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https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-latest-anti-wind-effort-pay-companies-to-abandon-offshore-leases/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-

by tw04 7mo ago

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-latest-anti-wind-effort-pay-companies-to-abandon-offshore-leases/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-latest-anti-w... They only get the money if they reinvest in oil and gas. It’s not just trying to kill wind, it’s actively trying to expand burning fossil fuels. We are being lead to our demise by idiots.

ok_dad 7mo ago
> We are being lead to our demise by idiots. They aren't idiots, they are evil. They know what they are doing; enriching themselves and hoarding political power and resources. Claiming these folks are dumb rather than evil propagates the idea that we should give them some sort of leeway. In fact, we should have sent these clowns to prison 5 years or more ago.
- qingcharles 7mo ago
  I don't think they even care about enriching themselves. I don't think they care about the money. I don't even think these little projects move the needle much. It's literally just evil for evil's sake.
  - kelnos 7mo ago
    Yes. Many of these people are rich enough that they could stop working today and their descendants could maintain their lifestyle for generations. It's about power, and leveraging that power over people they don't like, for petty reasons. Those who aren't rich enough... yes, just pure evil. Their parents didn't hug them enough or something, and now they think that "owning the libs" is a life strategy. It's pathetic. I'd feel bad for them if they weren't causing so much harm in the process.
ryoshoe 7mo ago
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Braxton1980 7mo ago
The only idiots are the people who voted for Trump
- kelnos 7mo ago
  It's tempting to dismiss them like that, but that doesn't fix anything. The reality is much more complicated. The Democratic party is far from perfect (they kinda suck, in fact), and if they aren't attracting voters, "the other side is just stupid" is a useless, arrogant way to go.
  - no-name-here 7mo ago
    Attracting voters with things like repeatedly promising to drastically cut consumer prices on most everything ‘from day 1’, repeatedly promising no new wars/stopping being ‘the world police’, quickly ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, etc?
    - kelnos 7mo ago
      Hey, I'm not saying Trump and the GOP are great. They disgust me. But they talk to people in a way they find engaging. Even when they lie, somehow. But regardless, I'm not sure how what you said has anything to do with what I wrote. The Democratic party often sounds like a bunch of elitists, and that turns off many voters, even those who might consider themselves liberal or progressive. I'll likely vote for Democrats in every election until I die, but I don't think of myself as a Democrat, and haven't registered as one in decades (fortunately the Democratic party has open primaries in California, so I don't have to declare a party).
      - Braxton1980 7mo ago
        >The Democratic party often sounds like a bunch of elitists Can you give an example of a Democrat politician making elitist statements? How do you know this feeling isn't the result of propaganda by the Republican party and their news media supporters to paint the Democrats as elite?
georgemcbay 7mo ago
> We are being lead to our demise by idiots. Unfortunately it is malice and greed, not ignorance (though Trump in particular is clearly mostly just a useful idiot puppet being lead around by others). They know climate change is real and serious impacts are imminent, this is why the US has shown interest in "taking" Greenland and Canada. Trump being the impulsive egotist he is gave the game away too early wanting to take credit for these land grabs while still alive, but there's no way there isn't some overall plan in place as the predictable results of climate change accelerate and the world has to geographically realign through mass migrations (some of it likely to result in wars) to deal with it. A lot of what they are doing now is to profit off the opportunities of the chaos that they themselves are accelerating.

by tw04 7mo ago

ok_dad 7mo ago

> We are being lead to our demise by idiots. They aren't idiots, they are evil. They know what they are doing; enriching themselves and hoarding political power and resources. Claiming these folks are dumb rather than evil propagates the idea that we should give them some sort of leeway. In fact, we should have sent these clowns to prison 5 years or more ago.

qingcharles 7mo ago
I don't think they even care about enriching themselves. I don't think they care about the money. I don't even think these little projects move the needle much. It's literally just evil for evil's sake.
- kelnos 7mo ago
  Yes. Many of these people are rich enough that they could stop working today and their descendants could maintain their lifestyle for generations. It's about power, and leveraging that power over people they don't like, for petty reasons. Those who aren't rich enough... yes, just pure evil. Their parents didn't hug them enough or something, and now they think that "owning the libs" is a life strategy. It's pathetic. I'd feel bad for them if they weren't causing so much harm in the process.

ryoshoe 7mo ago

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Braxton1980 7mo ago

The only idiots are the people who voted for Trump

kelnos 7mo ago
It's tempting to dismiss them like that, but that doesn't fix anything. The reality is much more complicated. The Democratic party is far from perfect (they kinda suck, in fact), and if they aren't attracting voters, "the other side is just stupid" is a useless, arrogant way to go.
- no-name-here 7mo ago
  Attracting voters with things like repeatedly promising to drastically cut consumer prices on most everything ‘from day 1’, repeatedly promising no new wars/stopping being ‘the world police’, quickly ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, etc?
  - kelnos 7mo ago
    Hey, I'm not saying Trump and the GOP are great. They disgust me. But they talk to people in a way they find engaging. Even when they lie, somehow. But regardless, I'm not sure how what you said has anything to do with what I wrote. The Democratic party often sounds like a bunch of elitists, and that turns off many voters, even those who might consider themselves liberal or progressive. I'll likely vote for Democrats in every election until I die, but I don't think of myself as a Democrat, and haven't registered as one in decades (fortunately the Democratic party has open primaries in California, so I don't have to declare a party).
    - Braxton1980 7mo ago
      >The Democratic party often sounds like a bunch of elitists Can you give an example of a Democrat politician making elitist statements? How do you know this feeling isn't the result of propaganda by the Republican party and their news media supporters to paint the Democrats as elite?

georgemcbay 7mo ago

> We are being lead to our demise by idiots. Unfortunately it is malice and greed, not ignorance (though Trump in particular is clearly mostly just a useful idiot puppet being lead around by others). They know climate change is real and serious impacts are imminent, this is why the US has shown interest in "taking" Greenland and Canada. Trump being the impulsive egotist he is gave the game away too early wanting to take credit for these land grabs while still alive, but there's no way there isn't some overall plan in place as the predictable results of climate change accelerate and the world has to geographically realign through mass migrations (some of it likely to result in wars) to deal with it. A lot of what they are doing now is to profit off the opportunities of the chaos that they themselves are accelerating.