Americans Pinched as Electricity Costs Hit All-Time Highs

[Into the Night]

They are national companies that are not regulated by the feds in Texas but they are absolutely regulated on the other grids outside of Texas. So try harder to stop lying.

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[Into the Night]

Yup. There's typically a reason. The avian flu killed millions of chickens in the nation. Farmers killed healthy birds to avoid the spread. Of course there would an ease in prices when the problem was solved.

But as you say...it's usually Biden's fault with no mention of a drop in prices.

There is no reason to kill a healthy chicken (unless you are harvesting it).
Bird that DID get the flu can be and were quarantined. The eggs they lay have nothing wrong with them. With many varieties of flu the chickens get, it is possible to treat them.

 

[Into the Night]

I'm lucky. I do have a small generator that I hook to my panel in the rare instances that we lose power. My reference to outages was meant to illustrate the enormous costs to energy grids when weather damages transformers, wires, substations, etc..

A whole house generator is a great idea, and getting more and more common. Costly investment, but is sure is worth it when the power goes out.

Illegal and dangerous. Get yourself a generator port installed by a properly qualified electrician.

 

[Into the Night]

They have no power over those companies. They have an oversight panel that approves rates. They own the panelists. They approve every price raise. Enron showed how to get more money. Shut down the power and when people are suffering, they will accept much higher rates. Then they use the money on executive bonuses and bribes. This is how capitalism works.

Enron wasn't capitalism. It was a glorious example of why communism doesn't work.

 

[Althea]

Is that how you power your electric vibrators, Anth ?

I don't know what that means?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

I haven't found all the accounts you use, Sock. Talking to yourself doesn't accomplish anything.

None of which you can name, Sybil...because it's a secwet? LOL

 

[T. A. Gardner]

As Democrats push for more electric cars and a fossil-fuel-free nations, Republicans are pushing to shut down government over "the Wall". Neither seem interested in pushing for solving the problems facing Americans on a daily basis. While the link below points to "light at the end of the tunnel" 22 years from now, that's not helping families now.


https://www.newsweek.com/electricit...energy-bills-inflation-interest-rates-1850199
Americans Pinched as Electricity Costs Hit All-Time Highs
Electricity rates in the U.S. soared to all-time highs in September, with Americans facing the sting of higher energy bills.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a spike to $0.171 per kilowatt-hour in September, presenting a harsh reality against the backdrop of a seemingly robust economy. While costs moderated to $0.169 per kilowatt-hour in October, industry experts point to a web of causes including geopolitical tensions, global pandemics, and green energy transitions which indicate that the days of stable, low-cost electricity might be fading and a new reality may be emerging....

...Will I Have High Electric Bills Forever?
There is light at the end of the tunnel. "Some of these factors are subsiding," Thomson explained, "and since regulated utilities are required to pass cost decreases through to customers as well as cost increases, some customers could see lower bills in the coming year."

The U.S. Power Utilities & Renewables leader told Newsweek that as the industry increasingly turns to renewable sources like wind and solar, which are not fuel-reliant, the potential for moderating costs emerges. "Over time, as the share of electricity generated by renewables such as wind and solar continues to grow, it could tend to moderate costs since those energy sources do not use fuel, and those savings would be passed on to customers," he noted.

He remains optimistic about the long-term impact of renewable energy, adding, "As the energy transition progresses, households that electrify their energy use by replacing fossil-fueled cars, heating systems, and other appliances with EVs, heat pumps and electric appliances could potentially see as much as a 40 percent decrease in household energy bills by 2045."

Then the answer is, build more natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants to bring the costs down substantially.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Is that how you power your electric vibrators, Anth ?

I don't know what that means?

Aussies have such short dicks that the only way they can please Aussie women is with an electric vibrator, usually a dildo with an American-style penis shape.

He's concerned about how Americans power their vibrators. Just tell him "We do it the old-fashioned way, just like the Brits did to your mothers!"

 

[Dutch Uncle]

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Another secwet, Sybil?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Then the answer is, build more natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants to bring the costs down substantially.

In the short-term. What about the long-term where your great-grandkids have to face these problems? Or don't they matter because you'll be dead and forgotten?

 

[Althea]

Aussies have such short dicks that the only way they can please Aussie women is with an electric vibrator, usually a dildo with an American-style penis shape.

He's concerned about how Americans power their vibrators. Just tell him "We do it the old-fashioned way, just like the Brits did to your mothers!"

He obviously thinks I'm a woman, despite dozens of corrections of that mistake over the years.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

In the short-term. What about the long-term where your great-grandkids have to face these problems? Or don't they matter because you'll be dead and forgotten?

They won't be problems then. Think of it this way:

In

1924 Oil was the big thing in energy
1824 Coal was the big thing in energy
1724 We chopped down forests for energy

2024 should see us making nuclear the big thing in energy but radical Leftist environmentalist retards all but stopped that.

In 2124 where will we be? I can tell up with 99% certainty it won't be wind and solar powering the world...

 

[Dutch Uncle]

They won't be problems then. Think of it this way:

In

1924 Oil was the big thing in energy
1824 Coal was the big thing in energy
1724 We chopped down forests for energy

2024 should see us making nuclear the big thing in energy but radical Leftist environmentalist retards all but stopped that.

In 2124 where will we be? I can tell up with 99% certainty it won't be wind and solar powering the world...

You're free to bet their well being on it, Terry. I'd recommend a little more caution. Science-based, of course. Like from NASA and the NOAA.

You know that's an irrational comment because it's unprovable for over a 100 years?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

You're free to bet their well being on it, Terry. I'd recommend a little more caution. Science-based, of course. Like from NASA and the NOAA.

Science that is showing increasingly, that anthropogenic CO2 isn't the only and not the significant cause of climate change...

 

[Dutch Uncle]

He obviously thinks I'm a woman, despite dozens of corrections of that mistake over the years.

Or he's trying to get your goat. Either way, he's just another Down Under dumbass and wannabe American.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Science that is showing increasingly, that anthropogenic CO2 isn't the only and not the significant cause of climate change...

NASA says different. Where do you get your facts from, Terry?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

NASA says different. Where do you get your facts from, Terry?

NASA among other places.

How Airplane Contrails Are Helping Make the Planet Warmer
https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-airplane-contrails-are-helping-make-the-planet-warmer

Contrails: How tweaking flight plans can help the climate
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58769351

Climate Effects of Contrails Confirmed
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-effects-of-contra/

Improved Contrail and Contrail Cirrus Formation and Dissipation Forecasts for Climate Change Mitigation
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/wh...il-cirrus-formation-and-dissipation-forecasts

Depending on who you ask, anything up to about 20% of anthropogenic climate change could be caused by contrails. Yet, nothing is being done to mitigate them.

Methane is another issue with up to 30% of climate change due to it.

The science on atmosphere and these so-called greenhouse gasses is so dubious that CO2 could be a minor source rather than "the" source of anthropogenic climate change. The science is anything but "settled."

 

[Dutch Uncle]

NASA among other places.

How Airplane Contrails Are Helping Make the Planet Warmer
https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-airplane-contrails-are-helping-make-the-planet-warmer

Contrails: How tweaking flight plans can help the climate
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58769351

Climate Effects of Contrails Confirmed
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-effects-of-contra/

Improved Contrail and Contrail Cirrus Formation and Dissipation Forecasts for Climate Change Mitigation
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/wh...il-cirrus-formation-and-dissipation-forecasts

Depending on who you ask, anything up to about 20% of anthropogenic climate change could be caused by contrails. Yet, nothing is being done to mitigate them.

Methane is another issue with up to 30% of climate change due to it.

The science on atmosphere and these so-called greenhouse gasses is so dubious that CO2 could be a minor source rather than "the" source of anthropogenic climate change. The science is anything but "settled."

Who or what do you think makes contrails, Terry?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Who or what do you think makes contrails, Terry?

Jets, like the private ones all those elitist radical Leftists, like John Kerry, fly around the planet to conferences on Gorebal Warming where they tell us we have to eat bugs and grass, stop using any sort of petroleum product, and to STFU and enjoy what their betters are letting us have, among other things...

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Jets, like the private ones all those elitist radical Leftists, like John Kerry, fly around the planet to conferences on Gorebal Warming where they tell us we have to eat bugs and grass, stop using any sort of petroleum product, and to STFU and enjoy what their betters are letting us have, among other things...

Thanks for admitting they are man-made pollution contributing to global warming.

It's much better than watching you go off on a Chemtrail conspiracy theory. LOL