"In any rational world, a candidate proposing the energy plan that Joe Biden has proposed for the United States would be laughed out of the race for President on that ground alone.
The word “unserious” does not remotely begin to describe the situation.
In essence Biden says he will cause a complete transformation of the U.S. energy economy within 30 years — or maybe it’s 15 — with
- no idea what technology might be able to accomplish that,
- how much it might cost, or
- how much poorer the effort might make the American people.
We have moved from the real world into the realm of fantasy and gaslighting.
And yet, at least as of today, Biden continues to lead in most polls.
The Biden campaign calls his proposals the “Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Climate Justice.”
The Biden campaign calls his proposals the “Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Climate Justice.”
A few excerpts:
...As president, Biden will lead the world to address the climate emergency and lead through the power of example, by
...As president, Biden will lead the world to address the climate emergency and lead through the power of example, by
- ensuring the U.S. achieves a 100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions no later than 2050. . . .
- He will not only recommit the United States to the Paris Agreement on climate change – he will go much further than that.
- He will lead an effort to get every major country to ramp up the ambition of their domestic climate targets...
Read through the whole thing, and you will find next-to-no specifics as to how such goals might be accomplished.
However, if you do get deep enough into the document, you will begin to realize that the promises made depend totally on fantasies about the development of technologies that don’t currently exist and in all likelihood never will exist, at least in any economically viable form...Read all.
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