It ALREADY HAS KILLED MANY JOBS. I HAVE TALKED TO FRIENDS IN VA-ISNT O GREAT???-he CPP will radically alter the way electricity is generated in America. It is based on the discredited theory that climate change is a crisis caused by the use of fossil fuels emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It aims to reduce overall carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The combination of the CPP and previous regulation will shut down more than 40 percent of coal-fueled generation—representing 10 percent of all electricity-generation capacity. What will this forced, premature elimination of America’s electric capacity do? The proposed EPA plan will seriously threaten America’s electric reliability Unless the EPA backs down on its harsh regulations, and coal-fueled power plants get a reprieve, blackouts are almost guaranteed. During the 2014 “polar vortex” that crippled the U.S., the Northeast narrowly dodged severe blackouts that could have resulted in freezing deaths. Many power plants that produced that power are scheduled to be shuttered. This is before the projected closure of an additional 75 megawatts of coal-fueled electricity generation due to the new regulations. If EPA czar Gina McCarthy was serious when, prior to the release of the proposed regulations, she stated that “Nothing we do can threaten reliability,” she’d withdraw this plan–as it will do just that. The proposed EPA plan will chase away more American industry While the CPP appears to be about forcing the power sector into reducing carbon-dioxide emissions, there are spillover impacts of higher electricity rates on overall economic activity—especially energy-intensive industries such as steel, manufacturing, and chemicals. America’s abundance of affordable, reliable energy provides businesses with a critical operating advantage in today’s intensely competitive global economy. If industry continues to leave the U.S., emissions will increase as companies move to countries with cheaper energy due to lax environmental regulations. The proposed EPA plan will kill hundreds of thousands of jobs
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:40:28 +0000
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