SETON MOTLEY: It Appears We Dodged A Fake Energy-Carbon Market Bullet In Trump’s FERC

I have long lamented the obscene massiveness of the federal government.

456 Federal Agencies? The Eternal Push For Ever-Expanding, Redundant Over-Government

One of the infinite reasons to oppose this obscene massiveness?

You have no idea how many crazy people with crazy ideas exist amongst the federal government’s 2.0-2.7 million civilian employees.

(The government is so huge?  Even Grok can’t narrow it down any further than that.)

Bad policies and bad proposed policies are…immortal.  Or at least undead.  They zombie on from year-to-year, administration-to-administration.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  And it’s former (allegedly Republican) Chairman and Commissioner Neil Chatterjee.

What is FERC, you ask?:

“FERC’s Mission: Assist consumers in obtaining reliable, safe, secure, and economically efficient energy services at a reasonable cost through appropriate regulatory and market means, and collaborative efforts.”

Which brings us to the idiocy that is “green energy.”

I have long lamented “green energy.”  Wind, solar, etc.  Because it is neither green – nor energy.  It is awful for the environment.  And it produces very little energy – very expensively.

It is demonstrably unreliable.  If the Sun doesn’t shine?  If the wind doesn’t blow?  You have no energy from “green energy.”

In short: It is fake energy.

Given FERC’s mission statement?  They too should vociferously oppose “green energy.”

Except: Government loves government.  And fake energy requires a LOT of........

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