Congressional liberals press Biden to declare emergency and restrict fossil fuels

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Liberals in Congress are pressing President Joe Biden to invoke emergency powers to push ahead with Democrats' climate change agenda and to put new restrictions on fossil fuels, even while gasoline remains at its highest per-gallon price on record.

With legislation stalled in Congress, the nearly 100-member Congressional Progressive Caucus released a slate of policy recommendations Thursday for Biden to pursue, calling on him to use executive action to deal with a list of topics his "Build Back Better" agenda sought to address, including the development of more green energy technologies and placement of restrictions on new fossil fuel production.

The executive action agenda calls for Biden to declare a national climate emergency, as well as to employ the Defense Production Act, which both Biden and former President Donald Trump have done under the aegis of COVID-19 to increase ventilator and vaccine supplies, in order to build more renewable energy technologies, such as solar panels and wind turbines.

It also calls for Biden to target the fossil fuel industry directly through a reinstitution of a ban on crude oil exports in response to high oil and gasoline prices, something Democrats began urging Biden to do in earnest back in November, and encourages the administration to ban new fossil fuel leases on federal lands and waters.

The caucus's agenda outline reflects the sense of urgency and impatience that many Democrats are feeling now that the party's flagship social spending and green energy plan lacks movement because of Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to broader Democratic legislation.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...to-declare-emergency-to-restrict-fossil-fuels
 
anatta said:
Liberals in Congress are pressing President Joe Biden to invoke emergency powers to push ahead with Democrats' climate change agenda and to put new restrictions on fossil fuels, even while gasoline remains at its highest per-gallon price on record.

With legislation stalled in Congress, the nearly 100-member Congressional Progressive Caucus released a slate of policy recommendations Thursday for Biden to pursue, calling on him to use executive action to deal with a list of topics his "Build Back Better" agenda sought to address, including the development of more green energy technologies and placement of restrictions on new fossil fuel production.

The executive action agenda calls for Biden to declare a national climate emergency, as well as to employ the Defense Production Act, which both Biden and former President Donald Trump have done under the aegis of COVID-19 to increase ventilator and vaccine supplies, in order to build more renewable energy technologies, such as solar panels and wind turbines.

It also calls for Biden to target the fossil fuel industry directly through a reinstitution of a ban on crude oil exports in response to high oil and gasoline prices, something Democrats began urging Biden to do in earnest back in November, and encourages the administration to ban new fossil fuel leases on federal lands and waters.

The caucus's agenda outline reflects the sense of urgency and impatience that many Democrats are feeling now that the party's flagship social spending and green energy plan lacks movement because of Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to broader Democratic legislation.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...to-declare-emergency-to-restrict-fossil-fuels
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good idea. oil companies can dig all they want ON PRIVATE LAND, but federal land is for us all, not just oil companies. they get billions of dollars a year in federal subsidies, make obscene profits, and this is okay with you, but not weaning ourself from dependence on oil with renewables? what a stupid moron you are.
 
Hoosier Daddy said:
good idea. oil companies can dig all they want ON PRIVATE LAND, but federal land is for us all, not just oil companies. they get billions of dollars a year in federal subsidies, make obscene profits, and this is okay with you, but not weaning ourself from dependence on oil with renewables? what a stupid moron you are.
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a lot of the reserves are not on private land.
but not weaning ourself from dependence on oil with renewables?
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ROFL. . Germany tried that and wound up using wood pellets for heat
renewables are not enough BTUs and are not reliable enough -again exactly what Germany found out
 
anatta said:
a lot of the reserves are not on private land.
ROFL. . Germany tried that and wound up using wood pellets for heat
renewables are not enough BTUs and are not reliable enough -again exactly what Germany found out
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so far, dumbass. with more research and funding, that time will come faster. do you have any clue about science and progress? why are you such a stupid clod?
 
Hoosier Daddy said:
so far, dumbass. with more research and funding, that time will come faster. do you have any clue about science and progress? why are you such a stupid clod?
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ROFL

you should study physics and learn about wind null points,battery storage etc.
The Progs are not waiting for a "time to come" -they want to wreck the country now.
 
And here I thought Democrats were anti-gun...

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BartenderElite said:
Or, we might in 5 years.

There is almost no predicting when it comes to things like technological or medical advances. We have always been surprised and done things previously thought impossible, throughout human history.
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Except, that battery, solar, and wind technologies are all well-established engineering issues that have been around for well over a century now. They are not new technologies and there really isn't anything that's going to come along as a breakthrough with them.
 
AProudLefty said:
That's what Luddites said about cars, planes and factories.
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Actually, the Luddites were against what was then new technology in factory machinery. That isn't the case here. Wind power is centuries old and the engineering hasn't changed. Sure the materials are better but they are still limited by their strength and the generator limited by weight and dynamic load. Batteries and solar are about 2 centuries old now and work on essentially the same principles. The periodic table isn't going to change suddenly nor is the watt density of sunlight.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Actually, the Luddites were against what was then new technology in factory machinery. That isn't the case here. Wind power is centuries old and the engineering hasn't changed. Sure the materials are better but they are still limited by their strength and the generator limited by weight and dynamic load. Batteries and solar are about 2 centuries old now and work on essentially the same principles. The periodic table isn't going to change suddenly nor is the watt density of sunlight.
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Well the progress will continue despite your opinions. ;)
 
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