Tuesday, January 17, 2023

But ... But ... Pollution!

As long as you have no follow-up questions, it's all good:

As rare metals have become ubiquitous in green and digital technologies, the exceedingly toxic sludge they produce has been contaminating water, soil, the atmosphere, and the flames of blast furnaces. 
Do you think solar panels are "Green" Think again. There is nothing green about solar panels. Did you know we clear cut forests, not for panel placement but for the wood needed to produce the panels. Don't believe me, have a read. hiddenhistorycenter.org/wp-content/upl…
I have seen the destruction of mountains, lakes and pristine waterways all in the name of #GreenEnergy. A recent report by the Blacksmith Institute identifies the mining industry as the second-most-polluting industry in the world. Soon to be Number # 1 Why? Green energy. 
Green’ technologies require the use of rare minerals whose mining is anything but clean. Heavy metal discharges, acid rain, and contaminated water sources — it borders on being an environmental disaster. Put simply, clean energy is a dirty affair. 
Wind turbines guzzle more raw materials than previous technologies: ‘For an equivalent installed capacity, solar and wind facilities require up to 15 times more concrete, 90 times more aluminum, and 50 times more iron, copper, and glass than fossil fuels or nuclear energy. 
Think of China. One-fifth of China’s arable land is polluted from mining and industry. Mining the materials needed for renewable energy potentially affects 50 million square kilometers, 37% of Earth’s land (minus Antarctica). Now imagine that number 10 fold. 
If you’ve gotten this far still believing that renewables are clean and green, well, I have a bridge to sell you. We thought we could free ourselves from the shortages, tensions, and crises created by our appetite for oil and coal. 
Instead, we are replacing these with an era of new and unprecedented shortages, tensions, and crises. 
Read the whole thing.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is looking to take action on hazards posed by gas stoves — which have been shown to leak pollutants into the air that can cause respiratory illness and cancer, according to recent studies.

Yes, about that:
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What would we do without these studies or "experts"?
Or policies, for that matter?:
There is no evidence a federal ban on everyday plastic products will reduce plastic pollution, says the Department of Environment. An internal report contradicted claims by Minister Steven Guilbeault that banning six types of single use plastics would make a “sustainable world.”
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday that the federal government’s so-called just transition plan is a “big threat” to the province’s oil and natural gas industry.
At a news conference, she said the language that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government are using when they talk about just transition “is language that they used when they phased out the coal industry.”
“It’s a social justice term,” said Smith. “To use that terminology, they are virtue signalling to an extreme base that is openly advocating to shut down oil and natural gas.”
“When I hear the words ‘just transition,’ it signals eliminating jobs,” said Smith. “For Alberta, that’s a non-starter.”
“This is not an industry in decline, but it is one of the industries that is strategic to world energy security, and Alberta is one of the most responsible producers of energy in the world and has been for decades. We will continue to advocate on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of workers whose livelihoods depend on this industry,” she continued.
“We expect the federal government to stand up for our world-leading oil and natural gas workers instead of trying to eliminate their jobs.”


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