Lifestyles are driven by the materialistic and transportation fuel demands of society, which so-called wind and solar energy are incapable of fulfilling.
Climate change alarmists blame emissions from fossil fuels. Still, they have yet to identify a back-up plan for “something” that will support the demand for products and fuels of current lifestyles in wealthier countries and developing economies.
Today, “net zero” policymakers setting “green” policies are oblivious to the reality that so-called “renewables” ONLY generate electricity but CANNOT make anything. In addition, everything that needs electricity, like iPhones and computers, is made with petrochemicals manufactured from crude oil, coal, or natural gas.
- Electricity came AFTER oil. ALL electrical generation methods from hydro, coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar are built with the products, components, and equipment that are made from oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil.
- All EVs, solar panels, and wind turbines are also built with products, components, and equipment made from crude oil derivatives.
- All transportation fuels for cars, trucks, merchant ships, aircraft, and military are manufactured from raw crude oil.
- Getting rid of crude oil would eliminate electricity and the more than 6,000 products in demand by hospitals, airports, communications. It would also eliminate the 8 billion on this planet and paralyze virtually all transportation!
The ruling class in wealthy countries is not cognizant that the planet’s population has increased from 1 to 8 billion people over the last 200 years (after oil).
Lifestyles before the 1800s were drastically different. The world did NOT have any of the following infrastructures, which were all made from products and components made from oil derivatives manufactured from raw crude oil:
- Transportation
- Hospitals
- Medical equipment
- Appliances
- Electronics
- Telecommunications
- Communications systems
- Space programs
- Heating and ventilating
- Military
In addition, all of the above infrastructures need electricity. That same electricity is based upon wire, insulation, and other products made from the same oil derivatives that are manufactured from raw crude oil.
Today we have more than 50,000 merchant ships, more than 20,000 commercial aircraft, and more than 50,000 military aircraft that use fuels manufactured from crude oil. The fuels to meet the heavy-weight and long-range needs of jets moving people and products, merchant ships in global trade flows, military programs, and space programs are also dependent on what can be manufactured from crude oil.
We’ve had more than 200 years to “clone” oil to support the supply chain of products demanded by society and have been unsuccessful.
Most likely, 80% of the 8 billion people on this planet who are living on less than $10/day would like to live the materialistic lifestyles of those in wealthier developed countries.
Today, wealthier countries HAVE ALL of the ABOVE infrastructures and have greater longevity than the other 80% on planet Earth.
Yet, net zero policymakers around the world remain oblivious that electricity came AFTER oil. Today, net zero and decarbonization pledges are a dime a dozen.
- Australian Public Service has targeted net zero by 2030.
- The German government has a target of net zero emissions by 2045.
- California has an aggressive decarbonization scheme. It is committed to a “just and equitable transition to carbon neutrality by 2045.
- The UK’s net zero target is 2050.
- Canada plans to hit net zero by 2050.
- EU, Japan, and South Korea are targeting net zero by 2050.
- The Biden administration — remember them? — pledged that the US would achieve net zero no later than 2050.
- India targeting net zero by 2070.
- China claiming it will hit net zero “before 2060.”
- According to the Clean Energy States Alliance, 24 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia have “100% clean energy goals.”
Shockingly, all the above worldwide net zero policies to rid the use of fossil fuels would eliminate electricity and the more than 6,000 products supporting the 8 billion on this planet. It would also ground all transportation dependent on the fuels made from crude oil!
There’s a huge and growing gap between these worldwide decarbonization pledges and the ever-increasing global demand for the products and fuels from hydrocarbons.
According to the International Energy Agency’s Global Energy Review, hydrocarbon growth exceeded the growth in renewables last year. The report also shows that oil, natural gas, and coal provide more than five times as much primary electricity to the global economy as the political darlings of the moment, those so-called renewables.
According to the IEA, oil consumption and natural gas continue to increase. While oil and gas are pivotal fuels, the global climate story continues to be defined by coal. Last year, global coal use increased, as did power generation from coal plants. The IEA’s reports show that soaring coal use and electricity demand in China (population: 1.4 billion) and India (population: 1.4 billion) are swamping all the climate policies and decarbonization efforts in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and South Korea.
Before the decarbonization pledges go into effect and significantly reduce the availability of the products and fuels made from oil that are supporting the humanity on Earth, all the world’s net zero plans NEED to be amended to identify the “replacement” to fossil fuels. This replacement must be able to support the growing materialistic demands and the increasing demand for transportation fuels for the 8 billion on this planet.
This article originally appeared at America Out Loud