The Biden administration is betting that wind and solar will replace fossil fuels as the Grid’s major energy source by 2035. That plan will change the American landscape. Nearly every building in the country will have solar electric and/or solar heating devices mounted on the roof. Plus, if we were to use today’s technology and divide the grid’s 2035 projected electric load equally between solarpv and ocean wind turbines, we would need more than 3,600 (500 MW) solarpv farms covering roughly 15,000 square miles and 500 (1,500 MW) wind farms covering 38,000 square miles of coastal ocean surface.
The administration is also betting that it can, within the next twelve (12) years, force 60% of America’s drivers to dispose of their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and buy electric Vehicles (EVs). We will all have to scrap our ICE vehicles because there won’t be a resale market and the administration doesn’t have a retrofit plan. Don’t bet against the administration. They are doing everything within their power to win the bet, including crippling America’s petroleum and natural gas industries.
The US is following the UN’s goal of a net zero economy by 2050. (i.e. All greenhouse gas emissions will be cut as close to zero as possible, any remaining emissions will be re-absorbed from the atmosphere, by oceans and forests.) The International Energy Agency (IEA), and the US Department of Energy agree that it is impossible to achieve net zero using today’s technology. The administration is gambling the nation’s future on technology that must be invented and operating within the next seven years. They don’t have a backup plan.
What happens if we don’t have that new technology operational within seven years? According to the screaming Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, our planet will fall into a spiraling death spin from which there is no escape.
Of all the renewable sources being developed, clean nuclear fusion energy appears to be the world’s best hope.
The leaders of the United States and the European Union are hellbent on eliminating fossil fuels as quickly as possible. The rush is good for the EU; it produces less than 1% of the world’s fossil fuels. It’s not so good for the US. We are the world’s largest fossil fuel producer. Our fossil fuel production makes us energy independent and keeps our economy sound, which in turn, pays for our climate change programs. Only climate change idiots or a compromised administration, would rush to kill their golden goose before they have a replacement.
The Biden administration curtailed the development of all fossil fuels and sold a sizeable portion of the US Strategic Petroleum Reserves to China. Now we’re buying oil from OPEC to replenish those reserves. The administration has compromised our national security. Our military currently runs on petroleum, and we don’t have enough of it to fight a prolonged battle. The administration, by prematurely killing our oil and gas industry, is also killing our ability to use our own oil to quickly resupply any needed military fuel.
It’s time for common sense. It’s time for US and EU leaders to pause, take a deep breath, and look around.
Russia is not going to stop producing and using fossil fuels. It’s their best non-nuclear weapon. They used Europe’s dependence on Russian oil, to hold NATO at bay while they invaded Ukraine.
China will only stop producing and using fossil fuels when they have a proven viable alternative. Meanwhile, they will continue to be climate change fear mongers; telling the world, “If you want to save the planet, stop using fossil fuels now.”
China has outsmarted us again. They are using the American public’s fear of climate change and politicians like John Kerry, as a means to make us pay for their energy independence. They manufacture the materials needed for renewable energy projects. We rush to buy them, and they use the profits to pay for their own renewable energy program; eventually becoming energy independent at our expense.
Nations that control energy have power over nations that do not. China is quietly trying to control both the fossil fuel industry and the renewable energy industry. They’re making alliances with Russia and the OPEC countries. There is little we can do to stop them. We are dependent upon China for thousands of products from pharmaceuticals to renewable energy parts.
Most of the middle eastern OPEC nations share a hatred for the US. It’s easy for them to look at China and say, “the enemy, of my enemy, is my friend.” However, when it comes to China alliances, that adage, is a short-term view of a long-term conflict. It should be amended to, “the enemy, of my enemy, is my friend, until he’s not.”
Our best hope for a secure future is to continue using our fossil fuels until we’ve proven we don’t need them anymore. The EU’s best hope for energy independence is to follow our lead and share our fossil fuels until they have a viable alternative.