{"id":58840,"date":"2025-03-23T08:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T12:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58840"},"modified":"2025-03-23T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T12:11:52","slug":"a-good-start-with-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58840","title":{"rendered":"A Good Start With Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author:\u00a0 R. Alan Harrop, Ph.D.
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President Donald Trump is fulfilling all of the promises he made during his campaign for the presidency. He is truly a man of his word. Now if we can get the leftist, activist, federal judges appointed by Obama and Biden to act according to their oaths to uphold the law and constitution instead of following their leftist ideology and agenda, the country could be restored as all true Americans desire.<\/p>\n

One of President Trump\u2019s most important campaign promises was to stop the destructive implementation of green energy initiatives and mandates.\u00a0 He has already taken significant steps at the federal level to save our economy from excessively restrictive and costly wind and solar electricity generation which will help with reducing electricity costs. It is now time for the North Carolina General Assembly to step forward and do likewise.<\/p>\n

In this regard, there was very good news this past week when the Republican controlled Senate passed Senate Bill 261 that removes the requirement that electrical energy producers in North Carolina (essentially Duke Energy) reduce C02 carbon emissions by 70% by the year 2030. This mandate was originally passed in 2021 and was much debated and ill advised to say the least. A study by the Public Staff of the N.C. Utilities Commission reported that the mandate was impossible for the electrical energy producers in North Carolina to meet, and if the effort to do so was continued that the estimated cost to consumers was estimated to be a whopping 13 billion dollars! As expected, a group of Democrats voted not to remove the mandate in spite of this horrendous cost. For now, the mandate that electrical energy generation in N.C. reach a net zero carbon emissions standard by 2050 was left in place. Let\u2019s hope the General Assembly removes that ridiculous mandate in the near future.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, a resolution to remove the C02 emissions standard was passed by a local party precinct last year and may have had an influence on this legislation. Shows that local activism can have an impact.<\/p>\n

However, more needs to be done. State tax subsidies are being used to significantly expand solar farms and wind turbine generators here in North Carolina to the financial benefit of specific individuals and corporations. For example, ex-governor Roy Cooper and his brother reportedly built a 1500-acre solar farm near Rocky Mount, of course, aided by tax subsidies paid by the average tax payer. The old saying \u201cfollow the money\u201d is appropriate here. Another area of concern is another Cooper initiative, to allow construction of off shore wind farms along the North Carolina coast. By the way, not only do wind turbines kill birds, but off shore windmills can disrupt and kill sea creatures like whales. These green energy scams not only hurt the taxpayers, but they are enriching our adversary China which produces these products. The bottom line is that the General Assembly should take immediate steps to end all North Carolina tax subsidies for wind and solar projects and cancel any and all offshore wind turbine permits.<\/p>\n

This first step by the Senate to remove C02 mandates is encouraging and hopefully will be passed in the House of Representatives. A veto by Governor Stein can be expected. Let\u2019s hope that there is one Democrat in the House who will vote to override the expected veto and protect the interests of North Carolina citizens rather than the interests of the green energy profiteers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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