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The really sad thing here is that far more reduction of greenhouse gasses has been achieved, just in the last five years through natural economic processes and the search for better, cheaper tecnologies (fracking & natural gas) than has been achieved through government-mandated and subsidized programs for "renewable power" for decades.

That the 'natural economic processes' that you attribute some unclaimed percentage of benefit to would have happened organically and on it's own, instead of being spurred on by and in direct result of regulations that both restricted certain emissions, mandated new standards (such as fuel economy), or simply subsidized the cost of cleaner tech (including the ones you mentioned).

maporsche wrote:

That the 'natural economic processes' that you attribute some unclaimed percentage of benefit to would have happened organically and on it's own, instead of being spurred on by and in direct result of regulations that both restricted certain emissions, mandated new standards (such as fuel economy), or simply subsidized the cost of cleaner tech (including the ones you mentioned).

Nonsense. The development of techniques for directional horizontal drilling and fracking vastly changed the economic /risk equation for both oil and gas exploration, yielding an enormous increase in availability, and a much lower price. In parallel with that the independent development of compound cycle gas turbine power plants enabled the rapid, low capital cost, construction of new, low operating cost, power generating plants that used this abundant lower cost gas. All of the enabling proceses and motivations here were driven by natural technological development and profit driven economic forces. Government regulation had nothing at all to do with it. Indeed much of this happened despite the active opposition of regulators.

The result was far more reduction of greenhouse gasses in this country in just a few years than has been achieved through decades of regulations and government subsidies of high cost, inefficient renewable power.

After enduring 8 years of democrat caused decline & depression, the American people are energized by the next 4+ years with President Trump.

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who oversaw the Reagan economic boom of the 1980s, is warning that the economic advisory group being set up by President-elect Donald Trump is too stacked with CEOs and faces bureaucratic obstacles that the incoming administration may not be prepared for.

Volcker, who led a similar jobs-focused group at the outset of President Barack Obama's administration, struck a skeptical tone when asked by POLITICO about the make-up of Trump’s Strategy and Policy Forum.

“They’re all capitalists, aren’t they?” Volcker said.

Of the 16 members of the Trump forum, 14 are current or former CEOs or chairmen of large enterprises or investment firms. None of the members appear to represent small businesses or labor interests.