Only fools — like @JohnKerry — expect China to cut emissions.
Communist China's goal is to be the sole global superpower by 2049.@JoeBiden's goal is the destroy the US electricity grid by 2030. @abigailngwy https://t.co/rJzs27mcjo
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) September 7, 2021
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Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) report: “Over 73 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power projects were initiated in China, five times as much as in all other countries, while construction permits for new coal projects also accelerated.” …
“Researchers from Bar-Ilan University say pandemic-related health policy guidelines remind them of conditions that existed during the Holocaust. This includes long periods of isolation and separation from family members…The survey reveals levels of PTSD and loneliness are much higher in Holocaust survivors. Over 50 percent of Holocaust survivors reported feeling lonely.” …
“China now has 247 GW of coal power under development (88.1 GW under construction and 158.7 GW proposed for construction) – a 21% increase over end-2019 (205 GW), and nearly six times Germanyʼs entire coal-fired capacity (42.5 GW).”
Francis Menton: Biden admin “actively working to undermine the American economy and advance the interests of our geopolitical adversaries. … The Biden Administration came in with the explicit goal of undermining American energy production. Indeed if an administration wanted to undermine American energy prosperity as much as possible and comparably benefit our adversaries, it is difficult to think of anything it would do different from what the Biden Administration is doing.”
During most of my adult life, “energy independence” has been a bipartisan goal throughout the federal government. That goal was actually achieved under President Trump. Within just a few months, Biden has undone that achievement. The administration has made no secret of its goals to reduce U.S. energy production of the things that work (i.e., fossil fuels) and to drive up their price. Let’s just make a small list of key actions in furtherance of those goals:
On his first day in office, Biden revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, intended to bring some 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Canada into the U.S.
The next day, Biden suspended all permitting of oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters.
Biden’s EPA then set in motion the reversal of Trump Administration’s loosening of rules on methane emissions in the process of producing oil and gas. These tightened Biden restrictions have the effect of increasing the cost of production.
Currently in the works are rules from the SEC to require extensive new disclosures by energy producers (and others) of supposed “climate”-related risks.
After Killing U.S. Oil Projects, Biden Begs Russia, Saudi Arabia For Help Fighting Rising Gas Prices
Repeat this over and over: Climate change is not a national security threat, the Biden Admin’s climate policy is a national security threat.
Reuters: A Republican lawmaker criticized Biden, a Democrat, for his anti-fossil fuel stance, arguing it has discouraged domestic energy production. “It’s pretty simple: if the President is suddenly worried about rising gas prices, he needs to stop killing our own energy production here on American soil,” said Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the top U.S. oil producing state.
Robert Yawger, director of energy futures at Japanese bank Mizuho, also critiqued the administration’s statement. “I don’t know why they aren’t trying to get U.S. producers to increase production,” he said.
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Reuters: “Biden administration said it would not call on U.S. producers to increase crude output, and that efforts to increase OPEC production were a longer-range plan.” … EIA data showed crude oil stockpiles fell last week, while gasoline inventories dipped to their lowest level since November. Overall, crude inventories have been on the decline for several weeks due to increased demand. U.S. fuel consumption, as measured by product supplied, fell in the most recent week, but over the last four weeks, sits at 20.6 million bpd, roughly in line with 2019 levels.
John Kerry Says ‘Climate Crisis’ May Be Worse Than COVID Fallout, Begs China To Cut Emissions