People React To Lauren Boebert Blaming Blackouts On The Green New Deal

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February 16, 2021, 11:20 am

Republican Representative Lauren Boebert, who is trying to make a name for herself as the most annoying pro-gun member of congress, somehow managed to blame the rolling blackouts in the South on the Green New Deal, which has not passed into law.

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The power outages resulting from a massive drop in temperatures across the bulk of the country have left millions in the cold as ice and snow blanket states unprepared for this kind of weather.

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Instead of doing anything useful, Boebert blamed a non-existent “oil and gad ban” and renewable energy sources that have gone largely unused in the U.S.

Rolling blackouts from ND to TX have turned into lengthy power outages in freezing conditions.

Biden needs to lift his oil & gas ban as we need reliable energy sources.

The Green New Deal was just proven unsustainable as renewables are clearly unreliable.

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) February 16, 2021

You know how you unfreeze frozen windmills?

By sending up a helicopter that shoots out chemicals onto the blades.

You need fuel for the helicopter.

Keep that in mind when thinking how “green” windmills are.

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) February 16, 2021

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“Rolling blackouts from ND to TX have turned into lengthy power outages in freezing conditions,” she tweeted. “Biden needs to lift his oil & gas ban as we need reliable energy sources. The Green New Deal was just proven unsustainable as renewables are clearly unreliable.”

President Joe Biden has not only not implemented any kind of ban on oil or gas power, but he has also drawn the ire of climate change activists for vowing that he won’t even ban fracking.

The Green New Deal is a set of ideas proposed by the progressive wing of the Democratic party but never passed into law. Republicans forced an early vote on a resolution for the deal in 2019 in what Democrats panned as a political stunt, and it was defeated with all Democrats voting “present” in protest.

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Texas gets 70%+ of its electricity from coal, oil, and gas and operates its own ENTIRELY SEPARATE electric grid from the rest of the United States in part to evade regulations.

Modernizing the grid and moving to storable renewable energy is the answer, not the problem. https://t.co/Owd8sdLDmg

— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) February 16, 2021

Experts have proposed a number of potential causes for the current energy crisis, including the widespread privatization of electrical grids in states like Texas, with few to none blaming a man who has been president for less than a month. Biden’s Interior Secretary has yet to be confirmed by Congress, so many have pointed out that if any president is to blame, it would be Trump.

Others have noted that the real problem here is definitely climate change, which is fueled by the burning of oil and natural gas and is exactly what the Green New Deal is designed to fight.

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It’s an ICE STORM. That is more supportive of the fight to stop climate change. Please stop.

— Leslie (@LDM_tigergirl) February 16, 2021

Literally everything here is false. Biden never banned oil and gas. Biden doesn’t even have the power to do so. The #GreenNewDeal doesn’t ban oil and gas. And the power grid doesn’t run on oil or gas. You are even less smart than we thought–like your followers who liked this.

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) February 16, 2021

Yeah, well our natural gas pipelines froze too here in Texas. Explain that Einstein.

— Dianne The History Teacher (@TxBuckeyeBabe) February 16, 2021

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He already approved disaster relief for Texas. I’m pretty sure nothing he has done in the last 30 days has negatively impacted their ability to deal with a winter storm.

— B (@itstherez) February 16, 2021

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The reason TX is blacked out has nothing to do with renewable energies. TX is the only state in the nation with its own power grid, which they use to avoid fed regulations…but its antiquated so they can’t manage it. So the emergency $ given to TX, just another Red State Bailout

— PsyD/Psychotherapist (@MonicaRivpin) February 16, 2021

Actually, you are proving why Green New Deal would be great for rural America!

Our power grid is so old and antiquated, any small storm can cause massive power outages, plus it’s inefficient and costs consumers way more.

Let’s put people to work updating our infrastructure!

— Samuel VanSant Stoddard (@profchaosUSA) February 16, 2021

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*First Published: February 16, 2021, 11:20 am