It seems America and the rest of the world may look very different in the 2030s.
The rest of the world living in the future with EVs and cheap renewable energy. America in some strange steampunk version of the future, where energy is expensive, everyone still drives huge gasoline cars, and power stations still belch smoke from coal.
Cheap Chinese EVs that cost <$20k and run on cheap renewable electricity, frequently from home solar, will likely be rapidly becoming the global norm in the 2030s. I wonder if the fossil fuel industry has home solar in its sights, too? They have all the American politicians in their pockets that they need to ban it in the US.
Trump says U.S. will not approve solar or wind power projects
Trump administration halts work on an almost-finished wind farm
Sorry, did you just say “I wonder if the fossil fuel industry has home solar in its sights”?
Perhaps you haven’t been reading the news, but Trumps “One Bill Beautiful Bill” abuptly ended tax credits for home solar a few weeks ago, between that and his existing tariffs on solar panels, the breakeven period for a home solar setup is now decades.
The residential solar industry is in freefall right now. Thousands of installers are losing or have already lost their jobs.
I guess I take it for granted that this is common knowledge since I work in the industry, but it’s unbelievably bad right now.
There must be sinister reasons. The tariffs sound stupid but they seem to at least not destroy the US economy instantly. Likewise somebody has also thought about this policy. What is the goal?
Renewable energy = cheap, low profits
Fossil fuels = expensive, higher profitsIt’s really that simple. Add to that the people breathing in toxic fumes require more trips to the doctor and hospital stays, so more profits for healthcare.
These people only care about profit.
These people only care about profit.
healthy citizens make more money and pay more tax. the profit ratio on renewables is through the fucking roof.
framing everything through the lens of capitalism is what they want you to do, these people only want power and are willing to burn tremendous amounts of wealth in order to obtain and maintain it.
you forget fossil fuel production is all subsidized.
With cheap renewable energy China will run circles around the US’ AI programs.
It makes some sense if the plan is to keep things stable for five more years, but that comes with the risk of losing everything afterwards. That can be ok for Trump but not for anybody younger.
Why is there no mutiny?
Everyone, please vote and voice your support for CBAMs, ie Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms.
This is the polluters pay principle applied to imports, in the form of carbon tariff. It can be very efficient is enough countries put it in place and hold the line.
So, how does this work? I wasn’t aware they needed the direct approval of the federal government to put up solar panels or wind turbines.
A very strange way to declare yourself to be in the Epstein files
anything to prop up the coal/ gas and oil companies, as moving to ev thretens thier futures, and OPEC COUNTRIES, SA and RU.
