Discussion: Senate Confirms Trump Energy Pick Who Said Renewable Energy 'Screws Up' Grid

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Pretty bad if you’re not green enough for Joe Manchin.

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Renewable energy such as wind and solar power “screws up … the physics of the grid” providing the nation’s electricity.

True Fact: Electrons from wind and solar are totally different than electrons from oil and coal, believe me…

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You mean Mr. “EPA Overreach” who gets his money from the coal industry? Yeah, that’s a shocker he voted against.
Bummer that McNamee is now on the Regulatory Commission. Fox in the Henhouse.

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Well , Dumpy only picks grifters for the job .

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You learned that from the Electronoral College, correct?

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If "the physics of the grid” means the profits to the fossil fuel industry and the corollary campaign contributions to GOP candidates then McNamee is right that a commitment to renewable energy would screw it up.

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My mom used to have all kinds of explanations like this when she didn’t want to do a thing. She always told my dad that she didn’t want to lend him her car because cars prefer to be driven by only one person, it’s better for them mechanically that way. My dad usually would just let it go because the future possibility of life on earth didn’t depend on telling her that was obvious nonsense.

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Hey now! That happens to be true! My mom told me!

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The tubes and rays will kill us all.

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This is one Democrat that would have been happy to see Manchin defeated.

My neighbors signed up for “green” electricity from a local provider. They thought all their electricty came from renewable sources. They were surprised when I explained to them that everyone in town is getting the same percentage of green energy regardless if they signed up. We live about 15 miles from a nuclear power station.

“screws up … the physics of the grid”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! It’s so easy to fear and deny science when you don’t have even a rudimentary understanding of it.

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Here’s a gem on climate change from the folks at Raw Story

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Not really surprising how dumb everyone that works for Donald is, but sure sucks for the US, and is surprising how dumb other republicans are to do shit that eventually, if not right now, is going to fuck them over to some extent if not a lot.

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Remember, only the best people.

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The citizenry elected him. It’s difficult to blame Trump for hiring stupid people, when it was stupid people that elected the stupid President that is hiring the stupid people.

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The McNamee clown is using a big word, physics, to help make himself sound impressive to Trumpers. Guaranteed to work too,

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And another brainless pick. Granted anyone with a brain probably isn’t interested so his choices are quit limited even if he wasn’t so slow about doing it.

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Not true for cars, VERY true for expensive, gold nib fountain pens (found that out the hard way!).

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