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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by lovich on Monday August 24, 2026 @06:57PM (#49426984)
I would have agreed with you on giving credit but we did an about face in the last 2 years and now are spending billions of dollars to pay off companies that were already building renewables because we failed when trying to just illegally cancel them[1]

We’re not letting the market handle it and we’re going in a backwards direction. Can’t really crow about our accomplishments given that.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/rwe-deal-win...

Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by 0xy on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:03PM (#49428255)
Completely false and epic revisionism. 96.6% of all new energy sources in the US from 2024 to 2026 were green.

Nuclear, batteries, solar, wind, hydro.

You know people can just look this stuff up right?

Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by lovich on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:06PM (#49428635)
But the government is still paying billions of dollars to end renewable projects because they dont like said contracts, right?
Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by 0xy on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @11:11AM (#49435521)
Cool, I prefer hard energy data rather than anecdotes.
Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by lovich on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @12:35PM (#49436781)
Did I not link data showing the government is currently spending billions of dollars to ensure that renewable energy projects are cancelled?
Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by socalgal2 on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:03PM (#49428256)
Cancelling those contracts *IS* letting the market decide

The RWE paid 1.26 billion to acquire the lease on offshore wind. Payment is a refund.

Further, offshore wind is expensive in terms of maintenance. Stopping the project now is protecting billions in expenses in the future.

Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by croes on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:18PM (#49428716)
Making an offer they can’t refuse is really a market decision
Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by magicalist on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:11PM (#49428317)
> The RWE paid 1.26 billion to acquire the lease on offshore wind. Payment is a refund.

The Trump administration told them it could continue to make the process drag out for more years as it has been or they could spend the money on fossil fuels. It was not any kind of market decision.

Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by lovich on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:05PM (#49428633)
> Cancelling those contracts IS letting the market decide

They didnt cancel the contracts, they paid the companies to stop doing work that those companies(i.e. the market) wanted to do

> Further, offshore wind is expensive in terms of maintenance. Stopping the project now is protecting billions in expenses in the future.

Source yourself that this is worth it as per the market if you are going to claim this is a market decision

Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by intended on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @01:03AM (#49429295)
> Stopping the project now is protecting billions in expenses in the future

?

All power plants have maintenance charges. Unless I missed something, this statement is a non sequitur.

On top of that, Wind is practically free compared to the maintenance and running coats of other options.