Why the green energy "transition is doomed

Three pieces on the absurdity of the green transition plans. First, the absurd assumptions behind the transition to "green" farm field equipment.

Second, a detailed explanation of the impossibility of the assumptions.

Why the Energy Transition Will Fail - WSJ.pdf

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The government of California can issue as many proclamations and prohibitions as it wants against gasoline-powered vehicles. No doubt the Biden administration will enjoy spending the ocean of tax dollars now earmarked for low-intensity energy sources. But reality will stubbornly remain.

In a new report due out next week from the Manhattan Institute, Mark Mills takes on the “dangerous delusion” of a global energy transition that eliminates the use of fossil fuels. Surveying energy markets and public policy around the world, Mr. Mills asks readers to “consider that years of hypertrophied rhetoric and trillions of dollars of spending and subsidies on a transition have not significantly changed the energy landscape.” He notes:

Civilization still depends on hydrocarbons for 84% of all energy, a mere two percentage points lower than two decades ago. Solar and wind technologies today supply barely 5% of global energy. Electric vehicles still offset less than 0.5% of world oil demand.

Third, waiting for electricity, California, today. Per Bill Clinton's theme song. "Don't stop thinking' about tomorrow." Apparently, California stopped thinking, period.