The Great Spain Energy Plan

by Alex Adrianson, The Heritage Foundation

Spain’s Renewable Energy Boondoggle

A funny thing about President Barack Obama’s suggestion that we look to Spain for guidance on energy policy: Spain’s experience reveals that green energy is a job killer, not a job creator.

In January, President Obama urged a rally in Ohio: “Think of what’s happening in countries like Spain, Germany and Japan, where they’re making real investments in renewable energy. They’re surging ahead of us, poised to take the lead in these new industries.”

But Gabriel Calzado of Spain’s Rey Juan Carlos University calculates that Spain’s efforts to promote renewable energy through subsidies and price controls has destroyed 2.2 jobs for every job the program has created. According to Calzado, since the year 2000, Spain’s subsidies for renewable energy have created no more than 50,200 jobs. But the annual subsidy per job created has been €55,946. That works out to 2.2 times the productivity of the average worker in the European Union, meaning the resources spent to subsidize green jobs could have sustained 2.2 times more jobs in the private sector.

Calzado’s calculations help fix the deficient analysis being put out by the promoters of green energy who look only at jobs created directly by subsidies, but ignore the alternative uses of the resources spent. Meanwhile, it should be kept in mind that jobs per se are not a benefit. Jobs are the cost of producing the things we value. If we could get the things we value with less work, then we’d all have more time to spend at the beach.

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For today’s comments I have a multiple choice question:

Which one of the following things has Spain not done well?

A – Bullfighting

B – Paella

C – Festivals of Tomatoes

D – Real Madrid

E – Running of the Bulls

F – Subsidized Green Energy

** Oh sorry liberals, it’s not Paella, that’s a yumy rice dish.

** No Nancy Pelosi, it’s not C! However, you are the best at Running the Bull

** Sorry Obama, it’s not a tomato fight either

That’s right, America it’s F.

Instead of blowing in the wind, why aren’t we building nuclear energy plants. I still have not heard any politician talking about it. If the Democrats wanted to push some of the stupidity they are associated with aside and shut the conservatives up on energy, they would start building nuclear power plants tomorrow.

I can assure you it’s not going to happen for two reasons 1) Too many “greenies” are actually anti-technology and don’t want any advances and 2) It would solve a huge part of the energy problem and they would loose that control over the voters. Come on people let’s be vocal and stop the liberal admistration from breaing the bank on stupid energy plans.

We are going to have to do something or I will have to get a bigger hamster wheel for my kids.

 What’s Your Baby’s Carbon Footprint?
By Kiera Butler and Dave Gilson, Mother Jones News
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By Barbara Miller Australian Broadcast Company
While carbon trading will no doubt play a key role in curbing emissions, environmental scientists say the politically sensitive issue of population growth also needs to be given more consideration in the climate change debate
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Meet the women who won’t have babies – because they’re not eco friendly
By Natasha Courtenay Smith and Morag Turner – The Mail
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Children come with a high carbon cost
Scientist.com New Scientist Magazine
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There is a huge effort in pace to make our kids feel guilty for their life in another attempt to control the population. If the power elite can get everyone else to use less resources there will be more or them. It’s like hearing Gore speak on global warming then seeing that he flies in a private jet and has a huge power bill each month just to light up his trees outside

No sane person want pollution. However, there is a huge difference between real pollution and what is being touted as pollution today.  i.e. carbon footprint.  Our children are being force fed a constant diet of warming earth propaganda.  If you don’t believe it, I defy you to sit down and watch a couple hours of children’s programming. You will see how many PSA there are for “Staying Green”. Or “Climate Change” AKA global warming  In addition there are an uncountable number of websites being pushed that are primed at indoctrinating your kids in “climate change” propaganda.

It is especially true with the Viacom family of media products.  Holy freaking cow!  While I am horrified at what they are doing I have to applaud them at what they have been able to accomplish. Imagine this; you have a child that starts watching Nickelodeon. OK not too bad.  (Unless you saw any of the coverage of the election which was so pro Obama it was ridiculous) Your kid grows up, matures and as the stars of today’s kids shows become music stars they move from Nick to MTV with them.

At Nick, they were bombarded with huge liberal doses from Linda Ellerbee and PSA’s that are nothing short of left wing evangelism. At MTV they get the idea that elections are popularity contest from the “Rock the Vote” campaign. The reality shows feature young men a women in sexually charged situations which are productions made to denounce traditional family values. These shows will make fun of everything that made this country great but will deliver a strong message of ecological worship. If allowed, our kids will be given 10-12 years of indoctrination that will form their moral, political and spiritual values for the rest of their lives.

What to do? We have blocked all music channels in our house and while it pains me (I like Spongebob), we are considering blocking Nickelodeon well. The Comedy Chanel is no better it’s just that no one in our house finds any humor in it or ever watches it.

The decision is yours. You can allow your kids grow up and be raised by George Soros and Viacom or you can take control. Oh, and by the way parents….if you ever want grandkids be prepared to pay for their carbon footprint. Because, your kids will be too busy paying for the debt our current administration just ran up. Do you think that could be part of the plan too? No one has children because they can’t afford them? Just a thought!

 

Just like this fake campaign from caveman days......Global Warming is a Hoax

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No one likes pollution and that includes conservatives. We have to drink the same water and breath the same air as everyone else. While we are united with the world on clean water and air, we are not backing Global Climate Change. The Earth movement was hijacked by the likes of Al Gore as a means to gain political clout. When that didn’t work he and his cronies created slogans like “Carbon Footprint” to gain the power he could not through politics.

While Al will make his billions through the trading of carbon points, it has grown way beyond his dreams and out of his control. The bankers will control the debtor nations with everything from world population to the kind of job you are allowed to work. It will be worse than the middle ages feudal systems. Unless we conservatives stand firm against “cap and trade” programs and the Global Warming hoax the US will go the way of the EU, controlled by powers outside of our country.

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