{"id":533263,"date":"2023-01-01T03:57:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T00:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brace-yourself-for-misery-under-hochuls-zero-emissions-fantasy-plan\/"},"modified":"2023-01-01T03:57:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T00:57:22","slug":"brace-yourself-for-misery-under-hochuls-zero-emissions-fantasy-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brace-yourself-for-misery-under-hochuls-zero-emissions-fantasy-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brace yourself for misery under Hochul&#8217;s zero-emissions fantasy plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289f0deb652\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289f0deb652\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brace-yourself-for-misery-under-hochuls-zero-emissions-fantasy-plan\/#%E2%80%9CBrace_yourself_for_misery_under_Hochuls_zero-emissions_fantasy_plan%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Brace yourself for misery under Hochul&#8217;s zero-emissions fantasy plan&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBrace_yourself_for_misery_under_Hochuls_zero-emissions_fantasy_plan%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Brace yourself for misery under Hochul&#8217;s zero-emissions fantasy plan&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/new-york-energy-plan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;1672516734\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>With the start of the new year, New Yorkers are set to have their worlds turned upside down \u2014 and all for a fanciful green-dream plan that comes with sky-high costs and mountains of other pain yet is almost certain to fail, and won\u2019t even do much good if successful.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers triggered the nightmare back in 2019 with their delusional Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, setting wholly unrealistic \u201cmandatory\u201d milestones to force the state off fossil-fuel energy and dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul eagerly picked up the ball, and in December, a panel stacked with rubber-stampers pushed through a plan they preposterously <em>claim<\/em> will enable the state to meet those goals. Hochul\u2019s agencies will now spit out specific rules and regulations based on the plan.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s pure delusion. Consider: By 2030, just seven years from now, the law requires a 40% cut in emissions over 1990 levels, and 85% by 2050. Yet as of 2019, emissions had dropped only 7% despite years of effort.<\/p>\n<p>The law also requires a shift to renewable energy for electricity, with 70% online by 2030 and 100% just a decade later. Yet that will mean ramping up juice for wind- and solar-energy resources several times over, a herculean (and expensive) undertaking.<\/p>\n<p>(And too bad for communities that don\u2019t want towering windmills or massive solar-panel farms in their backyards.)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>In total, the state will need as much as 124 gigawatts of power by 2040, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyiso.com\/documents\/20142\/33384099\/2021-2040-Outlook-Report.pdf\/a6ed272a-bc16-110b-c3f8-0e0910129ade\">per<\/a> the New York State Independent System Operator, which oversees the electricity market \u2014 though it warns \u201ceven that might not be sufficient.\u201d Which means <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ling the state\u2019s current generating power by adding 83 GWs in new capacity, <em>plus <\/em>making up for plants that close, all in just 18 years. For context, the state built just <em>12.9 GWs <\/em>over the past <em>23 years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The shift to wind and solar also means <em>other <\/em>new zero-emissions power sources will be needed for when the wind doesn\u2019t blow or the sun won\u2019t shine. Yet get this: <em>There are no such commercial sources available at the moment.<\/em> The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/climate.ny.gov\/-\/media\/project\/climate\/files\/NYS-Climate-Action-Council-Final-Scoping-Plan-2022.pdf\">plan itself admits<\/a> a projected shortfall in electric supplies \u201cwill require identifying and developing solutions for dispatchable technologies.\u201d Imagine planning the state\u2019s energy future on a <em>hope <\/em>that some new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> will be discovered.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder critics doubt the state can meet even its 2030 goals, let alone those beyond. Gavin Donohue, who heads the Independent Power Producers of New York, says it\u2019ll take pure \u201cmagic\u201d to make the plan work. And if it fails, and supplies run short, New York faces crippling blackouts, which could cost lives and property damage, as Empire Center energy expert James Hanley notes. That could cascade even to areas outside the state.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, all New Yorkers will <em>personally <\/em>have to make big-time sacrifices \u2014 and not just because of the skyrocketing energy bills they\u2019ll face. As the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/climate.ny.gov\/-\/media\/project\/climate\/files\/NYS-Climate-Action-Council-Final-Scoping-Plan-2022.pdf\">plan states<\/a> bluntly: \u201cEvery sector [of the economy] will see significant transformation over the next decade and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prefer gas-powered cars to zero-emission ones? Forget about buying one in New York after 2035. Indeed, in just seven years, the plan projects 3 million electric vehicles on New York\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n<p>It also wants New Yorkers to switch to heat pumps, with up to 2 million to be installed by 2030; buildings will have to phase out fossil-fuel sources for heating. Manufacturers will also need to shift to new technologies, with steep costs passed to the public.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s just the start: As Hanley put it, the plan dictates \u201cwhat types of consumer products New Yorkers will be able to buy . . . how much workers in the green economy will be paid\u201d \u2014 those who work on renewable-energy projects get a union-rate premium \u2014 \u201chow quickly reliable sources of electricity will shut down and what types of businesses will be bribed to set up shop in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Price tag? Some put it at a whopping<em> half trillion <\/em>bucks or more \u2014 though where the money will come from is anyone\u2019s guess. (Pro tip: Hide your wallet).<\/p>\n<p>And if<em>, <\/em>by some miracle, the plan <em>does<\/em> work, what do New Yorkers get for all that pain and expense? A reduction in global emissions by the state\u2019s share: all of 0.4% \u2014 though, as Hanley also points out, that benefit will be enjoyed by the entire world, not just New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, nations like China and India will be <em>boosting <\/em>emissions, wiping out any gains by New York. Greenies in the state will feel great about their contributions, though they\u2019ll do virtually nothing to tame rising temps.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s absolute madness \u2014 putting New Yorkers through a risky, painful exercise with virtually nothing to be gained. And here\u2019s the kicker: The entire justification is based on the myth that humans face catastrophe unless warming is slowed.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, temperatures are rising. But as Bjorn Lomborg observes, citing UN figures, unchecked climate change means the average person in 2100 will be \u201conly\u201d 434% better off, instead 450% without climate change. \u201cThat is not a disaster,\u201d he quips.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s push to go through with this folly is certain to spell pain and misery for the state. The only way out is for New Yorkers to convince her and lawmakers to ditch the plan and start from scratch.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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