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The Interior Department is almost making it impossible to build renewables. > The Interior Department released a new secretarial order Friday saying it may no

The Interior Department is almost making it impossible to build renewables. > The Interior Department released a new secretarial order Friday saying it may no longer issue any permits to a solar or wind project on federal lands unless the agency believes it will generate as much energy per acre as a coal, gas, or nuclear power plant. https://heatmap.news/sparks/interior-department-wind-solar-land-use https://heatmap.news/sparks/interior-department-wind-solar-l... Yeah, like, there's zero chance a solar plant is going to be as power dense as a natural gas plant. America has been taken over by traitors trying to destroy this nation.

exe34 1y ago
> unless the agency believes it will generate as much energy per acre as a coal, gas, or nuclear power plant That's amazing! America is famously known for lacking land.
malfist 1y ago
This is the same sort of nonsense they pulled on abortion providers. Just bury people in pointless regulation to keep them from operating, like requiring abortion clinics to have hallways at least 12ft wide
toomuchtodo 1y ago
Not to worry, there is a whole lot of farm land that is going to free up soon for renewables as farmers go bankrupt from suboptimal agriculture trade policy. https://www.uaex.uada.edu/media-resources/news/2025/july/07-07-2025-ark-farm-bankruptcies.aspx https://www.uaex.uada.edu/media-resources/news/2025/july/07-... https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/07/farm-bankruptcies-this-year-already-exceed-2024-levels/ https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/07/farm-bankruptcie... (soybean exports to China from the US are already down 96% this year; also, while most federal lands are west of the midwest great plains, there should be sufficient non federal land to meet the energy needs of West Coast load centers: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/pad-us-14-map-federal-lands https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/pad-us-14-map-federal-land...)

exe34 1y ago

> unless the agency believes it will generate as much energy per acre as a coal, gas, or nuclear power plant That's amazing! America is famously known for lacking land.

malfist 1y ago

This is the same sort of nonsense they pulled on abortion providers. Just bury people in pointless regulation to keep them from operating, like requiring abortion clinics to have hallways at least 12ft wide

toomuchtodo 1y ago

Not to worry, there is a whole lot of farm land that is going to free up soon for renewables as farmers go bankrupt from suboptimal agriculture trade policy. https://www.uaex.uada.edu/media-resources/news/2025/july/07-07-2025-ark-farm-bankruptcies.aspx https://www.uaex.uada.edu/media-resources/news/2025/july/07-... https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/07/farm-bankruptcies-this-year-already-exceed-2024-levels/ https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/07/farm-bankruptcie... (soybean exports to China from the US are already down 96% this year; also, while most federal lands are west of the midwest great plains, there should be sufficient non federal land to meet the energy needs of West Coast load centers: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/pad-us-14-map-federal-lands https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/pad-us-14-map-federal-land...)