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Dumb Energy: A Critique of Wind and Solar Energy by [Norman Rogers]

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Wind and solar energy have negative economic value. An objective analysis of the economics involved show that wind and solar are heavily subsidized. Some of the subsidies are open, but much of the subsidy is hidden from the public. There are special tax deals and sweetheart power purchase agreements. Although wind and solar are promoted as a low carbon solution, they are a remarkably expensive way to reduce carbon emissions. The erratic nature of wind and solar means it is necessary to have a dual system - the wind or solar, and in addition, a conventional system to backup the erratic wind or solar. Sometimes the wind does not blow. The sun does not shine when it is cloudy, or at night. Extensive lobbying and outright propaganda has convinced the public that it is a good idea to spend billions on this dumb wind and solar energy. The facts and figures are in this book, in an easily-understood format.

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ASIN : B07PVV23FB
Publication date : March 23, 2019
Language : English
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Vaughan Pratt

Denies that CO2 is any problem

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018

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I started with the part of the book that talks about CO2 to see if it was at least honest about the problem. Regrettably the book is standard climate denial tripe: like almost all the others of its kind it denies that CO2 presents any threat to the planet, instead citing its advantages. This renders completely irrelevant everything it has to say about how our energy sources need to take into account the threat posed by CO2.

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Wind/solar and stability of electric power grid

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2018

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As an engineer, the author points out a little known but huge problem with wind and solar energy: it can lead to instability of the power grid. I am an electrical engineer and the gird requires a "real-time control system." Since there is no way to store the large amounts of energy delivered by the grid-- for example, all the batteries in California in cars, solar power plants, etc store only a few minutes of the energy delivered by the grid--the control system needs to match up the power source with the power demand on an instantaneous basis. But wind/solar are inherently non-dispatchable. You get what the wind and sun give you and you cannot increase it when there is demand. This is from an article in the Los Angeles Times (no climate change deniers they)

"In a sprawling complex of laboratories and futuristic gadgets in Golden, Colo., a supercomputer named Peregrine does a quadrillion calculations per second to help scientists figure out how to keep the lights on. Peregrine was turned on this year by the U.S. Energy Department. It has the world's largest "petascale" computing capability. It is the size of a Mack truck. Its job is to figure out how to cope with a risk from something the public generally thinks of as benign — renewable energy. Energy officials worry a lot these days about the stability of the massive patchwork of wires, substations and algorithms that keeps electricity flowing. They rattle off several scenarios that could lead to a collapse of the power grid — a well-executed cyberattack, a freak storm, sabotage. But as states, led by California, race to bring more wind, solar and geothermal power online, those and other forms of alternative energy have become a new source of anxiety. The problem is that renewable energy adds unprecedented levels of stress to a grid designed for the previous century."

You cannot post links in these reviews so do a search for "peregrine grid stability latimes kevin halper" on DuckDuckGo -- google does not provide any link (I wonder why??) .

Excellent book that points out these and other real, practical problems with wind/solar power.

96 people found this helpful

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Steve R. Clark

Preaching to the choir

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2018

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One reviewer stated that this book was preaching to the choir. That couldn’t be more true. What was billed as an economic review about the high cost of wind was nothing more than preaching. Why is it necessary to question the motives of anyone that disagrees with your opinions? The author continually used name calling and assumptions of conflicts of interest to shoot down the arguments of those who have expressed a different view. This led to those critical of this book to question his motives, as seen from the negative reviews.

What was reported to be a critical economic analysis was a collection of cherry picked “facts” that added up to the conclusion that was obviously the starting point. If someone really wants to get the true relative costs of wind, this is not the place. My recommendation is that person should download from the internet the USeia study from 2017 on the levelized costs of electricity generation. That doesn’t cost anything and is free of bias, which this analysis is not.

From the point of view of those convinced already that wind is not the way to go, this book reinforced those views, but those people already believe, so why bother to spend money to get someone to agree. For those convinced that renewable energy is a good thing, this book will do nothing to dissuade them. For those who want some factual review before making up their mind, there are better sources - such as the USeia analysis.

This book is a waste. It has added nothing of value to the debate.

42 people found this helpful

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A.J.ekelmans

Opinion on the wild-west situation of climate change.

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2018

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The book makes very clear that the cost for wind and solar is not the end of the problem. Our politicians tell only a small part of the story and probably do not know enough to really solve the problem.
You require a continuous stand by of gas turbine plants with capability of very fast start, which will basically double the cost of power supply to the industry and the Citizens .
They are now building 50 M-watt test installation in La Porte Texas where the CO2 is collected at a much higher pressure and cost are going to be minimal for this effort. Contrary to when you collect flue gas from a conventional plant and clean the CO2 out.Which takes around 15% of the produced power
It is also my opinion that there are many industrial applications for super-critical CO2 for selective extraction of many products in the industrie.
In my vision CO2 will be a very valuable product in the future for the industrial development, and not some thing you have to get rid of.

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Chas H

Excellent Book

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2018

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Well written and documented. The author clearly explains why wind and solar energy are not the answer to our energy challenges.

As a tree farmer, I welcome carbon dioxide, supposedly one of the evils that must be stopped, because trees and all plants absorb it to grow and then release oxygen.

Read this book and learn the truth. Only supporting wind and solar endorses the very high govenment subsidies required to build these facilitites.

Wind and solar energy are not reliable, only supplemental. Worse yet, as the author explains, they are generally detrimental to a reliable electric grid.

If the climate change, or whatever hysterical term is in vogue, forces prevail, be prepared to suffer the consequences - electricity only when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. Then we're all going to be in the dark!

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Pitfalls of wind and solar energy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2018

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An informative book focusing on the pitfalls of wind and solar energy. Many engineers are of the opinion, wind and solar will never replace fossil fuels as a reliable form of electricity generation. Wind energy, if a full life-cycle is included, (e.g. gas/coal generation that are kept on standby) the overall saving of CO2 is very small. This book gives a brief explanation of most of the technical aspects of various forms of electricity generation. Let’s hope some of our political masters read this book, including the vulnerability of the grid from attack, before we continue spending trillions on useless alternatives. Rogers mentions ‘modular nuclear reactors’ which unfortunately, the UK government has kicked into the long grass for some unexplained reason. The UK, along with the EU, has a ridiculous energy policy dictated by various vested interest groups as well as NGOs. There are many ‘sceptical’ scientists that believe that CO2 may only have a slight warming effect on world temperatures. Therefore, spending trillions on ‘Dumb Energy’, increasing the cost of electricity, which has a disproportionate increase in cost for the lower income families is unfair. The graphs in this book show that here is no evidence of a link between recent warming and extreme weather. Half of the recent warming of world temperatures occurred before 1940, with no possible link to CO2. The IPCC have no explanation on how this temperature rise occurred. A slight global warming possibly linked to CO2 has substantial benefits. Rogers believes quite rightly in my opinion, that nuclear power is the only real option in the longer-term electricity generation. The 2018 satellite (UHA) world temperature data is showing a downward trend since the peak caused by the 2016 El Nino, although CO2 has continued to increase. Climate model temperature projections overestimate the possible warming effect of CO2 by at least double. There are safer forms of nuclear power generation which should be developed to reduce general pollution and supply our energy needs for future generations. This book covers most of these aspects very well.

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Shed Painter

Won't keep you awake

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2018

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The Author is obviously right in a technical sense, but the text is repetitive and a bit boring. I'm glad I bought it, but have to wait for a bad case of insomnia to read further than I got before I abandoned it.

Tim B.

Readable and Irrefutable

Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2019

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If you are one of the millions of us who find yourself surrounded by people who have been seized by global warming and climate change hysteria and convinced that wind and solar are the future then you must add this book to your knowledge base.

Rogers refutes the myths about the negative impacts of C02, exposes the propaganda and fabricated science behind the global warming/climate change deception, and demonstrates unequivocally the utter folly of wind and solar as alternatives to conventional energy sources. These alternatives are inefficient, horrendously expensive, can only exist with huge public subsidies, and endanger the stability of electrical grids.

Consider this a must read.

6 people found this helpful

John Anthony

If you want to understand the REAL costs of "green" energy read this book.

Reviewed in Canada on November 26, 2018

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I found this book to be very enlightening. I always suspected that solar and wind electricity generation was expensive, but I didn't know just how expensive. The author has done a great job of putting the various sources of power generation into perspective. For me, deciding which initiatives should be supported became a no-brainer. One just has to get past the bias of those who promote all the "green" options to see that these are a fools dream.

5 people found this helpful

Hugh Gray Fraser

Brilliant Antidote to Prevailing Climate Hysteria

Reviewed in Canada on May 15, 2019

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A brilliant critique of the hysterical and very expensive blunder into "renewable energy." Fully scientific credibility without the religious fervour of the Church of The Dying Planet's propaganda. Give it to your children to stop them cringing in terror at the new Church's old visions of Hellfire and damnation, which are all based to faith and dogma and have no real scientific base at all. Read and be able to live again.

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