Re: a supposed new mode of renewable energy generation, a representative of the “Sumner County Kansas Republican Party” writes:
No one care (sic) what power they can harvest/generate, the question is “what tax benefits are there?”
I’ll file this comment in the “cynical and stupid” category.
Let’s look at wind energy, as an example. Here’s an article from yesterday’s New York Times: Renewable Energy Is Booming Despite Trump’s Efforts to Slow It. Trump is learning that he can cancel tax incentives for wind, but highly productive forms of clean energy are in demand nonetheless.
In 2015, wind power generated 4.7% of the total U.S. electricity, and there are places in the Midwest in which it’s common to see 70% of all electricity coming from wind.
I understand that environmental responsibility in general, and renewable energy in particular, have, for some sick reason, become political footballs, that the Republican party in general rejects climate science, and is dedicating to promoting fossil fuels, which are causing lung disease, ocean acidification, loss of biodiversity, and climate change.
The fact that there is an entire political party dedicated to accelerating disease and devastation is sad beyond words.
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Most Americans have their own take on the geography of the South. For me, it’s not completely geographic; it’s partly sociographic. For example, Northern Virginia is about as cosmopolitan a place as you’re going to find in the United States, but it’s at the same latitude as West Virginia, which ranks 45th out of the 50 states in education.
I know lots of wealthy people from prep school, college, and several decades of business consulting, all of whom seemed like decent folks at the time. Yet now, I sometimes wonder how many are Trump donors. It’s upsetting just to think about it.
It’s hard to believe that this collapse of basic moral values happened in the United States.
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The Permian Basin is a vast sedimentary basin in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico that is the largest oil and gas-producing region in the United States.
I just got an email from “East Daley,” whose white paper Permian Basin at a Crossroads “breaks down who stands to benefit—and who’s at risk.”
I can answer these questions without even reading the white paper:
Who stands to benefit (monetarily): Greedy pigs whose investments are ruining the planet.
Who’s at risk: The eight-plus billion people on this planet who, along with their descendants, are counting on a stable climate.
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