Power for the U.S.A.
Sharing my knowledge and experience in Energy and electricity generation
recent posts
- Advantages Of Coal Fuel for Electricity Generation
- Energy, Electricity and the Economy
- Reality of 32,000 MW/Year of New Generation Demand. Solution: Build New Coal Plants Now!
- Ten Hard Truths of S.C. Electricity-The Lifeblood of the Economy
- Five Reasons to Build New Coal Plants NOW! Coal Should Be Included as A Critical Fuel to Power America’s Future
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Category: Energy, Electricity, Economic Prosperity and Environmental Protection
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This is a new blog site to replace dickstormprobizblog.org. The purpose of this is to make the title more clearly related with the posted content. The name of the site was chosen from the blog used by the late Mr. Donn Dears who wrote over 1600 blog posts and numerous books on this subject. Mr.…
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There are a number of states that are on a path to higher electricity bills and less reliability, including S.C. Why? Because the S.C. Governor and the Legislature are still stuck on Net Zero Carbon. I thought it might be informative to list 10 unpopular truths: Hard Truths that Apply to S.C. as Well as…
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Several of my friends and myself have given presentations and written reports on how America has created energy and electricity generation policies that will Self-Sabotage electricity reliability. Last year I wrote on my blog, “Threats to the Electric Grid” with an emphasis on harmful U.S. EPA policies. At the time of writing, I was aware…
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Title of the prescient 2023 book by the late Mr. Donn Dears. Mr. Dears wrote many books and several are listed in the references below. His last book, “Clean Energy Crisis” was written before the announcement of many Data Centers were to be built and would drastically increase the rate of electricity usage. Mr. Dears…
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Solar and Wind are not the lowest cost electricity generation, in spite of what is written or hyped Electricity Demand is Growing at the Fastest Rate in a Decade An excerpt from the latest IEA Energy 2025 report follows: “Global energy demand grew by 2.2% in 2024 – faster than the average rate over the…
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Here is how to correct America’s Electricity Generation Capacity Crisis. Revert back to the 2007 plan to build 151 new coal plants. Nuclear plants can follow, but the 151 coal plants should be built ASAP
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Much has been written on the “Self-Sabotaging” of the sources of Primary Energy that the Developed world depends on. Who can be against the sources of primary energy that power our lives and our economy? Well, here are thirteen that I have updated to the 13 Headed Swamp Monster.
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The U.S. needs about 100 Quadrillion BTUs of Primary Energy each Year. Currently, coal provides about 10% of this PRIMARY ENERGY and should continue to do so until a better energy source is commercially available. Blackouts and Rationing of Electricity For all of us that understand energy and electric power generation, we know the electricity…
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How many products have you bought lately that have a “Made in America” label on them? This article is to provide some background on the importance of conventional fossil fuels to provide the fuel for over 53,000 ocean transport ships. The MV Dali collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore provides a wakeup…
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The Great State of South Carolina is usually thought of as a “Conservative” state. However, when it comes to applying destructive “Climate Policies”, South Carolina is no more conservative than is California or New York. So, I thought I would repost my comments on the Santee-Cooper IRP. It is my understanding that the major Utilities…
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