KEY ELEMENTS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S PLAN FOR A CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION

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She's more intelligent than virtually everyone here.

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The evidence that our current energy consumption and destruction of the natural environment is unsustainable is actually overwhelming at this point.

History will not be particularly kind to those who think it simply isn't there.

Simplistic twaddle, ask your friends Jack and Jim. You could also read this but probably won't!

What I call the “climate scam” is the proposition that human use of fossil fuels will shortly bring about a catastrophic increase in atmospheric temperatures, and that this crisis can easily be averted by governments in a few rich countries, with about 10% of the world’s population, imposing crippling coercive restrictions and cost increases on fossil fuel use while also massively subsidizing alternative “renewable” energy sources.

I have long thought that this scam could not go on too much longer. The reasons I have thought that are many, the least important of them being that in the several decades since the warnings of catastrophic warming were first issued, atmospheric temperatures have increased much less than predicted. But here are two other reasons for my view that are more important:

Restrictions on rich-country carbon emission cannot possibly have any meaningful effect on world climate, because rich-country emissions are a minority and a rapidly-shrinking portion of total world emissions, while developing countries, with about 90% of world population, are rapidly increasing their emissions from a low base. The developing countries will never agree to limit their ongoing emissions increases, particularly while many of their people still lack basic access to electricity, automobiles, air conditioning, and so forth; and

In rich countries, ordinary and working-class people will surely put up an insurmountable roadblock to restrictions on fossil fuels as soon as they figure out that many of their jobs are threatened and their costs of electricity and gasoline are planned to increase by factors of 2 or 5 or 10 in the effort to achieve a (theoretical) meaningless reduction of predicted world temperatures of a few tenths of a degree 50 or 100 years from now.

I still believe that eventually this scam will fall apart, and for the reasons given (among other reasons). After all, the information to support my points (1) and (2) is readily available, not only from many posts on this blog, but many other sources as well, official and otherwise. There is a network of climate-skeptic news sources and bloggers, of which I am one, constantly putting this information out for the public to see. All of these sources, as far as I am aware, operate on a shoestring; but they cannot be silenced, and the skeptic community is remarkably robust and resilient. We aren’t going away.

But then, you have to consider what we are up against. First, of course, are the vast amounts of government and taxpayer money that fund the global warming alarm industry. I have never found a comprehensive figure for how much government money backs this industry, but it is clearly in the tens of billions of dollars per year in the U.S. alone. All the thousands of people in academia and research institutions calling themselves “climate scientists,” not to mention everyone working in the entire industries of wind and solar energy, stand to lose their careers as soon as the public realizes that this emperor has no clothes.

For today, I want to focus on a related phenomenon, namely, that coterie of highly wealthy and/or influential people who clearly ought to know better, who devote vast resources, public and private, to the nonsensical efforts to obstruct people from using fossil fuel resources. Consider just a few examples:

You may have seen back in February that Amazon mega-billionaire Jeff Bezos announced he had created something called the Bezos Earth Fund, which he then funded with an initial $10 billion! Just a couple of days ago, Bezos announced the first recipients of grants from the Fund, who will receive a total of some $791 million. The recipients will include several of the usual run of environmental activist groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Defense Fund. These are the people who lobby and litigate endlessly to block every infrastructure project involving fossil fuels, from pipelines to power plants to drilling endeavors. Essentially, these guys are being given infinite resources for their efforts. In one of those linked pieces, Bezos is quoted as saying, “I’ve spent the past several months learning from a group of incredibly smart people who’ve made it their life’s work to fight climate change and its impact on communities around the world. . . . I’m inspired by what they’re doing, and excited to help them scale.” Wouldn’t you think that a guy who could make a hundred billion dollars creating Amazon would have enough critical thinking ability to see through this nonsense?

Bezos has made headlines with the massive size of his largesse, but he is far from alone among the super-rich in backing fossil-fuel restriction efforts. Michael Bloomberg — the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action! — has given tens of millions for an initiative he calls “Beyond Carbon.” (“Beyond Carbon is working to get the country [U.S.] on the path to a 100 percent clean energy economy . . . .”). With China alone building hundreds of new coal power plants — why? Or here is an announcement from July 2019 that Leonard DiCaprio, Laurene Powell Jobs and a guy named Brian Steth have launched a joint initiative to “battle climate change.” According to the piece, DiCaprio alone has so far given “around $100 million” toward the efforts. You can see how the environmental activist groups of the world have virtually unlimited funding for advocacy, lawsuits, or whatever else they can cook up.

And then there are the politicians who clearly ought to know better. Consider UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He is the guy who led the campaign for Brexit. The Brexit fight was very much like the climate wars in pitting smug elite conformists against freedom lovers and independent thinkers, with Johnson leading side of the freedom lovers and independent thinkers. But Johnson hasn’t stuck with that side on the climate issue. Since taking on the prime ministership, Johnson has gone farther and farther over to the side of government suppression of fossil fuels, even though UK emissions are a small fraction even of those of the U.S., and their reduction will never be noticed by the world’s atmosphere. Recent initiatives from Johnson have included proposals for a government-funded “green industrial revolution” and for government-backed “green bonds” to subsidize industry to cut emissions. Some in the UK attribute Johnson’s recent environmental activism to the influence of his current girlfriend Carrie Symonds. Here are the two in a picture from the Daily Mail:

As to Joe Biden, the less said the better. Yes, it should be a basic test of competence for a U.S. President to steer clear of shackling the U.S. economy while the whole developing world is building fossil fuel power sources as fast as they can. But let’s face it, we’re not likely to get basic competence, let alone any critical or independent thinking, from Joe.

Anyway, as the anti-energy advocates get their hundreds of millions and billions of dollars of funding for flooding the zone, our hardy band of skeptics labor on, mostly on a pro bono basis. Several readers over the years have asked me how they could support this website, whether by a subscription fee or a donation or otherwise; and my answer has been, I’m happy to do this at my own expense. But I’ve now joined the Board of the American Friends of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. The entire budget of the GWPF is a tiny fraction of that of any of the organizations funded by the Bezoses or Bloombergs or DiCaprios. But if you want a good cause to give to, check them out. Here is a link to the main website; and you can go to this link for instructions on how to contribute.

https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/...are-up-against

[BartenderElite]

I could google entire essays that I could cut & paste arguing that the sky isn't blue.

[T. A. Gardner]

She's more intelligent than virtually everyone here.

No, she isn't. She's a high school brat that knows next to nothing. Sure, she can sling Leftist rhetoric with the best of them, but if you were push beyond that, she's an empty headed little girl.

[T. A. Gardner]

American electricity! no damn Chinese imported electricity!

Or illegal Mexican energy crossing the border!

[The Biden Administration]

We can turn this threat into an opportunity to revitalize the U.S. energy sector.

We can create new industries that reinvigorate our manufacturing and create high-quality, middle-class union jobs in cities across the United States.

We can lead America to become the world’s clean energy superpower.

We can export our clean-energy technology across the globe and create high-quality, middle-class union jobs here at home.

Getting to a 100% clean energy economy is not only an obligation, it’s an opportunity.

We will fully adopt a clean energy future, not just for all of us today, but for our children and grandchildren, so their tomorrow is healthier, safer, and more just.

As president, Joe Biden will lead the world to address the climate emergency and lead through the power of example, by ensuring the U.S. achieves a 100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions.

[T. A. Gardner]

How many times have you heard some prick(ette) moan about islands disappearing under the waves due to CAGW. However Mother Nature steadfastly refuses to follow the script. The highest point on the Maldives is eight foot and according to climate extremists should under the waves by now. So why is then that the Maldivians has built five new airports, anybody want to answer that?

Five new airports will come into operation by the end of the year, Maldives government announced Sunday.

Five new airports will come into operation by the end of the year (2019), Maldives government announced Sunday.

Transport minister Aishath Nahula told local media that construction of airports on the islands of Kulhudhuffushi in Haa Dhaal atoll, Funadhoo in Shaviyani atoll, Maafaru in Noonu atoll, Madivaru in Lhaviyani atoll and Maavarulu in Gaaf Dhaal atoll is nearing completion. Kulhudhuffushi airport will come into operation first, followed by Funadhoo and Maafaru airport in August, she said.

The airport being developed in Kulhudhuffushi, a key population zone in the north, and in Maafaru, a proposed ultra-luxury tourism zone, had earlier welcomed test flights. However, delays in the construction of terminal and other support facilities had pushed back commercial operations.

Six hectares off the southern coast of Kulhudhuffushi and another nine hectares from the island’s wetlands were reclaimed for the airport, which has a runway measuring 1,200 metres in length and 60 metres in width.

Known as the “Heart of the North”, Kulhudhuffushi is the economic capital of the northern Maldives and has a population of over 9,000, making it one of the biggest and most populous islands in the northern part of the country. The island is famous for its mangroves, after which the island itself is named.

Up until recently, Haa Dhaal remained as the only atoll in the Maldives which did not have a tourist resort. That changed in March when Hondaafushi Island Resort became the first resort to open in the atoll.

The new airport is expected to facilitate the development of tourist resorts as well as guesthouses in the region.

Meanwhile, construction of the international airport in Maafaru had resumed after major delays due to a corruption scandal. Support facilities such as parking and staff accommodation are being built at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) funded airport.

The international airport is part of a joint Maldives-UAE project to develop Noonu atoll as an ultra-luxury tourism zone.

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) had earlier extended a grant of USD 60 million for the project, which involves developing a 2.2-kilometre runway along with state-of-the-art facilities to cater international flight operations and private jets. A city hotel will also be built along with the airport.

Noonu atoll is located about 180 kilometres north of capital Male, on the southern edge of the Maldives’ northernmost geographical atoll.

Existing high-end resorts in Noonu atoll include the Velaa Private Island, The Sun Siyam Iru Fushi Maldives, Cheval Blanc Randheli and the recently opened Soneva Jani. Several new resorts, including those by international hotel chains, are being developed in the atoll.

Meanwhile, Madivaru airport is nearing completion too.

Kuredu Holdings, which owns and operates several resorts in Lhaviyani atoll, is investing USD 13 million to develop the airport. The project involves reclaiming some three hectares of land from the lagoon of Madivaru, building a 1.2-kilometre runway, and a training academy for aviation officials from flagship carrier Maldivian and seaplane operator Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA).

The company can develop a city hotel to incentivise the airport operation.

Lhaviyani atoll has one of the highest concentrations of tourism activity in the Maldives, with eight resorts including Kuredu Resort Maldives, Komandoo Island Resort and Spa, Hurawalhi Maldives, Palm Beach Island Maldives Resort and Spa, Atmosphere Kanifushi, Kanuhura Maldives, Fushifaru Maldives and Cocoon Maldives already in operation. Several new islands in the atoll are being developed as resorts, including the recently launched Kudadoo Maldives Private Island by Hurawalhi and Innahura Maldives Resort.

Over a million tourists from across the globe visit the Indian Ocean island nation every year to holiday in one of the 120 resorts and 400 plus guesthouses located in all corners of the country. The multi-billion dollar tourism industry, which is the country’s main economic activity, relies heavily on the domestic transport infrastructure, especially air travel.

Maldives, the most dispersed country on the planet with 1,192 islands spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometres, already has 11 airports, including three international airports. The government has contracted both local and international companies to develop additional domestic airports across the archipelago in a bid to boost tourism.

https://maldives.net.mv/31166/maldiv...ports-in-2019/

But according to the IPCC, the Maldives were supposed to be submerged by now...

https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/ch...d-communities/

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...-change-action

I think they need a better psychic reading their palms or something...

[The Biden Administration]

On day one, President Biden will sign a series of new executive orders with unprecedented reach that go well beyond the Obama-Biden Administration platform and put us on the right track.

And, he will demand that Congress enacts legislation in the first year of his presidency that:

1) establishes an enforcement mechanism that includes milestone targets no later than the end of his first term in 2025,

2) makes a historic investment in clean energy and climate research and innovation,

3) incentivizes the rapid deployment of clean energy innovations across the economy, especially in communities most impacted by climate change.

[T. A. Gardner]

We can turn this threat into an opportunity to revitalize the U.S. energy sector.

How? Biden's plan whacks the most efficient means of energy production in favor of ones that are high cost and low output. Nothing he or the Democrats are proposing will work. We can look at Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Australia, and even California to see the results of that plan. Cost of electricity doubles, then triples. Energy shortages with rolling brown and black outs. Gasoline prices rise dramatically followed by a general increase in inflation and the cost of goods and services. The energy sector is doing quite well on fossil fuels and could be doing even better on nuclear. But the retards on the Left don't want what works, they want what is to them the PC solution to things.

We can create new industries that reinvigorate our manufacturing and create high-quality, middle-class union jobs in cities across the United States.

What new industries? "Reinvigorate manufacturing?" How? If energy costs are high and power unreliable, like it is in Germany or California industry and manufacturing move elsewhere.

We can lead America to become the world’s clean energy superpower.

Yea, ask Germans how that's worked out for them. Or, are you just going to stick your head in the sand and pretend that the Green disaster that has happened in Europe and elsewhere is a clear indication that what Biden and Democrats want WON'T FUCKING WORK!

We can export our clean-energy technology across the globe and create high-quality, middle-class union jobs here at home.

Yea, like Spain or China have? That technology is an expensive and technological dead end. I've already been over the union part. Union jobs are scarce and getting more scarce.

Getting to a 100% clean energy economy is not only an obligation, it’s an opportunity.

Spoken like a true authoritarian dictatorship would. It's your obligation to accept this lousy, unworkable opportunity whether you like it or not! Accept it or off to the gulag you go!

We will fully adopt a clean energy future, not just for all of us today, but for our children and grandchildren, so their tomorrow is healthier, safer, and more just.

We might, but it won't be solar and wind.

As president, Joe Biden will lead the world to address the climate emergency and lead through the power of example, by ensuring the U.S. achieves a 100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions.

No he won't. I doubt he'll know what day of the week it is much of the time...

[The Biden Administration]

On day one, President Biden will make smart infrastructure investments to rebuild the nation and to ensure that our buildings, water, transportation, and energy infrastructure can withstand the impacts of climate change.

Every dollar spent toward rebuilding our roads, bridges, buildings, the electric grid, and our water infrastructure will be used to prevent, reduce, and withstand a changing climate.

As President, Joe Biden will use the power of government to boost climate resilience efforts by developing regional climate resilience plans, in partnership with local universities and national labs, for local access to the most relevant science, data, information, tools, and training.

[T. A. Gardner]

On day one, President Biden will make smart infrastructure investments to rebuild the nation and to ensure that our buildings, water, transportation, and energy infrastructure can withstand the impacts of climate change.

Every dollar spent toward rebuilding our roads, bridges, buildings, the electric grid, and our water infrastructure will be used to prevent, reduce, and withstand a changing climate.

As President, Joe Biden will use the power of government to boost climate resilience efforts by developing regional climate resilience plans, in partnership with local universities and national labs, for local access to the most relevant science, data, information, tools, and training.

It's interesting to note that it's Democrat run states that have the shittiest infrastructure and most problems with it. I doubt that Biden or the Democrats can do anything competent to change that given their nearly half a century of totally screwing this up where they are in power.

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You know what's really hilarious is BTT keeps posting these cut and pastes about what Biden's going to do, but when someone, anyone, questions any of it or starts to examine it in depth the discussion ends. BTT has noting more than empty rhetoric, glittering generalities, and other bombastic political propaganda to sling about the coming Biden administration.

At least in my case, it is one good evidence Biden will be a miserable failure in office and in 2022 the Democrats in Congress get run over and out of town in yet another Red Tsunami just like happened to Carter, then Clinton, then Obama...

[The Biden Administration]

President Biden will order an upgrade to 4 million buildings and weatherize 2 million homes over 4 years, creating at least 1 million good-paying jobs with a choice to join a union; and also spur the building retrofit and efficient-appliance manufacturing supply chain by funding direct cash rebates and low-cost financing to upgrade and electrify home appliances and install more efficient windows, which will cut residential energy bills.

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I could google entire essays that I could cut & paste arguing that the sky isn't blue.

You could actually learn something for once, but that won't happen either.

[Hawkeye10]

President Biden will order an upgrade to 4 million buildings and weatherize 2 million homes over 4 years, creating at least 1 million good-paying jobs with a choice to join a union; and also spur the building retrofit and efficient-appliance manufacturing supply chain by funding direct cash rebates and low-cost financing to upgrade and electrify home appliances and install more efficient windows, which will cut residential energy bills.

We did that under Obama...almost all wasted money...often going in reverse because houses need to breath for the health of both the house and the people and pets inside.