Dept. of Energy Releases Report on Economic & National Security Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Ban

[mahatmakanejeeves]

They're agin' it.

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Department of Energy Releases Report on Economic and National Security Impacts of a Hydraulic Fracturing Ban https://energy.gov/fe/articles/department-energy-releases-report-economic-and-national-security-impacts-hydraulic

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Department of Energy Releases Report on Economic and National Security Impacts of a Hydraulic Fracturing Ban

JANUARY 14, 2021

[Phoenix61]

1. This is the kind of crap that comes out of

agencies headed by people who should never have been appointed to those positions. It’s going to be so nice to have qualified people in charge again.

[NNadir]

2. It would be interesting to ban fracking to demonstrate just how worthless...

...so called "renewable energy" is after half a century of wild cheering for it and vast sums of money spent on it.

[nam78_two]

3. Seems like a bit of a leap to label fracking "renewable energy"

https://www.kcet.org/redefine/can-fracking-be-considered-renewable-energy

But can natural gas, made extremely inexpensive these days by the process of hydraulic fracturing, really be considered "renewable"?

The easy answer is "no." Natural gas as produced from wells, fracked or otherwise, is a fossil fuel. Burning it adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that wasn't there before. And the process of fracking adds another dimension to the non-renewablility of the end product: if you destroy groundwater and other aspects of the landscape in order to get your fuel, then you probably shouldn't call that fuel renewable even if it's completely carbon-free.

Oh, I suppose you mean that without it as a backup, the renewable energy industry would be hobbled?

[NNadir]

4. In my considered opinion, so called "renewable energy" is nothing more than lipstick on...

...on the fracking pig.

In terms of energy produced, albeit not in terms of the lie that peak capacity is the same as energy, the so called "renewable energy" industry as represented by the trillion dollar wind and solar industry, is trivial and useless.

A 1000 MW plant that can only operate 20% - and not even in synchrony with demand - is really a 200 MW plant, at best, and a zero MW plant if it's producing excess electricity when no one can use it. Moreover, by eroding the capacity utilization of reliable plants, in an arbitrary and unplanned way, it drives up the overall cost of energy, and increases the per MWh emissions.

Without back up from dangerous fossil fuels the so called "renewable energy" industry would be exposed as that famous Emperor lacking garments.

[nam78_two]

5. Thanks for the info.nt