At Forbes Jude Clemente has a reasonably dispassionate article on the five issues that any Green New Deal must address. They are:
- Spacing
- Intermittency
- Developing Nations
- Sinking Other Investments
- Fossil Fuel Inputs
I’ve been pointing out that last one for decades. To accomplish their goals the proponents of any GND must paradoxically be willing to increase carbon emissions in the short term if they are to reduce them in the long term.
Coal plants (electricity producing) are closing even with an attempt to keep them going. They arent competitive. That should help.
Steve
The 110 car coal trains run through Lincoln every 15 minutes east from Wyoming.
We”ll know for certain when Buffet sells Burlington Northern.