Wouldn’t it be ironic that the push towards Net Zero results in more, rather than less emissions and environmental destruction? We have discussed the delusional idea of burning wood to generate electricity or produce heat. Cutting ancient European forests for energy? Geniuses!
We remind ourselves that in Europe bioenergy (burning wood) generates about 50% more electricity than solar and about half as much as wind.
But there’s a teensy problem with “biodiesel” as it’s called by the tree huggers: trees. Cutting them down, dicing the wood up, compacting it, and then burning it. Oh wait, I missed a step. Labeling it “biomass” so as to ensure it keeps the eco-mentalists happy.
What has become obvious is that Europe can’t burn more trees to produce electricity. It is not “sustainable.” If anything, tree burning will likely collapse over the next few years as this stuff becomes exposed.
So what?
Well, Europe’s energy crisis is going to be bigger than the press of popular opinion would have us believe. What energy source is going to make up the shortfall? In the long term, the only realistic source is nuclear power, but that will require about two decades (it takes that long to build a nuclear power station) and in the short term it is coal.
What about natural gas? Well, Reuters recently pointed out how natural gas (via LNG) has peaked out. The infrastructure to accept LNG in Europe (port and regasification facilities) is maxed out:
Dozens of ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) circling off the coasts of Spain unable to secure slots to unload have prompted grid operators for the country to warn they may have to suspend loading to deal with this “exceptional situation”.
The region has had to find alternative supplies, including LNG, but the arrival of multiple cargoes of the superchilled fuel has exposed Europe’s lack of “regasification” capacity, as plants that convert the seaborne fuel back to gas are operating at maximum limit.
If the backlog is not cleared soon those ships may start looking for alternative ports outside Europe to offload their cargo.
There are more than 35 LNG-laden vessels drifting off Spain and around the Mediterranean, with at least eight vessels anchored off the Bay of Cadiz alone, traders, analysts and sources at LNG terminals familiar with the situation said on Monday.
In a statement issued late on Monday and entitled “declaration of exceptional operational situation”, Spain’s national gas grid operator Enagas said it may have to reject unloads of LNG due to overcapacity at its terminals.
There are also LNG vessels at anchor near other European countries which could mean dozens more are waiting, one source with knowledge of the situation said.
Spain has the biggest regasification capacity in the European Union, accounting for 33% of all LNG and 44% of LNG storage capacity.
And if that wasn’t enough, getting the stuff in the first place is going to be a mission.
Now, spare a thought to other nations outside Europe.
The more gas that Europe sucks up the less to other nations. And if they can’t get gas, what do they fall back on? You guessed it. Coal.
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We are in a hurry. We have only 9 years. If we burn coal, cut that to 5 years .WE ARE DOOMED!
“How dare you!!!”
What a load of crap, taking orders from a 12 year old!
“Burn the Coal, pay the toll…”
And just maybe keep us warm and the lights on too…
OK, so if this is actually true, there are ships fully laden with LNG just chillin’ off the coast of Spain, enjoying the great weather and those wild Ibizan girls, while a few miles up the coast, Europeans are about to start freezing their asses off? Is that what I hear?
Boats full of LNG. Let me ask you something, if you were a ship captain, and obviously trying to make a living, would that be what you would be doing right now, just leave your ship parked at sea? Not unless you were being paid to do so.
Who could possibly afford to keep these ships at bay like this?
*EDIT* On a hunch, I decided to delve into the histories of Cádiz and Ibiza, just to see how they got where they are today, and I found a massive clue. From Wiki:
“Melqart (also Melkarth or Melicarthus) was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre and a major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons. Often titled the “Lord of Tyre” (Ba‘al Ṣūr), he was also known as the Son of Baal or El (the Ruler of the Universe), King of the Underworld, and Protector of the Universe.[1] He symbolized the annual cycle of vegetation and was associated with the Phoenician maternal goddess Astarte.” (Whom we also call Ishtar nowadays – C_O.)
“Temples to Melqart are found at least three Phoenician/Punic sites in Spain: Cádiz, Ibiza in the Balearic Islands and Cartagena.”
PHOENICIANS, anyone?
Just strikes me as a perfect false flag opportunity to blame on Putin to get WWIII moving in earnest.
Leftists destroy everything they touch.
Government destroys everything it touches. There, fixed it for you.
Maybe Manchin has more pull than we all thought?
Or soon will.
Does anyone know what it would take to convert existing power plants so they could burn human remains? Asking for a friend. I would guess they might need to be dried first. I heard that grave robbers in Egypt, and even the Roman invaders, burned mummies they found.
DARPA already has mobile units to microwave-dry and then blowtorch the impending millions who die suddenly in the streets, etc. But don’t worry – the political science says the vax prevents leaving a carbon streetprint.
Thorium salt nukes
Yes. Coal is full of thorium. That would be an actual solution, though, and we prefer pretending we can run a modern society on unicorn farts.
So what about the U-232 and it’s MeV gamma decay
Where is a working one?
Stoopid polyticians-don’t understand simple mathematics. Calories expended growing plus processing vs calories as heat……..Duh
As long as the current crop of criminals is in power America is NOT going back to coal.
China and India of course never left coal. As for Europe? Who knows what those idjits
will do. But the goal of the commies in power is the total destruction of the USA. Banning
coal and petroleum will do exactly that. Thus they are banning coal and oil. And there is
NOBODY TO STOP THEM.
it has never been about the environment, it has always been about control.
CO2 IS NOT A POLLUTANT OR A CLIMATE DRIVER, BURN WHATEVER THE HELL IS NEEDED TO KEEP US ALIVE.
I have a nice wood fire burning right now. Not spending a dime on electricity for heat. Doing my part to let Tesla owners charge their “zero emission” autos.
Smoked a ham and brisket earlier.
And if you chop your own wood, you will be warmed twice.
If the lights go out, we’ll be fine.