Posted on 02/01/2019 3:52:48 AM PST by Libloather
31 Jan: Axios: Exclusive: Ocasio-Cortez, Markey to unveil Green New Deal bill
by Amy Harder
Details: It’s unclear to what extent the proposal will adhere to a draft legislative document circulating that describes the policy, which dates back to Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign website.
•That document includes a goal of 100% renewable electricity within 10 years (up from 17% today)…
https://www.axios.com/green-new-deal-ocasio-cortez-markey-0d47bdbc-1180-4eb5-b010-6ed60f943cd4.html
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when the gloBULL warming/”renewable” energy fanatics at Bloomberg admit solar & wind can’t cut it, you know the Green New Deal is dead and buried:
31 Jan: Bloomberg: When Does the Windy City Lose Wind Power? During a Polar Vortex
By Chris Martin; With assistance by Brian K Sullivan, and Naureen S Malik
Turbines often idled during deep freezes to prevent damage
Reduction in wind output boosts fuel burns as prices climb
The wind farms erected across the central U.S. over the past decade were supposed to provide cheap power during the blustery winter months. But they were never designed for cold like this...
“It’s just too cold for a lot of wind farms,” Adam Jordan, director of power analytics at Genscape Inc., said in an interview. “They can get damaged in weather like this.”...
With a deep freeze like this one, wind-farm operators may have to hit the brakes as ice builds up on blades and to prevent lubricated bearings from seizing up and stiffened fiberglass blades from cracking...
The situation highlights a weakness of renewable power, the fastest-growing part of the U.S. generation mix...
Wind generation on Wednesday afternoon was less than half its annual average in the Southwest Power Pool, the grid operator from North Dakota to Oklahoma.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/when-does-the-windy-city-lose-wind-power-during-a-polar-vortex
even WaPo has to admit solar and wind energy are a joke!
30 Jan: WaPo: The Energy 202: Polar vortex tests gas and electric systems in Midwest, Mid-Atlantic
By Dino Grandoni
Ice can grind wind turbines to a halt. Snow can incapacitate solar panels...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/01/31/the-energy-202-polar-vortex-tests-gas-and-electric-systems-in-midwest-mid-atlantic/5c5211321b326b29c3778d29
I've run the numbers people - even AOC's fantasy of a 70% marginal federal tax rate on people earning over 10 million per year will *only* net the government about 470 billion a year. Actual numbers would probably be maybe 1/2 to 2/3 that as the huge tax increase slams the economy to a virtual standstill, and those top earners with their top-shelf accountants and attorneys find ways to shelter more of their income.
AOC's plan is nothing but a precursor to total system collapse and complete government takeover in the resulting emergency. It is the shortcut to Venezuela style misery.
heads are exploding:
31 Jan: CNBC: Reuters: U.S. EPA taps climate skeptic for science advisory panel
by Valerie Volcovici
Christy has downplayed the threat of climate change in congressional hearings and media appearances, arguing that scientific models overestimate warming, and that major steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions are not warranted...
Christy did not immediately return a call seeking comment...
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/31/reuters-america-u-s-epa-taps-climate-skeptic-for-science-advisory-panel.html
The Energy 202: EPA adds researcher who calls climate science ‘murky’ to key advisory board
Washington Post-8 minutes ago
John Christy, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, is perhaps the most prominent climate skeptic in all of academia.
1 Feb: The West Australian: Trump appoints climate sceptic to Environmental Protection Agency
by Miriam Fisher
News broke in the US yesterday that atmospheric science professor John Christy will make up part of the Science Advisory Board responsible for advising the EPA on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental problems.
The controversial scientist — who contributed a chapter entitled “The Global Warming Fiasco” to a 2002 book called Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths — is well-known for his vocal rejection of the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
https://thewest.com.au/news/world/trump-appoints-climate-sceptic-to-environmental-protection-agency-ng-b881091656z
winning again.
never mind it was Wheeler who made the appointment:
31 Jan: The Hill: EPA puts climate change skeptic, conservative think tank scholar on science board
By Timothy Cama
Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Andrew Wheeler has put eight new members on the agency’s main board of external science advisers.
The new members include an outspoken skeptic of climate change science...
“In a fair, open, and transparent fashion, EPA reviewed hundreds of qualified applicants nominated for this committee,” Wheeler said in a statement
The EPA noted Wheeler kept on the board everyone who was eligible to remain, including many named by the Obama administration.
The new members include John Christy, an atmospheric science professor at the University of Alabama - Huntsville who is an outspoken climate skeptic and often cited by pundits and politicians opposing climate policies...
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/427941-epa-puts-climate-skeptic-conservative-think-tank-scholar-on-science
Is there a bigger piece of crap in Congress than Ed Markey? He would sellout anyone or anything for a few votes.
Look, we all know AOC is bat-shit crazy!
She is a “one and done” dingbat. The Bard had this to say about her:
“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
“Instructions - Pour the vodka, gin, rum and triple sec into a glass with ice. Fill it with sweet and sour mix and add the melon liqueur on top.”
If you are a Democrat, add 2 Xanax.
I just read a snippet that the new push for green energy storage/delivery is storing excess heat generated in tanks with pools of white hot molten silicon as “batteries”.
What could possibly go wrong?
They should present it. We’re better off if they put their plan on the table. Then we can shred it to pieces.
AKA Lunatics Laugh launch.
They know this wont get passed by the Senate. They will use it as a campaign issue hoping they can get more millennials to vote.
With no more fossil fuels, there are sure going to be a LOT of cars piled up all over the place. And furnaces. And machinery. And pipeline. And people.
Can we just give away the east and west coasts and be done with them?
The legislation will address issues such as toe nail fungus,
red hat slogans, geek infrastructure and a variety of principles that would come with a “robot” social-change package, this aide says.
Markey is such a suck up I can’t stand the sight of him, and Warren!!!
We MUST start a
JUST SAY NO to SOCIALISM” Campaign...NOW!! WHO can do this, especially on the University Campus!”””
NO ONE-—until we purge the ‘Liberal Professors’ from our landscape.
Come on!! They will ONLY be gone when people REALIZE how AWFUL SOCIALISM is!
I have been watching the areas of extreme cold on the weatheer maps—and thinking:
How would all those homes get heated by WINDmills & Solar panels???
The answer is THEY WOULD NOT.....
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