For decades, the rallying cry of the climate alarmists has been conservation and the reduction of energy uses. “Put on an extra sweater in your cold house; bicycle to work, and don’t flush the toilet too often” were some of the lifestyle suggestions to reduce our carbon footprint. However, with the rise of artificial intelligence and its requirements for vast amounts of energy, no one is talking about conservation anymore. Everyone is talking about how to produce vastly more energy to meet the new demands. Energy-hungry data centers are popping up everywhere.
The fallacy of “green” energy has now been exposed for the fraud it is. Wind and solar energy companies cannot exist without taxpayer support. Efficient energy production comes when the energy produced exceeds the energy needed for production. Ethanol, wind, and solar cost more to produce than the resulting energy.
The climate alarmists do not like coal, gasoline, and natural gas, which are very efficient producers of energy. Would they prefer that we return to the stone age? Or do the climate alarmists just want to diminish our American freedoms with expensive energy supported by the taxpayers. Cheap energy is essential to a free and productive economy.
Nuclear has always been a clean, carbon-free, and efficient form of energy. Best of all, we will never run out of atoms to produce nuclear energy. During the Cold War, the Left regularly rallied against the use of nuclear and that campaign served to tarnish the public image of this fuel source. Hollywood also tried to influence public opinion with Jane Fonda’s “The China Syndrome”, a popular movie that portrayed nuclear energy as dangerous.
Now is the time to follow the science so Americans can continue to utilize cheap energy.