Carbajal Applauds Conclusion of Historic Morro Bay Offshore Wind Lease Auction

So because conservatives don't dive head first into Green New Deal type policies and favor a more balance and gradual transition to greener technologies they don't "give a rat's behind about the environment"? Why is when someone dare disagree or have an alternate opinion from the current progressive agenda they're immediately assumed to support the most extreme and opposite position?

Cats and windows kill far more birds than wind turbines, look it up. Should we ban those too? And since when did con's give a rat's behind about the environment?

FRESH - oil drilling/production in the ocean is outrageously different than offshore wind turbines. One can and has leak thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean killing millions of fish, birds and mammals, the other does not. And yeah yeah, some birds will be killed by turbines, but nothing close to as many that are killed during oil spills and in the day to day operation of oil rigs. Kind of a big difference.

Talk about conspiracy theories GT. coming out strong today!

1:51, of course, fails to mention that transmission losses in the form of pipe leaks cause the overall carbon footprint of natural gas to be comparable to the other fossil fuels.

Just more carbon FUD disinformation. Doing more of something slightly less bad is not the way you solve a problem, unless you're a carbon shill and want to prolong the status quo.

You're not understanding is that switching from coal to nat gas significantly reduces our C02 emissions. As much as you'd like to deny reality and believe otherwise, we're still 20 years, minimum, from being able to eliminate our use of fossil fuels.

8:28 - What you don't understand is that we have to stop emitting CO2, you're favorite substance to ignore based on your politics.

What you're missing @4:53 is that coal releases almost twice the C02 per unit of energy created than natural gas. In addition, the extraction and transportation of natural gas is much easier/cleaner/less energy intensive than coal which provides additional environmental benefits.

Coal is dirtier in the sense that burning it emits more contaminants like sulfur and radioactive compounds present in the coal, but CO2 is CO2, no matter what fossil fuel you burn.

Interesting comment to down vote...

While coal, gasoline, and natural gas are all fossil fuels coal stands far apart as much much dirtier than the rest. Over the past twenty years the majority of our reduction in CO2 emission has come from switching from coal power plants to natural gas plants.

VOICE - You gotta check out Manbearpig. I'm super cereal. It's from an old South Park episode and I know even you would find it funny!

Do you follow the news of actual events and current scientific analysis?!
Just search "florida flooding" and/or "florida regular flooding" !

And look up insurance company news!

Oil shills complaining about lithium mining is like El Chapo complaining about the weed dealer down the street.

To combat the environmental effects and energy-intensive nature of lithium extraction, the Biden administration should increase investment in emerging extraction technologies. Current research suggests that direct lithium extraction , a process by which lithium is extracted from brine water without the use of evaporation pools, preserves over 98 percent of the water supply used during extraction. Successful implementation of DLE technologies in the Lithium Triangle would appear to reduce externalities on the local water supply and the concomitant effects on indigenous communities. The United States would benefit from mobilizing investment into the Department of Energy’s current research on DLE technologies. Not only would DLE be useful for existing operations in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, but it would also demonstrate the United States’ long-term commitment to stimulating economic growth and cooperation with its Latin American partners.

Through a combination of strategic investment, targeted research, and effective diplomacy in partnership with the Lithium Triangle countries, the Biden administration could strengthen the imperative of combating climate change in its foreign policy agenda, strengthen its hand in the unfolding competition with other great powers, and furnish more clean energy opportunities in the region.

Whataboutism aside, just about anything will be an improvement over the devastation caused by carbon fuels.

General, and m glad to see you’re concerned about the destruction of the Amazon. I am too. I think all too often people get into tunnel vision regarding CO2 and start to ignore so many other things that are far more destructive. I think you might also find the lithium mining practices used in South America to be of particular concern. This should not be overlooked when considering the environmental impact of the lithium battery arrays slated for construction in morro bay.

" Doomsday predictions are the same old racket they’ve always been, nothing more than a con." I'm glad you are presenting your K-12 populist research - please do use Newsmax in your footnotes. In a newly released report, MAAP estimates that 13.2% of the original Amazon forest biome has been lost due to deforestation and other causes. This equates to more than 85 million hectares (211 million acres), an area about one-tenth the size of the United States or China.

And please notice VOR did NOT comment or deflect about ManBearPig - so that means ManBearPig is real!

As long as you are putting the actual quote in quotation marks - I'm ok with it.

GT, I'm glad you brought up Dr. Maslowki, as after Gore said it and referenced Dr. Maslowki's work, the Dr. said “It’s unclear to me how this figure was arrived at. I would never try to estimate likelihood at anything as exact as this.”

The Woods Hole Report, over 40 years ago, lays out clearly what was known about the likely effects of increasing carbon dioxide on the climate, as well as the uncertainties. The main conclusion of the Report was direct:

We estimate the most probable warming for a doubling of CO₂ to be near 3℃ with a probable error of 1.5℃.

In the 40 years since their meeting, the annual average CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere, as measured at Mauna Loa in Hawaii, has increased by about 21%. Over the same period, global average surface temperature has increased by about 0.66℃, almost exactly what could have been expected if a doubling of CO₂ produces about 2.5℃ warming – just a bit below their best estimate. A remarkably prescient prediction.

But of course Trump loving, gas guzzling, anti-LGBTQ, racist, January 6 insurrectionist extremists who value their 8th grade education will disagree.

And VOR- Al Gore may still be correct about ManBearPig - I know he's out there.

Thomas, you have to be careful when looking at data that has been “averaged and adjusted” in order to combine older tide gage data with modern satellite data. Here is a link to NOAA’s tide gage data from the battery in New York City. This data series goes back to the 1850s. It shows a consistent linear trend from then through to today. NOAA has data for other tide gages all over the world including one in Santa Barbara, check it out. They all show consistent long term trends that have not budged in recent years, contradicting claims of recent rapid sea level rise.

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=8518750

"There is a lot of money to be made from this “green” bonanza, " So what you are saying is that oil companies aren't making record breaking profits?

"Wind will never be a practical or functional way to provide the power we need" Wind provides 15% of energy needs to Europe and the UK - but ok Chip, tell us about everything you know about the energy sector from your intense k-12 studies.

VOR you made a quote - but it's not what Al said. But you far right extremists don't care about accuracy. Actual quote "Some of the models suggest to Dr. (Wieslav) Maslowski that there is a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during some of the summer months, could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years.""

"Can anyone name a global warming catastrophe prediction that has actually come true?" the 1'' per decade in your link, and 8-9'' since 1880 is hardly catastrophic and would not put NY underwater this century. Feet per decade is a catastrophe. A change over 140 years that equals only a fraction of the daily tidal swings is not a catastrophe.

Chip - here is your sea level rise. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level#:~:text=Global%20average%20sea%20level%20has,3.8%20inches)%20above%201993%20levels.

Okay, doomsday alarmism aside, what's you problem with producing this particular form of energy within the United States?

What do you mean by "inconsistent."? Do you have any projections/data on how much energy will be generated from this operation and how consistently that energy will be available?

Post a link.

"The North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming." Al Gore, 2009.

“Millennials and people, you know, Gen Z and all these folks that will come after us are looking up and we’re like: ‘The world is gonna end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change and your biggest issue is how are we gonna pay for it?’ ” Ocasio-Cortez, January 2019. Only 8 more years to the apocalypse, AHH!!!! Totally false climate alarmism that will do more overall harm to society than good.

Can anyone name a global warming catastrophe prediction that has actually come true? Permanent drought in Australia falls to massive rainfall. Demise of the Great Barrier Reef falls to tremendous coral growth. Remote islands to be submerged by now falls to same islands still above water and open for tourism. Dramatic illustrations of New York City underwater, the tide gage says it’s all fiction.

Cue the carbon shills with their usual disinformation and FUD.

Chillin, that’s just a bunch of doomsday religion propaganda. When will Miami be underwater? People have been making these catastrophic sea level rise predictions for years, and so far the tide gages show no change in long term sea level trends going back to the early 19th century. Manhattan is still above water. Same story for acidification. The Great Barrier Reef has been growing like crazy despite recent doomsday predictions. Australia’s “permanent” drought gave way to the xtensive rainfall, imagine that. Doomsday predictions are the same old racket they’ve always been, nothing more than a con. Fossil fuels aren’t perfect, but they’re a heck of a lot better than the alternatives. Thankfully, we have an abundance of fossil fuels in the US and we can provide for our energy needs if we choose to. So called “green” energy is anything but, and it’s not a viable way to meet our world’s growing needs.

There is a lot of money to be made from this dirty fossil fuel bonanza, government "economic incentives" that is. Fossil fuels will never be a sustainable or safe way to provide the power we need. The prices are too volatile, they are controlled mainly by dictators, and there is no viable way to mitigate the greenhouse gases they produce. Investing more in offshore drilling and tiny local wells will not even be a drop in the dirty bucket. It is a major environmental hazard though. They should have cut out the dirty power when oil company scientists first discovered climate change in the 1970's. Perhaps they will when Miami becomes a snorkeling spot and thousands of species die off from warming, acidic oceans and climate disruptions on land. Probably not though, the powers that be would rather turn the Earth into a barren wasteland before they fix longterm problems whose solutions cut into their profits.

If you are really concerned about that topic at all, and stay informed, you would know that the carbon industry kills far more wildlife, and especially birds, than any wind power generation ever will.

Here's some information to get you started:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200302-how-do-wind-farms-affect-bats-birds-and-other-wildlife

How will these turbines affect birds? Last time I visited Morro Bay there was an amazing amount of seabirds there.