Renewable Energy Is Booming in Texas. Republicans Want to Change That.
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Despite soaring power demand, Republican lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are pushing to rein in renewable energy, part of a national wave of Trump-era opposition.

The “problem” is that wind, solar, and batteries for overnight storage can now outcompete fossil fuel generation on price, which means that the patrons who back the Republican party stand to lose a lot of money.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    24 hours ago

    Republican Lawmakers are holding their constituents hostage to the Fossil Fuels Industry.

      • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
        6·
        23 hours ago

        It’s more that their constituents are exposed to a constant stream of propaganda which favors fossil fuels and the destruction they cause.

        There is no real left-wing messaging machine that compares and can tell people about the harm they’re experiencing or the benefits of renewables.

      • sartalon@lemmy.world
        3·
        21 hours ago

        Not really. Plenty of constituents are happy to get the revenue provided by these renewable projects.

        With the tax incentives and batements with a PILOT, these communities stand to gain critically needed monies to support their communities’ infrastructure.

        Austin doesn’t give a shit about rural Texans. They are literally suppressing them with this nonsense.

        What doesn’t help is when they are fed crazy uncle BS rhetoric.

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
        41·
        23 hours ago

        Not really. Even republican voters are pro-renewables, they just don’t think it’s that important.

  • zephorah@lemm.ee
    2·
    22 hours ago

    They have the space. Texas is one of those states that seems to go on forever when you drive through it. And yet these dipshits are going to squander energy in a place with the available space for it, to play sides.

    This is ridiculous.