THE BIG PICTURE:
This article
should not
be needed.
But our mass media,
with strong leftist bias,
treats the Green New Deal
( GND )
with undeserved respect,
as if it was feasible,
without making
a huge quantity
of American assets
completely obsolete,
and causing a deep
US recession.
A deep US receession
with intermittent
electric power !
And after the recession.
global greenhouse gas
emissions would
continue to rise,
from economic growth
in developing countries
not foolish enough
to impose a GND
on themselves !
The GND
was proposed
by some not very
bright socialists,
who call themselves
Democrats.
It's their dream.
More like a nightmare,
that would destroy
the US economy.
And perhaps
that's their goal:
Destroying capitalism ?
Implementing the GND,
if it was feasible,
would be like a 12-year
socialist takeover
of the US economy.
With costs estimated
at $30 to $60
trillion dollars,
in the first decade,
the GND would be
the most expensive
economic experiment
in world history.
The push for the GND
may be something else.
The GND may not be
a serious attempt
to end beneficial
( based on real science )
carbon emissions,
that are 'greening'
our planet, per
satellite measurements,
and accelerating growth
of plants used for food.
The GND may
actually be
a 'fake out',
cleverly used
to steer people
toward less radical
environmental
legislation.
Pushing the GND
may actually be
a leftist strategy
to get people to accept
future legislation
implementing:
( 1)
carbon dioxide taxes,
(2)
increased subsidies
for 'green' energy,
(3)
stricter fuel mandates
for cars and trucks,
(4)
stricter energy
requirements
for appliances,
and
(5)
more stringent
emission restrictions
on power plants.
Compared with the
GND "boogeyman",
those five leftist wants
would seem moderate,
by comparison !
DETAILS:
Note:
The GND is full of
costly "social-justice"
wish list items,
that will not be
discussed here.
The GND requirement
of eliminating fossil fuels
in 12 years is impossible.
The GND is not
going to happen
in 12 years,
or in 32 years !
Consider the
huge changes
required to replace
all fossil fuels
with renewable
power plants,
and electric vehicles,
in just 12 years.
Our electric grid and
transportation system
were built up
over a century.
GND calls for
replacing them
in 12 years !
Millions of wind turbines
would have to be built
and installed.
Millions of solar panels
would have to be built
and installed.
Billions of battery packs
would have to be stored
in millions of homes,
... tens of thousands
of central "battery farms"
would have to be built.
Using ONLY wind turbines
for all electricity,
( aka: "bird shredders" )
plus the free space
needed around them,
needed around them,
would require up to one-third
of the total area of the
48 contiguous states
Using ONLY solar panels
for all electricity,
would require up to 20%
of the total area of the
48 contiguous states.
Thousands of new
electric towers
would have to be installed,
along with thousands
of additional miles
of transmission lines,
needed to get the power
from where the wind blows,
and the sun shines regularly,
to the cities and towns
where the power is used.
Investors, including
insurance companies
and pension fund,
would lose
many billions
of dollars when
coal and natural gas
power plants,
operated by
public utilities,
were idled by laws
banning fossil fuel
power plants.
( facilities that state public utility
authorities licensed, and approved ).
Residents of cities
with publicly owned
power plants,
would be paying off
bonds used to finance
those plants long after
they were idled
by the GND.
All gasoline, diesel, biodiesel,
ethanol, and natural gas-powered
vehicles, would have to be
replaced with electric vehicles.
Compared with gasoline-
powered automobiles.
the electric vehicles
would be smaller,
less powerful,
less comfortable,
more expensive,
and unable go
long distances
without frequent
recharging.
Electric vehicle sales
are currently under 2%
of the automobile market,
despite more than a decade
of very generous
government subsidies.
Foreign cars manufacturers
would have to buy into GND,
if they wanted to sell cars
in the United States.
Manufacturing
would have to be
directed away
from products
we want to buy,
to produce millions
of wind turbines,
solar panels,
electric vehicles,
batteries,
transmission towers
and power lines, etc.
Meeting the GND goals
for home energy efficiency
would require visits from
government inspectors,
to snoop inside our homes.
They would ensure
each home had the latest
energy efficient appliances,
insulation, home heating
and cooling systems,
and windows.
There would be
no fuel available
for your natural gas
powered stove,
clothes dryer,
water heater,
gas fireplace,
propane grill,
etc.
Not to mention
no gasoline
for your car,
truck, golf cart,
snowmobile,
lawn mower and
snow blower !
Take them all
to the garbage dump !
But first build a lot more
garbage dumps !
The government
would mandate purchase
of only "approved"
TVs, phones, refrigerators,
and other home goods,
that use less energy.
Using less energy would be
the primary product attribute
for government bureaucrats,
rather than high performance,
or high quality, of the product,
that are more important to you.
Importing more batteries,
solar panels, wind turbines,
and appliances, would make
our trade deficit even bigger.
More imports would
just be "offshoring"
carbon dioxide emissions,
instead of reducing them.
The technologies
to implement the GND
require tons of minerals,
and rare earth elements,
currently unavailable
in the quantities required
for the GND transition.
Currently,
the United States
relies on China, Russia,
and other nations,
for imports of
more than half
of critical minerals,
that are the foundation
of green technologies.
Those minerals are used
for powerful magnets
in wind turbines,
and for the thin films
used for solar panels.
They are also used
in jets, missiles, radar
and guidance systems,
televisions, cell phones,
computers, and
gaming systems.
The GND is not
going to happen
in 12 years,
or in 22 years,
or in 32 years !
But the people
proposing the GND
should realize that,
( maybe not dingbat AOC ? )
or are they just using
the economic nightmare
of the GND,
to make other
environmental wants
seem more moderate ?
Perhaps GND is really
fake leftist legislation
to scare people into
less radical
environmental
environmental
legislation ?
If so, the GND
reminds me of
reminds me of
"climate change",
which is a
fake leftist "crisis"
( the rate of warming
since 1940 is harmless,
especially the nearly
flat trend after 2003 )
designed to increase
government power
over the private sector.
Climate change
is a fake leftist "crisis"
based on fake
junk "science"
junk "science"
( thirty years of
wrong wild guesses
of the future climate,
is not real science ) !