A Common Sense Approach to Climate Change while Air Pollution Has Dropped

How to Stop the Fearmongers and Their Agenda of Eliminating all Fossil Fuels

As a child, I had severe asthma. There is no one better equipped to talk about clean air because not being able to breathe any air is a horrible ordeal and I know the importance of it.

In 2006, when I ran for the Michigan House of Representatives – clean air and the environment were one of my issues. Tesla was just starting out, and I remember an article about how Detroit needs to watch out for this new electric car company and thought that would be the greatest thing since Ford rolled out his Model T in Detroit. Solar panels to charge our vehicles would take us off foreign oil dependency and clean our air at the same time – how cool is that?…

Truth in the Data (and Science) – All this talk about electric vehicles is great, but where do these geniuses think the fuel to produce said electricity comes from today? – The electric fairy? – No. Fifty-nine percent (59%) comes from fossil fuel (natural gas 40% and coal 19%), followed by nuclear at 20%, petroleum 1% and then renewables at 20% (wind 8.4%, hydro 7.3%, solar a measly 2.3%, biomass 1.4% and geothermal 0.4%). According to the EIA (U.S. Energy Information Agency), the share of U.S. electricity generation from wind grew…

According to the EIA (U.S. Energy Information Agency), the share of U.S. electricity generation from wind grew from less than 1% in 1990 to about 8.4% in 2020. So, it took 30 years to increase this renewable source to capture 8.4% of the market – that is an increase of .28% per year.

So, in 30 years we have increased our alternative usage by 20% an increase of .666% per year (a great number). So, according to AOC and her misinformed, fear-mongering prediction, we should probably just forget about trying to do anything because based on current growth in renewables, it will take 150 years to be fossil fuel independent and according to her – the world will end in 12 years…

Here are the facts from the EPA’s website:

Nationally, concentrations of air pollutants have dropped significantly since 1990:

• Carbon Monoxide (CO) 8-Hour, DOWN – 74%
• Lead (Pb) 3-Month Average, DOWN – 82% (from 2010)
• Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) DOWN – Annual, 57%
• Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) DOWN – 1-Hour, 50%
• Ozone (O3) 8-Hour, DOWN – 21%
• Particulate Matter 10 microns (PM10) 24-Hour, DOWN – 26%
• Particulate Matter 2.5 microns (PM2.5) Annual, DOWN – 39% (from 2000)
• Particulate Matter 2.5 microns (PM2.5) 24-Hour, DOWN – 34% (from 2000)
• Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) 1-Hour, DOWN – 89%
• Numerous air toxins have declined with percentages varying by pollutant…

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Author: Kevin Kenneth

Public Safety Veteran / Health & Fitness Advocate. Former newspaper columnist and screenwriter brings you his "Thoughts From the Edge" disguised as brilliance.