Love this, one of your best. I LOVE the title and the reference to Great Expectations the novel (which I never read - I DID read A Tale of Two Cities) and the reference to general unrealistic expectations, and who exactly holds them. I have had exactly the same observations over the past 20 years.
Given the propensity for Germans to develop energy-related compound words, I offer you this suggestion - langsameralserwartet!
The conclusion that should be obvious is that letting all those dumbass politicians, greenies, NGOs, shills, ESG/DEI enthusiasts, ecofascists & grifters decide energy policy, namely by directly subsidizing, mandating and making exemptions for all their eco-fantasia dream "solutions" has been a dismal failure, likely >$10T down sewer because of it.
It would have been a whole lot simpler, if we must do something about all that plant food we are dumping into the atmosphere, is just to have a Revenue Neutral Carbon Fee & Dividend and let the Free Market sort out winners from losers. And remove all the roadblocks to the #1 source of clean energy which is Nuclear Energy. Problem solved. Far, far more effective than what has been done.
16TWth of nuclear would replace all fossil energy. That's would cost about $16T. So replace the $10T they've already blown on "feel good" scams, add another $10T they blew on their Covid Plandemic debacle and there you are, job done. Instead of having achieved ZERO, striving for Net Zero, what they got instead was Absolute Zero, NADA, none, zip, total failure.
Loved the subtle reference to Ted Talks. I immediately went to that website (which I never do), scanned a few video titles and quickly came upon:|
TED Countdown: Overcoming Dilemmas in the Green Transition
Very predictable.
Also, I'm thinking it's been over 50 years since I last read the words "Miss Havisham". A trip down memory lane when I was in 7th grade, and my whole life was in front of me.
Thank you for your comments. I just looked up that TED conference - its wild, I honestly think there is a parallel universe out there inhabited by people so far up their own moral high ground mountains that they have zero understanding of why they are simply not working in the fields digging potatoes - rather than having luxuary titles like "futures facilitator" and "solutions storyteller". This reminds me of a story which I may use in a future post - advertising rock stars getting together to use their creative genius to convince the plebs of the need for climate action. IMHO if you work in advertising - you are the problem, not the solution. But what do I know?
I can't wait to see how much faster "the transition" will go once all of the enormous subsidies for wind, solar, etc. are scaled back or removed. Hopefully we all wake up from this sooner rather than later.
Love this, one of your best. I LOVE the title and the reference to Great Expectations the novel (which I never read - I DID read A Tale of Two Cities) and the reference to general unrealistic expectations, and who exactly holds them. I have had exactly the same observations over the past 20 years.
Given the propensity for Germans to develop energy-related compound words, I offer you this suggestion - langsameralserwartet!
I was slower than expected in translating that....
The Germans better hope the energiewende is not langsameralserwartet when the next dunkelflaute arrives!!!!!
The conclusion that should be obvious is that letting all those dumbass politicians, greenies, NGOs, shills, ESG/DEI enthusiasts, ecofascists & grifters decide energy policy, namely by directly subsidizing, mandating and making exemptions for all their eco-fantasia dream "solutions" has been a dismal failure, likely >$10T down sewer because of it.
It would have been a whole lot simpler, if we must do something about all that plant food we are dumping into the atmosphere, is just to have a Revenue Neutral Carbon Fee & Dividend and let the Free Market sort out winners from losers. And remove all the roadblocks to the #1 source of clean energy which is Nuclear Energy. Problem solved. Far, far more effective than what has been done.
16TWth of nuclear would replace all fossil energy. That's would cost about $16T. So replace the $10T they've already blown on "feel good" scams, add another $10T they blew on their Covid Plandemic debacle and there you are, job done. Instead of having achieved ZERO, striving for Net Zero, what they got instead was Absolute Zero, NADA, none, zip, total failure.
Loved the subtle reference to Ted Talks. I immediately went to that website (which I never do), scanned a few video titles and quickly came upon:|
TED Countdown: Overcoming Dilemmas in the Green Transition
Very predictable.
Also, I'm thinking it's been over 50 years since I last read the words "Miss Havisham". A trip down memory lane when I was in 7th grade, and my whole life was in front of me.
Excellent post.
Thank you for your comments. I just looked up that TED conference - its wild, I honestly think there is a parallel universe out there inhabited by people so far up their own moral high ground mountains that they have zero understanding of why they are simply not working in the fields digging potatoes - rather than having luxuary titles like "futures facilitator" and "solutions storyteller". This reminds me of a story which I may use in a future post - advertising rock stars getting together to use their creative genius to convince the plebs of the need for climate action. IMHO if you work in advertising - you are the problem, not the solution. But what do I know?
I can't wait to see how much faster "the transition" will go once all of the enormous subsidies for wind, solar, etc. are scaled back or removed. Hopefully we all wake up from this sooner rather than later.
Pedal to the metal. The brake pedal, that is ...