Posted on 11/14/2019 6:26:43 PM PST by karpov
WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders’s $16 trillion vision for arresting global warming would put the government in charge of the power sector and promise that, by 2030, the country’s electricity and transportation systems would run entirely on wind, solar, hydropower or geothermal energy, with the fossil fuel industry footing much of the bill much as Mexico was to pay for the border wall.
Climate scientists and energy economists say the plan is technically impractical, politically unfeasible, and possibly ineffective.
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The heart of Mr. Sanders’s plan, a government-run effort to build, manage and distribute renewable energy on a vast scale, would cost more than $2 trillion if it could pass muster in Congress and, several economists said, it might not even curb emissions.
His rejection of nuclear energy and technology to capture carbon emissions would make his carbon-reduction targets much harder. His notion of paying for renewable energy by “making the fossil fuel industry pay for their pollution” is vague. And, economists said, his climate plan fails to consider his larger agenda, such as the new infrastructure projects in his economic plan that would create a burst of new emissions. High-speed rail, wind turbines and mass transit need steel and concrete, the production of which requires energy.
“He’s trying to set a marker in terms of the pace and scale of spending that he’s proposing,” said Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems engineer and assistant professor at Princeton University. But, he added, “I don’t think that represents a very nuanced understanding of the set of challenges that we face.”
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Mr. Sander’s plan envisions expanding the four existing federal agencies that market electric power, known as federal Power Marketing Administrations, as well as the Tennessee Valley Authority, a government-owned corporation.
Energy experts say the problems are multifold.
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He needs to be more concerned about the climate change that will be experienced by those who reject Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Lunatics like Sanders used to be broken on the wheel for less.
Those would be the lucky ones who haven’t been found and killed for those iron pots by roving marauders.
Energy Secretary Ocasio-Cortez..that right there should get their attention.
Then they’ll remember the DoE is in charge of our nuclear materials.
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