James R Kirk@startrek.website to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day agoDemocrats campaigning on "affordability" are cutting back on their anti-oil rhetoric but they should be focusing on removing the red tape surrounding solar, which could be much cheaper!www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down15
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkDemocrats campaigning on "affordability" are cutting back on their anti-oil rhetoric but they should be focusing on removing the red tape surrounding solar, which could be much cheaper!www.nytimes.comJames R Kirk@startrek.website to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoUltimately the only way to reduce emissions enough is for gas prices to be very high, but I can see how supporting high prices would be really unpopular politically
minus-squareKind_to_Everyone@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 hours agoNot necessarily. The answer could be to make clean electricity prices so low that even normal gasoline prices are more expensive.
Ultimately the only way to reduce emissions enough is for gas prices to be very high, but I can see how supporting high prices would be really unpopular politically
Not necessarily. The answer could be to make clean electricity prices so low that even normal gasoline prices are more expensive.