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Where renewables make economic sense, government policy and political ideology don't matter. Texas has been installing a ton of renewables. The influence of th
by parineum 1y ago
Where renewables make economic sense, government policy and political ideology don't matter. Texas has been installing a ton of renewables.
The influence of the government is vastly overstated/overassumed.
- rsynnott 1y agoI mean, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/trump-officials-drop-major-solar-power-project-in-another-renewable-energy-attack https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/trump-offici...
- parineum 1y agoThat's one project. It's a big project but I bet that the private installations that will happen in the period it would have taken to build that will be significantly more megawatts. I'm not saying that Trump isn't cancelling things, I'm saying that the projects he can cancel aren't a significant portion of the market. Renewables don't really need government help anymore. Storage does though.