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The upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden as the next President of the United States is the basis for a policy agenda that openly and proudly demonizes the affordable, reliable energy sources we all trust.
Biden’s energy plans are bad for our national security, economy, public health and overall quality of life. But the ingenuity and creativity of the American people – and the nature of how our planet and energy systems work – mean that all is not lost.
Under Biden’s efforts to “phase out” natural gas, petroleum and coal, the prices we pay for energy will rise.
This should come as no surprise to Biden and his political allies, as costs have risen everywhere ‘green’. Californians pay 30% more for electricity than they did ten years ago. In Denmark, where wind energy became a priority in the mid-1990s, prices more than doubled.
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Because everything we do, from the moment we turn off alarms every morning to when we turn off the lights at night, depends on energy, these higher prices will be a huge burden for American families. Expensive energy means that the manufacture, marketing, transport and sale of goods and services will also become more expensive, which will cause less ripple effect than a tidal wave.
The rising cost of living will hurt the poor the most. Low-income Americans are already spending a higher percentage of their salaries on electricity and gas, and they have less disposable income to afford higher prices for necessities.
Along with the tax increases needed to further subsidize unreliable wind and solar energy, Biden’s plans will paralyze the poor and even endanger their health.
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An equally critical consequence of the move away from fossil fuels is the destabilization of our national security. Since becoming the world’s dominant energy producer and a net energy exporter, America has had a stronger influence in global negotiations and the promotion of the cause of freedom.
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Thanks to the growing influence of America on OPEC and Russia, several Middle Eastern countries have committed themselves to normalizing relations with Israel, an unprecedented development that National Review described as ‘something suspicious of peace’. That is why President Trump has been nominated four times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
America used to wage war on energy, but now we are actively unleashing the grip of unstable, totalitarian countries, not just on the oil markets but also on the global balance of power. This is good news for Americans, who benefit from a secure and peaceful nation, and for the whole world.
The reversal of progress in the name of ‘green’ energy – combined with the dependence on foreign mining essential for wind and solar components, in countries that exploit child labor and are often heavily polluted – would be disastrous for US national security and our allies.
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While the potential consequences of Biden’s fossil – free dreams are cold, the good news is that the inherent weaknesses of renewable energy mean its energy plans can go just as far.
No government has succeeded in enforcing a transition to renewable energy because it remains fundamentally unreliable – weather-dependent, difficult to store, impossible to use without clearing large parts of the country, and needs large space for landfills for interruptions.
Wind and solar power depend on fossil fuels to build and transport their components and to provide backup power when the weather inevitably goes according to plan.
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Despite the fact that nearly $ 75 billion of our tax money has been poured into renewable energy subsidies over the past decade, with the goal of making the technology viable, wind and solar power still deliver barely 4% of our energy. What has not worked over the decades will suddenly not work in the next four or even eight years. After all, Biden admits that eliminating fossil fuels ‘is not possible’.
In a new administration and a new year is very uncertain. One thing we do know is that the future of our country, thanks to the ingenuity and creativity of the American people, will remain bright – as long as we recognize the critical role of energy in our lives and hold our elected officials accountable.
Jason Isaac is director of Life: Powered, a national initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation to increase America’s energy IQ. He previously served four terms in the Texas House of Representatives.