Vijay Jayaraj
After President Trump sees the new green deal as fraudulent, the shift to maximizing the verification of energy technology is likely to be the United States’ salvation from an economic disaster, and climate policy will surely provide it.
The forced “transition” ruthlessly preaches the gospel to alternative energy sources (by policy makers, environmentalists and corporate giants) – a commitment to protecting humanity from the claimed dangers of climate change. But far from a solution, the sport proves dangerous unfortunate events, fundamentally inconsistent with energy demands in the real world.
For decades, fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas, as well as nuclear power, and unparalleled efficiency have met global energy demand. Together they account for more than 84% of global energy consumption, although this number has barely played out after years of green rhetoric and subsidies.
Unlike wind and solar power, coal and nuclear power plants can emit electricity continuously for a month. The amount of land and material required for this production is only a small part of what wind turbines and solar panels need to produce an equal amount of electrons.
Oil and gas fuels are transported almost entirely and used as chemical feedstocks for dazzling products, from medicines to ubiquitous plastics – so-called renewable energy roles that cannot be filled. The reliability and versatility of hydrocarbons are not luxury goods, but necessities. If we had no fossil fuels, we would have to invent them.
Assuming technological breakthroughs magically bridge the gap, advocates of green transition often obscures these realities. But hope is not a strategy.
Germany's Energiewende is a decades-long renewable energy experiment that soared in Europe's highest electricity prices and requires continued use of coal to support intermittent wind and solar production. In the U.S., California’s positive push toward solar and wind has resulted in power outages and soaring utility bills. Both are examples of ideology taking precedence over smart energy plans.
Germany and California are not anomalies, but previews that any chaser of the green unicorn ends up facing. The conversion applied from fossil fuels is only for those who can withstand their inefficiency, reducing and shortening life for most of the world’s living standards.
Furthermore, energy is not a monotonous proposition. A country has unique resources and its energy strategies must reflect differences. For example, Canada uses its powerful rivers to generate 60% of its electricity from hydropower – the ability that wind and solar energy cannot replicate.
France's nuclear reactor fleet generates more than 70% of the country's power, an efficiency model that cannot be matched by sunlight and breeze. The Middle East sits on its vast oil and gas reserves, powering itself and most of the world’s fuels, which remains essential for transportation and manufacturing.
This diversity is not a flaw to be corrected, but a force to be accepted. For example, India's coal reserves are the lifeline of a country that still lacks reliable electricity. Switching to imported solar panels or untested hydrogen will not only drain its inventory, but will also put energy security on foreign suppliers.
Customized energy strategies are rooted primarily in fossil fuels and nuclear energy, utilizing available resources and effective technologies without large-scale solar and wind industrial installations, suffocating land and scenic landscapes.
Beyond economics, tailored energy strategies enhance national sovereignty. Relying on local fossil fuels or nuclear energy means less reliance on foreign supply chains, a key advantage in an unstable world.
On the other hand, the Green Agenda requires compliance. Every country must adopt the same script (mostly solar and wind), regardless of local reality. Poor countries, especially, need to develop flexibly economically, which can only be hindered by green tasks.
Green new deals are dangerous dogmas as progress. Fossil fuels and nuclear energy must remain at the heart of the global energy portfolio, not because they are traditional, but because they are needed.
The fantasy of green has always been the product of arrogance – a belief that human creativity can defy the limitations of nature and economic gravity. The Trump administration has abandoned this raft building and embraced the desire to be rich, affordable and satisfying the world rather than being deceived.
The comment was originally town Hall March 13, 2025.
Vijay Jayaraj is a Science and Research Assistant company2 allianceArlington, Virginia. he He holds a Master of Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia and a Bachelor of Science in Energy Management from Robert Gordon University in the UK, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Anna University in India.
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