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| 2023-04-20 |
| [Townhall - John Stossel] Earth Day is Saturday! Hooray? "Saving humanity from the climate crisis," says EarthDay.org, requires us to "push away from the dirty fossil fuel economy." Sounds logical. But my latest video explains why doing that is cruel to poor people. "Three billion people in the world still use less electricity than a typical refrigerator," explains Alex Epstein, author of "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels." If they're going to have "their first well-paying jobs ... their first consistent supply of clean water ... a modern life ... that's going to depend on fossil fuels." "When we look at solar and wind around the world," he answers, "it always correlates to rising prices and declining reliability. Why? Because solar and wind are intermittent. At any time, they can go near zero." That means wind turbines and solar farms don't replace fossil fuel plants. You have to build them in addition to fossil fuel plants. Germany invested heavily in solar and wind power. Elites around the world praised German politicians for creating record renewable power. But that didn't work so well when the winds slowed and clouds appeared. Germans now pay much more for electricity, triple what Americans pay. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #4 An entry level vehicle at the low cost of $991.86/month. Your mobility is a correlation to your freedom. #WokeAmerica |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-04-20 13:29 |
| #3 I predict "peak rare earths" before "peak oil." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-04-20 10:14 |
| #2 I reject both EV's and Geraldo. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-04-20 10:12 |
| #1 Last night on The Five Geraldo again was all in on electric cars. He said they are inevitable and we just have to accept them. When one of the others said most people can't afford one he said, "The Chevy Volt is now down to 33 grand". He is blind to the problems with getting the rare metals and the cost of replacing the batteries. He is just like all the other climate crazies, refusing to accept the realities. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-04-20 10:00 |