“We are building a clean energy future,” says President Joe Biden.
Who is “us”?
Well, you pay for it.
He and his “green” cronies do most of the building.
Lately, they’ve been putting more of your money into “renewable energy.” They promise to give us “carbon-free power” from the sun and wind.
My new video also explains some of the issues, using scenes from a new documentary series called Juice: Power, Politics and the Grid.
“It’s very intuitive for people to understand that solar energy has a lot of power,” notes political scientist Roger Pilicki Jr. We feel the air. The idea that you can get by doing nothing is very appealing to people.
Especially in California, where politicians now require solar panels on all new homes, all new cars sold by 2035 to be zero-emissions, and all of the state’s electricity to come from carbon-free sources by 2045.
They’re getting results, but not great: California’s electricity prices rose three times faster than the rest of the United States.
People in Washington state pay about 11 cents per kilowatt hour. In Oregon, 13 cents. In California, now about 30 cents.
Do they at least get reliable energy for it? No.
The big problem with wind and solar power, of course, is that they don’t work when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine. Sometimes this happens when people want more heat or air conditioning.
The use of “renewables” has increased because blackouts are more common in California. Bloomberg says there were over 25,000 in 2019—thousands more than last year.
“We failed to anticipate and plan,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said. right.
Instead, they embraced unscientific green concepts.
All new homes needing solar panels is a big reason California is the most expensive home in the United States. The average home price is around $800,000.
If you can afford it, you will get government money to produce solar energy. But the handouts mostly go to the rich. Poor people are likely to pay more rent.
On top of that, the subsidy is ineffective.
“Since their solar panels generate electricity during the day when the sun is out,” explains electrical engineer Lee Cordner, “they are able to sell excess electricity…into the grid exactly when the grid needs it.” There is no need. Then the sun is full of energy and can’t use it all. However, they pay a high price for that power.
Good for home owners.
Taxpayers pay for rich people to have a highly subsidized solar system.
I put panels on my house in part because of the tax credit.
But I don’t delude myself into thinking that solar power will measurably reduce climate change or that wind power is particularly green.
“To produce just one turbine, we have to extract 900 tons of steel, 2,500 tons of concrete, and 45 tons of non-renewable plastic,” explains environmentalist Merlin Tuttle. “Then we have to transport it and burn the fuel, all of which is shipped around the world. None of the stuff that goes into the turbines is renewable.”
And they were finished. Turbines now only shut down for maintenance every 10 years. Maintenance costs almost as much as a new turbine, but it’s worth it for “green” companies because of the government hand.
Biden announced $11 billion in subsidies to “bring clean energy to rural communities.” This often encourages people to put wind and solar in inappropriate locations.
Solar energy makes sense in the American South and other sunny locations. But go for an above average number of solar subsidies Minnesota.
In the documentary, a Minnesota resident laughs and says, “The state is going to give me a lot of subsidies… to build solar power in beautiful, sunny Minnesota.”
J juice The series highlights the folly of the government throwing money at politically motivated “green” schemes.
When solar and wind become more efficient, they will be cheaper and people will adopt them.
Politicians should stop interfering.
You can watch the full documentary at JuiceTheSeries.com.
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