Administrative Statism™ - using regulation to ban disfavored technologies under false pretenses at the expense of the electorate - is dishonest and will come back to bite Democrats.
Never ending madness. The next Republican Administration needs to slash Leviathan back to the roots. I mean go from 2,200,000 employees to 400,000 maximum. Decentralize what is left by moving entire Departments to other cities. No more public sector unions. Higher qualifications (and pay) for those who are chosen to work in the government. This crap has to end.
They are driven by the desire to control every single tiny last thing in our lives. Try buying an incandescent lightbulb today. They have completely disappeared from the stores in my town and even on Amazon, they are getting harder to find. Remember when failed Pornographer Bernie Sanders was complaining that there were "too many choices of toothpaste" at Wal-Mart?
It's all about power, control, and money and it won't stop until the Administrative Act is repealed and the Administrative State is dismantled, along with all the Administrative Law, Administrative Courts, and the ability of Agencies to make law via "policy" is completely shut down. These people have taken off the gloves because their whole unconstitutional, punitive covid response has demonstrated to them that they can do what they want with absolute impunity. The only solution is to shut down their agencies and return it's denizens to the ranks of the unemployed
As said above, listen for the claim, ‘there are too many people on the planet.’ Think that nothing impoverishes people faster than denying them access to low cost energy and nothing kills people faster than being poor. The climate catastrophe crusaders see energy controls as their window of opportunity for filling graves.
The bottom line is we have a Progressive Administration that doesn't believe in the free market system or the Constitution and they will not change. I pray that change will come by voting them out.
Apr 21, 2023·edited Apr 21, 2023Liked by environMENTAL
Excellent column and I applaud the authors for their sober approach to these issues. I'd like to turn the attention to a study published by the Geological Survey of Finland titled "Assessment of the Extra Capacity Required of Alternative Energy Electrical Power Systems to Completely Replace Fossil Fuels" in 2021. It is very detailed and looks at this issue from the bottom up, rather than unicorn edicts from high above. In every scenario, the researchers show the impossibility of the "green" goals as set out by the current admins in the U.S., EU, UN, and WEF. Their final conclusion given in the executive summary is very worrisome and reminds me of the warning President Eisenhower gave to us in his farewell address regarding the grave concern regarding the potential for a "scientific-technological elite" that would hijack public policy:
"In conclusion, this report suggests that replacing the existing fossil fuel powered system (oil, gas, and coal), using renewable technologies, such as solar panels or wind turbines, will not be possible for the entire global human population. There is simply just not enough time, nor resources to do this by the current target set by the World’s most influential nations. What may be required, therefore, is a significant reduction of societal demand for all resources, of all kinds. This implies a very different social contract and a radically different system of governance to what is in place today. Inevitably, this leads to the conclusion that the existing renewable energy sectors and the EV technology systems are merely steppingstones to something else, rather than the final solution. It is recommended that some thought be given to this and what that something else might be."
I wish I could bold the warning: "What may be required, therefore, is a significant reduction of societal demand for all resources, of all kinds. This implies a very different social contract and a radically different system of governance to what is in place today."
Thank you for this article. Well researched and well written. I wish I knew how to get this kind of factual reminder of the importance of energy and free markets to the masses. I will post this as a reference on my Blog as a start. Keep up the great work!
Never ending madness. The next Republican Administration needs to slash Leviathan back to the roots. I mean go from 2,200,000 employees to 400,000 maximum. Decentralize what is left by moving entire Departments to other cities. No more public sector unions. Higher qualifications (and pay) for those who are chosen to work in the government. This crap has to end.
They are driven by the desire to control every single tiny last thing in our lives. Try buying an incandescent lightbulb today. They have completely disappeared from the stores in my town and even on Amazon, they are getting harder to find. Remember when failed Pornographer Bernie Sanders was complaining that there were "too many choices of toothpaste" at Wal-Mart?
It's all about power, control, and money and it won't stop until the Administrative Act is repealed and the Administrative State is dismantled, along with all the Administrative Law, Administrative Courts, and the ability of Agencies to make law via "policy" is completely shut down. These people have taken off the gloves because their whole unconstitutional, punitive covid response has demonstrated to them that they can do what they want with absolute impunity. The only solution is to shut down their agencies and return it's denizens to the ranks of the unemployed
Yes
By bringing attention to these issues, you are doing a good thing. In the future, I hope we can influence some of the problems.
As said above, listen for the claim, ‘there are too many people on the planet.’ Think that nothing impoverishes people faster than denying them access to low cost energy and nothing kills people faster than being poor. The climate catastrophe crusaders see energy controls as their window of opportunity for filling graves.
Poor Jill Biden will have to give up that gas stove. Excuse me, DOCTOR Biden.
The bottom line is we have a Progressive Administration that doesn't believe in the free market system or the Constitution and they will not change. I pray that change will come by voting them out.
Breathtaking essay. It will be a heavy lift to get the Pavlovian citizenship to read this!
Good stuff! New subscriber here and glad I found you.
Excellent column and I applaud the authors for their sober approach to these issues. I'd like to turn the attention to a study published by the Geological Survey of Finland titled "Assessment of the Extra Capacity Required of Alternative Energy Electrical Power Systems to Completely Replace Fossil Fuels" in 2021. It is very detailed and looks at this issue from the bottom up, rather than unicorn edicts from high above. In every scenario, the researchers show the impossibility of the "green" goals as set out by the current admins in the U.S., EU, UN, and WEF. Their final conclusion given in the executive summary is very worrisome and reminds me of the warning President Eisenhower gave to us in his farewell address regarding the grave concern regarding the potential for a "scientific-technological elite" that would hijack public policy:
"In conclusion, this report suggests that replacing the existing fossil fuel powered system (oil, gas, and coal), using renewable technologies, such as solar panels or wind turbines, will not be possible for the entire global human population. There is simply just not enough time, nor resources to do this by the current target set by the World’s most influential nations. What may be required, therefore, is a significant reduction of societal demand for all resources, of all kinds. This implies a very different social contract and a radically different system of governance to what is in place today. Inevitably, this leads to the conclusion that the existing renewable energy sectors and the EV technology systems are merely steppingstones to something else, rather than the final solution. It is recommended that some thought be given to this and what that something else might be."
https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/42_2021.pdf
I wish I could bold the warning: "What may be required, therefore, is a significant reduction of societal demand for all resources, of all kinds. This implies a very different social contract and a radically different system of governance to what is in place today."
Thank you for this article. Well researched and well written. I wish I knew how to get this kind of factual reminder of the importance of energy and free markets to the masses. I will post this as a reference on my Blog as a start. Keep up the great work!