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THE STATE OF THE DISUNION VIII

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Hurricanes in 2022 were unprecedented — as in 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸

Globally, 2022 had the 2nd weakest hurricanes in the satellite era (1980-2022)

Did you see that reported anywhere?https://t.co/ewJID2ICgP

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— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 29, 2023

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And here is the offending analysishttps://t.co/nUEp7Am7gF

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 27, 2023

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[...] banning the direct use of natural gas in homes and businesses may be worse for the climate. You read that right. Burning gas directly allows consumers to use about 90% of the energy contained in the fuel. Using gas indirectly -- by converting it into electricity and then using that juice to power a heat pump, stove, or water heater -- wastes more than half of the energy in the fuel. That point was made by Glenn Ducat, in his excellent new book, Blue Oasis No More: Why We’re Not Going to “Beat” Global Warming and What We Need To Do About It. Ducat is a Ph.D. nuclear engineer who worked at Argonne National Lab, as well as at two electric utilities. He explains “Burning natural gas by residential commercial and industrial customers is at least twice as efficient and emits about half as much CO2 as processes that use electricity produced from fossil fuels. Converting process-heat applications to electricity before the electricity grid is completely carbon-free will increase CO2 emissions.” (Emphasis in the original.)

[...] The final bit of hypocrisy at work here is the regressive nature of the gas bans. Indeed, it’s clear that banning natural gas will mean higher costs for consumers. Last March, in the Federal Register, the Department of Energy published its annual estimate for residential energy costs. It found that on a per-BTU basis, electricity costs about 3.5 times more than natural gas. It also found that gas was, by far, the cheapest form of in-home energy, costing less than half as much as fuels like kerosene, propane, and heating oil.

That means that efforts to ban natural gas are, in practice, an energy tax on the poor and the middle class. During a recent interview, Jennifer Hernandez, a California-based lawyer who represents The 200, a coalition of Latino groups that has sued the state over its climate policies, told me that “Natural gas is the last source of in-home affordable energy. And these climate extremists can’t stand it.” (source)

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By adopting a vegetarian diet you effectively cut your emissions by about 2 percent. This won’t save the planet. https://t.co/w8Qy7HUuFz

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) October 23, 2018

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