What Does It Cost?

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: “The Crippling Costs of Electrification and Net Zero Energy Policies in the Pacific Northwest.“