Americans are weird.
They love big fireballs, so you’d think that generating energy for free from an 865,000 mile diameter nuclear fireball would make Americans say “Fuck yeah! 'Murica!” instead of “Fuck no! That’s for hippies!”
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “I'm thrilled to report that after 35 years, on July 4th, we will end the subsidies for wind and solar projects”
Submitted 1 month ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Jhex@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Dollar Store Muppet shares misinformation
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
You have to be aggressively stupid to think this is a good idea
SouthEndSunset@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
You’re thinking of it in the wrong context. They only care about money.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s on purpose, they can’t control the world economy if we start using renewable energy. The dollar is literally pegged to oil. If that goes away, they won’t control the global economy anymore.
crwth@piefed.zip 1 month ago
One neat thing about solar and wind energy, that might have national security implications in light of recent events, is that it’s really hard to blockade.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 month ago
California was 67% powered by alternative sources in 2024: 22.8% Solar 13.8% Wind 12.5% Hydroelectric 11.1% Nuclear 5.0% Geothermal 1.9% Biomass
Source: California Department of Energy
We have also been adding an enormous amount of battery storage to the grid. Cheap (but large and heavy) sodium batteries don’t work well for cars but they’re great for stacking up next to solar farms.
Meanwhile Republicants whine about how it can’t be done. Fucking losers. The sad fact is that the US is diverse and a place like California is essentially a modern country but we also have petrostates like Alaska and Louisiana that fall apart without oil.
myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
…texas is trailing at 41% low-carbon but wind and solar are gangbuster growth industries here…
22% wind
12% solar
7% nuclear
48% natural gas
11% coal
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I am at the point where I’m all for the US managed decline at the hands of these padophiles and idiots. They deserve it.
BillCheddar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
C’mon, heart attack.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
This isn’t trump specific. All Republicans are this corrupt.
sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
What dumb fucks they all are.
ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I’m happy the US is getting what they deserve.
Soulg@ani.social 1 month ago
The government sucks but the citizens don’t deserve the punishment
HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not like they won with a majority or anything.
ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Based on the overall votes, disagree.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m pretty sure you share the same atmosphere…
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You in a different biosphere?
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 month ago
If a cigarette was a person…
cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“And now, for your enjoyment, I’m going to stab myself repeatedly in the eyes with this spork”
absentbird@lemmy.world 1 month ago
At first I thought this was from the new Infowars, but the captions look too bad and the production quality sucks
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
“Bleed-Up Economics*”
shweddy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But not for data centers
Azell@lemmy.world 1 month ago
He is also the owner of an oil company.
c64z86@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Absolutely disgusting. I don’t even live in America and yet I feel so furious at this. The nation which is supposed to be leading the world instead seems all too intent on dragging it and everyone with it back to the stone age.
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 1 month ago
clean coal 😵💫
nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 1 month ago
They no longer need them, they are profitable by themselves now.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 month ago
They will be outcompeted by the world. Pissrael can’t help them.
hark@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The ghouls are having a feeding frenzy, only accelerating the death of the empire.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Did his lungs stopped supplying oxygen to his brains for some minutes?
Phantaloons@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Hopefulluy, there will be no need for subsidies, it’s well and efficient enough to make the costs up within a few years despite the haterade drinkers in the shithouse.
AmyAye@nord.pub 1 month ago
Especially since Oil gets just even larger subsidies.
graycube@lemmy.world 1 month ago
When you soften domestic demand, it will make the technology more accessible to non-US markets.
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
All america has IS LAND, there is plenty for solar, etc.
But we gotta use the money for tax cuts so the rich (including the new king) can continue to control the world!!!
Goose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Then they’ll tell you the data centers are crucial for the us lol
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Takes up more land??!! Those hydrocarbons took several millions of years. We get power today with wind and solar.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Are people falling fir this? What am I saying… I know people are. How disappointing!
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They’re not falling for it, they’re loving it. Granted, they have been duped into loving it.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
He’s thrilled, huh? You know what’s going to thrill me? When he shits his pants when he hits the end of his rope.
tigermountain@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How are the american people not rioting in the streets?
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m glad I didn’t invest in US renewables except for one. I know that so long as MAGA is in charge of the United States, they want to see the world burn.