{"id":2045026,"date":"2023-09-26T11:57:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-could-be-energy-independent\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T12:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:03:57","slug":"california-could-be-energy-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-could-be-energy-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"California has potential for energy independence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fcalifornia-could-be-energy-independent%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=2045026&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Commentary<\/h2>\n<p>Visualize for\u2062 a moment jet aircraft, ships, mile-long\u2063 trains, \u200band other transport \u2064vehicles operating with solar or \u2062wind power.\u200d It\u2019s \u2062difficult to imagine, isn\u2019t it? That\u2019s because it\u2019s a pipe dream ginned up by green energy activists in the climate industrial complex. They contend \u200cthat we can maintain a \u2062prosperous lifestyle with a zero-emissions power \u2064infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>When President \u200dJoe Biden cancelled offshore oil leases, \u2064halted the Keystone pipeline, shut \u200ddown development in Alaska\u2019s North Slope,\u2062 and released millions of barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Louisiana and Texas, he made a strategic blunder.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/facing-sweltering-summers-californias-newsom-floats-plan-for-state-to-buy-energy-5303608?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Facing Sweltering Summers, California&#8217;s Newsom Floats\u200d Plan for State to Buy Energy<\/h3>\n<p>          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">5\/31\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/facing-sweltering-summers-californias-newsom-floats-plan-for-state-to-buy-energy-5303608?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/reelected-california-governor-newsoms-energy-literacy-will-be-challenged-over-the-next-4-years-4862645?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Reelected California Gov.\u2064 Newsom\u2019s Energy \u2064Literacy Will Be Challenged Over the Next 4 Years<\/h3>\n<p>          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">11\/14\/2022<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/reelected-california-governor-newsoms-energy-literacy-will-be-challenged-over-the-next-4-years-4862645?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Mr. Biden has sold valuable \u200boil to other countries\u200d and imported oil from nations \u200cthat hate America. Why\u2063 would he benefit our adversaries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2022\/07\/u-s-selling-oil-from-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-to-the-highest-bidding-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">such as China<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&#038;s=MTTIM_NUS-NIR_2&#038;f=M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and \u200cIran<\/a>, when the United States has some of the largest natural \u2064gas and oil reserves in the world? We also have plenty of the minerals that are used to make electric vehicle\u2064 batteries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since Mr. Biden took office, fuel prices have remained persistently high due \u2062to his rejection of energy autonomy. \u2064Some might argue that the federal government wants hostile regimes to run out of petroleum\u200c before America does, which would give it leverage in \u200dthe energy business.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Biden, along with Gov. Gavin Newsom, have blamed oil companies for\u2062 high gas prices, but \u200cthey have made it difficult for \u200doil \u2062firms to explore and extract\u200b due \u200bto excessive regulations and taxes on these companies. A reliance on OPEC \u200bmember countries such as Saudi Arabia\u2063 instead of domestic production can also trigger price uncertainty and supply chain volatility. Punishing domestic oil companies with\u2062 lawsuits and\u200b picking winners and losers in the marketplace aren\u2019t sound economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>Climate fanatics ignore the fact that safety standards for drilling, fracking, and refining have \u200dvastly increased over the past 40 years. Moreover, we\u2064 now have cleaner \u200cfuels, catalytic converters, and industry pollution controls that have improved air quality tremendously. Indeed,\u2063 energy industries \u2064have likely \u2062done more to clean up the environment than the bureaucratic Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Newsom wants vehicle companies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-could-be-energy-independent\/\" title=\"California has potential for energy independence.\">stop producing internal combustion engines<\/a> by 2035 \u2063and the state to eliminate fossil fuels by\u2063 2045. This is impossible, because nuclear power has been reduced in California, while solar \u200cand wind power can\u2019t provide enough to power a large grid. His goal of carbon neutrality is fueled by a belief that climate change (global warming) is generated by\u2063 fossil fuels and other human activities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Human activity likely has some impact, but there are many divergent views on climate \u2063change, and the science isn\u2019t\u200c settled. Several scientists, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/eliminating-fossil-fuels-will-produce-a-crippling-decline-in-human-well-being-5433202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bjorn Lomborg<\/a> of the \u2063Copenhagen Consensus Center, have articulated \u2064the flawed scientific methods utilized by climate alarmists. These activists can\u2019t even agree on whether the earth is cooling or warming, and their dire predictions have never materialized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Recently at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit, Mr. Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-gov-newsom-calls-out-oil-industry-at-united-nations-5495794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">railed<\/a> against major oil companies\u200b and their alleged \u200cgreed. He also \u2062plans to \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-gov-newsom-planning-climate-collaboration-trip-to-china-5491268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit \u2062China<\/a> this fall to discuss climate change and offer\u2062 some solutions. What he doesn\u2019t realize is\u2064 that attempting to collaborate with the Chinese\u200b Communist Party on energy issues is \u200blike spitting into the wind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Communist leaders will\u200c promise to \u200dpursue alternative energy sources \u2063while they continue to \u200bbuild coal-fired \u200dpower plants and import colossal amounts of oil. They will also manufacture more batteries for electric vehicles as well as solar panels, while using slave labor to extract \u200cminerals from underground. China continues to be the planet\u2019s largest polluter, as I witnessed firsthand on two\u200b visits a few \u2062years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Mr. \u2062Newsom has forgotten that manufacturing is carried out most\u200b effectively using fossil fuel power. Indeed, the recycling of spent batteries, panels, vehicles, and wind turbines would also\u200b be powered by oil products.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, don\u2019t\u2063 wind turbines hinder\u2062 wildlife activity and take up land that could be \u200cused for farming? Aren\u2019t climate activists concerned about the disposal of electric vehicle batteries and solar panels that are built with toxic chemicals? Are they unaware that thieves are already stealing \u2064the plug-in cables at charging stations?<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Both California and the rest of America \u200ccould be energy independent if common-sense policies were \u2064implemented. Why is California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/state\/analysis.php?sid=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">importing<\/a> up\u200d to one-third \u2063of its \u2062energy needs from \u2064other regions? It has plenty of land and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-energy-lifeline-to-the-russians-pompeo-torches-biden-over-nord-stream-2-pipeline\/\" title=\"An \u2018Energy Lifeline To The Russians\u2019: Pompeo Torches Biden Over Nord Stream 2 Pipeline\u00a0\">offshore natural gas<\/a> and oil reserves to tap, refine and distribute, which could lower fuel \u2063costs \u2063and maintain a buoyant economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Newsom ought to reactivate the oil leases and encourage the clean extraction and refining of California\u2019s fossil fuels. Realistically, clean natural \u2062gas and petroleum products will\u2063 be needed \u200cto power the economy well \u200dinto\u2063 the future. While it\u2019s fine to make use of hydroelectric, nuclear, \u200dsolar, synfuels, and wind power, none \u2062of these sources can\u200b power\u200c just about anything the\u2064 way that fossil fuels can.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s important\u200b to keep \u200bthe\u200b environment healthy, climate change \u200chysteria goes way overboard in \u200cpushing for a minimalist lifestyle \u2064for everyone despite the progress of the last century. In addition, key\u2064 players in the \u2064green movement fail to practice what they preach \u200bas they routinely leave \u2064mighty carbon footprints\u200d in their wake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n  <em>Views expressed in \u200dthis article are opinions\u2064 of the\u2063 author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the\u2064 limitations of solar and wind power\u2064 as \u2063renewable energy sources?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Vehicles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenflation-is-costing-u-s-families-an-extra-300-a-month\/\" title=\"Bidenflation Is Costing U.S. Families an Extra 0 a Month\">renewable energy infrastructure<\/a>. It makes no\u200b sense to rely on foreign sources for our energy needs when we \u200dhave abundant\u200d resources right here at home.<\/p>\n<p>The push for green energy may sound appealing on the surface, with promises of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fischer-bill-would-impose-1000-fee-on-evs-to-replace-gas-tax-for-highway-trust-fund\/\" title=\"Fischer proposes ,000 fee on EVs to fund Highway Trust Fund, replacing gas tax.\">reducing carbon \u200bemissions<\/a> and mitigating climate change. However, the reality is\u2064 that transitioning \u2064to a \u2063zero-emissions \u2063power infrastructure is not practical nor economically viable.<\/p>\n<p>Solar and \u200bwind \u2062power have their limitations. They are\u200c intermittent energy \u2064sources,\u2064 dependent on weather \u200dconditions, and cannot provide\u2063 a consistent and reliable power supply. Imagine\u200c the consequences of relying on solar or wind power for critical industries such as aviation or\u200c shipping. It would be a disaster waiting \u2063to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the technology\u2062 behind \u200dsolar panels \u200cand wind turbines\u2063 relies heavily on \u2064rare\u200c earth minerals. \u200bThe extraction and processing of these minerals come \u200cwith significant \u200benvironmental and human \u200brights concerns.\u200c So, while renewable energy may seem environmentally friendly, the production process can be highly damaging.<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to\u200c consider the cost implications \u200bof transitioning to green\u2064 energy. The development \u2063and \u200dmaintenance of solar panels, wind turbines, and other renewable \u2064energy infrastructure require significant investments. These costs are often borne\u200b by taxpayers, resulting \u200cin \u200cincreased energy prices, job losses in traditional energy sectors, and a strain\u2063 on the \u2062economy.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the idea of a zero-emissions power infrastructure fails to \u200bconsider the broader implications on \u2063other sectors of the economy.\u200b For example, the \u2062transportation industry heavily relies on fossil fuels for its operations. \u2062Transitioning to \u200celectric vehicles would require a massive infrastructure overhaul, including the development of charging stations and \u2064battery technology. This transition would be costly and time-consuming, with no guarantee of success.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of blindly \u2062pursuing green energy\u200c solutions, we should adopt a more\u200b balanced \u2062approach. We should invest in research\u2064 and development to improve the efficiency and sustainability of traditional energy sources, while also exploring alternative energy options such as nuclear power. Nuclear power, despite\u2062 its drawbacks, offers a reliable and \u200bconsistent energy supply with minimal greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the notion of a zero-emissions power infrastructure is a pipe dream. While\u200b renewable energy \u2063has its merits, it is not a \u200bviable solution to meet all our energy needs. We should prioritize the development of our own natural resources, invest in improving the efficiency of traditional energy sources, and explore a diverse range of energy options. Only through a balanced approach can we ensure energy security, economic prosperity, and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine jet aircraft, ships, and trains powered solely by solar or wind energy. It seems far-fetched, right? This idea, promoted by green energy activists, is a mere fantasy. 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