Notes of Healthy Living and Wind Power

I’m trying to lead a healthier life, getting more exercise, eliminating dairy, and cutting back on drinking.  I put a shot of Lysol in my coffee just now as a replacement for milk, and this evening it will be a martini with a new recipe I found online:

2 oz Clorox

1 tsp dry vermouth

1 olive

Now, for the news on renewable energy.  From this article: Wind tops coal in U.S. power, marking its rapid ascent:

Wind generated more electricity nationally than coal on three separate days over the past six weeks, according to an E&E News review of federal data.  Such a milestone would have seemed unthinkable a decade ago, when coal accounted for almost half of U.S. power generation. But the last 10 years have seen coal’s position steadily erode due to a combination of slack electricity demand, mounting concern over climate, and increased competition from natural gas and renewables.

The novel coronavirus only has intensified the industry’s pain. Steve Cicala, a professor who studies power markets at the University of Chicago, reckons that electricity demand is down 8% as a result of the economic lockdowns designed to halt the virus’s spread.  Coal has borne the brunt of that decline. Wind and solar generation has been largely unaffected because they have no fuel costs — meaning that utilities turn to them when available. Natural gas prices, meanwhile, are mired near historic lows. That has left coal as the fuel to be curtailed.

Certainly good news all around.  My friend Bill Moore of EV World fame likes to post pie-charts that show there are times when the composition of the grid-mix in his home state of Nebraska is more than 50% wind.

Ohhhh.  Not feeling too well just now.  My stomach feels kinda…..I’ll have to sign off right here………………….