Over the past few weeks I have been tracking several stories about the coming crisis in the electricity supply.
Beege has written quite a bit about the pitfalls of relying on so-called “clean” energy, but there is another side to the coin: the closing down of other forms of electric generating capacity, and the skyrocketing demand for electricity caused both by market forces and government regulations.
Reducing supply while increasing demand is a bad combination. Worse, replacing reliable sources with unreliable sources of energy strains the already-aging grid.
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By now you likely know about Germany’s crisis. The country has closed down its nuclear plants, built up tons of solar and wind, and moved away from clean natural gas. As a result, prices have…
