Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms | In exchange, the companies will invest in oil and gas projects, echoing earlier deal with the French energy giant TotalEnergies (www.nytimes.com)

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Meanwhile, the rest of the world is looking to avoid the need for oil altogether.

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[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago

Free market!

Unless the payment is insanely high, this is still a stupid business decision, its throwing away any first mover advantage to anyone who doesnt take the bribe. When the bribes run out, theyll be competing against established wind and solar farms that have already paid down their upfront costs.

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