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3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

What is important is not so much that Texans will be paying more for power.  What's important is TO WHOM they will be paying more for power.  And that will be fossil fuel business cronies and campaign donors of our governor and president.

For the 100th time as a reminder, the Texas electric market is not designed to deliver electricity to users.  It is designed to direct dollars from individuals and businesses into very specific pockets; the sale of electric energy is just a means to that end.

it's literally just doing an Enron to Texas

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Posted
1 minute ago, Captainant said:

it's literally just doing an Enron to Texas

You are incorrect.  Enron was 10X more moral an ethical than what's being done to Texas, because now, it is with the full complicity and assistance of both the state and federal government.  We're getting gangraped.....while the governor and president are holding us down.

Posted
20 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

He keeps surprising everyone on just how fucking stupid he can be. I honestly do not know what the the goal is of all of the utter bullshit. 

He thinks windmills are ugly so he doesn't want them built.  I don't think it goes any deeper than that. 

24 minutes ago, bolverk said:

We'll be seeing a lot fewer renewable projects in Texas, but what will replace them to save our ass won't make us breathe any easier, literally or figuratively.

 

Suddenly, the Trump Administration Tightens the Vise on Wind Farms
Federal agencies have recently issued a barrage of restrictions that could halt construction of solar and wind farms on public and private lands.

The Trump administration has sharply escalated its attacks on wind and solar power in recent days, issuing a barrage of policies that could halt the construction of renewable energy projects on public and private lands across the country.

The Interior Department is now requiring dozens of formerly routine consultations and approvals for wind and solar projects to undergo new layers of political review by the interior secretary’s office, a policy that is causing significant permitting delays. The agency is also opening investigations into bird deaths caused by wind farms and withdrawing millions of acres of federal waters previously available for leasing by offshore wind companies.

The Interior Department also signaled that it would review wind projects that have already been approved by the federal government but are being sued by opponents, and consider rescinding their permits, a step that could halt projects already under construction.

On Wednesday, the agency said it was reversing a Biden administration decision to approve the Lava Ridge Wind Project, a giant wind farm planned for southern Idaho that was opposed by state lawmakers because, among other things, it would be visible from the Minidoka National Historic Site, a World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans. The Trump administration said it had discovered “legal deficiencies” in the original approval but did not provide details.

At the same time, the Transportation Department is recommending minimum setback requirements for wind farms near federal highways and railroads, requiring them to be placed 1.2 miles away. And it ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to re-evaluate whether wind farms pose a danger to aviation, a potentially momentous step since nearly every wind farm in the country requires height clearance approvals from the agency.

Taken together, the policies amount to a far-reaching crackdown on wind and solar power, which provided 16 percent of the nation’s electricity last year and were two of the fastest-growing sources of power. Wind power is a major source of electricity in Republican-led states like Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas.

“These actions are so extreme that one can only hope that they reconsider once they see the impacts here,” said Jason Grumet, chief executive of the American Clean Power Association, which represents renewable energy producers. “This is going to dramatically affect our ability to develop energy in this country.”

President Trump has repeatedly expressed his distaste for both renewable energy technologies, calling them ugly and inefficient. His interior secretary, Doug Burgum, has adopted Mr. Trump’s rhetoric, referring to wind and solar as “gargantuan, unreliable, intermittent energy projects.”

Dozens of wind and solar projects that sit on both public and private lands nationwide are now stalled while waiting for what were once ordinary approvals from the federal government, Mr. Grumet said. While fewer than 5 percent of solar and wind projects are on public lands directly overseen by the Interior Department, many projects on private lands often need federal approvals to comply with wildlife protections or other laws.

One planned solar facility on private land in the Upper Midwest is currently delayed because federal agencies have halted all discussions over a needed water permit. Another large solar farm on private land in the West is being held up because it must now undergo three layers of political review, including by Mr. Burgum’s office.

“Projects in the late stages of development are suddenly getting their meetings with federal agencies canceled and can’t move forward,” Mr. Grumet said. “It’s costing companies tens of millions of dollars.”

Elizabeth Peace, a spokeswoman for the Interior Department, declined to comment on the delays but defended the agency’s stricter reviews. “Evaluating land use efficiency and environmental impact isn’t partisan, it’s responsible governance,” she said.

 

This cocksucker is doing serious harm to my business for no fucking reason at all right now.  I hate him so fucking much.

Posted
2 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

He thinks windmills are ugly so he doesn't want them built.  I don't think it goes any deeper than that. 

he literally thinks windmills cause cancer

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Posted
3 hours ago, crash_davis said:

He keeps surprising everyone on just how fucking stupid he can be. I honestly do not know what the the goal is of all of the utter bullshit. 

He thinks they are ugly and also some donors want them gone.

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