Europeans are admitting the folly of net zero quicker than their American peers.
The latest example—perhaps “victim” is more apt—is Humza Yousaf, who resigned this week as Scotland’s first minister. That region within the U.K. enjoys substantial devolved powers over its own affairs, including on climate policy. An administration led by Mr. Yousaf’s left-leaning Scottish National Party had hoped to rush ahead of the national government in London in slashing carbon emissions.
A recent report from the U.K.’s Climate Change Committee noted Scotland had fallen far behind on its climate goals. The government aimed to reduce by 20% the aggregate distance driven by Scottish motorists, compared with 2019 levels, but had no plan to accomplish the reduction in personal mobility by the 2030 deadline.
Mr. Yousaf did the only thing he could under the circumstances: He all but abandoned net zero.
The puzzlement is that the U.S. is headed in the opposite direction. President Biden is pressing ahead with aggressive net-zero policies such as an electric-vehicle mandate and pouring trillions of dollars of borrowed government and hard-earned household money into climate boondoggles.
Apparently it costs money to have free sources of energy.
@CoatiBuckNo Labels2wks2W
Yes, the climate alarmists tell us the sun and win are free, but they fail to mention that the means of capturing that energy and distributing it is incredible expensive, and that the sun doesn’t shine 24 hours a day, nor does the wind always blow, so both need huge amounts of back-up energy.
Biden is a silly ignorant, senile fool owned by the far left and other climate nutcases. He will never stray from the dogma of this constituency.
Trump conspired to steal an election he lost by using fake electors to void over 80 million American voters.
Now that that’s over, what do you have to contribute to this discussion?
@9M56KKG2wks2W
Biden said he’s not a democrat he’s a skibidi
@SeahorseTrinityForward2wks2W
Two important facts.
CO2 is not a toxin in our atmosphere. Nor does it have a warming effect, since it is a lagging indicator.No one knows what an ideal CO2 range level might be for our planet.
Maybe we should concentrate on cleaning up all the trash. Especially plastics.
When Democrats get hold of a bad idea, such as net neutrality, or eliminating American energy independence, they never give up, no matter how much economic pain it causes working Americans. They are relentless in their hatred for America.
I never understood how anyone would want to transition from ultimately reliable, controllable and inexpensive sources of energy to something you cannot control, cannot predict, may not be there when you need it, requires 100% backup and only works, at peak output, 30% of the time.
@PuzzledPenguinPatriot2wks2W
When Western Europe becomes more capitalist and conservative than America, the bottom surely must be near for America. But with Joe Biden, one never knows how low he can go with his army of ultra left elitist progressive bureaucratic Democrats, all unemployable in the private sector, never having signed the front of a pay check.
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