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Trump Paralyzes the U.S. Wind Power Industry | The president, who despises wind turbines, has paused federal permits and leasing for such projects, putting company plans in limbo (www.wsj.com)
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[–] LaunchesKayaks 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My electric supplier uses exclusively wind for the plan I signed up for... How fucked am I?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not very. This is impacting thr ability to build new turbines, not existing ones so far.

[–] LaunchesKayaks 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh okay. Not as upset now lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

But electricity demand is increasing and if they are dumb enough to put more people on the plan you could be very well fucked.