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Breaking 1-06-21: MAGA terrorist attack on Capitol

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by RESINator, Jan 6, 2021.

  1. JuanValdez

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    Lol: 'give me an example, but any example you give me I will summarily declare doesn't count for unexplained reasons.'
     
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    What example are you looking for, companies that made EV's were subsidized so that's picking winners and losers in a way. Wind power was subsidized etc... I guess that's what you were talking about?
     
  3. JuanValdez

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    What if you give a project a big subsidy, private investors invest hundreds of millions of dollars and then you use a federal agency's regulatory authority to declare that the project isn't allowed to operate after it is mostly built and already partly operational? Would that be picking winners and losers?
     
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  4. Buck Turgidson

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    Nah, they're more run-on-sentence type people
     
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  5. JuanValdez

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    Or, what if you make a "strategic partnership" with key power plant makers in which you provide $80 billion in financial assistance and agree to facilitate permitting for new nuclear power plants in exchange for a 20% government interest in the new facilities? Would that be an example of picking winners and losers?
     
  6. Buck Turgidson

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    Or relatedly, for example, the GOP in Texas doing all it can to trash our massive renewable power industry?
     
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  8. Buck Turgidson

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    Cool. @Nook needed a new client.
     
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    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    They prefer low costs of electricity. The highest cost states in the country for power are the ones who bought into the renewable energy fairy tale. High energy costs cripple the working class.


    GOOD DAY
     
  10. Nook

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    Cash up front with these types of people.
     
  11. JuanValdez

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    Probably wasting my breath here, but (1) Texas does have decently low electricity costs and (2) our large renewables fleet has been great for keeping prices down. Since we are now looking at a super cycle of demand growth, we need to focus on building dispatchable generation but those renewables still add to the affordability and flexibility of the grid. Our installed base isn't going away and while it will grow more slowly than before, I expect solar and battery to continue to be added to the system.
     
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    They're building a battery installation not too far from me, and I know little about the industry. Any good info/links?
     
  14. JuanValdez

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    Might have links for you but don't understand what facet you're interested in. Policy, economics, value prop, or what.
     
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    Economics, water usage...just the general whatnot of what it's gonna be there for. I dunno. All of it?

    I haven't been able to figure out who exactly owns it, yet.
     
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    if he is MAGA he will get a pardon.
     
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    Not unless he is rich.
     
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    That's a nice house for an anarchist. Is this going to be another basement dwelling 20 something who was radicalized online.
     
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