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The sudden expansion of unreliable, expensive wind and solar power is threatening the stability of the electrical grid that keeps us alive. We are rapidly moving to a situation where blackouts like those that occurred last winter in Texas will become common across the U.S. leading to the deaths of thousands of people. Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris’s guest this week is Donn Dears, a retired General Electric Company engineer, and senior executive.
Donn Dears spent his career working with power generation, transmission, and distribution equipment, both in manufacturing and service operations. Donn established GE subsidiaries in a dozen countries to service GE turbines and other electric apparatus and was responsible for their operations for several years. He worked with customers in steel mills, from Cleveland, Ohio to Cairo, Egypt, in open pit and underground mines around the US, oil refineries, both here and overseas, as well as nuclear, steam, and gas turbine power plants.
Join Donn, Jay, and Tom in this week’s episode of The Other Side of the Story to learn why the expansion of wind and solar power must be quickly stopped if we are to avoid being left hungry and freezing in the dark.
References relevant to this show:
- “Power for USA,” Donn Dears’ website
- “The Looming Energy Crisis: Are Blackouts Inevitable?” Donn Dears’ latest book (August 25, 2020)
- “Biden’s Dangerous Energy Plans Put Americans at Risk,” by Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris, August 24, 2021, America Out Loud
- “WIND TURBINES NOT SUSTAINABLE,” Climate Change Minute with ICSC-Canada Researcher Mary-Jean Harris, July 9, 2021
- “ENERGY FROM SOLAR AND WIND NOT FEASIBLE,” ICSC-Canada Climate Change Minute, June 21, 2021
- “NUCLEAR IS THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION FOR ENERGY TRANSITION,” ICSC-Canada Climate Change Minute, June 4, 2021
- “PROBLEMS WITH ENERGY TRANSITION TO WIND AND SOLAR,” ICSC-Canada Climate Change Minute, May 28, 2021