An article in RealClear Energy written by Andy Puzder and Sanjai Bhagat suggests the effort by the mass mailer President, Joe Biden, to “end our dependence on fossil fuels” is not doing anything to check demand, but rather, is only going to strengthen China while weakening America. While Biden shuts down American energy production in the name of climate change, no such demand is being made on the world’s worst polluter and carbon emitter, China.
From RealClear Energy:
If the goal is actually to reduce global carbon emissions without causing global economic chaos, increased use of dependable and abundant American natural gas makes far more sense than curtailing U.S. production and spending billions on unreliable and expensive “renewable” energy sources. Let’s face it, if renewables were economically viable, dependable, and available in sufficient supply, the Chinese would be using them. In fact, they have every incentive to do so.
Most of the processing of the minerals needed for electric-vehicle batteries happens in China. Using wind, solar, and batteries for energy production and transportation requires significantly more metals (three times more copper, seven times more rare earths, 19 times more nickel, 25 times more graphite, and 42 times more lithium) than natural gas, oil, or coal production and transportation. The U.S. mines and processes a negligible amount of these metals, which primarily come from countries such as Australia, China, Congo, and Indonesia. Notably, 60% of rare earths are mined in China. Chemical processing, battery components, and assembly are mostly done by Chinese companies. China also processes 87% of rare earths, 65% of cobalt, 58% of lithium, and 40% of copper.
So, while the DNC-CCP hampers American energy production at home, they drive us to depend on energy sources that the Chinese control, removing American energy independence and creating a dependence on a regime that seeks to destroy the American republic so they can lead the world into “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” something, apparently, many corporate “American” leaders seem also to support alongside the DNC-CCP operatives that currently control our Federal offices despite being adamantly opposed to republicanism.
