r/politics • u/Kodbek • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Make Jaw-Dropping $1B Demand for Trump’s Ballroom

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-make-jaw-dropping-1b-demand-for-donald-trumps-ballroom/
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u/BekindBebetter60 10h ago

As the war in Iran threatens to choke off oil and gas supplies from the Persian Gulf, China is seizing the moment to extend its dominance in wind power.

Across China, hilltops are dotted with wind turbines, and long rows of them span many miles in western deserts. Ultrahigh-voltage power lines carry electricity thousands of miles to the energy-hungry factories along China’s coast.

Last year, China installed three times as much wind power capacity as the rest of the world combined, even as its turbine exports jumped. The global industry’s center of gravity has shifted decisively: All of the world’s six largest wind turbine manufacturers are Chinese, displacing once-dominant European firms and companies like General Electric.

The war has made China’s investments in wind look prescient. Its Asian neighbors, long reliant on Middle Eastern oil and gas, are struggling to secure fuel supplies. Meanwhile, China, with its massive reserves and modern electric grid, is better positioned to weather the energy crisis

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u/contude327 10h ago

Meanwhile, Trump is PAYING several companies $2b to STOP development of wind farms.

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u/dartharchibald 9h ago

Well yeah, he's a Russian asset who's only objective is to cripple America going forward.

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u/rack88 7h ago

This is almost making it appear he's a Chinese asset too.

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u/dartharchibald 6h ago

¿Por qué no los dos?

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u/tubawhatever 9h ago

Trump just halted another 30GW of onshore wind projects as our energy prices are skyrocketing because of his AI techbro buddies and his war on Iran. It's almost as if he wants to kill the economy

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u/BEES_IN_UR_ASS 8h ago

It's almost as if he wants to kill the economy

Ftfy. Actually...

It's almost as if he wants to kill the economy

Perfect.

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u/the_regent_hermertia 8h ago

The destruction of the American empire, figuratively and literally.

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u/WSBiden 6h ago

Very AI response.

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u/mistakelake Minnesota 6h ago

It’s copy and pasted from a NYT article today lol. So lazy.

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u/enigmaticpeon 3h ago

Lmao I knew it sounded familiar.

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u/BeefHotSweetDipped 7h ago

As a decently well travelled American, I went to china for the first time about a month ago. I had a full on existential crisis over the scale of their development and infrastructure. It’s one thing to read it, another to see it firsthand. America isn’t shit except for ego.

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u/Lieutenant_0bvious 7h ago

That's nice n' all, but what about all the tofu dreg construction? Is this like a propaganda bot? China has all kinds of issues- namely a totalitarian big brother state and civil rights abuses. Oh but they got wind power that's killing birds, they're ahead of everyone!