I have purposefully not said we would have blackouts this summer, this winter, or the coming several years if we remain on the current Consumers Energy/MPSC “Net Zero” track. We will likely be much more like the UK than South Africa in our energy circumstances. The UK is much further down the Net Zero path […]
Day: May 25, 2025
In the long-term the USA is headed towards becoming like South Africa (including its failed energy policy) if we let the UN and the Democrat Party Left take us there, so it behooves us to study what South Africa is likeIn the long-term the USA is headed towards becoming like South Africa (including its failed energy policy) if we let the UN and the Democrat Party Left take us there, so it behooves us to study what South Africa is like
Rob Hersov does a good job of explaining: Current South African President Rhamaposa says the South African government should confiscate white-owned land, even without payment, consistent with Marxist ideology: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1178138157445460 . This land confiscation without even payment is now the law in South Africa. It is consistent with the common DEI view in the USA […]
Solar mostly survives on government subsidy; thankfully the New Republican Tax Bill appears to be ending the solar credit. It is time for Consumers Energy to save money and significantly cut its solar programs, as well as use some Campbell power at elevated rates for a data center, so that residential rates can be decreased. Or else Ottawa County townships should explore leaving Consumers Energy.Solar mostly survives on government subsidy; thankfully the New Republican Tax Bill appears to be ending the solar credit. It is time for Consumers Energy to save money and significantly cut its solar programs, as well as use some Campbell power at elevated rates for a data center, so that residential rates can be decreased. Or else Ottawa County townships should explore leaving Consumers Energy.
Here is how the Solar Credit may be ending and its consequences for solar which relies on government subsidy to do well: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/how-the-u-s-clean-energy-boom-could-go-bust-if-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-becomes-law/3753316 . It is time for Consumers Energy to drastically back away from its Net Zero solar panel agenda in order to save money for its customers. Here is how demand for electric […]