In a speech to not many people,
Biden gave an outline of $2 trillion
in investments in clean energy,
jobs and infrastructure, over the
four years of his first term.
Biden proposes to pair
these investments
with new performance
standards, most notably
a clean electricity
standard that
would transition
the United States to a
carbon pollution-free
power sector by 2035.
40% of these investments
would be directed to
communities of color
(specific color not specified)
living on the toxic edge
of the fossil fuel economy
– communities that have
also been among
the most devastated
by the coronavirus
pandemic.
Part of Biden’s
“Build Back Better”
agenda is similar to the
Green New Deal proposal
of New York Representative
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
(in 2019), who he claims
as a climate change advisor.
Minus her socialist Green
New Deal programs
unrelated to energy,
such as Medicare for All
and a federal job guarantee.
Biden spins this as a
jobs, infrastructure
and clean energy
stimulus.
Biden will allegedly focus
on economy-wide
performance standards
for decarbonization.
Of course campaign
promises are often
not kept -- President
Trump is one of many
examples of that.
In Biden's view,
climate actions
can't be separated
from economic,
environmental
and social justice
issues.
In my view,
climate action
is a great way to waste
the taxpayer's money
on infrastructure for
expensive, unreliable,
intermittent sources
of electricity -- solar
and wind power.
They would replace
inexpensive, reliable
sources of electricity
that work well,
and whose
infrastructure
already exists.
The Biden plan
is for fools
with money
to burn.
The effect on the
global climate,
no matter
what you believe
about CO2,
would be
would be
negligible.