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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 209 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Phew! Good! This WAR has Taught me the LAST thing I want my Tax Dollars going towards is Energy that our Enemies DONT Control!

-Republicans!

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 48 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Usas economy relies on other countries use of oil.

USA is going to collapse once the world wakes up to the fact it's being played out like a Mafia controlled neighborhood.

[–] krisevol@lemmus.org 32 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

They rely on other countries using the Petrodollar, not buying oil. Once other countries move to another currency America will go bankrupt, and that isn't speculation, it's very much reality. America is doing everything to stop this.

It won't work though, the talk have already started happening. Americans better get used to the a lower standard is living because it's going to be impossible to increase moving standards under the current debt.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The petrodollar was slowly dying already and the iran war is the final nail in the coffin

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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 154 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hey, if we all club together we could get through the first few stages of getting our own windfarm approved and then Trump could pay us a billion to cancel and we all walk away with a share.

Who's in?

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

And then build it anyways.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well yea, that's what we need the billion for. It's the AI startup model.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

wait that's it you're a genius. Al controlled wind farm. we'll use Al to turn the farm to face the right direction so it gets the most out of the wind (al is a loose hing at the top of the windmill don't tell anyone. or we hire a guy named AL. i dunno)

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hire a guy named AL to point the windmill and say it’s AI (just use a non-serif font)

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like in that case laws would suddenly exist for billionaires again, for just that case. "You defrauded the government!!"

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bring the money to Canada and build it here!

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[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 14 points 2 weeks ago

Count me in

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 65 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Screams old, pedophilic con man.

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[–] Lagviper@lemmy.zip 54 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

This is beyond stupidity.

China will be decades ahead in energy with these moronic decisions and eventually that’s also proportional to AI scalability.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The more America becomes the villain, the more it is causing other countries to realign to the Middle Kingdom.

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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

I never realised how tiny Winnie the Pooh's hands are until now.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have an idea... Take the money... And then do it anyway. That's what he did countless times in his life

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The terms are that the trump admin will give them the Money only if/when that french company builds a gigaproject on fossil fuels. And it's 99.9% sure that he will change his taco mind on that when it's time to open the wallet

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

it's about the offshore view from his golf course. self-serving scumbag. needs oil platforms

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

I can't imagine thinking wind turbines are ugly. There's something wrong with conservative brains

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yes.

Primarily, too much fear response. Fear makes you stupid.

Secondarily, too much in-group loyalty. They'll do and believe anything if that's what the group believes.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 2 weeks ago

What's hilarious about all this is if you actually go there and look out to see you can barely even see the wind turbines.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago

As a huge metal fan I love this but as a wind power fan I regret to inform you those aren't made of metal, they're composite, metal is weigh too heavy and expensive.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French energy giant TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue fossil fuel projects in the US.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/23/climate/trump-totalenergies-offshore-wind-cancellation

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Just to be clear, this money was already spent by the previous administration on federal leases that were going to be used to build these offshore farms. The government will now be reimbursing the company the money it spent on those leases. Not quite just paying the company to not do something like the headline makes it seem. But that's now $1 billion that could certainly be put to better use elsewhere that will be wasted paying this company back.

It's also embarrassingly short sided for a myriad of reasons but that doesn't matter anymore. We're great again!

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would like to throw my hat in the ring and say that I will not build a wind farm for a mere $500M

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Again the ever quixotic Don tilts at windmills! Onward, Rocinante!

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently, this has been going on for a while! https://archive.is/9BNsM

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

STOP GIVING AWAY OUR MONEY, FUCKO

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 weeks ago

The Interior Department hailed the “innovative agreement” with the French energy giant and said, “the American people will no longer pay for ideological subsidies that benefited only the unreliable and costly offshore wind industry.″

I want these ghouls to not be alive anymore man

[–] xia@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Shoot... I would have not built a wind farm for only a million!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

You're killing the market with your undercutting. If we're going to be Not Building Oligarchs, we have to rig the government procurement process. Nobody can go under $750 million.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Won't anyone think about the oil?

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Also, won't anyone think about the fact that Trump literally makes energy policy based on the fact that he thinks wind turbines are ugly?

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago
[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From the guy that promised to lower the price of everything.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

For himself.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 17 points 2 weeks ago

Take the money and use it to fund renewables anyways. Trump loves breaching terms of contracts, I'm sure he'd be cool with it.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 points 2 weeks ago

He really is still salty Scotland built some and spoiled the view off his golf course.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He heard it called a wind farm and thinks they produce wind there.

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[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

like who cares? let USA die if they want, not a problem for the rest of the world. When you start a war, don't expect others to help you.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Climate change is everyone's problem.

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[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Hey I'm not going to build windmills either, where the fuck is my check?

[–] Jaimesmith@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Paying not to build something feels like the most expensive way to do nothing.

[–] BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

Tell that to American farmers who are paid to not farm

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[–] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

They are not really getting paid, they are getting the money back they paid for windfarm permits and in exchange they have to invest the money in oil and gas in the US.

[–] purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago

WHY IS THIS LEGAL?!

[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

European here, I am fine with that.

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