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The Green New Deal puts Texans in the Red million acres of wind turbines, solar panels, and battery storage, more Hope you have an extra $12,000 in than 10 times the amount of land your checking account. currently used for electricity generation. The miles of That’s how much the Green New transmission lines are Deal could increase the average conservatively estimated to increase Texas households’ annual 70% and require another 1.2 electricity bills, according to new million acres, bringing the total research unveiled by the Texas land use to more than 6 million Public Policy Foundation (TPPF). acres, more than five times the size An in-depth analysis of Texas of Harris County. electric utility data shows that transitioning Texas to 100 percent The environmental impact of this wind and solar electricity buildout cannot be overstated. generation by 2030 would cause Using less dense energy sources yearly costs to increase nearly will unnecessarily increase our tenfold. footprint on the earth, require government appropriation of For a resolution that claims to fight private property through eminent economic injustice as well as domain, and almost certainly affect climate change, the Green New sensitive wildlife habitat. Deal isn’t much of a deal after all. Renewable doesn’t equal cheap—or environmentally friendly. TPPF researchers found that if the Green New Deal’s renewable Worse yet, going all-renewable will energy directive was fully have no discernible climate benefit. implemented by 2030, the annual Even if we could achieve a total cost of powering Texas would rise overhaul of our energy system by from $13 billion today to a 2030, climate models used by the whopping $120 billion. United Nations indicate it would have no practical effect. Converting Of course, $120 billion is an to solely wind and solar electricity unthinkable, almost laughable, would cut global temperatures by burden to saddle the people of less than two hundredths of a Texas with. But unfortunately, degree Celsius in 2050 and just four champions of the Green New Deal hundredths in 2100. are deadly serious. The Green New Deal is a bad deal Getting renewables from 8 percent for Texas, and the skyrocketing to 100 percent of our electric costs and lost jobs aren’t worth the generation nationwide isn’t a multibillion-dollar expense. problem of politics, but of scale and physics. Even a partial switch to Proponents of the expansive renewables would be prohibitively climate programs like the Green expensive. Transitioning Texas to New Deal don’t recognize that few just 50 percent wind and solar by of the world’s great achievements 2030—a relatively modest increase, have come from top-down, onegiven that we are the number one size-fits-all government mandates. state for renewable generation— Throughout human history, the best would cause annual costs to rise by solutions have come from private 250 percent. citizens rolling up their sleeves and creating their own innovative And those numbers don’t take into approaches to the challenges facing account a large-scale rollout of them. electric vehicles, which would increase electricity demand and The power of the free market, not further increase costs to consumers the power of government, will and businesses. continue to grow prosperity and reduce poverty worldwide through The financial expense isn’t the only the power of reliable, affordable, issue with one-size-fits-none dense, and abundant energy. renewable mandates like the Green New Deal and other pricey Environmental policy should serve proposals by presidential mankind, not the other way around. contenders. Ironically, they also come with a colossal cost to our The Honorable Jason Isaac is environment—instead of a benefit. Senior Manager and Distinguished Fellow of Life:Powered, a national Wind and solar power are by nature initiative to raise America’s energy less dense than fossil fuels, IQ. He previously served four terms meaning they require more land to in the Texas House of produce. Going 100 percent Representatives. Follow him on renewable would require nearly 5 Twitter at @ISAACforTexas. by John Isaac
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