EDITORIAL: Eliminating fossil fuels would risk a descent into darkness

washingtontimes.com ^ | 6/10/2019 | editors

[rktman]

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Inventiveness plus boldness equals progress. Liberal “activists” who want to revolutionize the nation’s energy resources demonstrate political moxie, but if their campaign to substitute renewable sources for fossil fuels — oil and gas — succeeds it will take more than happy thoughts to keep the lights on.

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, pledges to donate $500 million to a campaign to shutter the nation’s remaining coal-fired power plants by 2030. The billionaire told the Class of ‘19 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology the other day that his Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the Sierra Club, played a role in closing 289 coal-fired plants — half of the nation’s existing power plants — since 2011. He says he’ll try to pull the plug on the rest, all to save the planet from the changing climate.

“Building on the success of the Beyond Coal campaign, I’m committing $500 million to launch @BeyondCarbon the largest-ever coordinated campaign to tackle the worst climate crisis our country has ever seen, Mr. Bloomberg tweeted last week. “This is the fight of our time.” The money will be spent primarily on funding environmental organizations adept at lobbying government officials to go “green.” He aims to take out clean-burning natural gas power plants as well. “By the time they are built, they’ll be out of date because renewable will be cheaper,” he told the graduates.

[rktman]

“Don’t ask or speak of the Wise Ones who rule us all.” Sort of like the other employees were ‘cautioned’ about shell-sea clintoon when she occupied that space at the exorbitant salary? (DON’T LOOK AT ME!) :-)

[rktman]

“but life beyond carbon — entirely dependent on sunshine and a breeze — would be insanity.” I know you must have seen some of the videos so may be familiar with the insanity that does exist among the ‘true believers’. If you look at nannie bloomers beyondcarbon. org site you’ll see it on display. He won’t suffer one iota though.

[rktman]

Most of the true believers have NO clue just how much of their daily lives are made awesome through products of ‘big oil’. Funny how the big enviro ‘trek companies’ provide apparel and equipment made of synthetics.

[Jim Noble]

Eliminating fossil fuels would risk a descent into darkness

The descent into darkness is the whole purpose of eliminating fossil fuels.

[roadcat]

The real reason is that storms involving wind and particularly ice cause our growing number of trees to bring down power lines.

Here in California, lots of the recent devastation from forest fires is man-caused... by government decree. They forbid landowners from clearing brush and debris, because government believes in a mistaken belief they're protecting tiny animals and insects. Even the utility companies have many restrictions against clearing flammable brush and trees, even though they are blamed and made to pay the costs of deadly fires. Government in California is not out to protect the public, they don't give a darn.