Posted on 05/13/2025 10:57:59 AM PDT by John Semmens
Eighteen states are suing the Trump Administration over the President's decision to end government subsidies to the firms that supply or operate the equipment needed to capture wind energy. New York State Attorney General Letitia James pointed out that "without these subsidies the wind industry cannot survive. The power generated by harnessing the wind is not cost-effective. Consumers are not willing to pay what it costs to generate this energy for their use. By cutting the subsidies this administration is devastating one of our nation's fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy."
Energy Secretary Chris Wright observed that "while wind power may be relatively clean as a source of energy it is neither reliable or affordable. The real cost per kilowatt of energy produced wind is far higher than it is for energy produced by burning natural gas or clean coal. And as we all saw from the nationwide blackout under Spain's wind-driven energy system it is not very reliable. International shipping used to be wind-powered, but the unreliability of the wind led to using coal, diesel, and nuclear power to move ships across the sea. The subsidies the President is discontinuing are a waste of the taxpayers' money."
James called Wright's perspective "heartless. The fact is that folks have made investments and taken jobs based on the assumption that the subsidies would continue. Taking them away now will cause real losses for these innocent victims of Trump's crusade to reduce government waste. America is the richest nation in world history. Surely we can tolerate a little bit of waste if we believe that we are saving the environment from irreversible climate change."
In related news, the FBI and US Attorney's Office in Albany have initiated a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud claims against New York Attorney General Letitia James. The accusation is that she made false statements on loan applications to obtain lower interest rates on a couple of properties she owns. Ironically, she has done the same thing she accused Trump of doing when she prosecuted him last year and obtained a verdict imposing a fine of more than $300 million on him. At that time she said "no one is above the law." Observers wonder whether that same view will be applied to her in this case.
The only way windmill tech is feasible is if you mount one in front of Jasmine Crockett’s mouth.
“The power generated by harnessing the wind is not cost-effective. “
Pretty much sums it all up.
Don’t spit in the wind.......
No Worries!
That Wizard of Smart, Judge Boasberg, will mandate that the wind blows 24/7.
Put a house near a scenic national park and the tree huggers are all over your a$$.
Put up hundreds of wind turbines on the prairies, oceans and bad lands and that’s embraced. “They are so elegant!”
As is common with the left, hypocrisy rules the day.
For a while, there has been a leftie mantra that coal in too expensive. They have to shut down coal plants, because they cannot compete with wind and solar.
Well, rabbit is out of the hat!
They made coal soo expensive by huge regulations.
They made wind and solar soo cheap because of huge subsidies.
Take away the regulations and the subsidies, and green energy is a toast!
Letitia James pointed out that “without these subsidies the wind industry cannot survive.”
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Hey Letitia, As a taxpayer and an electric ratepayer why is it my responsibility to pay extra for you to have windmills?
James pointed out that “.... The power generated by harnessing the wind is not cost-effective......source of affordable energy.”
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She contradicts herself.
Fewer eagles and hawks will die
Eighteen states can’t make good on kickback deals Godfather makes calls?.
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