Posted on 01/19/2025 3:13:09 AM PST by Olog-hai
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and voiced concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under the Biden administration.
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum described Trump’s aspiration to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” as a way to counter demand for fossil fuels from autocratic nations — Russia, Iran and Venezuela — that have fewer environmental safeguards.
Burgum also said the U.S. needs to make more “baseload” electricity from coal and other sources as it seeks to power data centers for the nation’s tech industry. If confirmed, Burgum would become the chief steward of federal lands. […]
The Republican’s security claims were challenged by Hawaii Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono who said military leaders have described global warming as a threat that could trigger instability and wars. …
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While Burgum has outlined plans to make North Dakota carbon neutral by 2030, he’s steered clear of describing the pipeline or other carbon capture initiatives as environmentally friendly. Instead, he touts them as a lucrative business opportunity for North Dakota that might ultimately assist the fossil fuel industry.
“This has nothing to do with climate change,” Burgum said in early March on a North Dakota radio program. “This has to do with markets.”
No diff.
Zeldin at the EPA is just as bad:
“Zeldin co-sponsored the Carbon Capture Improvement Act to encourage carbon capture technology”
https://www.newsweek.com/everything-lee-zeldin-said-about-climate-change-1984146
There are thousands of these monolith windmills scattered across the US and offshore, and the sad things is that they don’t work some of the time, never in calm wind, and their parts are not reusable. They require hydrocarbon products to lubricate and only last 10 years at best. Then, they cannot be buried. What are we going to do with these useless piles of junk? Other than those drawbacks, they are great. Any farmer that relied on windmills to generate of electricity for his stock tank water pumps cheered the day he got electricity to his farm from the local generation plant.
Wasn’t it in North Dakota that a hail storm wiped out a solar farm? Let’s ask the folks in Texas about wind and solar power after the winter weather hit them a couple of years ago. I doubt they have any questions about reliability of renewable energy.
“Green” energy is hardly pollution free.
Far as I can see, it ends up creating more than fossil fuels and making, using, and disposing of it wastes more energy and creates more pollution than it ever produces.
This guy’s a disaster:
“Continue the great work they are already doing and don’t be afraid to tell that story. We are uniquely positioned to take advantage of the market demands shifting toward a carbonconstrained future. Take, for example, the huge opportunity for our corn and soybean growers who can sell their commodities to ethanol and biodiesel plants. By implementing best practices, they can receive a premium for their crop, which then is developed right here in North Dakota into an ethanol or renewable diesel product that can be sold into a lucrative, low-carbon market.”
https://futurefarmermag.com/qa-with-governor-doug-burgum-on-carbon-neutrality/
“Of course its unreliable. That’s why backup systems are needed when the wind don’t blow and the sun don’t shine.”
That’s what batteries are for, dummy. Oh, never mind, sorry I forgot there is a HUGE battery bank in Central California, right on top of a residential area. It had a ‘bad day’ last week - so that doesn’t work.
Aren’t Hydro dams ‘renewable’ (if you put them back, like on the Klamath).
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