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⚡️💬 MY THOUGHTS - Since the blackout that paralyzed all of Spain yesterday starting at 12:30 PM, no official explanation has yet been given by the Spanish electricity grid operator. This silence raises questions, especially in the face of such a serious event. Has it become too sensitive to admit that incidents like this might be linked to an all-green energy model — one imposed without real debate and presented as a miracle solution?

Flying over Spain, one can see vast fields of solar panels covering entire regions. Behind this attractive image of modern ecology lies a major vulnerability. This energy production is entirely dependent on weather conditions, making the power grid much more unstable and unable to reliably balance supply and demand on its own.

My theory is simple: publicly acknowledging that this energy model creates a risk of massive blackouts would be a political failure. It would call into question the entire narrative surrounding the European Green Deal and the push for rapid energy transitions. To avoid opening that debate, some might prefer to delay or withhold clear explanations from the public.

But if this silence continues, it risks further eroding the already fragile trust between citizens and those making major energy decisions on their behalf.

What do you think? Are we witnessing the first visible consequences of a rushed, ideology-driven energy transition? I’m genuinely curious to hear your thoughts — I’ve met a lot of sharp minds on Nostr.
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btcttombola 8mo ago

Energy is for sure an interesting subject.

Our "needs" just increase with time.

No energy is completely clean (or just one, the one human can produce by itself).

- Charcoal is bad for the air / athmosphere

- Wood is less bad but it is quite the same than charcoal

- Nuclear is a concern with rubbish after "combustion" and need a heavy maintenance

- Wind turbines pollute landscape, make noise, produce irregular energy and unused energy, and need maintenance

- Solar pollute landscape, produce irregular energy and unused energy, and have limited lifetime (and need a surface cleaning)

- Hydroelectric cannot be product everywhere and need a lot of surface space, with some maintenance too of the dam.

- Geothermal energy is really interesting but can't be extract everywhere and need a heavy maintenance because of very high temperatures.

There is really no "no-cost" energy. So we have to deal with advantages and issues of each ones.

I think renewable energy are future, if we find a clever way to stock the energy which is produce only for an unexpected time and unexpected duration.

I read some interesting news about this (and it is just some examples) :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_County_Pumped_Storage_Station

https://polarnightenergy.com/sand-battery/

Aside that we will need to decentralize production and consumption of energy, like #nostr relay. To avoid big blackout. and be more resilient to any problem / attack.

We need to keep each energy production in different percentage, because if we have bad year for sun or wind, we need to have alternative to that.

Some scientists are waiting for the cleanest energy like this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion

but i don't think it will solve all the problems, and it is not ready yet and will not be soon.

Globally like any other subject, concentrate and focus on only one energy is really less resilient than multiply source of energy.

In time of peace and favorable climate, each country have built a big energy network based on interconnection between country.

But nowadays they need to adapt the model to new problem that have appear, and decentralize the schema.

For the other point, you have mention : "one imposed without real debate and presented as a miracle solution? " it is not a specific energy problem.

We have elected leaders (for the democratic countries), and it is their job to do the best for the country. If they failed, they should be punished. and people should be more involved in big decisions too. But as i said, it is another point, not only an energy problem.

Thanks for your note.

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