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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Over time I have been cutting down on check writing and going to cards and bank drafts. Not for everyone but works for us.
Yes, they will take care of the Inner Party.
Yet our political leaders POLITICAL OVERLORDS tell us that we must give up the basics of our lives while the other 95% do pretty much as they please.
And while our OVERLORDS themselves fly all over the world in private jets, live in multiple mega-mansions an
How can a somewhat intelligent populace fall for the scam that building solar panel and giant windmill fatms and giving up our coal powered electric plants, gas powered automobiles and 200 pizza ovens in one city will save the planet while China, India and the rest of the world are building more coal powered generating plants every year?
No, we won’t.
“The seniors citizens will be decimated.”
Exactly right...
Stacked graphs like this one only has one true shape - the first one.
All the others get stacked on top of it, skewing the true data visually.
Gimme a good ol’ line graph, where each of the datasets are referenced to ZERO, not the one below it.
Like this one...
bkmk
That, to render the land useless for other purposes, such as producing food to eat, is the plan.
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What are you talking about? I have no intention of having anything to do with or supporting “Killing” the coal industry. If you read what I wrote you should know that. And as far as God goes, well, if he made coal, then he made the atom also. I doubt he intended us to make nuclear weapons though.
“They want death”. Well, they can start with themselves.
I am so glad I live in the only state with it’s own power grid!
The rest of yall are on your own :)
hehe
Yeah but we still have to deal with ERCOT. Bunch of retards.
“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”
You just made the point of most competent geoscientists hydrocarbons are too valuable to burn once to the sky. They should.be reserved exclusively for durable goods most of which can be recycled and reused. Mine once use many is what geologists say.
Every barrel that is burnt to the sky is one less for all the above things. There is a limited amount total every basin has been mapped with 3D seismic and the global.total.recoverable resources by any technical means at any price is well.characterized in 2024. I have spend 20+ years on 6 continents as a petroleum geologist, geochemistry expert and hydro geologist plus engineering. The industry knows where the oil is and how much is left at any price. 47 years at 2021 consumption levels one third that when not if China and India 500 million strong middle classes EACH start burning everything they also can get their hands on. Humans need to move as rapidly as possible from burning liquid hydrocarbons to only using them for petrochemicals, plastics, fertilizers, lubricants , adhesives, ect.
Thanks. Been a member before, many years ago, different handle.
“If I were Presient, I would negate all Zero Carbon Crao Orders, round-up ALL Eco-Wacko Assholes, and order them summarily shot. Problem over.”
I wouldn’t go that far, but I would defund every climate scientist and every university who supports this hoax.
Centralize and consolidate power, implement Great Reset. Win/Win.
The left is after hydro too.
“one day the US Treasury will float a bond issues and there will be no buyers. On that day government will be forced with a choice between draconian cuts in welfare, defense and the bureaucracy or the hyperinflation that goes with printing unlimited amounts of money from thin air.”
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Or the government will simply raise taxes to enable it to keep spending, all under the guise of “promoting equity”.
Take a look at this:
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/131/Advancing-Equity-through-Tax-Reform-FY2025.pdf
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