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SEAN: IN THE PUSH TO GO GREEN
FOSSIL FUEL WORKERS ARE BEING
LEFT IN THE DUST.
A NEW STUDY FROM UC BERKELEY
WHAT HAPPENED TO OIL REFINERY
WORKERS LAID OFF IN CALIFORNIA
IN 2020?
THE GOOD NEWS?
MOIST WERE ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER
JOB.
DAGEN: THE BAD, VERY BAD, ON
AVERAGE THEY SAW A 24% PAY CUT.
A THIRD FELL BACK FINANCIALLY.
A THIRD TOOK EARLY WITHDRAWALS
FROM THEIR RETIREMENT.
LET’S BRING CENTER FOR
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS PRESIDENT,
FOUNDER, ALEX EPSTEIN.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, ALEX ALWAYS.
THIS IS A SLIVER OF THE VAST
DESTRUCTION THAT ALL OF THESE
POLICIES WILL HAVE ON OUR
ECONOMY.
>> THIS WHOLE IDEA OF GREEN JOBS
POSES AS OH, THERE WILL BE
BETTER JOBS IN ENERGY.
IF THAT WERE TRUE, IF WE WERE
GETTING SUPERIOR WAYS OF
PRODUCING ENERGY, THAT WOULD
LEAD TO BETTER JOBS.
THAT WOULD BE BETTER OVERALL BUT
UNFORTUNATELY GREEN JOBS INVOLVE
FORCING US TO USE INFERIOR FORMS
OF ENERGY.
ONE CONSEQUENCE THE MOST
PRODUCTIVE ENERGY WORKERS ARE
PUT OUT OF WORK, DON’T GET
PRODUCTIVE JOBS.
EVERYONE’S JOBS SUFFER.
THE MORE GREEN JOBS, THE MORE
EXPENSIVE, UNRELIABLE ENERGY
BECOMES, EVERYONE SUFFERS
BECAUSE YOU OFFSHORE JOBS TO
PLACES LIKE CHINA BECAUSE THEY
HAVE ENERGY AND FREE TO USE
FOSSIL FUELS.
SEAN: VERY GOOD POINT.
BAN ON NATURAL GAS CREEPING ITS
WAY BACK TO REALITY.
NEW YORK COULD BE THE FIRST TO
BAN NATURAL GAS HOOKUPS IN THEIR
BUILDINGS.
WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS, ALEX,
THIS WAS SPECULATION, THIS WAS
ALL THEORY, REPUBLICANS WERE
GOING CRAZY THEY WERE GOING TO
TAKE AWAY OUR GAS STOVES BUT
HERE COMING INTO REALITY.
NEW YORK IS LOOKING TO BANNING
GAS.
>> THIS IS ALWAYS PART OF THE
PROPOSAL.
IF YOU LOOK WHAT IS THE TOP LINE
ITEM OF THE BIDEN ECONOMIC
AGENDA, LET ALONE ENERGY AGENDA,
RAPIDLY ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUELS
IN THE 2050 TIMETABLE.
THEY HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE 2035
TIMETABLE FOR QUOTE, UNQUOTE,
ELECTRIFICATION, THAT FORBIDS US
DOING ANYTHING INVOLVING
ELECTRICITY.
REQUIRE US TO USE OVERWHELMINGLY
SOLAR AND WIND ELECTRICITY.
THEY ARE REDUCING THE SUPPLY OF
RELIABLE ELECTRICITY
DRAMATICALLY AND INCREASING
DEMAND FOR UNRELIABLE
ELECTRICITY.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
DAGEN: IT IS MORONICAL.
LET’S LOOK AT THESE HEADLINES.
THEN THEY TRY TO SELL
CONSERVATIVES OR PEOPLE WHO CALL
THEM OUT ON THEIR HORSE MANURE
THAT WE’RE OUT OF OUR MINDS.
LOOK AT THESE HEADLINES.
REPUBLICANS THRUST GAS STOVES
INTO THE CULTURE WARS.
"TIME" LABELING IT A RIGHT-WING
CAUSE.
THERE WAS AN OP-ED ON MSNBC
SLAMMING IT AS DUMB.
THAT WE WERE SAYING, ONE IT IS
ABOUT CHOICE, ALEX, BUT TWO, IT
IS ABOUT RIGHT NOW OUR, THEY
WANT TO GET RID OF GAS STOVES
BUT WHERE DO YOU THINK OUR
ELECTRICITY STILL COMES FROM,
THE VAST MAJORITY, WELL MOST OF
IT COMES FROM NATURAL GAS POWER
PLANTS RIGHT NOW.
SO, NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE.
SENSE.
WE USE, WE NEED OWN DEMAND -- ON
DEMAND POWER.
GUESS WHAT DOESN’T PROVIDE ON
DEMAND POWER?
SOLAR AND WIND.
SEAN: THAT IS GOOD THAT THE GAS
STOVE THING GOT PUBLICIZED.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THEY
HAVE BEEN GETTING AWAY WITH
REDUCING OUR FREEDOM FOR YEARS,
MAKING US MORE AND MORE
DEPENDENT ON A GRID WHILE MAKING
THE GRID WORSE AND WORSE.
IT HAS A VERY SCARY TOTALITARIAN
QUALITY, WE CAN’T DO ANYTHING
NOT ON THE GRID.
THEY CONTROL THE GRID.
THE PEOPLE CONTROLLING THE GRID
VERY CLEARLY DON CARE ABOUT
LOW COST RELIABLE ELECTRICITY.
IT IS GOOD PEOPLE WOKE UP TO USE
OF ENERGY THAT THEY REALLY
WANTED TO BE A SPECIFIC WAY,
NAMELY NATURAL GAS FOR COOKING
THAT SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL
ALL YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN
AWAY.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE FREEDOM TO
USE ENERGY, YOU DON’T HAVE THE
FREEDOM TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSES, YOU DON’T HAVE
FREEDOM TO BE FREE IN YOUR
PERSONAL LIFE.
YOU CAN BE IN CALIFORNIA LIKE I
AM, NEWSOM CAN SCREW UP THE
GRID, YOU CAN ONLY USE EV, BUT
CAN’T CHARGE IT YOU IT BECAUSE
THE GRID IS TOO HOT.
WE HAVE ALERT LAST SUMMER IN
CALIFORNIA, WHEN IT IS HOT,
DON’T USE THE EV OR USE
AIR-CONDITIONING.
WHAT WILL BE THE POINT OF
ENERGY.
DAGEN: YOU TAKE AWAY GAS FLAMES,
THAT HURTS ASIAN CULTURES ACROSS