Tayyab - d/acc on Warpcast

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Putting an oil guy in charge of energy is going to push oil production up, prices down, and renewables out. From foreign policy to climate change, Americans chose America over the world. Can’t hugely blame them, but other countries are not taking the same route. That said, if, like me, you believe the learning curve of renewables is going to make solar much better on price than a barrel of oil in the near future, this isn’t terrible news. But Trump is pushing that timeline out by a few years, and a few years is meaningful when you acknowledge how much damage extreme weather events are causing around the world. If you push oil prices down by a few dollars, but you get one extra hurricane which causes $50bn in damage, is it even worth it?

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Does he also open up Nuclear? That would be interesting. But I agree with you, we chose America over the world. I believe China is on faster pace to be on renewables than the US at this point.

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That last stat is remarkable, not wholly surprising, and, with respect to Chinas rapid rollout of nuclear and solar, very welcome I think all signs point to opening up nuclear? Seems like something his inner circle would like. Unless the oil guy wants to defend oil. I’m super excited by how much nuclear is happening in the US now. UK is making good sounds too

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They definitely are. They are also able to enact and enforce policy in an authoritarian manner which leads to faster results. Which is what Trump wants to do as well but he thinks wind turbines cause cancer and solar won’t work because the sun isn’t out 100% of the time 🙃

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