The whole idea of green energy—renewable resources—grew
out of an energy reality that was much different from today’s. It was in the
1970s, following the OPEC Oil Embargo
that solar panels began popping up on rooftops and “gasohol” subsidies were
enacted. It was believed that green energy would move the U.S. off of foreign
oil and prevent oil from being used as an economic weapon against us.
Today, that entire paradigm has been upended and OPEC’s
power has been virtually neutered by increasing domestic oil production and
decreasing gasoline consumption.
Jay Lehr, Heartland Institute science director, likens
continuing “as though our new energy riches did not exist” to “ignoring our
telecommunication revolution by supporting operator-assisted telephones with
party lines.”
Instead of growing our gas, we need to be growing food
that can feed a hungry world and balance out the U.S. trade deficit.
In a November 17 editorial,
the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) perfectly sums up the current renewable resource
status: “After 35 years of exaggerations about the benefits of renewable fuels,
the industry has lost credibility.” Similarly, on the same day, the Washington
Post (WP) went a step further, stating
that ethanol “has been exposed as an environmental and economic mistake.”.....To Read More.....
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