Tilting at Windmills, Part 3: The Biden-Harris Administration's Misguided Energy Policies

Harris’ current tactic of staying silent is a classic bait-and-switch. She initially proposes moderate energy policies during election season, only to pivot to extreme climate change positions at the earliest opportunity. Her energy policy decisions are driven by the misguided notion of climate change aimed at appeasing her far-left environmental base, which provides substantial financial support to her campaign, the Democratic Party and the climate change agenda.

Even former NASA astronauts disagree with their agency’s stance on the “unwarranted claims about the role of carbon dioxide in global warming.” Additionally, over “1,600 scientists, including two Nobel laureates, have signed a declaration saying ‘there is no climate emergency.’”

It's important to remember that before she ended her 2019 presidential campaign to join Joe Biden’s ticket, Harris' stance on energy policies was already shaping the inflationary challenges we face today. She told a CNN town hall, "there’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking… even, on private property, supporting a ban on any new oil and gas infrastructure from being built.”

Harris also favors a Biden-Harris EPA mandate requiring “50% of all new car sales are electric by 2030, despite nearly half of all current electric vehicle (EVs) owners indicating plans to switch back to petroleum vehicles at a time when manufacturers of those vehicles are losing money on each one produced.”

In reality, most EVs are a financial disaster for carmakers and consumers. Furthermore,........

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