13 Replies to “What could Possibly Go Wrong?”

    1. “Start spreading the costs of this pointless experiment as fairly as we can instead of dumping it on electricity consumers who don’t have solar and on taxpayers who voted against a carbon tax.”

      I agree. Confiscate the assets of the persons responsible, lock them up and throw away the keys.

      Then, inform Beijing that Australia has better uses for her coal than fueling the Chinese war machine. 100% embargo on coal exports to China.

  2. A suggestion to the Aussies. Next time you go and vote, stop by a coffee shop, relax, have the second cup, and think twice.

    My Dad dismantled his Jacob’s wind generator in 1954, two weeks after Sask Power hooked us up to the grid that got it’s energy from a coal fired plant near Estevan. We kept the tower for a TV antennae.

    The reason that Jacobs wind chargers were disposed of (they were the best of the industry) is that we rarely had enough wind to keep the batteries charged. We had to utilize an air cooled engine with a generator as a charger. The more things change, the more they get the same.

  3. Where I live we have several islands that are off the grid….they all have wind and solar
    ….the man that owns the company that delivers diesel, oil, and gas is a millionaire

  4. And the same is coming here.
    We continue to elect the useless and clueless and we will be freezing in the dark,praying for dawn and the wind to blow.
    I have wired a large number of solar panels and wind generation gadgets up for cabin owners in my area.
    What every one of them learns,usually the hard way, is if you want electricity at your whim,power when you want it,you run a diesel genset.
    If you chose to rely on wind and solar,you adjust your life to suit power availability.Daylight with wind blowing.Funny how little of either at 30 below.

    Storage batteries are labour intensive and require a decent genset to fully cycle the battery charge.
    It takes an oversized wind/solar arrays to provide adequate amperage for charging,with sufficient duration..hours not minutes.

    Failure to property care for the storage battery system results in a $10 000 capital cost sooner than they expected.

    Our parasitic overlords are infatuated with “clean energy”, oddly enough most of their solutions are dirtier than diesel.
    You can’t cure stupid.

  6. To those enjoying the blackout. Ha, ha, ha, serves you right for being so stupid.

    And soon we will be able to laugh at ourselves.

  7. “Failed states are typified by deteriorating or destroyed infrastructures. Metaphorically, the more potholes (or main roads turned to rutted tracks), the more a state will exemplify failure. As rulers siphon funds from the state coffers, so there are fewer capital resources for road crews, equipment, and raw materials.”
    — Robert I. Rotberg, Failed States, Collapsed States, Weak States: Causes and Indicators
    https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/statefailureandstateweaknessinatimeofterror.pdf

    … and we can add power plants to that list.

  8. I think the Wynne Liberals in their dying days demolished the Nanticoke coal hydro plant so it couldn’t be converted to natural gas. We need a way to tax their pensions at 100%, then go after other assets.

  9. If I find myself cold and freezing there will be a government official who will enjoy my company as permanent guest.

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