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    US Energy Secretary: “I’m thrilled to report that tomorrow morning, on July 4th, we will end subsidies for wind and solar projects”

    Celebrating America’s independence from rational thought, America’s independence from cheap energy sources, and America’s independence from looking after our children and grandchildren.

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    That dude is not blinking, Im not say its def Ai, but I wouldny be surprised if theyre using AI to release status updates like this.

    We also cant give land for renewables, but data centers itsa aokayyy

    okay

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    Look at his dead eyes. There is no life or soul in his eyes at all. He’s a psychopath. It’s so creepy and disturbing that we allow psychopathic monsters to rule us.

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      Romania is averaging 70% renewable production on sunny days

      Solar is about 40%

      Hydro fills in really nicely for solar and wind when conditions are rough

      Number 1 issue right now is lack of storage capacity leading to nighttime imports and thus high bills, but that will hopefully be resolved in the coming years

      People keep pointing to China, but there’s plenty European countries doing way better. The US is way behind. So is China

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    Last week the French had to turn off many of their nuclear power stations because they couldn’t cool them down. The Germans sent them electricity. Generated by renewables.

    That said, the German government wants to get rid of renewables too.

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    These losers can’t read the room. Energy prices have skyrocketed, and we’re all stuck holding the bag again, just like we always do. Also, since this is blatant propaganda, why would anyone use wind or solar if it didn’t work? Simple question. God what a clown show.

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      They’re trying to crash the country they don’t care how so the billionaires can carve it up into city states. This isn’t a secret plan, Peter Thiel and his ilk have been pretty open about this plan.

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        Yep. States like Oklahoma are already petty fiefdoms ran by whatever christofascist can yell the loudest. We have zero government transparency or accountability because the federal government refuses to enforce the law.

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        It’s basically a hostile merger. They cut their teeth in unregulated markets and then noticed the government over there just getting tax money for nothing.

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    “enormous amount of materials, energy intensive materials” - still less than an infinite amount of petroleum.