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Democrats have learned to get the messaging right lately, focusing on affordability instead of climate change. Hopefully they can stick to it while driving back
by toomuchtodo 9mo ago
Democrats have learned to get the messaging right lately, focusing on affordability instead of climate change. Hopefully they can stick to it while driving back the folks pushing fossil interests. Just keep hammering home that renewables and batteries will get you cheaper generation costs, ignore that it helps solve climate change too.
- jqpabc123 9mo agoThe bottom line is that cheap energy is an economic issue --- not a political one. Cheap power is a competitive advantage --- period, the end. The leadership in China gets this, US leadership doesn't.
- toomuchtodo 9mo agoIndeed, but you must message it aggressively and continually as such politically, and even then, there are immense vested interests who are going to try to hold you back [1]. Even Texas had to fight very hard against itself politically to ensure they could keep deploying solar at scale [2]. > Cheap power is a competitive advantage --- period, the end. The leadership in China gets this, US leadership doesn't. Strongly agree. With that said, humans are notoriously irrational and self-interested, and collective action problems and governance are fraught with peril. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/29/exxon-mobil-carbon-capture-government-subsidies https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/29/exx... [2] Texas Legislature Beats Back Assault on Clean Energy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44277367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44277367 - June 2025