A recent Newsday editorial sounded the alarm about potential energy price spikes that are slated to hit New York consumers over the next year as a result of the 2019 climate change laws implemented by the state legislature. Well, well, well.
We are elated that they joined the club in finally recognizing that this climate change package passed during the Cuomo administration was going to have devastating consequences on our state’s economy and the average ratepayer.
It’s something many commonsense analysts have been shouting to the high heavens about since this crazy, unrealistic legislation was first placed on the table years ago.
We begged legislators not to pass this extremist bill because of the pain it would inflict on our state. But the virtue-signaling radical climate extremist legislators, and the climate NGOs who pulled their strings, tried to convince us that, unless we pass this bill, the planet was going to spontaneously combust due to global warming.
Never mind that the biggest sources of the earth’s carbon footprint continue to emanate from Asia, particularly China and India. So even if New York State shut down all of its energy production, it would have little to no impact on the global climate.
We warned that the target of reducing our emissions by 40% by 2030 was pie-in-the-sky and would result in blackouts and enormous rate increases. This was especially the case as the state was shutting down its nuclear power plants and natural gas generators.
It took a leaked report by NYSERDA, which claimed the average ratepayer’s energy bills would soar by thousands of dollars per year, to finally get the attention of the corporate media and Governor Hochul, who is seeking reelection.
Hochul is now calling for a delay in the law’s implementation. She is finally realizing the goals were unrealistic and the job of government, above all else, is to keep the lights on.
We welcome the governor and many in the media who are finally catching on. Think about how many billions of dollars we would have saved, however, if they had come to this logical conclusion six years ago.