{"id":289184,"date":"2023-11-29T15:21:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289184"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:21:42","slug":"yellow-brick-road-to-green-dystopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289184","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Brick Road to Green\u00a0Dystopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"289205\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289205\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OIG-2023-11-29T085017.600.jpeg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rclutz.com\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"690\" data-attachment-id=\"289187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289187\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0green-mentality.webp?fit=600%2C690&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,690\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0green-mentality\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0green-mentality.webp?fit=600%2C690&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0green-mentality.webp?resize=600%2C690&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0green-mentality.webp?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0green-mentality.webp?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J. Peder Zane warns us that green dreamers will destroy social wellbeing in his Real Clear Investigations article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2023\/11\/17\/investigative_issues_lets_count_the_ways_rci_has_exposed_green_pipe_dreams_993527.html\"><strong>Let\u2019s Count the Ways RCI Has Exposed the Green Pipe Dream.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Excerpts in italics wtih my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>While brandishing the\u00a0<strong>moral cudgel<\/strong>\u00a0with full force \u2013 President Biden describes<strong>\u00a0climate change as \u201can existential crisis,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0i.e., every person and puppy will die if we don\u2019t submit to his agenda \u2013 the left\u00a0<strong>also<\/strong>\u00a0suggests<strong>\u00a0the transition will be easy-peasy:<\/strong>\u00a0Just build s<strong>ome windmills<\/strong>, install some\u00a0<strong>solar panels,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>swap out your car, stove, and lightbulbs for cleaner and cheaper alternatives.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"717\" data-attachment-id=\"289189\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289189\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0yellow-brick-road.png?fit=830%2C823&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"830,823\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0yellow-brick-road\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0yellow-brick-road.png?fit=723%2C717&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0yellow-brick-road.png?resize=723%2C717&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0yellow-brick-road.png?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0yellow-brick-road.png?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0yellow-brick-road.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0yellow-brick-road.png?resize=768%2C762&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0yellow-brick-road.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>The up front gold is clear and costly, the end of the road in shadows.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Though much of the cheerleading media downplays this fact, it is already<strong>\u00a0clear that Biden\u2019s enormously expensive, massively disruptive goal is a pipe dream<\/strong>. In a recent series of articles, my colleagues at RealClearInvestigations have reported on several of the seemingly<strong>\u00a0intractable problems that the administration and its eco-allies are trying to wish away.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"710\" data-attachment-id=\"289191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289191\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0windmills-zero-gain.png?fit=1080%2C1060&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1060\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0windmills-zero-gain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0windmills-zero-gain.png?fit=723%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0windmills-zero-gain.png?resize=723%2C710&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0windmills-zero-gain.png?resize=1024%2C1005&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0windmills-zero-gain.png?resize=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0windmills-zero-gain.png?resize=768%2C754&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0windmills-zero-gain.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0windmills-zero-gain.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The\u00a0<strong>dishonesty begins with the engine of the green economy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the\u00a0<strong>vast array of wind and solar farms<\/strong>\u00a0that must be constructed\u00a0<strong>to replace the coal and gas facilities<\/strong>\u00a0that power our economy.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2023\/09\/12\/the_biden_administration_vastly_misleads_the_public_on_the_vast_expanses_of_land_needed_for_net_zero_977662.html\">James Varney reported for RCI<\/a>\u00a0that the Department of Energy\u2019s official line is that the installations required to meet Biden\u2019s goal of \u201c100% clean electricity\u201d by 2035 will require \u201cless than one-half of one percent of the contiguous U.S. land area\u201d \u2013 or roughly 15,000 of the lower 48\u2019s roughly 3 million square miles. However, Varney noted,<strong>\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrel.gov\/analysis\/100-percent-clean-electricity-by-2035-study.html\">the government report<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that furnished those estimates also\u00a0<strong>notes<\/strong>\u00a0that the\u00a0<strong>wind farm footprint alone<\/strong>\u00a0could require an expanse nine times as large:\u00a0<strong>134,000 square miles.<\/strong>\u00a0That is equivalent to\u00a0<strong>the land mass of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky combined \u2013 plus all of New England.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"715\" data-attachment-id=\"289192\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289192\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0albany-and-indian-point2.png?fit=589%2C715&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"589,715\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0albany-and-indian-point2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0albany-and-indian-point2.png?fit=589%2C715&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0albany-and-indian-point2.png?resize=589%2C715&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0albany-and-indian-point2.png?w=589&amp;ssl=1 589w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0albany-and-indian-point2.png?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Convert Albany county New York into a wind farm required just to replace the now shuttered Indian Point nuclear power plant.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Echoing the 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century adage that figures don\u2019t lie, but liars figure, the discrepancy mostly involves estimates of what can be built around the windmills.\u00a0<strong>Each turbine\u2019s footprint is relatively small, but they have to be spaced far apart.<\/strong>\u00a0The DOE\u2019s smaller number is based on the fanciful assumption that all the surrounding land can be used for agriculture and other purposes, while the larger figure assumes none of it will. The truth probably is somewhere in between. That the government is trumpeting the impossibly small number \u2013\u00a0<strong>while ignoring the additional land needed to build\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/mzt7Z\">transmission lines<\/a>\u00a0which will carry the current to end users<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 is telling and troubling.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"263\" data-attachment-id=\"289194\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289194\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-614.png?fit=965%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"965,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-614\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-614.png?fit=723%2C263&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-614.png?resize=723%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-614.png?w=965&amp;ssl=1 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-614.png?resize=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-614.png?resize=768%2C279&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Given Biden\u2019s aggressive timeframes for the build-out \u2013&nbsp;<strong>2035 is a mere dozen years from now<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 one might expect that the administration has a master plan detailing&nbsp;<strong>where and when these green farms will be constructed.<\/strong>&nbsp;It does not. And,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2023\/09\/12\/growing_maze_of_state_and_local_laws_challenging_bidens_energy_push_977431.html\">as Steve Miller reported for RCI<\/a>, this challenge already seems insurmountable given the \u201c<strong>grassroots resistance<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2026 coalescing in varied new state laws and local ordinances that threaten to bog down solar and wind development in a multi-front legal and regulatory war on a scale not seen before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">In a stinging irony, opponents are routinely invoking arguments regarding<br>endangered species and wetlands that environmentalists have long deployed<br>to kneecap pipelines, gas fields, and other fossil fuel projects.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Another largely ignored problem area is charging stations for electric vehicles.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/mega-jolt_the_costs_and_logistics_of_plugging_in_evs_are_about_to_become_supercharged_987493.html#\/find\/nearest?country=US\"><strong>J<\/strong>ohn Murawski reported for RCI<\/a>\u00a0that<strong>\u00a0California\u2019s first-in-the-nation move<\/strong>\u00a0to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars after 2035 is highlighting an array of challenges and dislocations. To keep electric cars rolling, the state \u201cmay need to install\u00a0<strong>at least 20 electric chargers for every gas pump now in service<\/strong>\u00a0to create a reliable, seamless network\u201d \u2013 or more than\u00a0<strong>2 million new stations<\/strong>\u00a0during the next decade, which is about 10 times as many EV ports as gas station nozzles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"349\" data-attachment-id=\"289196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289196\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0teslas-diesel-charger.webp?fit=998%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"998,482\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0teslas-diesel-charger\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0teslas-diesel-charger.webp?fit=723%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0teslas-diesel-charger.webp?resize=723%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0teslas-diesel-charger.webp?w=998&amp;ssl=1 998w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0teslas-diesel-charger.webp?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0teslas-diesel-charger.webp?resize=768%2C371&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0teslas-diesel-charger.webp?resize=930%2C450&amp;ssl=1 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It might be hard to convince private businesses to house the chargers, because, as a 2022 report from the California Energy Commission noted, \u201c<strong>Revenue from electricity sales alone is often not enough today for chargers to be profitable,<\/strong>&nbsp;especially for stations with lower utilization.\u201d That\u2019s why&nbsp;<strong>California is investing at least $14 billion to subsidize this fantasy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Even if the EV infrastructure gets built, it will require a massive change in behavior.<\/strong>\u00a0The days of fill \u2019er up once or twice a week will likely become a distant memory. Most public stations will only be able to provide between\u00a0<strong>five and 60 miles of range for an hour hook-up<\/strong>. Private citizens will need to pony up for their own charging infrastructure at home, while renters and low-income drivers will have to rely on employer and municipal largesse to supply chargers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"414\" data-attachment-id=\"289197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289197\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-615.png?fit=488%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"488,414\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-615\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-615.png?fit=488%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-615.png?resize=488%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-615.png?w=488&amp;ssl=1 488w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-615.png?resize=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The green dream also involves knotty geo-politico issues.<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2023\/08\/17\/growing_alarm_that_bidens_net-zero_approach_could_get_scorched_by_red_chinas_green_energy_dominance_973447.html\">Ben Weingarten reported for RCI<\/a>&nbsp;that America\u2019s transition to renewables is empowering its most formidable economic adversary. \u201c<strong>China<\/strong>&nbsp;currently holds a commanding position in the clean energy industry,&nbsp;<strong>controlling the natural resources and manufacturing the components<\/strong>&nbsp;essential to the Biden administration\u2019s desired alternative energy transition,\u201d Weingarten wrote. \u201cEnergy experts believe that its dominance will become more entrenched in the years ahead because of&nbsp;<strong>domestic environmentalist opposition to perceived \u2018dirty\u2019 mining and refining operations,<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Biden<\/strong>&nbsp;administration\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>\u2018clean energy\u2019 spending<\/strong>&nbsp;blitz \u2013 which could&nbsp;<strong>provide Chinese companies and subsidiaries billions in subsidies.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What\u2019s more,\u00a0<strong>if the U.S. slows its production of oil and gas<\/strong>\u00a0in the coming years, hostile or problematic nations that continue to drill \u2013 including\u00a0<strong>Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Venezuela \u2013 will reap the benefits<\/strong>\u00a0should renewables fail to become a reliable source of power.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"288\" data-attachment-id=\"289199\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289199\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-616.png?fit=553%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"553,288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-616\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-616.png?fit=553%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-616.png?resize=553%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289199\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-616.png?w=553&amp;ssl=1 553w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-616.png?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Finally, the systematic erasure of these and other consequential questions<br>is part of a broad effort to quell dissenting views.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>While climate action advocates in the government, media, and academia argue that the science is settled,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2023\/09\/13\/heres_the_climate_dissent_youre_not_hearing_about_because_its_muffled_by_societys_top_institutions_978511.html\">Murawski reported for RCI<\/a>\u00a0that a\u00a0<strong>growing number of experts are courageously challenging this orthodoxy.<\/strong>\u00a0In August, for example, \u201cmore than 1,600 scientists, including two Nobel physics laureates,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/environment\/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis\">signed a declaration<\/a>\u00a0stating that<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clintel.org\/world-climate-declaration\/\">there is no climate emergency<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0and that climate advocacy has devolved into mass hysteria,\u201d Murawski wrote. \u201cThe skeptics say the radical transformation of entire societies is marching forth without a full debate, based on\u00a0<strong>dubious scientific claims amplified by knee-jerk journalism.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"447\" data-attachment-id=\"289201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289201\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-617.png?fit=1200%2C742&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,742\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-617\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-617.png?fit=723%2C447&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-617.png?resize=723%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-617.png?resize=1024%2C633&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-617.png?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-617.png?resize=768%2C475&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-617.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In detailing the central arguments of these skeptics, Murawski reported that\u00a0<strong>few fall into the camp of \u201cclimate deniers\u201d \u2013 itself a shameful label<\/strong>\u00a0used to equate climate change with the Holocaust. They acknowledge the Earth is warming. Some, however, question whether human activity is to blame and, if it is, whether the massive human interventions being demanded can make much difference. Others say that the\u00a0<strong>money<\/strong>\u00a0spent retooling the economy would be\u00a0<strong>better spent spurring economic growth<\/strong>\u00a0that will allow people to adapt to a changing world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"289202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289202\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-618.png?fit=595%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"595,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-618\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-618.png?fit=595%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-618.png?resize=595%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-618.png?w=595&amp;ssl=1 595w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-618.png?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-618.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Murawski reported that many dissenters believe that<strong>&nbsp;\u201c[S]logans such as \u2018follow the science\u2019 and scientific consensus\u2019 are misleading and disingenuous.<\/strong>&nbsp;There is<strong>&nbsp;no consensus on<\/strong>&nbsp;many key questions, such as the&nbsp;<strong>urgency to cease and desist burning fossil fuels, or<\/strong>&nbsp;the accuracy of&nbsp;<strong>computer modeling predictions<\/strong>&nbsp;of future global temperatures. The apparent&nbsp;<strong>consensus<\/strong>&nbsp;of imminent disaster is&nbsp;<strong>manufactured through peer pressure, intimidation<\/strong>, and research funding priorities, based on the conviction that \u2018noble lies,\u2019 \u2018consensus entrepreneurship,\u2019 and \u2018stealth advocacy\u2019 are necessary to save humanity from itself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>A lie is rarely noble.<\/strong>\u00a0It is almost always<strong>\u00a0evidence of a weak argument and contempt<\/strong>\u00a0for those it seeks to influence. Those who see climate change as an urgent danger and believe they know how to counter the threat<strong>\u00a0should make their case forthrightly instead of recycling tired myths<\/strong>. Our democracy faces an\u00a0<strong>existential threat when the will of the people gives way to the coercion of the masses<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" data-attachment-id=\"289204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289204\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-619.png?fit=400%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-619\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-619.png?fit=400%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-619.png?resize=400%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-619.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-619.png?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Matters By\u00a0Ron Clutz J. Peder Zane warns us that green dreamers will destroy social wellbeing in his Real Clear Investigations article&nbsp;Let\u2019s Count the Ways RCI Has Exposed the Green Pipe Dream.&nbsp;&nbsp;Excerpts in italics wtih my bolds and added images. While brandishing the\u00a0moral cudgel\u00a0with full force \u2013 President Biden describes\u00a0climate change as \u201can existential crisis,\u201d\u00a0i.e., [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":289205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A lie is rarely noble.\u00a0It is almost always\u00a0evidence of a weak argument and contempt\u00a0for those it seeks to influence. 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