They’re Back

[brenthutch 444]

“we expect U.S. fossil fuel production to continue rising in both 2022 and 2023, surpassing production in 2019, to reach a new record in 2023.”

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50978

Even coal is making a comeback.

I don’t think net zero is in our future.

Edited January 22, 2022 by brenthutch

[Skybanana1942 1]

That recent infrastructure bill offers 25 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel companies.

[airdvr 210]

Shhhh...church is is session Blasphemist!

[wmw999 2,587]

Oh I know - compromise is evil. Only a “my way or the highway” approach is strong; anything else is weak and shows that you really don’t care, right?

I’m sorry, that’s utter and arrant bullshit.

Wendy P. 

[brenthutch 444]

1 hour ago, wmw999 said:

Oh I know - compromise is evil. Only a “my way or the highway” approach is strong; anything else is weak and shows that you really don’t care, right?

I’m sorry, that’s utter and arrant bullshit.

Wendy P. 

“I am harsh, I am cold,  and my name……?

[Skybanana1942 1]

1 hour ago, wmw999 said:

Oh I know - compromise is evil. Only a “my way or the highway” approach is strong; anything else is weak and shows that you really don’t care, right?

I’m sorry, that’s utter and arrant bullshit.

Wendy P. 

I certainly don't think that compromise is "evil." However I do not think we should be giving such large subsidies to an industry that manipulates our government to constantly provide them with tax breaks and deregulation to an industry that sells products that are harmful to not only the environment but humans as well. 

[wmw999 2,587]

I like to backpack. Sometimes the best way to get to where I want to sleep is to go back to avoid an obstacle I found. If I were 6’ tall and 30 I might be able to go through or over some of them, but I’m not  

Wendy P. 

[JoeWeber 2,937]

7 hours ago, brenthutch said:

“we expect U.S. fossil fuel production to continue rising in both 2022 and 2023, surpassing production in 2019, to reach a new record in 2023.”

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50978

Even coal is making a comeback.

I don’t think net zero is in our future.

Well it's not because we all didn't try.

[brenthutch 444]

4 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

Well it's not because we all didn't try.

As my grandmother used to say: try in one hand and poop in the other, and see what one fills up first.

[murps2000 86]

8 hours ago, brenthutch said:

As my grandmother used to say: try in one hand and poop in the other, and see what one fills up first.

Is that why continuing to spew shit into the atmosphere rather than trying to clean it up seems to be what your in favor of? WTF does that even mean?

[kallend 2,146]

16 hours ago, wmw999 said:

 If I were 6’ tall and 30

Wendy P. 

That's how I remember you.

[Phil1111 1,173]

17 hours ago, wmw999 said:

I like to backpack. Sometimes the best way to get to where I want to sleep is to go back to avoid an obstacle I found. If I were 6’ tall and 30 I might be able to go through or over some of them, but I’m not  

Wendy P. 

Its OK Wendy, exercise is one of the health recommended remedy's How You Can Avoid Losing Height as You Get Older

[wmw999 2,587]

I’m actually still the same height I’ve always been, or at least I was at my last checkup. Which since I’m 67 is pretty good. And weight-bearing exercise is best; that backpack definitely counts

I’ll admit that the only way I’ve ever been 6 feet tall is standing on a stepstool 

Wendy P. 

[brenthutch 444]

“The hard reality is that decarbonizing the global electric grid will require finding economically viable — and socially acceptable — substitutes for coal and natural gas. Sure, renewables are politically popular and they are growing. But both wind and solar are facing increasing headwinds because of land-use conflicts. Since 2015, more than 300 local communities from Maine to Hawaii have rejected or restricted wind projects. The backlash against Big Solar is also gaining momentum. Over the summer, Big Solar projects in Pennsylvania, Nevada and Montana were rejected. Among the most recent rejections: In November, regulators in Henry County, Va., rejected two large proposed solar projects.”

It is amusing that sharing this simple reality results in name calling and personal attacks.  My thread “The Green New Deal = Magical Thinking”  was so controversial that it was eventually locked.  Ironically, global CO2 emissions are greater now than they were a half a decade ago when I started the thread.  #Vindicated 

[JoeWeber 2,937]

1 hour ago, brenthutch said:

“The hard reality is that decarbonizing the global electric grid will require finding economically viable — and socially acceptable — substitutes for coal and natural gas. Sure, renewables are politically popular and they are growing. But both wind and solar are facing increasing headwinds because of land-use conflicts. Since 2015, more than 300 local communities from Maine to Hawaii have rejected or restricted wind projects. The backlash against Big Solar is also gaining momentum. Over the summer, Big Solar projects in Pennsylvania, Nevada and Montana were rejected. Among the most recent rejections: In November, regulators in Henry County, Va., rejected two large proposed solar projects.”

It is amusing that sharing this simple reality results in name calling and personal attacks.  My thread “The Green New Deal = Magical Thinking”  was so controversial that it was eventually locked.  Ironically, global CO2 emissions are greater now than they were a half a decade ago when I started the thread.  #Vindicated 

Well, of course global CO2 emissions are higher, also the numbers of global peoples are higher and, since legalization, the numbers of Oregonians is higher, too. I suspect you wouldn't conflate braking with stopping or refuse to accept that without braking there might be no stopping and a probably a lot more crashing. Time to feed your candy colored unicorn again.

Edited January 23, 2022 by JoeWeber