In October the Daily Sceptic reported on a
paper written for the Royal Society led by Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith of Oxford University that concluded batteries were not the answer to the huge storage requirements of intermittent 'green' electricity power. Despite the prestigious academic fire power on parade, the paper died a death in the popular prints, presumably because of its unwelcome message about the much-touted battery solution. But recent revelations suggest the report could act as a loose thread that helps unravel the collectivist Net Zero agenda in the U.K. The Royal Society analysed decades of local wind speeds and found the electricity system needed the equivalent of at least a third of green energy to be stored as backup. Such a cost would be astronomical. Now it appears that
the Government's Climate Change Committee (CCC) fudged the issue by using just one year of high wind data in persuading Members of Parliament in 2019 to donkey-nod through Theresa May's insane legislative rush to Net Zero by 2050.Sir Chris's report showed that wind could fall away for days at a time during periods of intense cold dominated by high atmospheric pressure. It also found wind speeds varied between years, all of which is in fact known and has been studied widely by other scientists. The
Telegraph has
reported on remarks made by Sir Chris after the paper was published in which he noted that the CCC has "conceded privately" that reliance on one year's data was a "mistake". It appears that
the information given to MPs committing to 2050 Net Zero assumed there would be just seven days when wind turbines would produce less than 10% of their potential electricity output. According to Net Zero Watch that compares with 30 such days in 2020, 33 in 2019 and 56 in 2018.In reporting that the CCC has conceded the "mistake", the
Telegraph noted that Sir Chris said the committee was still saying it doesn't differ much from Sir Chris's calculations. "Well that's not quite true," observed the Oxford Emeritus Professor. Asked by the newspaper if it disputed the account of Sir Chris, a CCC spokesman said it had "nothing further to add".
Of course the 'Noble Lie' that Net Zero must be foisted on an unwilling population whatever the economic and societal cost will need to be preserved. Nothing to see here, move along please, is likely to guide most mainstream media in covering these latest revelations. The investigative science and Net Zero writer Paul Homewood is less inclined to ignore the
serious matter.
"It is now clear that Parliament authorised Net Zero without any proper assessment, whether financial or energy, and the whole Net Zero legislation must now be suspended until a full independent assessment is carried out." He goes further and states that current and past members of the CCC must be held to account, and "excluded from any further influence over the country's energy policy, or indeed on any issue of public policy".
Comment: If the current skirmish between the feds and the Governor over the current state of the Mexican border, we may see more serious talk of secession. Indeed, if things really heat up, it might not be such a peaceful transition.
See also:
- Texas lawmaker files 'TEXIT' bill to spur vote on exploring secession from US
- Political crisis in America deepens as Texas mulls secession vote in 2023
- Should Texas go it alone? Ted Cruz thinks secession can't be written off
- Texit on the horizon? Texas secession bill formally filed in state legislature
- Biden's presidency will be a catalyst for secession - and perhaps civil war
- Texas lawmakers consider secession over life under Democrat Marxism — several states interested in movement
UPDATE: