Posted on 12/08/2022 9:17:36 AM PST by rktman
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new proposed rule that will prevent new or newly renovated federal buildings from being powered by fossil fuels by 2030.
The new standards will force the government to use green energy technologies to power its buildings in hopes of cutting carbon emissions and meeting international climate goals, according to an Energy Department (DOE) memo. Starting in 2025, government buildings, which are responsible for roughly 25% of all federal carbon emissions, must also reduce their on-site emissions relating to energy use by 90% compared to 2003 levels.
“Ridding pollution from our buildings and adopting clean electricity are some of the most cost-effective and future-oriented solutions we have to combat climate change,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in a statement.
President Joe Biden is promoting green energy and phasing out fossil fuels throughout the entire federal government, setting a “net-zero” goal for government carbon emissions by 2050, according to a White House fact sheet. The DOE stated that the new regulation could reduce federal buildings’ methane emissions by 22.8 thousand tons and those buildings’ carbon emissions by 1.86 million metric tons over the next 30 years, which is roughly equivalent to the emissions produced by nearly 300,000 homes annually.
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“When those who produce must seek the permission of those who produce nothing your society is in decline. When the laws that are meant to protect you from the powerful protect the powerful from you your society is in decline’’.- Ayn Rand.
Right. They will power them by burning D.C. bull$#it.
I challenge today’s electrical cable manufacturers to make cables, particularly the insulation which is plastic, w/out using fossil fuels.
2030 is only 7 years away. Better get started today on the R & D. Remember, no fossil fuels may be used in the manufacturing process.
What happens when we go back to candles and kerosene lamps? Isn’t that fossil fuels?
I LOL whenever I see it on TV. The gist of it is "all of these wonderful things in life is thanks to you federal employees".
Yeah, right...
That’s my take on the entire fidiotic plan.
If its so critical - why not next year?
What a moron.
This should be easy, demolish the unnecessary buildings, and shutter the bureaucracy.
Won’t work. Delusion from central planning.
Especially the White House!! Yes.
Back on the 60s the utility companies were promoting “all-electric homes” as the wave of the future. Looks like Biden has finally caught up with the 1960s.
Guessing diesel backup generators are out of the question? Looks like the best time to rob the Federal Reserve is at night.
how bout we DON’T BUILD new federal buildings???
Okay by me.
“Why wait until 2030?”
Because leftism is a process not an end. Come 2030, with coal and gas still powering the Capitol and the DC bureaucrats, they’ll launch another “ambitious plan” to make DC carbon neutral by 2045.
That’s why, according to the left, the earth will always be dying in five years.
https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/research/section/the-future-of-urban-consumption-in-a-1-5c-world
WEF has instructed him (them) so
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