Utilities renewables mandates have been gaining popularity with legislatures, but they are more socially costly than many other ways of reducing carbon emissions [Timothy Taylor, Conversable Economist via Arnold Kling] Related: Mark P. Mills, Manhattan Institute; Matthew Harwood, Reason.
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And consumer advocates are called anti-green for opposing these boondoggles.
given the materials currently required for wind and solar, how much energy is spent to produce how much energy renewably? What forms are used to make these materials? After all, we pretty much know that they aren’t made using nuclear…
Shh… you aren’t supposed to ask those questions. Just like you aren’t supposed to ask about the environmental catastrophes that are the mines where they dig up the materials for electric car batteries (which eventually wear out and need replacing).
Renewables advocates profit from manufacturing and installing the giant pasture fans.