The Environment Protection Agency says the move will save the country billions of dollars and reduce energy prices.
  • Master167@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    Yes, because the emission limits are why energy is so expensive now. It has nothing to do with the lack of investment in alternatives, a meaningless war that drove input costs up, or an insatiable demand from AI Surveillance Data Centers.

    • GalacticRobot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 hours ago

      Even worse when every energy policy group agrees that that wind and solar overall are cheaper, but hey, burn baby burn because it’s no way driving rapid climate change right?

  • credo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    1 day ago

    “The reality is that America produces energy better and cleaner than anywhere else in the world, and our power plants should not be unfairly targeted,” the head of the EPA, Lee Zeldin, said on Monday.

    Even IF that were true, your answer is to… stop doing the thing… which is the very basis of your argument to stop doing that thing?

    The EPA is also seeking to get rid of all other greenhouse gas rules for the power sector.

    WTF is wrong with these peoples’ brains?

    • 4am@lemmy.zipEnglish
      24·
      1 day ago

      They stand to get rich off it, and the planet won’t die until after they’re gone.

    • urthoughtsrbad@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      These people’s brains are working fine. Wtf is wrong with ours that we think they are trying to be honest with us?

      Nothing will change until something changes. And nothing changes if we don’t acknowledge there are bad faith actors that need to be dealt with.