Much of the U.S. could be due for blackouts this summer as policymakers rush power plants offline in a bid to switch to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
'Outnumbered' panelists slam Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary for telling Americans to 'stop complaining' about rising costs.Every area of the U.S.
Regulators in Illinois have warned of controlled outages that could occur this summer, with one electric company sending a warning letter to customers during potential heatwaves. "We need your help to keep the lights on in Michigan this summer and beyond," Thumb Electric Cooperative General Manager Dallas Braun said on Facebook Monday."Electric reliability is at risk today and demand is projected to grow. As soon as this WEEK Michigan regulators are considering closing down more power plants in Michigan. Please join ME in telling them that reliability matters and that they shouldn’t prematurely close these plants.
"They will choose what neighborhoods go into darkness," Turner said."Historically, when we have done this, we have chosen poor and usually minority neighborhoods to do that." Turner noted that there are trade-offs when policymakers decide to switch to renewable sources of energy, arguing that one such trade-off is increased suffering for people."Just watch and see what neighborhoods get turned off," he continued."Watch and see what happens in neighborhoods in California, New Mexico, and New York that are turned off the grid.
But Turner argues that there are few rewards for the environment when grids switch over to wind and solar. He pointed to other examples of countries that have been ahead of the U.S. on switching to wind and solarWindmill of windfarmer Jan Marrink is pictured in Nordhorn, Germany.
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