The Clean Energy Corps Has $62 Billion and It Wants You

The Clean Energy Corps Wants You

“This is YOUR opportunity to join us in making that future a reality. Regardless of whether you are new to clean energy, or have been doing this work for years, we want YOU as part of our Clean Energy Corps,” says Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

“Your country needs you! Your planet needs you!”

“We want people who are passionate who are driven and ready to work hard on a mission of a lifetime.”

“We need project, grant, and portfolio managers to get investments out the door.”

“Deploy, Deploy, Deploy!”

Granholm has a lot of enthusiasm. There’s no question about that. She also has $62 billion to burn and is anxious to burn it. 

Recall that the Energy Department used the 2010 green stimulus money to finance such failures including Fisker Automotive and Solyndra. 

Portfolio managers will soon be knocking on her door all wanting a big piece of that $62 billion. 

I don’t wish to dampen her enthusiasm, but please consider the question Is Going Green Really Worth It?

Well, best of luck to Granholm. We should all wish her success.

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KidHorn
KidHorn
2 years ago
If she were a man, she wouldn’t have her job. Like almost everyone else in the current administration who only have their jobs because of diversity. Similarly, she has no idea how to do her job.
SHOfan
SHOfan
2 years ago
As government creates a big surge to reduce carbon emissions one question that gets forgotten is: Who is going to pay for it. 
The EU has already passed regulation that give you insight into that.  Hint: It ain’t the rich. 
Can’t withhold yachts and jets from the ultra rich.
Roadrunner12
Roadrunner12
2 years ago
“I don’t wish to dampen her enthusiasm, but please consider the question link to mishtalk.com

“Mish Comments 

That was a condensed excerpt from an even longer post by Mills. Inquiring minds may wish to give his article a closer look.

I do not expect this to change anyone’s opinion of the question Mills asked “Is Going Green Really Worth It?

Indeed, Mills did not directly answer the question himself.

However, Mills raises some very important questions about a headlong rush into allegedly green energy without having a plan as to what it really takes. 

Green advocates and economic illiterates praise AOC, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, etc., but when did any of them address the questions Mills’ raised?

When did they discuss real costs of their proposals?

The answer is never. And Germany is living proof right now of what happens. 

50 Years of Dire Climate Forecasts and What Actually Happened

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-Huge Disconnect 

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s link to mishtalk.com

The reason is cost. People are waking up to the fact there are massive costs now to protect against alleged disaster decades from now. 

To make the threat appear immediate, every storm, fire, hurricane, snowflake (and lack of snowflakes) is blamed on not doing enough.

Goals But No Plan

The unfortunate bottom line is we have forever changing goals but no real plans.

So even if you think we need to do something, how do we do it that does not use up all the metals and pollute the world getting them while driving up inflation in the process? 

And how do we force China to stop using coal without a huge inflationary response?

Meanwhile, please note link to mishtalk.com.

Biden, AOC, and Warren seem hell bent on forcing the US to follow the path of Germany.

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Agreed, those are very valid points regarding that there are many unanswered questions regarding in a transition to green energy. IMHO, the energy crisis the world is experiencing will soon come to North America. Is going green really worth it? I believe you really dont have a choice. The world is at peak oil and production will decline going forward. The United States will be at the forefront of that decline due to the nature of shale oil extraction. The US extraction of roughly 12 mbpd will drop significantly in the following years. We have had 40 years of relatively stable oil production and prices. That is about to change. The period we are entering will be similar to the 70s but multitudes magnified.
On page 9 of the following link from Cenovus (a Cdn oil company) there is a chart showing where I believe we are headed with oil supply not meeting oil demand.
2021 had the lowest oil & gas reserve discovery since 1946. Let that sink in for a bit. And the years before that were also on the low end. And you can bet the kitchen sink the years 2022 and beyond will also be on the low end. Its a no brainer where we are headed.
“Oil and gas firms are having their worst year for new fossil fuel discoveries in decades and reserves are dwindling. The oil and gas industry is on track to discover just 4.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) by the end of 2021, its worst performance in 75 years, according to the research firm Rystad Energy.”
Roadrunner12
Roadrunner12
2 years ago
Reply to  Roadrunner12
And like I said consumers in Europe havent even started paying for the energy crisis yet. Realist is going to have an increasing harder time getting recruits for the next Extinction Rebellion protest.
“Millions of UK households will face crippling further rises in their electricity and gas bills next winter, with the latest projections suggesting the energy price cap will nearly double to £2,400 a year from of October.”

“Economists have warned of a looming cost of living crisis from April, when rising energy bills are expected to coincide with increases in National Insurance and income tax and the inflation reaching its highest level in a decade.

Ministers discussed relief measures including a reduction in the value added tax rate of 5% on energy bills, government guaranteed loans to suppliers so they can reduce customer bills as well than increased assistance for vulnerable households. A reduction in so-called “green” levies on electricity bills, which subsidize renewable energy projects, is also under consideration.”

whirlaway
whirlaway
2 years ago
Interesting:   link to facebook.com
whirlaway
whirlaway
2 years ago
62 billion dollars?   Isn’t that like the amount of INCREASE the military and war machine gets – YEAR after YEAR after YEAR?!    
Felix_Mish
Felix_Mish
2 years ago
Slush fund for donors. Yawn.
Eddie_T
Eddie_T
2 years ago
High winds last night damaged some of my boat storage units out at the lake. Obviously related to climate change. Wonder if I can get a zero interest loan for upgrades and repairs.
Six000mileyear
Six000mileyear
2 years ago
It doesn’t take $62B to plant trees or encourage many employers to use more work from home arrangements.
Greggg
Greggg
2 years ago
The truth about Jennifer Grandhole:  link to youtube.com
cindylouwho
cindylouwho
2 years ago
Better to enlist in the Clean Energy Corp and try to make the world a “cleaner” place. As opposed to enlisting in the military, heading overseas, and dropping munitions on women and children in poor countries. Better to build than to destroy. 
Greggg
Greggg
2 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
Corollary Five: No politically acceptable idea is so bad it cannot be made worse.
cindylouwho
cindylouwho
2 years ago
Reply to  Greggg
Care to elaborate?
Greggg
Greggg
2 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
Care to think and not parrot the official narrative?  Go look at Europe.
Mish
Mish
2 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
Certainly agree
Doug78
Doug78
2 years ago
It’s a 1930’s FDR style work program instituted when unemployment is at historical lows. I wonder who thinks up these things?
StukiMoi
StukiMoi
2 years ago
Reply to  Doug78
“I wonder who thinks up these things?”
As always: People not equipped to think much.
Captain Ahab
Captain Ahab
2 years ago
White, straight males need  not apply.
cindylouwho
cindylouwho
2 years ago
Reply to  Captain Ahab
I agree. They are all lazy and useless. Let the real workers and breadwinners take over. The women.
Greggg
Greggg
2 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
Corollary Four: The worse the idea, the more likely it is to be embraced by academia and political opportunists.
ColoradoAccountant
ColoradoAccountant
2 years ago
Reply to  cindylouwho
I agree, the women want those jobs going up the corporate ladder, and these guys just want to go hunting and fishing.  It’s perfect if we would just admit it, then do it.
RonJ
RonJ
2 years ago
Will Clean Energy Corps members get to wear a snazzy uniform adorned with CEC project patches?
thimk
thimk
2 years ago
Reply to  RonJ
Yes with police powers . /s
TexasTim65
TexasTim65
2 years ago
I suppose the only positive thing we’ll get out of this is that only 62 billion is going to be stolen or wasted.
We’d all be WAY better off if they just held a lottery across the country and the winners all got say 30K worth of solar panels for their roof. That would be just over 2 million solar roofs installed.
This company seems to have a promising solution for people who are replacing their roof anyway as they are offering solar shingles.
Maximus_Minimus
Maximus_Minimus
2 years ago
Since the biggest wastrels per capita are the populations of just three countries: USA, Canada and Australia, it would be rational to have a plan for population stabilization. But no, you can’t touch the secret cows, instead initiate feel-good schemes and more restrictions. These idiots don’t even communicate on the same wavelength with intelligent life.

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