The president's comment comes after the administration tightened federal permitting for renewables last month.

These are the cheapest source of new electricity, and are generally cheaper than running existing coal-burning power plants

  • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
    20·
    6 days ago

    I think the latest is that solar and wind “steal” farmland. Basically, the claim is that your grocery bill is going up not because of tariffs, but because solar farms are robbing the country of places to grow your food.

    • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      But water is the limiting factor, not acreage. Those Saudi horses deserve the finest alfalfa hay we can provide them, even if some of you starve.

      • ZMoney@lemmy.world
        4·
        5 days ago

        There’s a whole section in The Art of the Deal devoted to how a Saudi guy had a nicer apartment than him and how he built a whole apartment building so he could have a nicer $50 million penthouse.