Virtue signalling comes with a whopping price tag.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘New Green Deal’ heralds a new Dark Ages nightmare. Although, in fairness to the original pixie dream girl, the notion that the world’s leading energy consumer can operate entirely on sunshine and breezes is an utter fantasy.
Ocasio-Cortez and her clueless acolytes run the line that because the sun and wind are free, their ‘green’ wet dream comes without a price tag. Keen to rain on that parade, Iulia Gheorghiu details the staggering cost attached to the pursuit of a fantasy.
Transitioning US to 100% renewables by 2030 will cost $4.5 trillion
Utility Dive
Iulia Gheorghiu
2 July 2019
Dive Brief:
- Wood Mackenzie published a study estimating the cost of a 100% renewable energy transition by 2030 within the U.S., based on the more aggressive climate plans that have been proposed, including early versions of the House Green New Deal…
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