Posted on 05/12/2023 1:01:25 PM PDT by Libloather
The Biden administration on Thursday released a sweeping plan to curb fossil fuel-fired power plant emissions, sparking concerns from experts about future U.S. power grid reliability.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan - which would curb nationwide power sector emissions by about 617 million metric tons through 2042 - forces electric power providers to slash pollution by about 90% over the next two decades. To achieve such aggressive emissions reductions, power plants must adopt carbon capture, a nascent and costly technology, or shut down.
"Electricity in America is becoming increasingly intermittent, and it's because we are transitioning rapidly towards unreliable and untested wind and solar," Daniel Turner, the founder and executive director of Power the Future, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
"It's evident the Biden administration has no comprehensive energy plan," he continued. "They want everyone to have EVs, they want electric hot water heaters, they want electric stoves. But you cannot be pushing everyone towards electrification as the only source of power, while at the same time weakening the production of that power."
As part of President Biden's climate agenda - he announced in 2021 his intention to create a 100% carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 - his administration has pushed policies boosting renewable power sources like wind and solar farms. While such green energy has grown dramatically, buoyed by favorable federal and state incentives, they still produce just 14% of U.S. electricity and are intermittent, or dependent on weather conditions.
Solar panels, for example, produce just 25% and wind turbines produce 34% of their listed capacity, according to the Energy Information Administration. Coal, natural gas and nuclear power plants, meanwhile, produce 49%, 54% and 93% of their listed capacity, respectively.
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The destruction of the US continues as planned.
The environmental extremists at the EPA combined with a Democrat executive are going to take us back to a 1930s level economy, if that, if allowed to continue. I am not joking, that is not hyperbole.
The destruction of the US continues as planned.
“The Fundamental Transformation of America” as promised by Obama.
Look, good stewardship of the earth is important, but so is protecting the economy!
That’s the reason for his (Obozo/Soros) plan
insanity
Texas and other red states should cut off power to Federal facilities during any power shortage caused by these insane unconstitutional rules. People, companies and the State should take priority over the Fed in all cases. With smart meters, states could easily shut off power selectively. The FBI, EPA, Federal Courts, the Federal Reserve, etc. losing power would be of no consequence.
Yep! Because we know the sun always shines, and the wind always blows.
The lefts policies are sabotage and they have nothing but bad intentions for all of us.
Biden’s latest climate action threatens US power grid, experts say
Umm, that’s the point.
And guess what Biden can do it without congress. Isn’t that grand.
Biden’s latest climate action threatens US power grid, experts say.
Indeed Mother Nature shows what it can do to it every year it’s insane to think we can go 100% electric.
It would take a 100 years to even come close to handle the load requirement.
Climate control nothing but a scam for a power grab and $$$$
The Chevron case now before SCOTUS would stop alphabet agencies, like the EPA, from making law.
Here’s hoping the judges make the right decision.
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