> This can't be a good thing long term. This is exactly a good thing long term. Instead of HIPPO decisions, the states are serving as laboratories and experim

> This can't be a good thing long term. This is exactly a good thing long term. Instead of HIPPO decisions, the states are serving as laboratories and experimenting with ideas to see which have the most merit. This is their role in The Union as intended by The Founders. WEF/ESG assumes their choices lead to sustainability - there's no proof that the underlying methods of those choices are actually sustainable. That proof won't be available for decades. ESG without deeply examining issues like environmental impact of Wind Turbine/Solar Panel/Li-Ion Battery recycling, lifespan of alternative energy sources, mining, supply chain / global conflict, additional sunk carbon for manufacturing, manufacturing waste, electrical generation realities, or, as Texas is making clear here, financial and economic realities, ESG chooses to prematurely declare its ideas as winners. Different does not imply improvement. I'm for examining both pathways because it can only increase understanding.