Thread by @shellenberger

The world’s renewables experiment is over

Biden’s climate bill is dead, Norway affirms oil drilling, and Uganda says “Solar & Wind Force Poverty on Africa”

The global energy crisis has snapped humanity out of its trance: we need cheap & reliable energy to survive & thrive

“Africa can’t sac­ri­fice its fu­ture pros­per­ity for West­ern cli­mate goals,” says Uganda President @KagutaMuseveni “De­vel­oped na­tions are push­ing an ac­cel­er­ated tran­si­tion to re­new­ables on Africa….”

wsj.com/articles/solar…

“The West­ern aid-in­dus­trial com­plex, com­posed of non­govern-men­tal or­ga­ni­za­tions and state de­vel­op­ment agen­cies, has poured money into wind & so­lar … which leave many Africans with un­re­li­able and ex­pen­sive elec­tricity.”

“Say­ing any of this meets with back­lash from de­vel­oped na­tions….many West­ern na­tions have put a blan­ket ban on pub­lic fund­ing for a range of fos­sil-fuel projects abroad, mak­ing it dif­fi­cult for Africa to make the tran­si­tion to cleaner non­re­new­ables.”

Meanwhile, Norway’s new left-wing Prime Minister has affirmed his nation’s long-term commitment to oil and gas drilling and admitted that Norway uses its $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund as a “political,” not strictly financial, tool

on.ft.com/3nllCYm

Meanwhile, China has returned to coal in a big way

https://twitter.com/chigrl/status/1452368172162682887