Posted on 11/03/2021 9:06:58 PM PDT by aquila48
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could outlaw wildfires? Or legislate against Polar Vortexes?
That’s what California Governor Gavin Newsom is trying to do with carbon emissions from natural gas, the state’s largest generator of electricity. Just declare it zero-carbon and that’s that.
At the end of September, Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 423, controversial legislation that considers natural gas a firm zero-carbon resource by default. But natural gas, a mixture of methane and other hydrocarbon gases, creates copious amounts of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide when burned – whether on a stove, in a furnace, or at a gas-fired power plant.
Gene Nelson, legal analyst for Californians for Green Nuclear Power, pointed out the troubling definition tucked within aspirational language in the bill. SB 423 defines firm zero-carbon resources as “electrical resources that can individually, or in combination, deliver electricity with high availability for the expected duration of multiday extreme or atypical weather events and facilitate integration of eligible renewable energy resources into the electrical grid and the transition to a zero-carbon electrical grid.”
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
I guess reality is finally getting it's overdue revenge.
Hey, “Follow the science” worked for Fauxchi, so he probably looked at that and said, “Yeah, that’s the ticket!”
Ping.
Clown fiesta!
Clown fiesta!
I’ve got a car that is rated as a “PZEV” - “Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle”!
Partial Zero?
New Math?
Is that half of Zero? Two Thirds?
99 & 44/100 pure?
Newsom saw that it doesn’t make any smoke and concluded that it is zero-carbon. Democrats are the party of science, ya know.
My God, they can NEVER just be honest.
Climate change = hoax
Fossil fuels = cheap, necessary and reliable
All cars have that feature. When the engine isn’t running it’s emissions are zero.
I’m on his side with this one. Texas should be next to declare this.
It’s pretty clear this Newsom clown is really jealous of all the attention the “Babylon Bee” is getting.
However, there is nothing wrong with carbon dioxide. It is nontoxic. We exhale it every time we breath. Plants thrive on it. CO2 truly makes the world a greener place.
I wish Newsome would stick his head in an oven to verify the carbon neutrality of natural gas.
Not necessarily. The vehicle's air conditioning system could possibly be leaking refrigerant, such as a hydrofluorocarbon, which is said to have a high GWP (i.e., global warming potential). That is actually a factor in how the EPA evaluates vehicle emissions when setting GHG emission standards. :-)
“Follow The Science...”
All of our Public Skoolz are above average, like in MinnieSota”.
“I’m a freakin’ Genius”
What you define to be the zero in your scale is always an arbitrary choice. The problem is that in science, once you pick the 0 point for your scale and what constitutes, say 100 on the scale, you are stuck from then on out.
The word partial covers that. :)
“natural gas, a mixture of methane and other hydrocarbon gases, creates copious amounts of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide when burned”
Really?
Where’s the YUGE Gorebal Warning water parts of the equation?
Newsom = Idiot... Krusty the clown would make a better Governor
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