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Jan 16,, 17 tweets, 8 min read
Sen. @BernieSanders & @billmckibben convinced New Englanders that they didn't need nuclear or natural gas and so now the region is getting 25% of its electricity by burning oil and desperately importing liquified natural gas from the Caribbean by ship
Burning oil for electricity is antiquated, inefficient, and dirty

It's also at a four year high thanks to anti-nuclear & anti-natural gas climate activists

Climate activists successfully blocked the construction of natural gas pipelines which is why New England is burning oil and importing liquified natural gas by ship, which is far less efficient, and dirtier, than simply importing it through pipelines.

In 2020, Sanders celebrated efforts by progressives to cancel the Atlantic Coast pipeline. Today, New England is facing rolling blackouts.

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-democrat…
New Englanders were warned in 2019

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
And in 2020

They didn't want to listen

🤷‍♂️
I should have written, "climate activists" since what they're after isn't about saving the climate, it's about ending civilization

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
And few things move you away from civilization faster than shutting down nuclear and natural gas plants

forbes.com/sites/michaels…
I wonder how Europe's doing rn?

Oh

"Germany is relying on coal for ~45% of its electricity generation (with gas doing an other ~15%). In the UK, gas is doing ~60%, and coal an extra bit. In the Netherlands, gas and coal are doing ~70%"

Well at least the renewables in New England are coming from sunlight and wind, right?

Oh: 58% are coming from burning wood and garbage
FWIW, @Doomberg called it:

doomberg.substack.com/p/new-england-…
So too did @MeredithAngwin

amazon.com/Shorting-Grid-…
And @Atomicrod

atomicinsights.com/performance-ne…
And, yes, people could die

What’s happening is proof that we should prepare for disasters, not incite panic
Turns out humans do quite well when we prepare rather than panic
Other people responsible for making New England electricity dirtier, scarcer, and more expensive:

@SierraClub @RepMalinowski @NRDC @ConserveNJ @riverkeeper

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Jan 13,
San Francisco Mayor @LondonBreed 🔥🔥

"We want someone who struggles with substance use to get into treatment rather than to be out on the streets or to be in jail. And the difference might be, is we may have to use force to get them into treatment."

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Jan 13,
Rising violence & chaos are rapidly killing the hoary demand by progressive activists that we deny the reality of addiction/mental illness in causing homelessness

Nobody lives in open drug scene "homeless encampments" because they can't afford the rent

latimes.com/opinion/story/…
"When you see somebody passed out in their own vomit or covered in feces, and there are needles, that’s not a manifestation of poverty or a housing shortage. That’s mental illness & drug addiction, and it’s scary. People are suffering and the situation is dangerous for everyone."
As the illusion that homelessness is a problem of high rents evaporates, progressives are now retreating to the position that homelessness is "bidirectional."

Well of course it is. Everybody knows that. But it's addiction/mental illness that causes people to live on the street.
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Jan 10,
Progressive Democrats say they care about working people & the climate more than moderates and Republicans, but progressive policies resulted in a 30% increase in natural gas prices and rising emissions from more coal-burning. Why is that?

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-democrat…
Progressive Democrats @BernieSanders & @PramilaJayapal, the head of the progressive caucus, sent a letter demanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) investigate whether “market manipulation” is causing nat gas prices to rise 30%, an astonishing $746 per household.
But the main reason natural gas prices are rising is because progressives have restricted production. Sanders, Jayapal, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) & other progressives successful fought to restrict gas production through bans on fracking & pipelines.
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Jan 7,
Summarized the best available evidence into a book on the problems & solutions; co-founded the only state-wide coalition with a serious plan; made seed grants to activist start-ups; organized 4 protests against drug dealing in 7 months in 3 cities; & just getting started.
As for ass kissing, I criticized Mayor Breed for violating her own covid orders in September and will not hesitate to criticize her or anyone else in the future.

But I believe in carrots and sticks. And right now she deserves our praise and gratitude for doing something.
For more information on the California Peace Coalition, the only coalition in San Francisco or California or the US with a serious, proven strategy for addressing the drug death crisis, please visit:

californiapeacecoalition.org
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Jan 7,
A lot of San Franciscans & people who love the city have rightly criticized its drug, crime & homeless crisis, I included

Well, now's our chance to support SF leaders like Mayor @LondonBreed when they do the right thing.

Please consider thanking her
I literally wrote the book on San Francisco's problems and agree we must keep pressure on the city's leaders.

But we also must encourage policymakers when they take positive steps in the right direction, particularly when doing so is risky, which it is:

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/progressives…
This is not complicated. This not nuclear engineering.

There is literally a "How to Shut Down an Open Drug Scene" check list (below)

Breed is taking action on the first two: build a political consensus & open a linkage center

Many others are in place

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