{"id":1635929,"date":"2022-09-08T02:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T06:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635929"},"modified":"2022-09-08T02:35:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T06:35:03","slug":"energy-transition-a-dangerous-delusion-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-transition-a-dangerous-delusion-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Transition a \u2018Dangerous Delusion\u2019: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenergy-transition-a-dangerous-delusion-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635929&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Aug. 30 report argues that the idea of totally transitioning from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fossil-fuels\">fossil fuels<\/a> is a \u201cdangerous delusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lessons of the recent decade make it clear that [solar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-wind\">wind<\/a>, and battery] SWB technologies cannot be surged in times of need, are neither inherently \u2018clean\u2019 nor even independent of hydrocarbons, and are not cheap,\u201d it states.<\/p>\n<p>Authored by Mark Mills of the conservative Manhattan Institute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manhattan-institute.org\/the-energy-transition-delusion\">the report<\/a> comes as the Russia-Ukraine war wreaks havoc on global energy markets, particularly in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In a Sept. 7 speech, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen vowed to try to \u201cflatten the curve\u201d of electricity use during peak hours through rationing.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with rising energy prices, some politicians are rethinking their stances on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Newly elected British Prime Minister Liz Truss will end her country\u2019s fracking moratorium on Sept. 8, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2022\/09\/07\/liz-truss-vows-never-exorbitant-energy-bills\/\">The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While noting that electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines have all significantly improved in recent years, Mills highlighted barriers that impede a complete departure from hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n<p>Raw materials pose one fundamental challenge. Citing a May 2021 analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Mills argued that any sweeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-energy-transition\">energy transition<\/a> would require a massive increase in supplies of various minerals.<\/p>\n<p>The supply of lithium, for example, would need to rise 4,200 percent.<\/p>\n<p>IEA projections cited in the report suggest that rising commodity prices could drive up the prices of batteries, wind turbines, and solar panels. Electric vehicle prices are already increasing thanks to the increasing costs of raw materials.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04\/GettyImages-1233529768-1200x799.jpg\"><\/a> Solar panels, part of an electricity generation plant, in Kern County near Mojave, Calif. on June 18, 2021. (Patrick T. Fallon\/AFP via Getty Images) \u2018Very Interesting Winter\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Stephen Haner, a senior fellow with the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy in Virginia, agrees with Mills\u2019 analysis.<\/p>\n<p>He<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Aug. 30 report argues that the idea of totally transitioning from fossil fuels is a \u201cdangerous delusion.\u201d \u201cThe lessons of the recent decade make it clear that [solar, wind, and battery] SWB technologies cannot be surged in times of need, are neither inherently \u2018clean\u2019 nor even independent of hydrocarbons, and are not cheap,\u201d it [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":1898237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1635929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1635929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1635929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1635929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1635929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}