Democrats for Energy Disarmament

They add AI data centers to their anti-fossil-fuel target list

WSJ editorial. Excerpts:

"critical minerals required for wind, solar and batteries are mostly processed in China using coal power and leach toxic byproducts."

"Permitting delays and litigation hinder the buildout of transmission lines, pipelines, housing, factories, data centers and more. They are also one of America’s biggest liabilities against China."

"They want to expand transmission to connect more solar and wind to grids in Democratic-run states with renewable mandates—and then pass the costs of these projects onto people in other states."

"why are electric rates so much higher in green-energy beacons like California (30.3 cents a kilowatt hour), Massachusetts (31.2 cents) and New York (28.4 cents) than in states like Missouri (11.8), Arkansas (12.4) and Utah (12.9) that rely principally on fossil fuels?"