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Back to Energy’s Future?
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Back to Energy’s Future?

Radical environmental net-zero goals rely on so-called renewable energy sources, which promise to return society to pre-Industrial Revolution conditions. ...
Jeffrey Mahn
Article audio sponsored by The John Birch Society

America’s energy policy is an unmitigated disaster, being driven by the climate-change hoax. Instead of using nuclear energy to generate abundant, affordable, and reliable electricity, our leaders are turning to archaic resources, inadequate to meet even current needs, let alone future increased demands. A close look at these alternatives also reveals their detrimental environmental impact.

We’ll start our assessment by addressing four factors that should be considered when choosing resources for generating electricity: energy density, energy conversion system efficiency, capacity factor, and environmental impact. 

Why are these details important? Because they determine 1) how much of an energy resource will be needed to meet electricity demand, 2) how many other resources will be needed to convert that energy resource to electricity, and 3) how the environment will be affected. These should be the primary drivers of decisions regarding electricity generation.

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