The solution to this problem is for the American people to hand the reins over to sane people.
E&E News (10/1/23) reports: "There will be fresh Democratic faces at the top of two Senate committees that deal predominantly with energy and environmental issues next Congress, and observers hope those leaders can build on recent legislative wins. At Energy and Natural Resources, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) will be leaving a pro-fossil fuel legacy mixed with his support for the climate-infused Inflation Reduction Act. At Environment and Public Works, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) will leave as a supporter of most of President Joe Biden’s green policies and as a key architect of both the IRA and bipartisan infrastructure law. 'The ENR Committee priorities will lurch to the left,' said Thomas Pyle, a longtime conservative energy expert and president of the Institute for Energy Research. 'The EPW Committee’s tilt won’t be as dramatic.' At EPW, all signs point to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) assuming the post of chair or ranking member in 2025. Another climate hawk, he is a senior member of that panel and chairs the Budget Committee, which under his leadership has been transformed into a de facto environment panel. He has convened a host of hearings on climate matters this year. In a brief interview, he seemed to be considering the opportunity but played it close to the vest. 'I do not have to make that decision yet,' he said. Pyle noted that Whitehouse will also be bringing his 'penchant for conspiracy theories about dark money conservatives to the mix.'"
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"The challenge that the energy transition poses for the world economy, and therefore to global political stability, is significantly greater than either the administration or many of its critics have yet understood. It isn’t only about the cost of badly designed green pork-barrel projects such as the ethanol disaster or the multibillion-dollar offshore wind farms that became uneconomical once interest rates returned to their historic norms. Even if all the green investments miraculously work out as hoped and cost no more than projected, we are going to have a problem."
– Walter Russell Mead,
The Wall Street Journal
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