California's energy meltdown evinces a stunning failure of progressive ideology

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : One of the many challenges to the transition to renewable energy is the mineral requirements for battery construction for both electric vehicles and a renewable grid.
48% : And while the Inflation Reduction Act, which doesn't actually reduce inflation, requires electric vehicles to use 40% of minerals extracted or processed in the U.S. or from free trade partners for rebate eligibility, the Biden administration canceled two long-standing mineral leases in Minnesota that contain the world's largest undeveloped deposits of cobalt and nickel.
48% : So instead of mining here, where U.S. mining techniques and environmental controls produce materials in a safer and environmentally sound manner, we must continue to rely on Chinese mines, which are known to use forced labor.

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