Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Breitbart – Democrat Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren, whom President Trump christened “Fauxcahontas” after she upset the Cherokee Nation by claiming to be a Native American, wants to shut down the fossil fuel industry from day one of her Presidency.
My plan for public lands
By Elizabeth Warren
April 15th…
Any serious effort to address climate change must include public lands — fossil fuel extraction in these areas is responsible for nearly a quarter of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The Trump administration, with its casual denial of science and apparent amnesia about massive crises like the BP oil spill, has also proposed opening nearly the entire U.S. coastline to seismic testing and offshore drilling.
It is wrong to prioritize corporate profits over the health and safety of our local communities. That’s why on my first day as president, I will sign an executive order that says no more drilling — a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases, including for drilling offshore and on public lands. I’d also reinstate the methane pollution rule to limit existing oil and gas projects from releasing harmful gases that poison our air, and reinstitute the clean water rule to protect our lakes, rivers, and streams, and the drinking water they provide.
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As President, I will set a goal of providing 10% of our overall electricity generation from renewable sources offshore or on public lands. That’s nearly ten times what we are currently generating. We can achieve this goal while prioritizing sites with low impact on local ecology but high potential for renewable energy generation. My administration will make it a priority to expedite leases and incentivize development in existing designated areas, and share royalties from renewable generation with states and local communities to help promote economic development and reduce local dependence on fossil fuel revenues.
Read more: https://medium.com/@teamwarren/my-plan-for-public-lands-e4be1d88a01c
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Is it just me, or has the Democrat candidate race turned into a bidding war over who can wreck the US economy the fastest?
Shutting down President Trump’s energy reforms would have drastic and immediate consequences for the US economy. Cheap energy powers economic growth. Any policy shift which increases energy costs puts the USA at a disadvantage to other low cost economies.
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On a related p[olitical note, Ottawa has declared a climate emergency! Thank God. Now we can all sleep at night. No word yet on how much this will cost but potholes can surely breath a sigh of relief.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/city-of-ottawa-climate-emergency-1.5099855
If that is what that dimwitted bimp wants, she has to set the example. When she’s living and traveling in the manner of the 18th century, I might pay attention.
Well, maybe not. She’s such a phoney that she’d do it for show only and then go back to her nice, warm house.
The really sad part is that the sole Republican running against Trump, former Massachusetts governor William Weld, who positions himself as a “true conservative” is for re-joining the Paris “Agreement”. It is shameful that the Republicans are so mealy-mouthed on the issue of climate change, making it all the more difficult (if not impossible) to find candidates who will back Trump’s position. I am not confident that he will in fact be re-elected, as I believe there may be sufficient “voter’s remorse” out there to defeat him. I hope I’m wrong.
Only massive cheating can give the election to one of the Democrats who have declared so far. And there is no one waiting in the wings to save the election for them.
The only possible fly in the ointment as far as I can see is a third party candidate who somehow takes more votes from Trump than from the D nominee.
This seems unlikely.
The chances of a recession in the next 18 months are becoming slimmer, and most analysts say it is highly unlikely, given recent data.
I do not know anyone who voted for Trump that will not vote to re-elect him.
I do know plenty of people who did not vote for him for one reason or another, such as not thinking he could win, or not believing he was a true conservative.
Those misgivings have evaporated.
It is very hard for an incumbent not to be re-elected, and with a strong economy and weak opposition, it is pretty much impossible.
“… I will set a goal of providing 10% of our overall electricity generation from renewable sources”
Where is the other 90% coming from?
There isn’t any. we’ll be reduced to 10% of our electricity, which will all go to the elites like her, not to the masses, so they can continue living however they want while the rest of use get to live like it’s the 1500s.
And all the trees will be gone.
Great catch, David! Logic never was her strong point.
Are we also to believe that if we cut our own fossil fuel throats, India and China will be so ashamed, they will do the same?
To me, the silver lining to this absurd rant is the acknowledgement that renewables only represent 1% of electricity generation today.
Most of the mindless followers who buy into the recent Progressive ideologies, assume that Wind and Solar already make up a big portion of energy generation and will take over soon (if evil Conservatives allow) because the cost is less than that from traditional sources.
I was just getting ready to point out that she admitted that even with all the current eye-sores blighting the landscape, “…10% of our overall electricity generation from renewable sources offshore or on public lands. That’s nearly ten times what we are currently generating.” ie. – we’re getting a measly 1% of our needed electricity from them. That’s one heck of an admission…..
In “The Scotsman” newspaper this morning, an article about a ‘tidal’ generating system, apparently being trialed in Canada at present. “Edinburgh tidal energy firm lands £3.5m investment” I left the following comment:
Tombstone Gabby • 2 minutes ago
On a cold calm (no wind) night (no solar) this concept can still produce power. Intermittent – yes, but much more reliable. No mention of Nameplate Capacity. Just what can be expected from a full-scale commercial unit? Potential cost per Kilowatt Hour? Two wave-motion electric generators in Australia failed – tidal movement should be an improvement.
Seems they’re looking at the Bay of Fundy for a location…..
Damming up the Bay of Fundy would probably give a bunch of hydro power on a regular basis.
The problem of course is, it would destroy the economy and the ecology of the entire bay and everyone who lives there.
BTW, a turbine was installed in the Bay of Fundy in 2009. It was hailed as a huge breakthrough for green power, and produced enough power for 500 homes.
Of course, it was some of the costliest power ever generated, and the thing broke after two days.
The most salient point regarding RE and emissions is the plain fact that increasing the percentage of power generated by renewables (biofuels, wind, and solar) has in no instance reduced emissions.
At best it has shifted some emissions to other locations and countries.
All REs have done is increased power and food costs hugely, squandered capital tremendously, despoiled lands in vast extents, killed unknowable and unforgivable amounts of wildlife, and caused an ugly, worthless, dangerous, and damaging blight upon our landscapes and our lives.
I think it is way past time for those of us who know these things to be true be very matter-of-fact about what mentality is behind advocacy of wind and biofuels, and to a lesser extent many of the large solar projects, and the rejection of fossil fuels and nuclear power generation.
The worst of them all, which I consider to be the wind turbines, are huge, ugly, dangerous, completely wasteful, bird chopping eyesores. They are ruining the lives of many of the people who live near them.
I think they are truly and actually evil.
Great way to start a war.
Can we knock off the name calling, especially in post’s titles?
WUWT is most useful when it stays above the fray, and I often recommend it to friends as a good source of information. When I do and they go to the home page and see crap titles like this, I lose credibility, WUWT loses a chance to share good information, and the world is left a lesser place.
>>>Ric Werme “Can we knock off the name calling, especially in post’s titles?”
Much agree.
Ethan Brand
Ric, ridicule is the proper response to the ridiculous. Senator Warren lied about here ethnicity to get preferential treatment over others. When she was caught, she doubled down on the lie. She is still telling it.
People in power should not be able to get away with (1) playing identity politics, then (2) falsely claiming an oppressed identity. Ideally such a despicable person would be run out of the country in shame, but since there is no shame on The Left, being stuck with the label “Fauxcahontas” seems the least that honest people can do to call her out on her continued lie.
She end the label any time she wants by admitting the lie.
Exactly. she earned the moniker when she first lied about her ethnicity, and she’s continued to live up to it every time she’s doubled down on that lie.
I don’t think it’s name calling when it’s accurately identifying someone. She LIED and got caught. She IS “faux” and we all know it now. Accuracy is paramount in discussing science and this is 100% accurate.
By that standard, given that Warren claimed Cherokee ancestry, why do people use Pocahontas as the base for the pun? Pocahontas was not Cherokee, but Powhatan.
By that standard, given that Warren claimed Cherokee ancestry, why do people use Pocahontas as the base for the pun? Pocahontas was not Cherokee, but Powhatan.
Puns only work on words/names that people are familiar with. Pocahontas has name recognition. Say the name Pocahontas and most Americans will know you are talking about a native American female. There really isn’t that many well known (to the general US population) native American females, let along getting down to native American females from specific tribes. Can you name a Cherokee female whose name most people would recognize? If you can’t then you should have already known the answer to your own question without me having wasted time explaining it to you.
This is not the first time I have seen this kind of chastising, but it never ceases to amaze me how some people are so adverse to calling a spade a spade.
The headline is mild compared to what I call her when I’m reading about the insanity she purposes.
IMHO the author did her a favor by calling her Fauxcahontas rather than something stronger. She earned the label fair & square & now she can wear it, like it or not.
+42
Financial markets have become noticeably reckless, which is only seen near major peaks.
Political markets have become recklessly radical.
Both so much so that it can be called “ending action”, which is the subject I published some weeks ago.
http://canadafreepress.com/article/reckless-mania-of-todays-socialists/
The fact that people are not paying close enough attention to realize that:
1) Russia depends on oil revenue for foreign exchange and desires high oil prices.
2) Increasing oil supply depresses oil prices, and restricting supply increases oil prices.
3) Republicans are the party of “Drill, baby drill” while Democrats obstruct domestic oil production as best they can.
And they STILL think that Russia might collude with Trump to give Republicans control of the White House.
Stupid is as stuipd does.
Nit-wit alert!
“It is wrong to prioritize corporate profits over the health and safety of our local communities.”
Dear Warren,
The health and safety of local communities is dependent on the very fossil fuels you would limit. Where do you suppose most electrical power, cars being able to run, trains being able to move, many chemicals used all over the place, plastics, and even some forms of medicine come from?
Please do you homework before announcing a policy…I know studying and research is hard, but you can spend a few minutes on it before saying something STUPID like this.
All this over about three-quarters to one-and-one-quarter a degree of warming in the last 120 years. According to NOAA’s GHCN-M monthly averages, the continental US has about about a quarter to a half-degree of warming in the same time.
Simply amazing.
Elect Elizabeth Warren and watch the US economy grind to an immediate halt.
How about a total moratorium on all new democrats.
Many Americans need to boycott all the candidates of the two evil war parties until the Electoral College is abolished, FECA is repealed, all voting has paper trails that can be recounted, Election Day is a national holiday and gerrymandering is totally eliminated. An Election Day strike for True Voter Freedom is the next step for us in the fight against our Fascist Rulers (the Elites who buy undue influence) for a Real Democracy; otherwise corporate welfare stooges hellbent on global domination will continue to be selected by the Elites while shameless posers like Warren will pretend as if they are great humanitarians with intelligent plans for future generations. It’s time for all types of Americans to unite temporarily in order to vote these fascist-tool, sell-out parasites out of the executive branch forever.
What are you, about 14 years old?
Just in case you are serious:
– The electoral college will never be abolished.
Ever.
It would take a constitutional amendment, and most people in this country are no where near stupid enough to vote to let three or four cities decide who is president from now on.
– FECA? Huh? Who the hell cares about that?
– Gerrymandering will never be eliminated. Someone has to draw the lines, and every ten years a new census is counted and the lines redrawn. Neither party is ever going to vote away the privilege of being able to do the drawing when they have the majority. Unbiased line drawing is a happy fantasy.
– We have two parties, and have had two parties for well over two hundred years. You think a few malcontents who hate everybody are going to change that? We live in a dangerous world, with lots of very bad people. That is why there are wars, not because of “war parties”. That’s just dopey.
– No one needs a day off to go vote.
It takes a few minutes. That is like saying that we need a National Holiday to buy a cup of Starbucks.
-Election Day strike? That’s a hoot. Guess what happens when you refuse to vote?
Here is what: Other people decide who is elected, and you have no voice in it.
– All Americans unite temporarily?
That is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time, but too lame to actually laugh at.
Here is an idea: Vote for a Trumpian swamp drainer who has never held office, and quite thinking you will ever get every one in the world to agree with you. I suspect that your idea and mine regarding who is a fascist are very different.
The problem with being dumb is that you don’t realize you are dumb.
“That’s why on my first day as president, I will sign an executive order that says no more drilling — a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases, including for drilling offshore and on public lands.”
Existing leaseholders will be pleased. You can control quantity or price but not both babe although not for want of trying along with the internment and slaughter of millions.
“Is it just me, or has the Democrat candidate race turned into a bidding war over who can wreck the US economy the fastest?”
It’s not just you.
Warren speaks with forked tongue .
Hope she , AOC and Bernie keep right on ranting .
The Democrats have turned hard left and are showing how anti -american they are .
They make Maxine Waters look like a Wall Street banker .
What goes through the mind of these eco-anarchists ?
Didn’t they get the memo ? The public places the global warming hoax
way way down the list of priorities .. so why do the Democrats ignore that ?
One answer . The Democrat bag men are paying for global warming fear mongering.
To hell with what the public thinks . Their hearing problem is going to cost them big time .
Things must be desperate for all the Democrat auditioners to be singing from the same song sheet .
You would think they learned the last time . Remember kill the coal industry ?
Now they double down for their bag men who seem to be totally tone def . People really don’t
see the earth’s fever as a number 1 , 2 , 3, 4 , … etc priority .
They have been bull shitted to for decades and can’t drink the cool-aid of con -men any longer .
But … hey go ahead and run on that platform and the same stupid billionaires can piss away another half billion . I mean can’t they even do a better job of lying . You know make it interesting .
The earth is going to end in 12 years ? Are they fucking serious ?