What’s Wrong with Wind and Solar – With No Backup?

Are wind, solar, and batteries the magical solutions to all our energy needs? Or do they come with too high a price?

In California, they went all in and didn’t follow proper forestry practices, so I had to get a standby generator to provide power when they decided it was too windy outside or they weren’t able to generate or buy enough power from neighboring states to meet the demand for electricity during very hot days.

Mark Mills, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, analyzes the true cost — both economic and environmental — of so-called green energy about three years ago.

What he had to say back then is even more relevant now.