For almost four decades, nothing the U.S. Congress did reduced any global warming gases. There are no public U.S. technical reviews or milestones that evaluate global warming advances and projections, "renewable" energy performance, national energy policies, global temperature increase, impacts of global warming advancements, funding, cost of Nuclear Regulatory Commission policies, etc. All the planning and costs of "renewable" energy are political special interests frauds of hundreds of billions of dollars and denial that global warming temperature increase exists.
Global warming temperature increase is a response to atmospheric accumulations of human and natural carbon dioxide and methane emission since the 1750 CE start of the industrial revolution. The most important reason the world has not responded to to global warming is the result of the U.S. political machinery suppressing for more than 30-years the expansion of nuclear energy as a replacement energy for the U.S. carbon economy.
Continued Political Support Drive Left Democrat Policies
Rather than loose election support from the political machine faithful, President Obama and left Democrat U.S. Senate are engaged in continuing to producing great economic harm to the U.S. economy. The same is true of reducing global warming temperature increase. Rather than taking steps to save the human races for 2050-2099 CE destruction; through obfuscation President Obama and left Democrat Senate have greatly reduced the probability of human survival from global warming.
Winning the November 2012 election means everything to progressive left Democrat neo communists. President Obama and Senate Democrats have held their election ground by not responding to core left Democrat systemic issues. When questioned, there are no responsible policy or performance rebuttals by Obama or Senators regarding unproductive policies. Left Democrats simply ignore all significant arguments. Democrat politicians dwell upon (or create) derisive issues rather than resolve troubling problems.
During President Clinton January 1993-2001 administration the U.S. communist movement made great strides in organizing winning regional, state, and federal elections. Since the 1990s left Democrat block captains organized progressive groups for “grassroots” election turnouts. The Vietnam War Era U.S. student communists had over time previously established small but significant controls over universities and colleges. Vietnam War Era communist body is well established and remains to this day influential in neo communist politics.
A huge amount of government funding within current federal and state government department accounts are “interdepartmental loaned” to other government departments for use by left Democrat neo-communist special interest projects (some say these “loans” are misappropriation of legislated funds). With left Democrats in power, balancing the books is more like juggling the books. There is no federal budget since 2009 because left Democrat Senate and President Obama move funds to support the communist agenda while denying non communist objectives. Without a federal budget President Obama has been given blank checks to run government. The left Democrat Congress is running the U.S. government with many trillions of dollars given to President Obama over the years by the self serving left Democrats within the U.S. Senate. At best, the political management of the lack of federal budget is fiscally disturbing and lacks accountability.
President Obama is the regulator and controller of all Federal Government funds, there is little accountability for how trillions of government funds are spent. Left Democrats live in a world of limitless energy and money, with unaccountable performance and fiscal management at the heart of left Democrat communist politics.
The drafting of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA 2009) (aka, “stimulus bill”) was done 2007-2009 CE by the left Democrat 111th Congress. The rationale for ARRA was from Keynesian macroeconomic theory which argues that, during recessions, the government should offset the decrease in private spending with an increase in public spending in order to save jobs and stop further economic deterioration.
Keynesian Theory does not produce products. An economic theory that considered increasing national economy through production of tangible goods would be a theory of materialism. President Obama and left Democrat U.S. Senate are so deep into Keynesian Economic practice that they cannot now disengage from federal deficit spending. Left Democrat President Obama and U.S. Senators are caught in an infinite loop (or Möbius strip) of increasing federal spending and debt. If they step out of the loop, there is loss of left Democrat election support. The only solution to political infinite loop spending and debt is to not elect any more left Democrats.
Left Democrats drafted ARRA 2009 in support of radical neo-communist election campaigns. Communist election campaigns are standard practice in Europe. It is just that the U.S. spends billions of dollars upon their elections, which makes the U.S. a unique demagoguery whose elected representatives buy their way into power with the aid of expensive political machinery.
President Obama is a product of a U.S. communist education and progressive “grassroots” community organizing for the Chicago left political machinery. With strong communist organization and union backing, the left Democrats wiped out the Republicans in the November 2008 elections. Since it was originally formed 1993-2001 the left Democrats’ election machines remain intact (never broken up after elections). Communist left Democrats retain a formidable election force because its system for elections is experienced, has a successful track record, has processed billions of elections dollars to buy support, rewards those who obey the commands, has no moral scruples, and has spent trillions of government dollars to promote their candidate causes. The left Democrat election machinery only cares about winning elections, nothing else matters.
History has shown that whatever the left Democrats communists are doing, it will not work in the long-run, and will end in massive failures.
Global Warming Progresses
There are only two sources of clean energy that might curb enough global warming to save the human races: nuclear reactor energy and hydroelectric energy.
In 1992, left Democrat neo communist movement started government investments in “renewable” alternative energies that are still popular with the European-US neo communists. The beginning supporting argument for promoting “renewable” energy was to address the need to reduce carbon dioxide gas and curb global warming temperature increase. What occurred was congressional politicians ignored global efforts to reduce global warming temperature increase and covertly promoted continued expansion of hydrocarbon economies (coal, oil, natural gas). Renewable energy was/is used as a public diversion topic and renewable green energy became a vehicle for political graft, corruption, and waste.
President Obama and the left Democrat neo communists are now caught up in failed European-U.S. economic programs and fundamentally failed “renewable” energy corruption so great that they cannot retreat from U.S. economic destruction and global temperature increases. The self serving neo communist politicians are welded to 1990s U.S. left Democrat congressional energy policies.
The human races are now stuck within Spaceship Earth in a political molasses-like-downward-spiral to its final destruction of human races 2050-2099 CE.
The intentions of U.S. left Democrat neo communists is to increase control over national means of production and economies by owning the “renewable” energy sector, eliminate nuclear energy, and have the government regulate carbon energy production for regional political districts’ of coal, oil, natural gas. The U.S. capability and capacity of nuclear energy to produce necessary clean energy to reduce temperature increase has been eliminated over the last four decades by untoward powerful Congress members. Clean hydroelectric expansion has been unable to expand over the last four decades.
For more than two decades, the Democrat’s political funding and management of multinational “renewable” energy has promoted greed, fraud, lies, waste, and global warming destruction. Joining of European-US neo communist leadership produced effective political control of decades of many trillions of dollars of European-US hydrocarbon energy. While U.S. politicians stopped clean energy nuclear growth for more than three-decades, the German politicians went farther and legislated all nuclear energy shutdown by 2023 CE. German and U.S. politicians alone now consume enough hydrocarbon energy to assure destruction of the human races 2050-2099 CE.
U.S. Energy Policy Act of 1992
After more than 20-years of global warming failure, the left Democrats still retain the same counter productive energy policies of EPAct 1992. Congress repeatedly passed the same alternative renewable energy topics in 1992, 2005, and 2009.
There has never been a U.S. political attempt to save the lives of 9 billion people.
The U.S. left Democrats and Republicans promoted the U.S. Energy Policy Act (EPAct 1992) to avoid (or distract from) necessary reductions of global and U.S. greenhouse gases. The politicians remain determined to keep their districts producing coal, oil, natural gas, and keep the U.S. economy dependent upon a carbon economy. EPAct 1992 formed the core “renewable energy” topics used over the last two decades to deflect the global need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Since the EPAct 1992 under President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and Democrat Congress, the U.S. left Democrats addressed energy efficiency, energy conservation and energy management (Title I), natural gas imports and exports (Title II), alternative fuels and requiring certain fleets to acquire alternative fuel vehicles, which are capable of operating on non-petroleum fuels (Title III-V), electric motor vehicles (Title VI), radioactive waste, coal power and clean coal (Title XIII), renewable energy, and other issues. It reformed the Public Utility Holding Company Act and amended parts of the Federal Power Act of 1935 (Title VII).
Title III of the EPAct 1992 addresses “alternative fuels” (ethanol, propane, and electricity, in cars and light trucks). It gave the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) administrative power to regulate the minimum number of light duty alternative fuel vehicles acquired in certain federal fleets beginning in fiscal year 1993. Major amendments to the EPAct 1992 are the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 1989 established a new licensing process: 10 CFR Part 52. Congress affirmed and strengthened the new licensing process as part of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct 1992). To politically suppress nuclear energy and increase U.S. hydrocarbon energy production, congressional politicians unnecessary increased the costs of building new nuclear energy on the pretext of nuclear "safety" regulations imposed by the politicians and lawyers of the NRC. Nuclear politics of Congress and the NRC members have contributed greatly to increasing U.S. global warming greenhouse gas emissions.
Among many changes the EPAct 1992 effectively deregulated electric utilities, created energy mandates, and in Section 801 directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate radiation protection standards for the DOE’s Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. In 2009, President Obama and congressional political machinery took over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) membership and also shut down the completed Yucca Mountain geologic nuclear repository to add to preventing further nuclear development. The EPAct 1992 directed the federal government to decrease energy consumption in federal buildings when feasible, and to integrate the use of alternative fuel vehicles in federal and state fleets. Title XXII in the EPAct 1992 authorized tax incentives and marketing strategies for renewable energy technologies in an effort to encourage commercial sales and production. The untoward Congress members have held fast to the the same unproductive energy policies since 1992, for more than two decades. There have been no reductions of U.S. global warming greenhouse gases resulting from any U.S. energy act.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has not identified how much the EPAct 1992 reduced U.S. global warming gas emissions. It is the U.S. self serving congressional members for MORE THAN the last two decades who have created the downfall of human races by repeating the same failed political energy process for more than 20-years.
U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005
The Energy Policy Act (EPAct 2005) is a bill passed by U.S. Congress Republicans and Democrats on July 29, 2005. The act, described by proponents as an attempt to combat growing (undefined) energy problems, changed U.S. energy policy by providing tax incentives and loan guarantees for energy production of various types of alternative renewable green energy, and increased required corn ethanol. The Act is Republican and is less renewable energy aggressive, but did not result in any U.S. reduction in global warming gases.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review of the conference version of the 2005 bill estimated the EPAct 2005 would increase direct spending by $2.2 billion over the 2006-2010 periods and by $1.6 billion over the 2006-2015 periods. In addition, the CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that the legislation would reduce revenues by $7.9 billion over the 2005-2010 periods and by $12.3 billion over the 2005-2015 periods. Total revenue reduction and spending is $16.1 billion. The CBO noted that the bill could have additional effects on discretionary spending, but did not attempt to estimate those effects. Major amendments to EPAct 2005 are the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The CBO has not identified how much the EPAct 2005 reduced U.S. global warming gas emissions.
U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA 2009) and passed by President Obama and left Democrat House and Senate, is commonly referred to as the $850 billion “Stimulus” or “The Recovery Act” that is an economic stimulus package enacted by the United States Congress in February 2009. Drafting of the bill was done 2007-2008 CE.
Some ARRA Energy Project Background Information
There is no accounting for state level spending of ARRA (2009) monies.
The White House has said ARRA (2009) contained $90 billion in renewable alternative green energy funds. Wikipedia lists $48.7 billion of ARRA (2009) alternatives to energy; $27.2 billion energy efficiency, renewable energy research, and investments and total $21.5 billion for energy infrastructure.
U.S. neo communists funded $27.2 billion into useless green renewable energy while U.S. strategic need for scientific research only received a total of $7.6 billion. As with the trillions of dollars, there is no fiscal or performance government accountability of alternative renewable green energy. Like many of the left Democrat communist programs, a stimulus check around $850 billion was given to President Obama by the Democrat House and Senate; there has been little accountability of money spent by left Democrat neo communists. President Obama spends government funds as he wants to.
The left Democrat neo communists have disdain for sciences and engineering (sometimes scientific conclusion are directly opposite of political policies, therefor sciences are suppressed). The Democrat’s communist agenda freely uses other people’s money unhindered by facts or logic or science. Left Democrat politicians funding of school sciences and hard sciences is undesirable for neo communists because science programs draw funds away for social programs. America has no science or education future while neo-communists Senators and President remain in political offices.
The costs of the U.S. "renewable green" programs are huge. There have been no programmed reduction of global warming temperature increase.
Left Democrat neo communist energy WAST, FRAUD, and CORRUPTION of “loans,” “grants,” and “investments” into green alternative to energy are a significant part of the final American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. It takes a huge amount of taxpayer funding and debt to satisfy this neo communist political base.
As a diversion to the real problem of global warming temperature increase, President Obama and other neo communists have invested in a social program called “renewable energy.”
The Department of Energy states that President Obama’s goal is to generate 80% of our U.S. electricity from “renewable” energy by 2035. It is an impossible goal. By 2035, global warming temperature exceeds +2oC above preindustrial temperatures, atmospheric carbon exceeds 450 ppm, the global carbon budget exceeding-infrastructure was “locked-in” in 2017 CE, and with a temperature rise to exceed +5 oC; there is no hope for human races 2050-2099 CE survival.
2009 CE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT, Total: $27.2 billion
NOTE: All of the technologies below are old technologies that are in limited use or have previously proposed and rejected over the past 100 years. If there were any greater technologies here, capitalism would have already been using the energy technology and making it better. Although funding for below items have been on the books since 1992, none of the below have produced significant reductions in U.S. greenhouse gases.
● $6 billion for renewable energy and electric transmission technologies loan guarantees for solar, wind, and “smart national grid.” Smart national grid does not work.
● $5 billion for weatherizing modest-income homes
● $3.4 billion for carbon capture and low emission coal research
● $3.2 billion toward Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants
● $3.1 billion for the State Energy Program to help states invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy
● $2 billion for manufacturing of advanced car battery (traction) systems and components
● $800 million for biofuel research, development, and demonstration projects
● $602 million to support the use of energy efficient technologies in building and in industry
● $500 million for training of green-collar workers (by the Department of Labor)
● $400 million for the Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP). Cost of megawatt of Neal Hot Springs geothermal is two to three times more than natural gas electricity.
● $400 million for electric vehicle technologies
● $300 million for energy efficient appliance rebates
● $300 million for state and local governments to purchase energy efficient vehicles
● $300 million to acquire electric vehicles for the federal vehicle fleet (GSA)
● $250 million to increase energy efficiency in low-income housing
● $204 million in funding for research and testing facilities at national laboratories
● $190 million in funding for wind, hydro, and other renewable energy projects
● $115 million to develop and deploy solar power technologies. Solyndra is a bankrupt $535-million solar panel manufacturer. There will be more government failed “green energy” businesses.
● $110 million for the development of high efficiency vehicles
● $42 million in support of new deployments of fuel cell technologies
2009 CE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, Total: $21.5 billion
● $6 billion for the cleanup of radioactive waste (mostly nuclear weapons production sites) IF “NUCLEAR WEAPONS CLEANUP” WAS EVER NEEDED IT IS NOW NO LONGER NEEDED – THIS IS PORK BARREL FUNDING WASTE
● $4.5 billion is allotted to the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE). As outlined in the legislation, these funds are provided as “investment in a nationwide plan to modernize the electric grid, enhance security of U.S. energy infrastructure, and ensure reliable electricity delivery to meet growing demand” and build Obama’s smart national grid. The OE is a new private/government Regional Entity responsible for coordinating and promoting bulk electric system reliability in the Western Interconnection. Western Interconnection Synchrophasor Program (WISP or DOE NASPI) includes Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and involves 18 partners. THE SYNCHROPHASOR “SMART GRID” PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR CONNECTING SOLAR AND WIND FARMS TO BASE LOAD GRID HAS NEVER WORKED LARGE SCALE. Before funding billions of dollars get the electrical systems working to specifications. If the system does not work, do provide funds to build it larger.
Expanding high voltage transmission lines is designed to expand Mid West coal electrical electrical production and transport the carbon energy via high voltage lines to the Pacific Coast.
● $3.25 billion for the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) for power transmission system upgrades is PORK BARREL FUNDING. WAPA appears to be a private/government funding administrator of federal funds for under defined political projects. Expanding high voltage transmission lines is designed to expand coal electrical electrical production and transport the carbon energy to the Pacific Coast.
● $3.25 billion for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) for power transmission system (smart western grid) upgrades PORK BARREL FUNDING. Congress created BPA in 1937 to deliver and sell the power from Bonneville Dam, Oregon. Expanding high voltage transmission lines is designed to expand coal electrical electrical production and transport the carbon energy to the Pacific Coast.
● $4.5 billion to increase energy efficiency in federal buildings (GSA) LOW OR NO GLOBAL WARMING RETURN ON INVESTMENT
The CBO has not identified how much the ARRA (2009) reduced U.S. global warming gas emissions.
Politics to The End
For more than two decades alternative renewable green energy has been used by politicians to deflect necessary national shifts from hydrocarbon economies of coal, oil, and natural gas. For more than four decades congressional politicians have suppressed new nuclear development to increase use of hydrocarbon energy from congressional voter districts. The only economies that might permit survival of human races past 2050-2099 CE are the nuclear and hydroelectric economies.
When confronted with the review of global warming temperature, President Obama does nothing to correct the deadly results. Left Democrat U.S. Senators follow President Obama’s election lead and are also non responsive. Political greed, fraud, corruption, and untoward policies no longer matter for the Washington political machine. The politicians will delay global warming responses until people in the U.S. are frying eggs in the streets from global warming temperature increase. However, because of carbon-budget infrastructure lock-in, by 2017 CE there will be no need to respond to global warming -- energy responses will be too late to save anyone.
Total U.S. energy: nuclear electric is 8%, conventional hydroelectric power 2.7%, coal 23%, natural gas 23%, and petroleum 40%. Nuclear energy produces about 20% of U.S. electrical energy. The core global warming task is to reduce global energy share of coal, natural gas, and petroleum, to be replaced with hydrocarbon free nuclear and hydroelectric energy.
The price of correcting global warming temperature increase is high. The price of not doing so is much greater.
Unless there is change, all those who are not yet born, and those who are now children and young adults under the age of 30-years, shall die 2050-2099 CE (more like 2050-2055 CE), ending the 160 thousand year journey of mankind.
