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The Biden EPA’s Plan to Ration Electricity. New rules are designed to eliminate fossil-fuel power plants. Energy scarcity is sure to result.
Wall Street Journal ^ | April 26, 2024 | WSJ Editorial Board

Posted on 04/27/2024 3:53:53 AM PDT by karpov

The Biden Administration’s regulations are coming so fast and furious that it’s hard even to keep track, but we’re trying. On Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency proposed its latest doozy—rules that will effectively force coal plants to shut down while banning new natural-gas plants.

“With the announcement today, the power sector can make planning decisions with a full array of information,” EPA’s press release declares. Translation: Get moving with the green-energy transition because we’re determined to eliminate fossil-fuel power.

Barack Obama’s regulation spurred a wave of coal plant closures. Now President Biden is trying to finish the job by tightening mercury, wastewater and ash disposal standards. EPA is also replacing the Obama Clean Power Plan that the Supreme Court struck down with a rule requiring that coal plants and new gas-fired plants adopt costly and unproven carbon-capture technology by 2032.

Section 111 of the Clean Air Act says the EPA can regulate pollutants from stationary sources through the “best system of emission reduction” that is “adequately demonstrated.” Carbon capture is neither the best nor adequately demonstrated. As of last year, only one commercial-scale coal plant in the world used carbon capture, and no gas-fired plants did.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


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To: mewzilla

Deep States worldwide are annihilating their middle classes.

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They certainly are. It’s a global agenda.


41 posted on 04/27/2024 8:56:09 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: karpov

42 posted on 04/27/2024 9:01:16 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: mewzilla
Deep States worldwide are annihilating their middle classes.

Well, what they don't understand is that governments (even 'world' governments), institutions, and fiefdoms of every sort are just one revolution away from a very unpalatable end. People don't continue to play pyramid games once they figure out that they can never win.

43 posted on 04/27/2024 9:09:16 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Libloather

Brandon will win because child-killing and weed are what matter most to Americans.


44 posted on 04/27/2024 9:12:27 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: karpov

Better start getting generators and a fuel supply.


45 posted on 04/27/2024 9:51:48 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: Soul of the South

Don’t forget. The depopulation solution may be how they correct this issue.


46 posted on 04/27/2024 10:16:50 AM PDT by dforest
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To: mewzilla

They don’t need a middle class. They need serfs.


47 posted on 04/27/2024 10:43:29 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Victor

A ship of fools captained by an empty soul.


48 posted on 04/27/2024 10:44:52 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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To: jmcenanly

The same for petroleum. Thousands of products. Try driving a Tesla without tires.


49 posted on 04/27/2024 10:46:16 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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To: themidnightskulker

Hah!


50 posted on 04/27/2024 10:47:15 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Of course they are not going to save it. But in their twisted illogical thinking, they think a utopia will be created. No grip on reality.


51 posted on 04/27/2024 10:51:55 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Omnivore-Dan

The freaks are not interested in saving civilization. The losers are out for some form of twisted revenge.

Welcome to FR.


52 posted on 04/27/2024 11:32:28 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: catnipman

What did commies have before cardboard?

Food!


53 posted on 04/27/2024 11:38:42 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: jmcenanly

HOW MANY SYRINGES WERE USED WORLDWIDE DURING COVID?

THEY ARE MADE OF PLASTIC

HOW about the ‘personal protection’ garb everyone in hospitals were wearing???


54 posted on 04/27/2024 11:55:04 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: karpov

And our fearless Speaker all all his henchmen just keep on funding these departments.

Shoving the USA into chaos every which way you look. Shocking times.


55 posted on 04/27/2024 11:56:14 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: karpov; 4everontheRight; 4Liberty; 5thGenTexan; 45semi; 101stAirborneVet; 300winmag; ...
Prepper Ping - EPA's New rule to try to shut down anything except "renewable power plants" will lead to electricity shortages and "Rationing Electricity"
Prepare accordingly to be at the mercy of the natural phenomena we call Summer, Fall, and Winter !
It's going to be a long,.. long,.. hot summer going into winter

(From the article): "The Biden Administration’s regulations are coming so fast and furious that it’s hard even to keep track, but we’re trying.
On Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency proposed its latest doozy—rules
that will effectively force coal plants to shut down while banning new natural-gas plants."

“With the announcement today, the power sector can make planning decisions with a full array of information,” EPA’s press release declares.
Translation: Get moving with the green-energy transition because we’re determined to eliminate fossil-fuel power."

"Barack Obama’s regulation spurred a wave of coal plant closures. Now President Biden is trying to finish the job by tightening mercury, wastewater and ash disposal standards.
EPA is also replacing the Obama Clean Power Plan that the Supreme Court struck down with a rule requiring that coal plants and new gas-fired plants adopt costly and unproven carbon-capture technology by 2032."

As noted, by the poster in post #1 :This excerpt is from the Wall Street Journal article,
at : https://archive.is/EPz7Y
as well as another WSJ article :
"Also from April 26 is a WSJ article "Air Conditioning and AI Are Demanding More of the World’s Power—Renewables Can’t Keep Up."
at : https://archive.is/Pypkt

56 posted on 04/27/2024 11:56:39 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Omnivore-Dan

“But in their twisted illogical thinking, they think a utopia will be created. No grip on reality.”

I agree they have no grip on reality but don’t agree that they think utopia. I think they’re driven by evil. They want chaos, they want death.


57 posted on 04/27/2024 11:58:16 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt; All
If Renewables Can’t Keep Up even now,
What is going to be like this winter ??

58 posted on 04/27/2024 11:58:24 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: karpov

The Biden war on electricity must be fought and there must be multitudes of massively maimed progressive eco freaks.

Like Hamas in Gaza, the Eco freaks must be destroyed


59 posted on 04/27/2024 11:58:32 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

“Also from April 26 is a WSJ article “Air Conditioning and AI Are Demanding More of the World’s Power—Renewables Can’t Keep Up.”

Not to mention charging all those mandated EVs


60 posted on 04/27/2024 12:04:53 PM PDT by CottonBall ("We need Trump before any other Americans are killed.")
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