Sir Isaac Newton published his magnus opus, titled Principia Mathematica, in 1687. In Principia, Newton introduced his three laws of motion — the law of inertia, the law of acceleration, the law of action-reaction — and the law of universal gravitation. It is arguably the greatest scientific work ever published.
Principia set the stage for the “Age of Enlightenment” and paved the way for the Scientific Revolution. However, it seems that almost 350 years later, the operators of electric power generation systems utilizing wind turbines and solar voltaic cells in Spain and Portugal neglected to consider the law of inertia in the design of their power grids.
Europe continues to pursue a “net zero climate strategy” with the goal of “becoming climate neutral by 2050.” The net-zero strategy envisions “net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the E.U. economy.” The term “net-zero” refers to a balance between GHG emissions and the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere by various means, including natural carbon sinks such as the ocean (which is by far the largest carbon sink) and green plant matter during photosynthesis as well as carbon…
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