New York State’s new climate plan is a bunch of electric schlockBy Jonathan Lesser
January 15, 2022
In the last decade, New Yorkers have purchased fewer than 60,000 battery-powered vehicles (BEVs) — less than 1% of the 9 million registered vehicles on the road. In 2021, they purchased around 20,000 BEVs. One hurdle to purchasing BEVs is that they are expensive, about $10,000 more on average than a gasoline-powered vehicle.
And, like everything else, BEVs are getting more expensive, not less.
This is just one reason why a new statewide plan presented by the Climate Action Council will not work.
Just before the New Year, the Climate Action Council — a group initiated by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration — released its Draft Scoping Plan, which details how the state will meet all the mandates signed into law by the New York Climate Act two years ago.
Seventy percent of the state’s electricity must be obtained from renewable energy by 2030; requiring 9,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind to be built by 2035, along with 3,000 MW of battery storage by 2040. By 2040, 100 percent of the state’s electricity needs must be sourced from zero-emissions resources.
The Scoping Plan is a bureaucrat’s dream. At 330 pages, plus over 500 pages of Appendices, the Plan offers a convoluted and woke roadmap of how New York will reach this green Shangri-La, including creating millions of new “green” jobs and promoting “climate justice.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/15/new-york-states-new-climate-plan-is-a-bunch-of-electric-schlock/
