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.
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STILL CALIF NOW.
With mint chocolate flavoring
I pay my State Farm bill monthly for my vehicles.
Payment coupon goes to DALLAS.
When that Texas blackout hit-—NOTHING was getting processed.
I GOT LATE NOTICES....THEY HAD THE CHECK-—BUT computer sent late notice. I have to send a 2nd check.
First check finally cleared & got applied. 3 months later-—
REPEAT of above. Had to send a 2nd check for ‘missed payment’.
ALL 4 finally cleared. I AM ON SS & I do NOT have that kind of extra $$$ around.
NOW—I send the payment directly to my agent-—37 miles away.
EVERY MONTH. HE UNDERSTANDS.
WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS:
CANNOT MAKE STEEL
CANNOT MAKE GLASS
CANNOT MAKE THE PACKAGING WE DEPEND ON—EVEN MILK CONTAINERS
CANNOT MAKE PAINT
CANNOT MAKE RUBBER
CANNOT MAKE A NAILS, etc.
CANNOT MAKE SYRINGES for medical usage.
CANNOT MAKE EYEGLASSES-—FRAMES OR LENS
CANNOT make insulation for appliances or homes
THE LIST IS ENDLESS.
What amazes me is that they think they'll be the survivors who rule!
He said these upgrades should have been made 20 years ago but the bureaucracy kept delaying things.
“So - are these the 20-year old plans now?”
“No - but maybe 5 years old now.”
“But that was before all the EV’s, and just now the new state (Washington) mandates to eventually get rid of gas heat and gas cars, how is it going to handle that?”
“It's all computerized and we can vary the loads by sections and times to manage the electricity.”
He said it in more technical terms - but that is what I understood it to mean.
I didn't push the point, but in my mind I'm thinking that sounds like rolling brown outs. Maybe just like some years we can only water the lawn on odd days, cooking and laundry days will have to alternate. And those new “smart meters” can regulate it at the house.
CottonBall : "Not to mention charging all those mandated EVs "
Now aren't you glad that you had those "new and improved" meters that they call "Smart Meters" installed ?
Now, with a flick of a switch from central command, they can turn your power 'off" remotely
because you already used up your rationed allotment !
There is no method of appeal, postponement, or allowed excuse, ..except if your "social credit score" meets their criteria.
“The city’s power comes from Shasta dam and is $.14/kwh around the clock.”
The enviro-Nazis haven’t gone after that one?
“ never thought our own government would devise something worse”
The default position you should maintain at all times is that no matter how great an enemy might be out there to do you harm, the greatest harm you face is ALWAYS from the United States government. The greatest enemy of the American people is the U.S. government, which hates you with a fervor you cannot fathom.
The domestic enemy occupation of our government continues. Just think: The occupation could end Jan. 20th 2025 or Jan. 20th 2029. Anyone in their right mind think this country will make it all the way to 2029? I have high doubts we’ll make it to even 2025.
Illegal alien: I resemble that remark.
I now am in the zone of being triggered by the whiny nasal tone of his voice. And by seeing him briefly on any tv ad or in any news item.
Or seeing another evil thing he’s doing.
My hatred of him and his anti-American policies is at new levels.
Holding my Psalms volume more tightly as I read them.
I don’t think coal should be phased out just yet. It’s my understanding that with the scrubbers, that coal is not that bad. It certainly would be better than no electricity in the middle of winter. How about doing this ...set it up so people can sue the pants off the Biden administration, even after he is out of office, if there is a damaging energy disruption at any time of the year that is due to insufficient supply of said energy? That should make them sit up & take notice of the potential damage they are doing to our country.
Oh no, can’t be phased out yet. Not until something feasible is in place. Something like natural gas, we have decades and decades of it, and it’s clean.
Including medicine.
Maybe, but we have the guns.
So, cancel out the energy that’s made us rich beyond our wildest dreams? Sounds exactly like something Obama would do.
They use electricity which should be enough to ban their use.
So, you personally going to take full responsibility for killing the coal industry all by yourself. I believe that is called putting a target on yourself.
As to something less expensive as a replacement. There is none and very unlikely there ever will be. Man was able to discover the most plentiful and cheap energy source God made available and expects us to use it, not squander the benefit and blessing due to the insanity of man.
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