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Incidentally, the Danish state is also the majority shareholder of Ørsted, whose wind farm off Rhode Island was halted the other day [1]. [1] https://www.thegu

Incidentally, the Danish state is also the majority shareholder of Ørsted, whose wind farm off Rhode Island was halted the other day [1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/25/rsted-shares-at-all-time-low-after-trump-halts-work-on-us-windfarm https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/25/rsted-sh...

pandemic_region 1y ago
I had a debate with my teenage daughters yesterday whether Trump was evil (all agreed), nice (all disagreed), stupid (they agreed, I did not). I explained that he's a fool wielding a very powerful tool. And we all suffer his greed. But in the end of the day, he's still a fool easily swayed by throwing a couple of dollars his way.
- jacquesm 1y ago
  At some level the difference between malice and incompetence disappears and you should assume malice.
  - BobaFloutist 1y ago
    They change your strategy. Incompetent people can be steered away from damaging actions. Malicious people are steering themselves towards doing damage, and you need to oppose them directly.
    - Jensson 1y ago
      > Incompetent people can be steered away from damaging actions Not if they think they are competent and know what they are doing, like Trump does.
      - deleted 1y ago
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Hilift 1y ago
The US administration hates offshore wind farms more than DEI. I don't believe this was a shock as stated in the article. The US is actually in a weird place where it has more oil (and natural gas) than any other country by far, but has competition everywhere when selling it and now refining capacity will soon drop to the point where the US will need to import millions of gallons of refined petroleum products per day, probably from Mexico and Asia, with tariffs.
- IAmGraydon 1y ago
  >The US administration hates offshore wind farms more than DEI. No, the shut down of that wind farm had to do with the fact that it was Danish. There are several other windfarms nearby that they left alone. They also vaguely noted that it was due to a "nation security concern".
  - jurking_hoff 1y ago
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- SanjayMehta 1y ago
  He’s applied 50% tariffs on Indian products, but exempted petroleum and pharma. Go figure. So much for “Russian oil from India” funding “Putin’s unprovoked war.”

pandemic_region 1y ago

I had a debate with my teenage daughters yesterday whether Trump was evil (all agreed), nice (all disagreed), stupid (they agreed, I did not). I explained that he's a fool wielding a very powerful tool. And we all suffer his greed. But in the end of the day, he's still a fool easily swayed by throwing a couple of dollars his way.

jacquesm 1y ago
At some level the difference between malice and incompetence disappears and you should assume malice.
- BobaFloutist 1y ago
  They change your strategy. Incompetent people can be steered away from damaging actions. Malicious people are steering themselves towards doing damage, and you need to oppose them directly.
  - Jensson 1y ago
    > Incompetent people can be steered away from damaging actions Not if they think they are competent and know what they are doing, like Trump does.
    - deleted 1y ago
      [deleted]

Hilift 1y ago

The US administration hates offshore wind farms more than DEI. I don't believe this was a shock as stated in the article. The US is actually in a weird place where it has more oil (and natural gas) than any other country by far, but has competition everywhere when selling it and now refining capacity will soon drop to the point where the US will need to import millions of gallons of refined petroleum products per day, probably from Mexico and Asia, with tariffs.

IAmGraydon 1y ago
>The US administration hates offshore wind farms more than DEI. No, the shut down of that wind farm had to do with the fact that it was Danish. There are several other windfarms nearby that they left alone. They also vaguely noted that it was due to a "nation security concern".
- jurking_hoff 1y ago
  [dead]
SanjayMehta 1y ago
He’s applied 50% tariffs on Indian products, but exempted petroleum and pharma. Go figure. So much for “Russian oil from India” funding “Putin’s unprovoked war.”