June 24, 2022
MAKE JULY 4TH INDEPENDENCE DAY:
The Energy Crisis Is a National-Security Opportunity (MORGAN BAZILIAN and EMILY HOLLAND, JUNE 23, 2022, Defense One)
The administration should also frame other climate-action steps as national-security needs, from getting tougher on industrial methane leaks to subsidizing the development of carbon-capture technology, promoting nuclear power, and incentivizing conservation and energy efficiency. As the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of recession, the administration should also consider clean-energy tax incentives that speed the transition and help consumers save on energy costs.The administration, which has made partnerships and allies central to its foreign policy agenda, can also explain how clean energy contributes to those goals. Promoting energy efficiency, boosting energy-system resilience, and fast-tracking the Transatlantic Technology Alliance to improve collaboration on innovation and deployment of related technology will help EU members move away from Russian energy imports.The effort to turn climate action into a top government priority has long suffered from diffuse or mixed messages, in the United States and elsewhere. The current energy shock--in oil, gas, and electricity all at the same time--offers a chance to focus the U.S. and the world on a clear narrative: energy security is national security.
A major speech announcing that we are going to tax the externalities to speed our liberation from the evil regimes that produce oil and produce unlimited green energy from domestic sources would at least give his presidency some focus.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 24, 2022 7:00 AM