The whole point was always to make electricity more expensive.
Pipeline (8/18/20) blog: "Afamous definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. California energy policymakers have been monomaniacal about imposing the “climate” agenda. California is presently imposing rolling blackouts due to a shortage of supply, for the second time in less than a year. Energy crises there are not infrequent, and policymakers only press for more in the wake of the havoc this wreaks. The insult to their own self-inflicted injuries is the demand that the rest of the country suffer under it, as well. Call it the 'Green New Deal' though, like most flops, it has already been re-branded, as 'Net Zero.' The climate agenda is not an agenda that claims it will impact the climate, so let’s get that out of the way up front. 'Climate,' in policy terms, means imposing energy scarcity. This is done through price rationing – recall a presidential candidate boasting to the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board that 'electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket… because I’m capping greenhouse gases'? The key word wasn’t 'skyrocket,' it was 'necessarily.' It’s a feature of climate policy, not a bug. Call it a way to force seniors and the poor, indeed anyone on a low or fixed income, to choose between heating and eating."
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"The two blackouts in less than a year are strong evidence that the tens of billions that Californians have spent on renewables come with high human, economic, and environmental costs."
– Michael Shellenberger, Forbes
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