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The myth of Biden’s 100% renewable energy pledge
Washington Examiner ^ | 01 Dec 2020 | Kevin Mooney

Posted on 12/02/2020 5:20:57 AM PST by blueplum

Biden appointed Paris Agreement negotiator John Kerry as his climate czar, a new position that he created to elevate the issue of climate change. He also unveiled a transition agenda that includes “achiev[ing] a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035” as one of its top priorities.

Many have discussed their thoughts on the political wisdom or senselessness of this public policy priority. However, few have really called out the elephant in the room: It’s not possible and will only enrich Wall Street at everyone else’s expense.

It’s easy to preen “green” when you have enough green to buy a certificate for not actually being green yourself. ..

Today, corporations, big universities, and even big media companies do the same, often without even realizing it, by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates, or RECs. They are sold by middlemen such as xGreenPowerLLC, which makes its own green in the exchange....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: green; greenenergy; rec; scams
easy to read explanation of RECs, or the scam that made Al Gore filthy rich. In order to keep the market value of RECs, green must be made to seem essential.
1 posted on 12/02/2020 5:20:57 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

The Green New Deal will ensure poverty for millions of Americans. You can’t run modern life with wind and solar, which have their own environmental issues.

If these people were serious about a non-carbon based energy future, they’d be advocating for a next generation nuclear program, probably using thorium. Reactors would be designed for safety and use of materials not useful in bomb-building.


2 posted on 12/02/2020 5:27:15 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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