We have not stopped hydrocarbon production and it will not stop for many years. It's in the form of Natural gas now and its the number 1 source of electricity in America today. For the 100th time, I live in the heart of the NG boom. I am sitting 3 miles from one of the best, most efficient NG power plants in the world. They just started the construction of another one 30 miles from here. Adding options doesn't mean eliminating others.
But the Pwers-That-Be want to eliminate it, regardless (or possibly even because they want) the repercussions.
take a step back for a sec… You want options. I want options. The Green Matia wants to take away options. They screwed over Germany by getting them to shut down their nuke plants because of Fukushima — even though Germany is not threatened by tsunamis! But is was a convenient excuse.
youncannot get to your solar and wind utopia without hydrocarbons. You cannot refine the structural materials without hydrocarbons. We do not have the ink capacity to fun electric foundries and keep everyone’s fridge running.
And you cannot bring in any manufacturing if you do not have the power to run it. I don’t care if it is solar manufacturing, greeting card manufacturing, kewpie doll manufacturing - and the energy and resources put into manufacturing “green energy” never will go into a net positive gain. Nuke is the way, but it is politically unsavory. Hydrocarbons have the energy density, portability, and convenience (you cannot bring a 5 gallon jug of windmill to your EV when it runs out…).
Doesnsolar have a place? Yes.
Does wind have a place? Yes.
(I have a vintage Winco windmill generator tucked away for SHTF)
but the push to eliminate hydrocarbon energy BEFORE sufficient alternative energy capacity is reached (
sufficient meaning replace and Provide for GROWTH) is self-destructive. Especially when it replaces farmland.
