Our climate czar is insane
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No. Just plant more plants. Oh wait, we can't because there are now solar panels where the plants used to be.
I understand your sarcasm and Kerry sounds like an idiot but don’t you think we should strive for a sustainable future? Seems like the US should be the leader in new “green tech” even if you think climate change is nonsense.
The world also needs to get on board with small nuclear reactors...renewables won’t feed the appetite of western society
Yes, of course we should. The problem isn’t the striving. The problem is artificially forcing a changeover for political and crony capitalism reasons rather than because it makes sense from an economic or even scientific standpoint. The problem is ignoring or hiding the ecological costs of production and disposal of solar panels and windmills because we are so enamored with the runtime benefits. Ignoring that we have to balance our marketplace and strategic defense positions that are built on an oil foundation against the transition to what should be cleaner technologies across their lifecycle. Finally, we should never be supporting diplomatic positions where we encourage China and India to continue developing through fossil fuels while we penalize ourselves for historically using fossil fuels and then pay those same countries financial penance for it.
I think it’s obvious the world is shifting towards green energy based on governments and an overall shift in people’s thinking on the environment. Why would the us not want to be on the forefront of that energy revolution so we can export our technology to other countries. It’s a job creator.
It’s not an either/or situation though. We can lead innovation on green while still keeping our capacity up using fossil. Only in politics does it pay to artibrarily end one. The two largest countries in the world are not shifting to green economies. They are building juggernauts off of fossil fuels. We may have already lost the race with China. To set ourselves back even more chasing the green dream is irresponsible.
As for job creation, how much of that is in this country?
The renewable technology of the future is not set so why couldn’t an emerging technology be a job creator in the US? Battery technology is being advanced so much that
Man I’m bad the Internet. Just want the us on the forefront of energy revolution which is inevitable in the near future
Most people are all for being at the forefront. But let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water. We can maintain our fossil production while we innovate new technologies that will replace them. If we destroy those industries because some people don’t like them and innovation stalls at all, then we are going to take a huge hit in a lot of sectors.
No doubt fossil fuels are needed to transition and I think combined cycle plants are a good transition. . But if by those industries you’re referring to fossil fuel industry...it’s being destroyed by market forces. That’s a fact man.
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