destroyed the coal industry, put many people out of work and ruined entire communities. More recently the EPA is being accused of land grabs against private citizens and states due to the quality of their water.
This is an organization that has done more to negatively affect America than just about any other over the past 20 years. And I’m including the Democratic Party in that statement.
As more and more U.S. coal plants get shut down by the EPA due to its excessive regulations, our already vulnerable electrical grid becomes even shakier. Does the EPA not realize that the coal industry is responsible for generating nearly 40 percent of America’s electricity?
Obviously the EPA would like to see that percentage drop, but by pushing for it to occur quicker than is safe, the agency is not just putting an extra strain on the electrical grid. It is also placing in jeopardy millions of people who depend on the grid to power their homes with life-saving heat during the winter and life-saving cool air during the summer.
As Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Commissioner Phillip Moeller said recently, “The experience of (the 2013-14) winter indicates that the power grid is now already at the limit.”
It stands to reason that the more coal plants are shut down, the less reliable the grid will become. Even if the grid does not fail this winter or summer, it could easily happen next winter or summer. And in addition to the lack of electrical grid reliability that shutting coal plants causes, heating and cooling costs are rising significantly for the average homeowner.
Does it concern you that our electrical grid is becoming even more vulnerable than it was before, due to unrealistic EPA regulations? I’d love to hear from you about this.
I really wish the Republican party was not as big a bunch of COWARDS as they are and would grow a pair of balls and get behind Trump to take this country back from the liberals.
They wonder why West Virginia went for Trump. He kept his promises to West Virginia and turned away the EPA from the dictatorial Obama attack on coal. They wonder why the people elected Trump. Now they act to impose dictatorship when democracy fails to do their will.
The elite of this world ( Illuminati , world socialist etc ) Have determined that the population of the world ( including the USA ) needs to be reduced by anywhere from 80 to 90 percent. Especially in developed countries one sure way of doing this is a complete power grid failure. The first to die will be people who need machines to support their lives (in hospitals, etc ) Than comes the riots and looting of food stores which will be stripped bare within hours. Without electricity, the warehouses cannot re-fuel their trucks to make deliveries, food processing grind to a halt, farmers cannot fuel their tractors, harvesting equipment etc. within a short period of time, people will use up whatever food they had in their kitchens and hordes will start sweeping thru the cities and towns, breaking in to homes, Killing others all for whatever food they can acquire. It has been estimated that with a grid failure, after one year 90% of the population of the USA will have died. And it is assumes that the same would be true for other developed countries.
What better means to accomplish a cascaded grid failure than to let it age and naturally weaken and deteriorate , with no upgrading and and very little repair ( as it has with a rating of a D+ ) and over burdened more each year by increasing demand, and add to that a socialist regulating agency ( aka the EPA ) to increase further the strain on the grid by forcing, ( through stupid regulations ) existing power plants to go offline thus increasing the load on the of the grid as a whole.
I hope and pray Trump will stop the EPA.it seems like the senitors will not let him get anything done, the Dum ass, I like the 1500powergenerator but I don’t have that kind of money, but I ordered the CD on building the solar system.
Each and every writer above is speaking from their heart. No politics or B.S. Good old American get nit done logic and enginuity!
READ THE BOOK PLANET X THE 2017 ARRIVAL!!!
Planet X is the real threat to all of us.
Yep we need our coal, oil and steel. We need it to be manufactured here in the usa. The real issue is what the government is not telling you all and that is Planet X. Read the book Planet X The 2017 Arrival. That’s the real threat. Do some research. Who or what really killed Dr. Harrington?
Trump has been offered Mexican cement for The Wall. Ironic? No the EPA is killing the American cement industry just like coal
It is ridiculous to think of eliminating coal, when one volcanic eruption can but more pollutants into the atmosphere than years of operating on coal! Have you noticed the volcanoes waking up!! Furthermore, every move one could take to survive without government intervention is being outlawed! Fireplaces, cook stoves, rain barrels, chickens. The more dependent we are, the better controlled we are!
Marge, Thank you for the pointedly accurate and spot on comments. You have outlined our dilemma very well. Thanks for sharing. Rich
I get it, yes we should look for and use alternative sources of energy. But to say that coal should just go away is just complete idiotness. Coal will still be in use LONG after any of us are around. Does it send out pollution? Yes. But as far as contributing to global warming, as they say, biggest farce they’ve ever come up with. But that’s probably another debate. Another great money grabbing scheme, of course the EPA falls into just another money grabber for the U.S government.
OK, lets eliminate all wood & coal production & burning in the US for power production. May I ask how many of you tree huggers and coal huggers would just love to live in the dark with no heat or power?? I would love to hear how your life would be! Thank You for your response.
Outside of Palm Springs, California are great fields of wind turbines. It really is a beautiful sight, mile after mile of wind towers blowing in the wind. And it gives my heart a leap of pleasure to know they are powering all those air conditioners in Palm Springs instead of the electricity company. We need more of that type of electricity. As for myself, I’ve invested in solar power even though I’ll be paying for years to come. It’s worth every penny to be out from under the auspices of the local electric company. Please people, do all you can to be as self-reliant as you can. I believe in what I’m hearing. I’m afraid for our future in the U.S. of A. We need to take care of ourselves and each other as God wants and asks of us. Phooey on all those agencies. They’re all a pain in the keister.
It may already be too late. Here is one example:
Everyone knows that NY State residents are now subsidizing the old defective nuclear power plants on Lake Ontario. The excuse? They produce low carbon power. With the money being spent by the state to keep these plants with the same design flaw that caused the Fukushima disaster running NY could install electric power generation at the head of Lake Ontario. A few facts. Niagara Falls is 177 feet high and half the flow of water produces 2,525 megawatts of power with 0 carbon dioxide. 20 miles down the gorge where the Niagara River discharges into Lake Ontario the altitude of the river is 243 feet, 263 feet lower than the base of the falls. As there would be no necessity of wasting half of the water to keep the majestic falls going you would be able to generate twice the power by simply building a dam at the mouth of the gorge and installing turbines which would give you 3 times the power of those 3 nuclear plants. No fish can survive going over the falls. No fish can jump over the falls. there would be no environmental impact.
So why has this not been done. Graft and corruption!!!
NY City has dams on the Delaware river high in the Catskill mountains. NY’s share of the water is dumped down into deep tunnels that wind up in NY City. Indian Point 2 and 3 could be replaced by installing turbines to harness the energy in all that falling water. Pa’s share of the water is simply released out of the dams to flow to Philadelphia. Turbines could be installed to harness that water.
The Genesse River used to provide power for the mills of Rochester and could provide more power than a nuclear plant were there the will to install low head turbines on the river. As of now just the water flowing through Rochester produces 47 megawatts. Then there is all the water that pours out of the Adirondack mountains. There is enough energy there to power all of NY State without carbon. Which is preferable huge windmills that wipe out millions of migratory birds in violation of law or turbines on the mountain rivers?
No NY State has been blessed with the most valuable resource there is fresh water. The fact that it has chosen to have nuclear plants on that fresh water that could in an instant make that water unusable virtually forever instead of using it to generate safe, clean power demonstrates how corrupt the state is.
That whole organization, including the Democrats & their commander in chief, whom I refuse to acknowledge as POTUS, want to drive America back to the dark ages & into a third world country. Read his book. See the movie, 2016 Obama’s America.
I think we ought to abolish the EPA altogether
EPA is essential and fossil fuels along with nuclear must be replaced with truly renewable energy sources if we want to sustain human life on planet earth.
The EPA is nothing but a fine-collecting cash cow for the federal government. As far as protecting the environment goes, the EPA allows operators of “renewable” wind farms to kill 50 bald eagles per windmill, per year with no consequences — EPA calls that “raptor population management.” I worked in land remediation and never met a real scientist from the EPA — they were all political functionaries.
Human life on Earth has measurably improved since we began using “fossil fuels” and discovering the myriad ways they can be used to create useful products.
You are right. This administration and their lackies have gone a long way to destroying this country. Virtually everything that has been done by these criminals can be undone. However, the one thing that can’t be undone are the stupid sheeple that elect these morons.
Frank: As you may already know, this country has three electric power grids. You have the Eastern and Western Grids and Texas (which has its own). We are experiencing an explosion of new families (both relocations from other states as well as illegal border crossings) No one is doing anything to fix the existing infrastructure. The power companies are keeping the system voltage adjusted at an abnormally high level so that they can push more current (amps) down the lines since voltage and current are inversely proportional. Sustained over voltage can consequently destroy electrical devices.
Yes the EPA is an organization of the liberal disease!! However as you may know I believe its called the Carrington event was in the late 1800’s. We are due for a solar event, flare if you will. This WILL happen again.
The EPA needs to be done away with. They are probably following obummer’s orders who is trying to destroy America.
Yes, We the people need to dispose of all these criminal 3 letter agencies.
Most likely. Obama has had it in for the coal industry since he was elected as POTUS. He wouldn’t even say the word “coal:. it became a private joke of mine that “coal” was Obama’s unmentionable four-letter “c” word.
The EPA’s attack on the coal industry is costing many job losses. And with them idiots crying about global warming when we are in a global cooling cycle, the burning of more coal will lesson the effect of the cooling cycle, but apparently the EPA wants another small ICE age, the EPA needs to be eliminated as soon as possible.
It’s amazing how people can be so stupid to think it’s good that coal, and coal fired things be outlawed. Look, if it weren’t for the overreach of Government agencies there would undoubtedly be more advancement in alternative energy sources. Also because of said overreach, the ability of individuals to come up with alternatives is nearly impossible because of cost of regulation. Also, it requires capitalism for products to take place in the marketplace, such as wind and solar energy. If the Government didn’t take so much from each of our paychecks, we as consumers could buy better batteries that are maintenance free and they would become better faster, and get cheaper.
Ever priced what it would cost to run your home on solar, not to mention the maintenance costs of the batteries. Wind is the same, you have to be able to store the energy for later use.
Just remember, the Government is not the answer to all problems. The solution to problems is innovation, and Government overreach stifles innovation through confiscation.
Name three things that the government (which doesn’t produce anything) does right: Does banking, Amtrack and the Post Office sound familiar?
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I’m getting monthly updates on the impact of the EPA on our generating system from my electric co-op’s publication The Electric Consumer. Indiana is heavily dependent on coal powered plants. Indiana has ample coal deposited easily mined and so cheap. But we are developing more wind farms and solar plants as well.
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In 1973 with the first oil embargo, Nixon issued an Executive Order making coal the required boiler fuel, as we have 400 years of the stuff: That’s the reason all the utilities built coal burners, but no one seems to remember or be aware of the fact. Now we have these liberal jerks who hate coal. No industry can survive when it is subject to the whims of one idiot, followed closely by a contradictory idiot.
We need to get off coal. It is dirty to mine, dirty to burn and leaves toxic waste as ash. Also it has a lower energy density than other fossil fuels. It was fine in the 18-19th century, time to grow up.
Coal is still a very good fuel, Here in Dakota we still use a lot of it for home heating, but the idiot EPA is driving up the price.
And next on their hitlist????….FIREWOOD
Unfortunately that’s already “mission accomplished.” Check the EPA’s new regulation on wood burning stoves. In a nutshell, if your wood burner is older than a 2015 model, you’re in violation of federal “law.” The EPA must be abolished now.
What we should do is use firewood to burn all the EPA bigmahoffs! We can reenact the Salem witch burnings!
I believe we should get off coal ASAP! Why can’t we increase the two renewables — solar and wind more than it is? We should at the very least replace coal fired plants with natural gas plants. Also, if the grid is at a weak point, there is nothing stopping from shipping portable natural gas generators for supplement. I agree with the EPA, we should do everything to eliminate coal.
Eliminate Coal??? What should be eliminated is the EPA.
Amen
we should just empeach him for not fulfilling his oath of office and then change obamacare–then epa can’t make laws the congress is who makes the law–The epa should be reined in.