And speaking of grifters ...

Climate Czar John Kerry Says Electric Car Critics 'Are Engaged in High Levels of Disinformation'

“Who ya gonna believe, the ‘experts’ or your own lyin’ eyes?”

"There has been a very, very clear policy, which, regrettably, has been attacked by people who are engaged in high levels of disinformation," Kerry, who serves as the special presidential envoy for climate, told Bloomberg Television. "They've been trying to scare people about the range of vehicles, so there's range anxiety out there."

Kerry's comments came in response to Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz asking him about companies pulling out of electric vehicle production due to lack of demand. After he gave his response, co-anchor Jonathan Ferro questioned Kerry's characterization of electric vehicle problems.

"It's difficult for me to believe that the poor EV sales are a consequence of a misinformation campaign about range anxiety," Ferro said, as he brought up rental company Hertz's recent offloading of 20,000 electric vehicles from its fleet.

"It's really expensive to keep these vehicles," Ferro continued. "It's really expensive to go and buy one. I think what we're seeing is a reality check, not just about the ultimate destination [of a transition to renewable energy], but the pace at which we get there—a reality check because, for most everyday Americans, they can't afford this."

In response, Kerry listed developments from many top companies in America and across the globe that he said indicated they were willing to pay a "green premium" for materials made in a sustainable way.

(“They” won’t be paying a “green premium we will, but that’s a feature, not a bug —Ed)

"If the CEOs of those companies can persuade their boards and their shareholders that this is a valuable enterprise, then more people are gonna buy into this over a period of time. This is a transition. It doesn't have to happen overnight. There will be ups and downs. There will be bumps in the road."

All of Kerry’s bloviating quoted above is just the standard garbage from our jet-setter Minister of Gaia, so no surprise, but I found his further comments to be more ominous:

Kerry also cited difficulties and delays in permitting and deploying renewable technologies as a reason for some of the pullback on a transition to renewables.

“If we have to wait five, ten years for these facilities] to be built, we’re all in trouble.”

In fact, it was obvious to all sorts of people, even the moron who writes this blog, that “environmentalists” and actual, real people affected by huge solar and wind farms going up next door, and the plants’ accompanying transmission towers crossing their land, were going to fight on the beaches, the landing grounds, the fields and in the streets, fight in the hills; and never surrender. If Kerry and his crowd have suddenly discovered this, and now claim that five years is too long to wait”, we can expect the next step: a declaration of another state of emergency and the override of environmental laws and regulations that will our federal overlords in complete control of where and when these energy boondoggles are built (and, of course, which labor unions will build them).

If you’re interested, there’s an interesting article on the exercise of federal waivers of environmental laws here, but count on it: a government that can lock down the entire country and force free citizens to stay huddled in their homes for months will have no difficulty cramming solar plants and windmills down our throats.