Climate Change is a Hoax As is Vilifying Fossil Fuels But the New Sheriff Promised To Fix it. By Dan Harkey
Electrification of everything is about to become an option rather than a mandate, with a newly elected administration bringing back rational and practical solutions.
The projected surge in U.S. electrical consumption, driven by artificial intelligence data centers, federally subsidized manufacturing plants, and government-mandated electric vehicles, is not a distant possibility but a stark reality. Some subsidies are about to be eliminated in favor of market forces.
This surge, set to double in the next five years, is not just a potential crisis but an imminent one that demands our immediate attention and action. The possible impact on our daily lives and the economy is significant and cannot be overlooked. The new sheriff pledged to fix it immediately.
The past administration’s myopic approach to energy policies, particularly its heavy reliance on renewable energy, is blatantly incorrect and dangerous, which is now on its deathbed. While the government continued to vilify fossil fuels, the truth is that renewables can only generate a fraction of the required power. We urgently need to identify new sources of capabilities and reduce the heavy dependence of renewable energy companies on federal taxpayer subsidies to avoid future energy shortages and environmental harm. The need for new energy sources is more pressing than ever, and we must prioritize innovation in the energy sector. Now they are on their way.
Climate hysteria has lowered our standard of living, just as the government wants. Self-righteous authoritarians wanted to limit everything to the middle class, but not to them. Electrification of everything allows one tidy bill (payment mechanism) to serve as the primary catalyst. But what about our freedoms and choices? Limiting people's options and movements by creating '15-minute cities,' where everything you need is within a 15-minute walk or bike ride, is convenient. Still, it also restricts our flexible lifestyles and autonomy. Stay at home and cacoon (warm, safe, quiet place, submissive, regulated thermostat temperature, eat synthetic foods, and be financially broke) because that option is affordable. This is all canceled as of the first day the new administration takes office.
Electricity in the US for all uses is generated from various sources:
·????? 11%% coal-burning furnaces (a fossil derivative)
·????? 36% -Oil or Petroleum (a fossil derivative). Petroleum is delivered to the end user in an 18-wheeler truck that burns diesel.
·????? 32% from natural gas (a fossil derivative)
·????? Eight percent comes from nuclear. Reactors use uranium instead of fossil fuels for nuclear fuel. Uranium is an abundant metal full of energy.?
·????? 12% (everything else) from multiple renewable materials.? Geothermal-.4%, Solar-3%, hydroelectric-6.7%, wind-10.2%, biomass waste-biofuels-5.1%.
Natural gas consists of a process, like petroleum, that must be extracted, processed, and then delivered to the end user, generally with colossal diesel petroleum-burning eighteen-wheeler trucks.? Burn um, baby!
The best overall method to compare the lifespan cost of an electric vs. internal combustion engine powering the automobile is how many BTUs’ (British Thermal Units) are consumed from the beginning of the first extraction of raw materials for the production process from our planet to the assembly and completion of a brand-new automobile to the on-going utilization, maintenance, and fuel/electricity costs (whether electric or gas), maintenance, and replacement parts such as batteries, until the crushing of the scrapped junk at the end of life.? I will rely on the reader to research the question to avoid appearing biased.? But there is a clear answer.
Reliance on Fossil fuels:
Herein lies what I call the 'Solar Hoax '. This term refers to the misconception that solar energy can fully replace fossil fuels in our current energy landscape. Money profits drive this hoax to large corporations, which have power over the masses and control their every move. Those who push the solar agenda refuse to understand that it would be virtually impossible at this time in history. The term 'Solar Hoax' is a way to highlight the unrealistic expectations and potential pitfalls of relying solely on solar energy.
The 5,000 most common products consumed worldwide require petroleum. Eliminating these products would include gasoline, oil, automobiles, commercial inland marine transport, air transport, sea transport, asphalt, cement, synthetic polymers, cosmetics, and thousands more.
The transition from petroleum-based fuels is not just a matter of inventing new materials and processes but a matter of declared urgency by the government that is hellbent on controlling every movement of the citizens. With a full-court press of elimination, a 30 to 50-year cycle will pass, including the requirement to invent new materials, processes, and replacement substances for petroleum-based fuel, such as combining hydrogen with natural gas.
Anything that promotes zero emissions is a fraud designed to make profits for the promoters.
Social Engineering by Government:
Control of the masses, corporate profit seekers, public relations maneuvering, propagandizing, general manipulations, and slick advertising tactics are all designed to sway public opinion to a biased outcome.? Competing forces for and against EVs vs. ICEs confirm their favorable or opposing positions, not by factual truths but by phony research designed to sway public opinion, control and isolate the masses into dependence, and make profits.? Today’s posturing is political nonsense, bureaucratic madness, and open tyranny against the people.? The people have been led down a rabbit hole rather than being educated and allowed to choose.
There will be pushback from the radical left to continue social engineering, but rational minds will prevail. The new administration has issued a mandate to give much power back to the people.
It is doubtful that a purchaser could make a rational decision with only government-approved research and their subjective data as evidence that their decision is best. Paid-for research with predetermined outcomes will cease under the new administration.
Sources of Petroleum:
Petroleum, also known as crude oil, is a fossil substance. Like coal and natural gas, it was formed from the remains of ancient marine and land organisms, ocean-dwelling organisms, mammals, plants, algae, and bacteria. Petroleum is extracted (using giant drilling machines) from vast underground reservoirs and processed into carbon-rich substances used in raw materials and fuels.
The electrical grid in the US today:
A network of synchronized power providers and consumers is connected by transmission and distribution lines and operated by one or more control centers.? The grid is essentially a transmission and distribution system to transport electricity.
The power grid could be more reliable. Most of the US power grid has outlived its useful life and will be very difficult to upgrade, primarily because of government regulations, labor union workers' requirements, and environmental regulations.
Expanding the grid needs through “electrification of everything” is nearly impossible.? The government makes decisions without practical or work experience other than learning to spend other people’s money.
Plugging in a Tesla to charge overnight is equivalent to plugging in 25 refrigerators.?? Try and comprehend that.
Electricity prices are poised to skyrocket upward.
How much fuel does the world consume annually?
The past administration was on a collision course with reality.
The world consumes about 35,442,913,090 barrels of fuel, 42 gallons per barrel, or approximately 1.5 trillion gallons. The US consumes about 135 billion gallons annually, less than 10% of the total. Our government says we are responsible for all greenhouse gases, not just 10%. We are filthy, rotten violators who deserve to be controlled and subject to social engineering. ?
Total Automobile Fuel Consumed Annually:
About 135 billion gallons of finished motor gasoline are consumed annually in the US.
Commercial trucks and tractors:
It is powered by a 16-cylinder Cummins QSK 60 turbocharged and aftercooled diesel engine that provides about 2,300 hp.? The fuel tank holds?1,050 gallons?of diesel and consumes about 50 gallons per hour.? The cooling system capacity is 130 gallons, and the hydraulic tank holds 382 gallons.
The Bel AZ 75710 has a capacity of 5,600 liters of fuel (1,480 gallons), 538 liters of engine oil (142 gals), and a massive 1,800 liters of hydraulic fluid (475 gals).? It's safe to say that it’s a thirsty beast.? A full production day could burn 1,800 gallons of fuel.
Total Commercial airplane fuel consumed annually:?
All commercial flights burned 98 billion gallons in 2020, pre-COVID.? Gallons consumed do not account for private air and military.? Find an electric battery to replace this.
A Boeing 747, a full-size jumbo jet, has as many as six million individual parts.? In a 10-hour flight from Los Angeles to London, the Jet would burn 36,000 gallons of fuel.?
The 747 weighs about 485,000 pounds empty and 700,000 to 987,000 pounds loaded with fuel and people.
The power to fly this monster is about 60,000 horsepower.
U.S. Marine Transit (Ocean Shipping):
Global marine fuel consumption is projected to be 87 billion gallons annually and consumes 5% of worldwide oil production.
Inland marine trucking industry fuel consumption:
The annual fuel consumption of trucks for business purposes is 36.5 billion gallons or 45.6 billion gallons in total.?
U. S. Military-Department of Defense:
The US military is the largest consumer of energy in the US.
The military uses 4.6 billion US gallons of fuel annually, or 126 million gallons daily.
Summary of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emitters:
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities.
Where does carbon dioxide come from, and what is it used for?
Carbon dioxide emissions, or CO2, stem from burning fossil fuels.? The transportation sector is responsible for 27%, the people in commercial & residential property operations for 13%, industry and manufacturing for 24%, and electrical power creation for 25%.
Carbon dioxide is necessary for all living organisms, including the ill-informed environmental wackos. It is absorbed into the tops of plant life, and through photosynthesis, oxygen comes out of the bottoms of the leaves. Eliminating carbon dioxide will destroy all living organisms.
Worldwide annual CO2 emissions are about 40 billion metric tons.? Plants and soils absorb an estimated 30% to sustain themselves.
A single-passenger car emits about 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, which is 4.6 metric tons of gas, not solid materials. A gas substance has a slightly lower weight than the same amount of solid mass and shape.
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