by CJPat
To the Moderators: I apologize that this entry isn't strictly Rail related but is a response to the article Bracdude181 posted.
I don't understand what this Country is doing with their Energy Policy. We create additional regulations that result in plants incurring too much operating expense to justify their existince and here we are, closing power plants left and right (Forked River Nuclear & Beesely Point Coal just in my "immediate" area) while this current administration is trying hard to shut off th use of fossil Fuels (Coal AND Natural Gas) and yet, they are pushing these ridiculous EVs and electric tools on everyone with States actually banning the sale of new gas and diesel powered vehicles by 2035 (not to mention appliances and agricultuaral/gardening machines).
They have the corrupted idea that windmills and Solar farms are strong enough to power all this additional burden on top of the normal infrastructure needs (not like we don't have rolling black & brown outs now). The real "green" answer was nuclear energy but the Activists managed to scare everyone with "The China Syndrome" while Russia screwed up their crude power plant at Chernobyl.
As a minimum, I would think you want to maintain all the power generating concepts so you can get thru the multitudes of Natural Disasters. Same thing with vehicles and equipment. The market place will separate the chaff from the wheat when it comes to durable, cost-effective, and efficient power generating. If you need to create legislature to kill things, that tells you right there that the new idea is not effective at this time.
I don't understand what this Country is doing with their Energy Policy. We create additional regulations that result in plants incurring too much operating expense to justify their existince and here we are, closing power plants left and right (Forked River Nuclear & Beesely Point Coal just in my "immediate" area) while this current administration is trying hard to shut off th use of fossil Fuels (Coal AND Natural Gas) and yet, they are pushing these ridiculous EVs and electric tools on everyone with States actually banning the sale of new gas and diesel powered vehicles by 2035 (not to mention appliances and agricultuaral/gardening machines).
They have the corrupted idea that windmills and Solar farms are strong enough to power all this additional burden on top of the normal infrastructure needs (not like we don't have rolling black & brown outs now). The real "green" answer was nuclear energy but the Activists managed to scare everyone with "The China Syndrome" while Russia screwed up their crude power plant at Chernobyl.
As a minimum, I would think you want to maintain all the power generating concepts so you can get thru the multitudes of Natural Disasters. Same thing with vehicles and equipment. The market place will separate the chaff from the wheat when it comes to durable, cost-effective, and efficient power generating. If you need to create legislature to kill things, that tells you right there that the new idea is not effective at this time.