Saturday, September 24, 2022

Green plan

Some one has to take charge of the new green deal. There needs to be a plan. Their pushing electric vehicles but the grid is not prepared. The nation's transmission network, plagued by outages and increasingly severe weather, needs a trillion-dollar overhaul and that is just to bring the system up to date. To meet the demands of EV's means to triple the system. Last year the congress passed a one 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill and one of 15 parts was for the grid. Now the projects have to be approved by the EPA. There has been little discussion about the environmental hazards involved in the mining of and disposal of rare earth metals that are needed for wind and solar. There seems to be little concern about being dependent on China for most of the equipment. There is no discussion for the back up power when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine. The subject of how airplanes will fly on batteries or ocean liners or rail locomotives will operate isn't discussed. This is like deciding to build a house and just start nailing boards together. Where is the plan to coordinate the green deal.

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