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US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

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Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

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The guy is unhinged, hellbent on denial, just to appease his base, who are going bankrupt because of his policies. Would he pay Sun as well to stop shining over the US?

The overrated and very annoying "sun", the so-called "star" that our planet goes around has been going unquestioned for too long! Many people have been asking for a long time, perhaps even before Obama, to remove the sun from the sky and replace it with our beautiful clean coal towers!

Thankyou for your attention to this matter!

Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

#113

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Uhm, I dunno if you just time travelled here from the 60s but there's this thing called global warming.

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In 2026 utilities will install 86 GW of new generation, of which only 6 GW will be natural gas. The other 80 GW will all be solar, wind and battery storage. Utilities are doing this because of economics. Environment is secondary. Even oil and gas rich Texas has been aggressively adding solar, wind and battery.

Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

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You mean "clean coal", right? Of course it's clean, it's right in the name.

People laugh at this, but anthracite genuinely is cleaner than other coal in every regard save CO2 emissions. People just think it's a joke because they've come to believe that CO2 is the only coal emission worth caring about, which definitely isn't true.

"Clean coal" is like saying "a fast snail". Sure it can be faster than other snails, but even if it's twice as fast as the second fastest snail, it's still a snail and I'll still laugh when an ant runs circles around it.

Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

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You mean "clean coal", right? Of course it's clean, it's right in the name.

People laugh at this, but anthracite genuinely is cleaner than other coal in every regard save CO2 emissions. People just think it's a joke because they've come to believe that CO2 is the only coal emission worth caring about, which definitely isn't true.

No, the criticism isn't because people get caught up about CO2 -- it's because "cleaner than other coal" is a very low bar to meet to be calling something "clean" full stop.

Also "clean coal" is not a type of coal being burnt (although that does matter too) but pollution control systems added to coal plants.

Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

#116

The guy is unhinged, hellbent on denial, just to appease his base, who are going bankrupt because of his policies. Would he pay Sun as well to stop shining over the US?

> The guy is unhinged, hellbent on denial, just to appease his base, who are going bankrupt because of his policies.

In the middle of a war he started over war. No less. If his base wanted cheap gas, they are not going to get it.

Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

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Please list the more serious and stable country if America collapses. I’ll wait. On a serious note; I’m looking at my billion dollar neighbors and they all just are citizens everywhere now. No allegiance to anything but their own pleasure.

Lol thats trivial if you actually know history and politics a tiny bit - Switzerland. 800 years of most free citizens in the world (lost that armed part but still valid for whole Europe with maybe Finland having similar numbers). Salaries in tech sector still give you higher overall quality of life than most of US can ever offer. Then you have - extremely beautiful nature at your doorstep, more top notch destinations…

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Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

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Serious question, but not entirely related to the topic - how are “smart” people in the US preparing for the next 20-30 years? - Assume everything will be fine and America will remain a global economic superpower. - Plan an exit to a more serious, stable country. - Some option in the middle of the two to hedge your bets?

I'd leave the US if the tech jobs didn't pay so much better here. I mostly like the US but the years since Obama have been rough

Pay may be numerically less in the eu, but rather than me trying to convince you, try on youtube: 'why I left the USA for europe'. There are very many.!

Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

#119
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Please list the more serious and stable country if America collapses. I’ll wait. On a serious note; I’m looking at my billion dollar neighbors and they all just are citizens everywhere now. No allegiance to anything but their own pleasure.

Lol thats trivial if you actually know history and politics a tiny bit - Switzerland. 800 years of most free citizens in the world (lost that armed part but still valid for whole Europe with maybe Finland having similar numbers). Salaries in tech sector still give you higher overall quality of life than most of US can ever offer. Then you have - extremely beautiful nature at your doorstep, more top notch destinations…

Swiss people are quite rude and unaccepting of foreigners, even foreigners who grow up there. I don't think they have room for Americans wishing to leave.

Re: US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects

#120

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Uhm, I dunno if you just time travelled here from the 60s but there's this thing called global warming.

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Coal is not cheap. At least support oil/gas if you're going to push this cost sensitivity schtick
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