Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms
10h 30m ago by lemmy.world/u/MicroWave in news from arstechnica.com
The Trump administration has brought US onshore wind development to a halt citing national security concerns, representing a major escalation in the president’s crusade against renewable energy.
Approvals for about 165 onshore wind projects on private lands are being stalled by the Department of Defense, including wind farms that were awaiting final sign-off, others in the middle of negotiations, and some that typically would not require oversight by the department, according to the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and people close to the matter.
Wind farms require routine approval from the Defense Department to ensure they do not interfere with radar systems. This typically involves the level of risk being assessed and the developer paying an agreed sum for the army to update its radar filter system so it can locate the windmill. Some projects can be deemed not to pose a risk due to their distance from army facilities and flight paths. Normally these assessments can take as little as a few days to complete.
We MUST Ensure that our Energy is RUN and Protected by US! Under control of ENEMY Countries!
-National Security Republicans!
Gotta protect the oil and coal companies who continue to write me those checks. -- the orange Cheeto
I mean, he’s right to panic about the growth of cheap renewable energy as a threat to national security. The shrinking global demand for oil being sold in US dollars will decimate the ability of the US to impose economic sanctions on countries it doesn’t like. That will directly lead to less national security.
The problem is that while he can frustrate domestic demand to build this stuff, he can’t stop it globally, and building clean energy will continue exponentially. The oil decline is unstoppable, so the primary result of these actions will be to make the US further behind the energy future and economically disadvantaged on top of the petrodollar decline.
Ironically, starting a war with Iran seems to be quickening the global pace of EV sales and renewable energy adoption.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZRTntfabOA
The shrinking global demand for oil being sold in US dollars will decimate the ability of the US to impose economic sanctions on countries it doesn’t like. That will directly lead to less national security.
Isn't messing with other countries what leads to more threats to the US, aka less security?
Fuck this guy, he is singlehandedly trying to stop energy independence in the U.S.
Oh wait, that's not what this is about. The orange bafoon is mad he can't control the global supply of oil anymore if renewable energy is the dominant energy source.
He got half a billion dollars from the oil industry. It was a good investment for them. Sure, it fucked over farmers, truckers and working class people but rich people got to get a lot richer and that's the most important thing.
I mean with oil so cheap whats the point of renewals. /s