Why "green" energy isn't reliable

In late January 2019 Minnesota was hit by Arctic cold, caused no doubt by global warming, and Xcel, the resident energy company, couldn't keep the people warm.

While some people were put in hotels by Xcel all their customers were told to keep their houses no warmer than 60 degrees and to not use hot water; nothing like a cold water shower in a chilly house.

The cause of the problem was Xcel's dependence on "green" energy.  Xcel has made huge investments in wind and solar power.  However wind wasn't blowing and aside from the fact that solar produces very little power during a cloudy Minnesota winter--and none at night-- snow fall caused Xcel's solar panels only produced around 9% of their normal daytime output.

What's interesting is that due to leftist politicians Xcel is guaranteed 7.5% profit on every penny they spend on solar panels even if the solar panels don't produce useable power.

The big secret about "green" power is that other than nuclear and hydroelectric all forms of green power are unreliable and have to be backed up with massive, and expensive, fossil fuel based power plants or the people have to be expected to go without power at night when the wind isn't blowing.

But the Left is perfectly willing to make we the people suffer so long as they get to feel good about themselves because of their virtue signaling.

Once again when we dig into the whole Big Lie about renewable energy we see that it's nothing more than a scam to ensure that leftists who produce "green" energy products get lots of the taxpayers dollars.