I just wonder how soon till we see Canadian climate crisis scam groups suing to stop the mines
Biden Admin Moves To Fund Canadian Mines While Blocking US Mining Efforts
The Biden administration is considering funding the Canadian mining and metal industry as it is desperate to acquire more rare earth minerals to build renewable energy technologies; however, the administration has previously blocked the development of U.S. mining efforts, according to E&E News.
Following the passage of the Democrats’ massive climate spending package, the Biden administration is looking to import critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel and may even give money to the Canadian mining industry to acquire such minerals and help push mineral supply chains out of Chinese hands, according to E&E News. Although it is desperate to produce these minerals and confront the Chinese dominance of the mineral market, the administration has blocked major mining projects in Minnesota and Alaska.
“The Department of The Interior is not for development of any kind … whether its mining or oil and gas,” Steve Milloy, a member of former President Donald Trump’s EPA transition team, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Canada has courts and climate activists and does not the same ability to undercut China’s slave labor and therefore, the plan has serious limitations.”
The move to acquire minerals from outside the U.S. comes amid the Biden administration’s repeated efforts to prevent domestic mining developments. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in May that it would review a proposal that dealt a significant blow to the Pebble Project, an Alaska mining project that would produce about 1.5 billion tons of critical minerals over 20 years. Additionally, Biden’s Interior Department (DOI) canceled two mineral leases belonging to the Twin Metals Mine in Minnesota in January, halting the mine’s construction.
The U.S. could be mining for our own materials for renewable projects and electric vehicles, but, no, Team Biden won’t allow it, and, heck, if Trump or some other Republican was president, the DOI would be working to kill the projects. But, at least we’re trying to get the materials from Canada, as opposed to China. But, we all know how this works out: the climate cultists and extreme enviros will sue to stop the mining, and loony tunes Canadian bureaucrats will work to stop the mining.
And those metals are going to be needed for things like
California to approve 2035 ban on gas-powered car sales
California is expected on Thursday to approve a ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars that would begin in 2035.
The state’s Air Resources Board on Thursday will vote on the ban, which would also ratchet up the percentage of vehicles sold in the state that are electric leading up to the 2035 date.
California’s clean car standards are also often adopted by other states, so the impact of this rule could stretch far beyond its borders.
Or, they might not. Not if consumers opt out because EVs are inconvenient and too expensive. Still lots of time, we’ll see how this goes. And will any news outlet ask California Gov Newsom and the members of the Air Resources Board if they have ditched their own fossil fueled vehicles and switched to EVs now?
Taxpayer money spent in foreign countries ALWAYS comes back home to an American politician. That’s why it is so popular in congress and why the congress that represents Americans is so eager to defend foreign spending. You can’t send 60 Billion to the Ukraine without a few billion sticking to some politicians’ hands.
Have you ever driven from LA to the Bay Area? I have, back in 1972, and it’s a long, long haul. My (then) 1962 Ford Fairlane required a couple of stops to fuel up, but if you’re stuck in a Chevy Dolt, it’ll take you two hour long recharging stops to make that drive.
That’s assuming you can find a working level 2 or fast charger that doesn’t have a line waiting co there’s not a brown-out.
Guess why there’s not a Tesla in my driveway.
*President* Bumbles McShitpants aka “The Big Guy” really really cares about the little guy in America.
Like Jennifer Granholm says, “let ’em eat solar panels.”
BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIALS:
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2022/08/back-to-school-specials.html
My question is there are about 150,000 gas stations in America employing about 500,000 people. What happens to them when gas becomes “illegal”? How about all the oil rigs, the people who operate them and all the fuel transportation systems. All tolled about 2 million American workers. What happens to them?
DOES ANYONE SERIOUSLY BELIEVE WE CAN ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUELS BY 2030 WITHOUT DESTROYING THE ECONOMY OF THE US AND THE WORLD, AND TO WHAT REAL LIFE ADVANTAGE?
This is all bullshit and yet these morons will keep buying it until it’s too late.
CarolAnn makes a good point. What about the displaced workers no longer selling cigarettes, beef jerky, beer and Cokes at WaWa’s, QT, 7-11 etc??
This sort of disruption has happened before. The telegraph replaced the Pony Express. The railroads replaced wagon trains. The mass produced Model T started putting buggy makers out of business! Not to mention the horse poop collectors in NYC who removed 500 tons a day!! Evil airlines killed the passenger trains and ocean liners. And look what modern plumbing did to outhouse builders and bucket manufacturers. More recently, fracking cheap natural gas put coal miners out of business. Texting and emails have eliminated fine stationery and before that the modern ballpoint pen put inkwell makers out of work.
Not only does Rimjob bring up his typical red herrings but he highlights his own lack of critical thinking.
Oh forgot, this is Rimjob.
My bad.