Giving Compass' Take:

• Mark P. Mills and James B. Meigs discuss the Green New Deal, the limits of wind and solar power, and the “magical thinking” of an all-renewable energy future.

• Although the Green New Deal aims for positive action, how can philanthropists and donors help those who may be negatively impacted? How can donors fund programs to assist this?

• Does The Green New Deal have too many goals? Click here to read more. 

Countries around the world are embracing subsidies to expand the production of renewables, and environmentalists claim that we’re on the cusp of a tech-driven energy revolution that will make oil and gas obsolete. Are they right?

Not likely. According to Meigs and Mills, improvements in wind and solar technology are reaching their theoretical limits. It would be virtually impossible to generate the amount of wind and solar power necessary to replace the world’s oil and gas consumption. And yet, renewables enjoy strong political support, while nuclear technology, our best source of clean, reliable, and—yes—safe electricity, faces intense political opposition.

Video Transcript
Sen. Sanders: This to me is an existential crisis.

Sen. Markey: The green generation has risen up.

Anderson Cooper: You're talking about zero carbon emissions, no use of fossil fuels.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: That is the goal.

James Meigs: That's a goal you could only imagine possible if you have no idea how the energy economy works or how energy is produced in this country.

John Stossel: James Meigs, former editor of Popular Mechanics says the Green New Deal is just not feasible.

Read the full article about The Green New Deal's bad science by Mark P. Mills at City Journal.