Spain In The Dark

They won’t be reading this blog post in Spain – unless they have a portable generator.

A week after proudly boasting that the electrical grid in Spain operated entirely on renewal energy for the first time during a weekday, it all went dark early Monday afternoon.

The Spanish problem also took down power in Portugal and parts of France and Belgium.

Apologists blamed a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” (it got dark?) and “extreme temperature variations” (it got cold or hot?).

And so the Spanish, stumbling around in the darkness, have bumped into reality. Solar power is not as reliable as a source of electricity as coal, uranium, natural gas. It does get dark, or even cloudy, you understand, and that has a crimping effect on solar production.

Just when you need electricity the most, solar can let you down.

Reports on social media noted the problem wasn’t necessarily just the darkness, but the lack of electricity to power transportation, payment systems, access to the internet, etc.

I’ve yet to read a report that the power is back on, it now being night time in the area.

There but the for the grace of God, Trump and Republicans, go us.

Democrats and their advocacy of all things insane, would like to put this nation back in the pre-industrial age of limited or zero reliable electricity.

It’s their dream to do away with coal-fired electricity plants, not to mention those powered by natural gas, or even uranium.

Wind and solar, both proven to be cost-ineffective and unreliable in periods of peak demand, are the proposed alternatives.

While they’re at it, they’d like to ban gas cooking stoves and internal combustion engines in vehicles.

The crusade is based on faulty statistics and the screechings of a psychologically challenged European woman. That’s a winning combination when you reside on the political left.

Fortunately, the so-called Green New Scam here has been put on hold by Trump and his administration. But it lurks in the background, awaiting the next totally clueless, or socialist president to take power.

The Spanish problem will be ignored by these eco-Nazis and the LameStream media. Just another inconvenient reality that stands in 180-degree opposition to their fantasies.

But I’m taking note. And, hopefully, others will, too, when the future elections arrive.

This is the sort of real failure leftist fools in charge can visit on the populace. You already have seen it with fires in California, rampant crime in Blue cities, the invasion of the nation by illegal immigrants.

Putting these people in charge is daring the fates. It’s a losing proposition. Just ask the Spanish today.