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"When congressional Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies
to help fund their
One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they could have pruned
wasteful subsidies while sparing the rest. Instead, they did the reverse.
Americans will pay the price with higher costs for dirtier energy.
The nearly 900-page bill that President Donald Trump signed on July 4, 2025,
slashes incentives for wind and solar energy, batteries, electric cars and home
efficiency while expanding subsidies for fossil fuels and biofuels. That will
leave Americans burning more fossil fuels despite strong public and scientific
support for shifting to renewable energy.
As an environmental engineering professor who studies ways to confront climate
change, I think it is important to distinguish which energy technologies could
rapidly cut emissions or need a financial boost to become viable from those
that are already profitable but harm the environment. Unfortunately, the
Republican bill favors the latter while stifling the former."
Via Kenny Chaffin, who wrote "Killing Humanity and the World! Destroying the
Ecosystem!"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
