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WOW temperatures of 120 in Death Valley!!! You do realize your talking about a desert where the 20 hottest days since NOAA started keeping track in 1961 were all between 128 and 130. I have heard people tell of even higher temperatures prior to 1961. That is why they call it Death Valley.Originally posted by bsm2
Extreme heat wave with temperatures above 110 for some looms for Southwest The hottest weather is forecast for Furnace Creek in California's Death Valley National Park, where a temperature of 120 degrees is expected Friday.
As for the rest of the Pacific Southwest, nothing new. We know how to take care of ourselves.Comment
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Trump says U.S. will not approve solar or wind power projects- President Donald Trump said the U.S. will not approve wind or solar power projects.
- Trump has tightened federal permitting for renewables with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum now having the final say.
- Renewable companies fear that projects will no longer receive permits that were once normal course of business.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will not approve solar or wind power projects, even as electricity demand is outpacing the supply in some parts of the U.S.
“We will not approve wind or farmer destroying Solar,” Trump, who has complained in the past that solar takes up too much land, posted on Truth Social. “The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!”
The president’s comment comes after the administration tightened federal permitting for renewables last month. The permitting process is now centralized in Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s office.
Renewable companies fear that projects will no longer receive permits that were once normal course of business. The president’s comments Wednesday will likely heighten those concerns.
Trump blamed renewables for rising electricity prices in the U.S. Prices have risen on the nation’s largest grid, PJM Interconnection, as rapidly growing demand from data centers and other industries faces a tight power supply as resources such as coal plants are retired.
PJM Interconnection saw prices for new power capacity rise 22% compared to last year in an auction held last month. PJM covers 13 states across the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Midwest and South.
But solar and battery storage are the power sources that can ease the supply-and-demand gap the quickest, as they make up an overwhelming majority of the projects in line to connect to the grid, according to data from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Trump has launched a sweeping attack on renewables since taking office. His One Big Beautiful Bill Act terminates the investment and production tax credits for wind and solar by the end of 2027. Those credits have played a key role in the expansion of renewable energy in the U.S.
The president’s steel and copper tariffs have also increased the costs of solar and wind projects, renewable companies say.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday ended its support for solar on farmland.
... what an out of touch fool Trump has become. The world is ignoring Trump and moving full scale ahead with wind & solar projects. China is eating America's lunch on renewable energy.Comment
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.... nuclear plants take decades to build. Large scale natural gas power plants can take at least four years to build. America needs more energy now.
Like I said, America under Trump has given China the undisputable lead in renewable resource facilities.
The fossil fuell industry is just what it sounds like. A dinosaur.
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There is plenty of blame to go around but most of it goes to democrats. For example, the nearest power plant to me was shuttered and demolished a couple years back after my state's democrat controlled government and climate nuts blocked them from converting the plant from coal to Natural Gas. The area lost a large power plant, about 250 jobs and I lost a good copier customer when they closed it down. The kicker is that 25 years ago some of the exact same environmental nuts who were demanding the plant be converted to natural gas then protested the plant being converted to Natural Gas when the power plant decided to do it.Comment
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Then there are all of the clean renewable hydro-electric plants that states out west removed without replacements in the name of fish.Comment
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.... the USA North East is very dependent on the vast hydro electricty generating capability of Quebec.
This is also why Trump's alumimun tariffs only hurts the USA. Aluminum has been described as electricity in a solid form. The USA just cannot compete with Quebec's hydro electric dams and the very low cost gigawatts it produces.Comment
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When you start with a lie you invalidate everything else you have to say.Originally posted by SalesServiceGuy
.... nuclear plants take decades to build.
Our of 441 reactors only 67 took more than 10 years to build.
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.... as your own stats say, 17% of reactors take more 10 years to build. If you want to be a nit picker, go ahead.
When you start with a lie you invalidate everything else you have to say.
Our of 441 reactors only 67 took more than 10 years to build.
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Your own stats say, the clock begins when shovels break ground and do not take into account when the planning and permitting process begins aka add 10 years.Comment
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Since Nuke plants take a while to build, we should start building immediately.Comment
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