Hello John and Doves,
Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the
Manhattan Institute for Prager University, explains the
world's energy and how solar and wind just won't cut it -
now or in the future. My notes and video below:
Oil, natural gas and coal provide
84% of all the world's energy - down 2% from 20 years ago,
because of the addition of renewables. Oil powers 97%
of all global transportation. This shows that we are
NOT rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels like we are
being told.
Two decades and $5 trillion in
government investing and we've barely transitioned to
wind/solar. To speed up the change over to renewable
energy - we need to do more mining. "To get the same
amount of energy from solar and wind that we now get from
fossil fuels we are going to have to massively increase
mining. By more than 1,000%....Copper, iron ore,
silicon, nickel, chromium, zinc, cobalt, lithium, graphite,
and rare earth metals like neodymium. We need them
all. And then those metals and materials have to be
turned into motors, turbine blades, solar panels, batteries
and hundreds of other industrial components. That also
takes lots of energy, which requires even more mining.
As a World Bank study put it,
these green "technologies...are in fact significantly more
material intensive" than our current energy mix. That
may be "the understatement of the century": "aw
materials account for 50 - 70% of the costs to manufacture
both solar panels and batteries. Until now it hasn't
really mattered that much because wind and solar still
account for only a few percentage points of the global
energy supply."
Where would these new mines be
located: China, for one - China is the "single largest
source for most of our critical energy materials." The
U.S. is dependent on other countries for 100% of 17 critical
minerals. This would make us even more dependent on
China.
Europe has depended on Russia for
40% of its natural gas...we saw how that's worked out for
them.
"We have all the minerals we need
right here in North America." But in the U.S.,
new mining is routinely blocked - in 2022 the Biden
Administration "canceled a proposed copper and nickel mine
in northern Minnesota." The environmentalists,
green activists and politicians who are pushing electric
cars on us are the same people who are making it
impossible to manufacture these cars - by preventing us
from mining the very minerals we need to manufacture
electric cars.
"In America there are about 80
cars for every 100 citizens. In most of the world,
it's about five per 100 citizens. Over 80% of air
travel is for personal purposes. That's two billion
barrels of oil a year. Hospitals use 250% more energy
per square foot than an average commercial building.
And the global information infrastructure - the Cloud -
already uses twice as much electricity as the entire country
of Japan, the world's third-largest economy. The
massive data centers at the heart of the Cloud alone consume
almost 10 times more electricity than the world's 10 million
electric cars."
More energy will be required in
the future for new innovations, increase in population,
etc. And we'll need fossil fuels, nuclear energy and
renewables.
"But if you think we can get it all from wind and
solar, dream on."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDOI-uLvTnY
run time 5:29
Biden et al are pushing their "100
percent carbon-free electric grid by 2035 spending billions
of dollars on wind turbines, solar panels and battery
storage." The trillions Biden et al plan to spend on
"climate change" agenda will basically, change nothing with
the temperature of planet Earth. (WEF/:Paris Climate
agreement wants to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C
this century.)
"According to climate scientist
Pat Michaels, even if the United States were wiped off the
face of the planet tomorrow, it would only avert 0.052
degrees C by 2050 and 0.137 degrees by 2100, which is an
amount so small that it is not even scientifically
detectable."
Xcell Energy did a study that
showed "electricity prices would exponentially increase the
cost of electricity in the United States if the grid were to
be powered by only wind turbines, solar panels and battery
storage. "If America were to try and use these three
technologies to provide 100 percent of our electricity, the
nation's annual electric bill would grow from - the $397
billion we had in 2019 - to $6.6 trillion dollars every
single year, an annual increase of $6.2 trillion. This
is the equivalent of every man, woman, and child in the
country paying an additional $19,000 per year for their
electricity...." and this does not include the cost of
the electric lines, new transformers, distribution systems,
etc...
Biden’s
New Energy Plan Is Terrible - American Experiment
So far, Biden is OK with
hydroelectric power (which generates about 6.7% of total
U.S. electricity generation and 31% of U.S. renewable
electricity) and nuclear power plants (which generates about
20% of the total U.S. electricity generation).
Natural gas produces about 38% of
the U.S. electricity. Coal produces about 22%.
Nuclear energy produces about 19% of the U.S.
electricity. Renewable energy sources produce about
20% of the U.S. electricity. In 2021. Of the
renewable energy electricity - 9.2% is from wind
and 2.8% from solar. So wind and solar accounted for
12% of America's total electricity supply.
If Biden cuts natural gas and coal
production of electricity - that's 60% of our
electricity. If he cuts nuclear and hydroelectric,
that's another 26% gone..
So somehow, Biden would have to
come up with another approximate 86% more electricity from
solar and wind. We certainly don't have the
infrastructure now, nor do we have the $$ to build the
infrastructure.
Thousands of new
apartments have been built in my area of Colorado over the
last several years. Will each apartment have a plug
in for an EV? Transformers already in neighborhoods
will need to be changed out to accommodate the extra pull
on electricity for each home having one, two or more EVs.
"Tesla is asking its customers in
Texas to avoid charging their electric vehicles during peak
times in order to prevent overtaxing the state's power
grid...the Electric Reliability Council of Texas is calling
on residents to conserve electricity during the recent
heatwave, as the system is being pushed to near-emergency
conditions." "This is the second time this year that Tesla
have encouraged off-peak charging during a Texas heatwave."
Tesla
asks Texans to avoid charging their EVs during peak times
because of the heatwave
And so far the heatwave has
resulted in "two energy conservation alerts in three days
the week of July 11" - this shows "how susceptible the
energy grid in the Lone Star State is to severe
weather." 44% of the electricity in Texas comes from
natural gas, 29% from wind, 12% from coal, 9% from solar,
and 4% from nuclear. If there is no sun or no wind -
there goes almost 38% of their electricity.
I don't think anyone in the U.S.
wants to face severe cold weather or a heatwave with the
possibility of loosing their electricity sources. But
the way Biden et al are going..that's exactly what we will
be facing - long blackouts, rolling brownouts - and that
will be during mild summers and mild winters. The
transition to renewables will be very long and very painful
for most people and once we get to renewables - blackouts
and brownouts will be come place - there are just too many
people demanding too much electricity - and Biden et al just
can't stand that.
Biden has not yet declared a
"climate change national emergency" - some Democrats,
Republicans and activists are urging him to do this.
So far, Democrat Senator Joe Manchin has been able to block
Biden's legislation for climate change but this has pushed
Biden to the doorstep of a 'national emergency'. A
national emergency declaration would give the president
powers he doesn't have now - like the ability to divert
military construction fund to other projects - like
renewable energy projects for military bases...he could
restrict imports from countries with high carbon emissions
or impose a carbon fee on goods from those countries or
order companies to make solar panels and parts, insulation,
other clean energy technologies, he could suspend oil and
gas leases on federal lands and waters, he could limit oil
exports to other countries. "To date, courts have
never overturned a presidential emergency declaration..."
Biden
announces new climate change actions but holds an
emergency declaration in reserve
This would also allow Biden to end
offshore drilling or speeding the manufacturing of electric
vehicles.
I doubt Biden would "limit oil
exports to other countries":
If Biden goes this route, of
declaring a "climate national emergency", he risks further
driving gas prices and electricity rates up higher, and
markets could react negatively. Further exasperating
Americans.
This transition is neither
happening quickly nor is it inexpensive - they tell us sun
and wind are free...but the solar panels, batteries, wires,
turbines, blades, land, etc are not. And this switch
to solar/wind has been very slow and expensive.
So where is all of this push from
fossil fuels to transition to renewables coming from?
"The WEF said that
fighting "climate change" can save Democracy as long as
consumers stop burning coal, oil, and gas in exchange for
green renewables."
"To protect and promote freedom,
"leading democracies must strengthen their economies and
safeguard liberty."
What is there answer for the U.S.
and Europe? PRICING THE ALTERNATIVES TO GREEN
ENERGY OUT OF THE MARKET. This means driving up the
prices of gasoline, natural gas, diesel, coal, etc.
Which is exactly what is happening in America now!
"First, leading democracies should agree to end the
underpricing of fossil fuels, which is the principal
factor preventing a clean energy transition."
"The leading democracies of the G20
should collectively commit to phasing out cost and tax
breaks for the production and consumption of fossil
fuels. They should also phase in more efficient
pricing of fossil fuels through taxes or tradable permits to
cover the costs of local air pollution, global warming, and
other economic damages.....compliance can and must
be enforced."
The U.N. Chief, Antonio Guterres
"issued a warning on Monday that the "madness" of
embracing fossil fuels is threatening global climate
targets."
"Some globalist agencies have
already said walking rather than driving must be considered
an alternative in times of fuel shortages."
"Countries must "accelerate the phase-out of coal and all
fossil fuels", and implement a rapid and sustainable
energy transition without delay."
Whether a country is ready or not -
the "leading democracies" are to switch off of fossil
fuels. Period.
this would certainly explain Biden
et al's "consideration" of declaring a "climate change
national emergency". The Supreme Court has tied his
hands somewhat with its ruling on using the EPA to further
regulate greenhouse gases. Our climbing gasoline
prices, our climbing electricity prices are not due to
Russia's invasion of Ukraine or anything else - they are due
to Biden et al push to end the use of fossil fuel...which
will destroy this nation's economy.
Doc’s
Prescription: Supreme Court limits EPA authority to
restrict greenhouse gas emissions
Biden et al goal is to get to zero
carbon emissions from power plants by 2035 and cut American
emissions in half by 2100. I think Biden et al are
pushing to do all of this much faster...at the expense of
our economy, our pocketbooks, etc. But they don't care
about the people...
This is all a planned, purposeful
attack on our way of life, our livelihoods, or finances - to
get us reduced to "You will own nothing and you will be
happy." Total control.
This is nothing short of
destruction of America as we know it.
We will see if Biden declares a
"national climate change emergency" or not...he can do this
anytime...for now he's announcing a list of
executive orders with more to come.
FEMA is to fund "cooling centers" for the excessive
heatwaves (to help people maintain 'a healthy body
temperature' - like libraries, malls, community
centers)...offshore windmills to be setup in the Gulf of
Mexico...Biden may make a big push on electric vehicles....
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance