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Net Zero Is Dying: Blackouts, High Costs & the Politicians and CEOs Who Quietly Changed Their Minds.

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Net Zero Is Dying: Blackouts, High Costs & the Politicians and CEOs Who Quietly Changed Their Minds. Photo via Antonie Giret on Unsplash What a difference a few years make. Not long ago, politicians said climate change was going to kill us, so we must move to “net zero” emissions. This is theoretically possible. Since vegetation removes carbon, we could get to net zero by burning fewer fossil fuels. Governments everywhere pledged to do just that. President Joe Biden and European leaders promised “net zero by 2050.” For a while, it seemed like it might happen. Spain invested billions into its solar power grid. Germany and Spain claimed to get most of their power from renewables. But now they realize that they made a mistake. European businesses closed as electricity costs rose, and last year, Spain’s electricity supply shut down for 16 hours. It was a wake-up call for the green dream. “The power outages are the starkest illustration of bad electricity policy,” says Alex Epstein, author

First report: Ditching Net Zero — hotair.com, 16d