Fiasco by environmental activists: "green" era has been delayed again

Nature, which many adherents of various environmental movements defended so passionately, suddenly played a cruel joke with them. It seemed that the victory is near! A little while, and the world, governments falter under the onslaught of the followers of Greta Thunberg, marching under the banners of all shades of green – and erase from the face of the Earth "impure" TES, then transplanted all of their fellow citizens to electric cars, marking the global triumph of environmental activists. But there it was...

Sound of a pandemic COVID-19, world industrial production collapsed, transport links between the two countries has fallen to an unimaginable low price for fossil energy is rapidly rolled down. Oil poured into the fire ensuing a fierce confrontation for the rapidly shrinking markets for energy commodities, eventually resulting in natural "oil war" between the OPEC countries (primarily Saudi Arabia), Russia and the United States. To call "black gold" that our usual definition, after the price for his barrel fell to 25-27 dollars, not very difficult...

What does the failure of environmental activists? I will try to explain most lucidly and concisely. For example, China, which is one of the world's major importers of energy.

Friends from China the entire economic policy of the state to build a long-term view to eventually earn themselves, and not to "work for the man." Not wanting to feed the oil and gas exporters in this country more than productively working on the development of renewable energy, from fossil resources is not at all dependable. Especially as locations for the deployment of entire fields of solar panels or "forests" of wind generators China has plenty, and technologies relevant features.

According to reports, Beijing planned in the coming years to invest in green energy, more than 350 billion dollars, getting rid of the whims of traders, and even along the way, creating millions of jobs for its own citizens. Recently, however, on progress in the implementation of these plans that is not audible. Minimize them began even before the outbreak of coronavirus, in the midst of a "trade war" with the United States: it was too expensive and long it was. Now that oil cost is coming, alas, to the water tap, China does not have the slightest sense of drudgery and to invest in "clean" energy sources. A country that could become a world leader "green" energy, today does not need it, and in the most rapid and effective recovery of its economy. Cheap oil is here for sure will be more reliable than windmills.

About the same story with the Old world, in recent years, almost obsessed with "achievement hydrocarbon neutrality by 2050". Pompous plan for the implementation of this great idea was presented by the European Commission exactly on March 4 of this year. And then came the coronavirus... Yes, Yes, and cast out all you know where. Under Valia feet hurricane absolutely inevitable crisis and recession, during which bankers, Industrialists, and ordinary citizens will be quite up to the ecological and climatic "horror" from the Norwegian girl and her sang. Here to survive!
The Numbers that calculated the amount needed for compensation of damage from the "greening" of transport, energy and industrial sectors of the economies of the European Union, able to make turn gray any economist. When it originally was about 100 billion euros, some time later, a few more realistic people in Brussels calculated that for the actual translation of the entire EU "buspirone" technology and things like that, by 2050, is not enough, perhaps, five times more investment! It is clear that now, after the Old World will pass, causing the decline and ruin, COVID-19, no such money on "green" fantasy is not allocated. Especially when you consider the fantastic price reduction traditional, habitual energy, under which "sharpened" the European industry, infrastructure and transport. The "green era" has been delayed again.
A long time Ago, it is estimated that at the present cost of feeding them batteries electric cars will be able to "win" cars with internal combustion engines on cost and profitability only if the price of oil of $ 300 per barrel! At half the price reduction (which is what unscientific fantasy) this is the main node of the electric car – at 100 dollars for the same barrel of oil. To all the other wonders of "alternative", "renewable", "green" and other energy this applies approximately to the same extent. Cheap (and even more ridiculously cheap) fossil energy carriers immediately remove them over the brink of profitability. And, consequently, deprived of the prospects for the implementation of related projects.