News Analysis
The Biden administration has chosen to follow Germany by providing heavy subsidies for wind and solar, while suppressing industries that could reliably meet America's energy needs and reduce carbon footprint
Renewable energy capacity never delivered the promised output
Wind and solar power are unreliable
They generate the most power when people need it least
An electricity grid must manage huge variability in demand
It must have enough capacity to cover peak demand
'Carbon Debt'
Germany's Energiewende has succeeded in reducing its national carbon footprint substantially, but it only measures emissions within its own borders
Had it measured its actual global footprint, it would have discovered that the batteries, solar panels, and EVs that it was importing were increasing CO2 emissions
EVs come with a "carbon debt"
Manufacturing electric batteries, an industry projected to grow to $100 billion by 2025, is highly pollutive
The amount of fossil fuel required to build EVs exceeds that for gas-fired cars to such an extent that “in Germany, a mid-sized electric car must be driven for 125,000 km to break even”
Rare earth minerals essential to the production of PV panels, wind turbines, and EV batteries include lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite
'Conditions of Genocide'
Germany struggled with the moral consequences of its Energiewende.
Wind and solar, upon which it had bet so heavily, proved incapable of filling the gaps its energy policies had created, and the embargo of Russian exports, together with counter-threats from Russia to cut off vital energy supplies to the West, hit Germany hard.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-bidens-green-energy-policy-will-end-in-tears_4559434.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge
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