Political Quotes

“Absolutely. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. In fact, the gentleman brings up a great point. There is an article by Michael Shellenberger and it is, ``Why Renewables Can't Save the Planet.'' In this discussion--it is a wonderful article; it is in Quillette--he talks about renewable energy, particularly solar and wind. They are low density. They don't have what they call basal power. They only produce when the sun is shining and when the wind is blowing. So you need batteries. And as he states so eloquently here, the new renaissance for batteries isn't coming any time soon. In fact, we see many of the same people who propose the Green New Deal are obstinate in trying to allow mining for these critical and rare earths that are required for battery development. In fact, over 90 percent of the world's market for critical minerals--or these rare earths--are dictated by China. So they are not going to come any time soon. And then, let's talk about the ecological damage. In fact, wind is the largest destroyer of large birds. Now, small, little birds, cats will take care of, but what ends up happening, raptors--like condors and eagles and hawks--are the ones who are killed most often by these big rotary blades or turbines that turn. These are the birds that are most at peril right now in our world. So once again, we are dooming the future because we are predominating selection to the government, and that is a sad thing.”