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This is only one half of the story, there is also the export drive going on to force LNG and other hydrocarbon products that 'fracking' is delivering on the res
by Theodores 8y ago
This is only one half of the story, there is also the export drive going on to force LNG and other hydrocarbon products that 'fracking' is delivering on the rest of the world. Lame NATO friends of America such as Poland have to buy expensive LNG from Uncle Sam instead of their Russian neighbours.
The same thing happens with that current hotspot of Ukraine where these policies have led to a very cold winter for the people that live there. They are being 'forced' to by that coal that Trump has insisted on getting dug up from the ground, a fuel nobody wants any more (even though coal fires are so nice to have).
Renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, the move to them is unstoppable due to this price advantage. Much progress is unseen, in a world where people are so fixated on being negative and nit-picking those building out the carbon neutral future are quietly getting on with it. They don't need the State Department and the Pentagon to bully others into buying windfarms. They also don't need naysayers that claim windfarms are too difficult to maintain or other hysterical nonsense about 'China and rare earth metals', 'lithium and polluting wars', 'the power is never there when it is needed' and all of that tripe. Funny how some people can't collaborate and have to have hissy fits just so they can stay stuck in the dirty fuel past. Trump is not the problem here, pettiness from weak minded people who believe what they read in newspapers is the bigger downer.
- prostoalex 8y ago> have to buy expensive LNG from Uncle Sam instead of their Russian neighbours which has absolutely zero externalities
- anon2775 8y agoThe 1% don't care how money is made (who it kills or destroys the planet) so long that it flows. An existential threat from externalities is just another new inelastic market to exploit.