Expert talk: Dangerous corollaries of cutting CA’n crude oil
Energy consultant and PTS Advance founder Ronald Stein unpacks the consequences of Gov. Newsom’s 100% renewable energy mandate. While cities like SJ may elect to employ (historically expensive and unreliable) “green” sources to power local operations, does it make sense for the Golden State to ban crude oil entirely — which is currently required for vehicles, medical supplies, and (you guessed it) renewables?
While renewables continue to underperform in the generation of electricity, subsidies continue for wind and solar power plants based on "nameplate ratings". Wind and solar should be penalized when they cannot deliver that for which they have been permitted. And while America promotes the “nameplate farce” of wind and solar, crude oil continues to be targeted for elimination along with coal and natural gas, even though oil is seldom used for generating electricity.
The unintended consequences of attempting to rid America and the world of crude oil usage are being realized in supply shortages and soaring prices resulting from the elimination of products and fuels manufactured from crude oil that support:
Asphalt for roughly sixty-five million miles of roads in the world
Tires for the 1.4 billion vehicles in the world
Fertilizers to feed the world on this increasingly resource-stretched and crowded earth.
Medical supplies that are primarily made from oil derivatives
Jets that comprise more than 50,000 for military, commercial, and private sector.
Merchant ships that comprise more than 53,000 that move products throughout the world
Vehicles that are mostly made of plastics
Renewables of wind turbines and solar panels that are made from oil derivatives
This article originally appeared in the Heartland Institute. Read the whole thing here.
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