Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington State have passed ambitious legislation to combat climate change, aiming to eliminate fossil fuels and rely solely on zero-emission electricity sources, such as solar and wind, by 2040 and 2045, respectively.
In this documentary, Ken Peterson explores the devastating economic consequences of this legislation. He explains that electricity prices will increase to exorbitant rates, that the demand for electricity will exceed the abilities of the electrical grid, and that the resulting decrease in global temperature would only be 0.003 ⁰C.
“What Does It Cost?” draws heavily from a report by Jonathan Lesser and Mitch Rolling, which you can review here:
discovery.org/m/securepdfs/2024/09/Crippling-Costs-of-Electrification-20240918.pdf
Learn more at Reasonable Energy: http://reasonable.energy
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Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington State have passed ambitious legislation to combat climate change, aiming to eliminate fossil fuels and rely solely on zero-emission electricity sources, such as solar and wind, by 2040 and 2045, respectively.
In this documentary, Ken Peterson explores the devastating economic consequences of this legislation. He explains that electricity prices will increase to exorbitant rates, that the demand for electricity will exceed the abilities of the electrical grid, and that the resulting decrease in global temperature would only be 0.003 ⁰C.
“What Does It Cost?” draws heavily from a report by Jonathan Lesser and Mitch Rolling, which you can review here:
discovery.org/m/securepdfs/2024/09/Crippling-Costs-of-Electrification-20240918.pdf
Learn more at Reasonable Energy: http://reasonable.energy
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Discovery Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan, public policy think tank promoting thoughtful analysis and effective action on local, regional, national and international issues.
The mission of Discovery Institute is to advance a culture of purpose, creativity and innovation.
The Institute is home to an inter-disciplinary community of scholars and policy advocates dedicated to the reinvigoration of traditional Western principles and institutions and the worldview from which they issued. Discovery Institute has a special concern for the role that science and technology play in our culture and how they can advance free markets, illuminate public policy and support the theistic foundations of the West. For more information about the mission and program of Discovery Institute visit: discovery.org/about
Follow Discovery Institute:
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