As President Trump tries to strangle wind projects in the US, nine European countries have signed a deal to build a vast offshore wind farm in the North Sea, the epicenter of the continent’s oil and gas industry
I’m 99% sure trump is against wind because Scotland built some near his golf course
No. The far right and the fossil fuel industry have entered a deadly symbiosis. The far right wants to undo democracy. The fossil fuel industry wants to continue to make profits, even at the cost of millions of lives. Because climate change is a deadly risk to our civilization, they can’t do that in a democracy. And that’s why they did become allies to undo democracy, and why people like the Koch Brothers, Robert Mercer, UK’s Nigel Farage, and Steve Bannon do work together. Or why for example Germany’s AfD is working together with both Trump and Putin, or Austrian right-wing people were caught on videos discussing campaigns with Russians.
The fossil fuel industry wants to continue to make profits
and because renewables just don’t give the same guaranteed profit level as fossil fuels.
Returns on investments in fossil fuels typically range between 10-20 percent, while for a renewables project, 5-8 percent is the norm, Reuters reported in June 2023.
Well, patents only last for 20 years. I’m sure they have newer processes that have been patented in the last 20 years, but I’m also sure that they are using refineries more than 20 years old.
No, I don’t believe this had anything at all to do with trump’s personal hatred for wind. Why? Your argument makes sense, and that jackass is dumber than a pile of shit.
No. The far right and the fossil fuel industry have entered a deadly symbiosis. The far right wants to undo democracy. The fossil fuel industry wants to continue to make profits, even at the cost of millions of lives. Because climate change is a deadly risk to our civilization, they can’t do that in a democracy. And that’s why they did become allies to undo democracy, and why people like the Koch Brothers, Robert Mercer, UK’s Nigel Farage, and Steve Bannon do work together. Or why for example Germany’s AfD is working together with both Trump and Putin, or Austrian right-wing people were caught on videos discussing campaigns with Russians.
and because renewables just don’t give the same guaranteed profit level as fossil fuels.
Renewables are also more decentralised or at least they can be.
There’s also a huge barrier to entry in fossil fuels, since the existing industry owns the oil wells and refineries.
Any dumb asshole can just go build a wind turbine.
… so it IS for stupid people! (/s, obvs)
And the patents you need to license to build them.
Well, patents only last for 20 years. I’m sure they have newer processes that have been patented in the last 20 years, but I’m also sure that they are using refineries more than 20 years old.
No, I don’t believe this had anything at all to do with trump’s personal hatred for wind. Why? Your argument makes sense, and that jackass is dumber than a pile of shit.