Why President-elect Biden’s energy plans could derail the American dream

The upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden as the next President of the United States sets the stage for a political agenda that openly and proudly demonizes the affordable and reliable energy resources we all rely on.

Biden’s energy plans are bad for our national security, our economy, our public health, and our overall quality of life. But the ingenuity and creativity of the American people – and the very nature of how our planet and energy systems work – means that all is not lost.

Under Biden’s attempts to “phase out” natural gas, oil, and coal, the prices we pay for energy will rise.

This should come as no surprise to Biden and his political allies, as costs have skyrocketed wherever ‘going green’ has been attempted. Californians pay 30% more for electricity than they did 10 years ago. In Denmark, where wind power became a priority in the mid-1990s, prices more than doubled.

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Because everything we do, from the time our alarms go off each morning to the time we turn off the lights at night, depends on energy, these higher prices will be a heavy burden on American families. Costly energy means that producing, marketing, transporting and selling goods and services will also become more expensive, creating less of a ripple effect than a tidal wave.

The rising cost of living will hurt the poor the most. Low-income Americans already spend a higher percentage of their wages on electricity and gas, and they have less disposable income to afford higher prices for basic necessities.

Coupled with the tax increases that would be needed to further subsidize unreliable wind and solar power, Biden’s plans would cripple the poor and even put their health at risk.

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An equally critical consequence of moving away from fossil fuels is the destabilization of our national security. Since becoming the world’s largest energy producer and a net exporter of energy, America has had greater influence in global negotiations and promoting the cause of freedom.

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Thanks in large part to America’s growing influence over OPEC and Russia, several countries in the Middle East have pledged to normalize their relations with Israel, an unprecedented development that the National Review describes as “something strangely resembling peace “. This is why President Trump has been nominated four times for the Nobel Peace Prize.

America used to go to war over energy, but now we are actively loosening the grip of unstable and totalitarian countries not only on the oil markets, but on the global balance of power. This is good news for Americans, who enjoy a safe and peaceful nation, and also for the whole world.

Reversing this progress in the name of “green” energy – combined with the dependence on foreign mining essential to wind and solar components, in countries that exploit child labor and often pollute heavily – would be disastrous for the national security of the United States and our allies.

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While the potential consequences of Biden’s fossil-fuel-free dreams are frightening, the good news is that the inherent weaknesses of renewables mean his energy projects can’t go any further.

No government has succeeded in forcing a transition to renewables because they remain inherently unreliable – dependent on weather conditions, difficult to store, impossible to use without clearing huge swathes of land, and requiring vast landfills for decommissioned parts. .

Wind and solar depend on fossil fuels to build and transport their components and to provide back-up power when the weather doesn’t go as expected.

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Although we have invested nearly $ 75 billion of our taxes in renewable energy subsidies in the last decade alone for the sole purpose of making the technology viable, wind and solar power still provide barely 4% of our energy. What hasn’t worked in decades will not suddenly work in the next four or even eight years. After all, Biden himself admits that eliminating fossil fuels is “not possible”.

In a new administration and a new year, much is uncertain. One thing we do know is that through the ingenuity and creativity of the American people, the future of our nation will remain bright – as long as we recognize the vital role of energy in our lives and hold on to it. our elected officials.

Jason Isaac is director of Life: Powered, a nationwide initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation to increase America’s energy IQ. He previously served four terms in the Texas House of Representatives.