@140. David S: – It’s not over the top in the least.
Your assertions above are completely over the top. Either that or you simply worded them stupidly. You pick.
The clear net benefit to continued reliance on fossil fuels right now is found in the observable and unavoidable fact that – right now – there is no viable alternative. And there won’t be one for the foreseeable future.
In the meantime there’s plenty of research being applied to the development of such alternatives. Notably, however, the federal government seems far more interested in pouring money into research shoring up the Climate Crisis canard in support of their cap-and-tax-and-spend policies and nebulous “green jobs” (hamster wheels?), rather than provide tax incentives and financial assistance for companies to develop and produce viable alternatives to fossil fuels energy.
- The Chinese will soon be leading the world in solar manufacturing capacity and installed generation.
Wow. You’re even more naive than the rest of your posts at this site would indicate. The prediction that the Chinese will be “leading the world” in something the rest of the world takes only half-heartedly (at best) is hardly a point in favor of AGW. This relative prediction – assuming it ever materializes – is meaningless.
But what provides greater insight into your vast reserves of naivete is the fact that, unlike you, the Chinese are not stupid. They know an easy mark when they see one. And right now all the dolts who want to destroy their own economies based on devotion to a bogus, debunked religion of self-hatred, present one of the greatest captive markets the Chinese have ever seen. They’ll be more than happy to produce whatever that market demands, no matter how insane it is. This says nothing about their support for AGW outside of the fact that irrational devotion to it will fuel their economy – while destroying ours – for decades.
- If we want to compete in the global economy and have any kind of strategic security, energy independence is a necessity, and that means ditching fossil fuels now.
Wrong. Again, you can’t ditch fossil fuels until you have a viable alternative. Right now there is no viable alternative. True energy independence – right now – means using our own natural resources AND providing the necessary incentives to stimulate a market for alternative energy. The demand will have to come from the bottom up. Forcing such a change on the market will work about as well as HMOs, CRA and Prohibition did.
- If you understand the stakes here, start considering the ramifications of an oil shortage for our economy and military.
That’s an easy one. The ramifications of an oil shortage will immediately and clearly demonstrate the Democrats’ outright treason and criminal culpability in the form of consistently stonewalling development of our own resources. If we were to fail anywhere militarily due to lack of oil, the very first case to be made would be determining and holding accountable those who prevented us from using our own resources.
Zippy, when you’ve done something useful with your life and have demonstrated a viable alternative to fossil fuels – one that is readily available and can provide the energy needed to run the entire nation plus its Army and Air Force – do let us know. In the meantime, the best alternative is largely used by the Navy: nuclear. Patterning our energy policy after France’s would be the best approach right now.
Rather than spew passive-aggressive nonsense on message boards, you might consider a corrective for the six years you wasted in college. Go back and get a practical degree in something useful and apply your energies to the research you seem to think is so vital. That you persist, rather, in trolling places like PJM demonstrates that you are anything but a serious person.
