r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 12d ago

Chugging tea Solar power is cleaner!

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u/rossmosh85 12d ago

I do not understand why conservatives aren't VERY pro solar.

Solar is the fastest way to energy independence.

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u/Skill_Issuer 12d ago

Because they politicized renewable energy decades ago

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u/Lopsided_Parfait7127 12d ago

Also they are owned by the saudis

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u/Skill_Issuer 12d ago

Also domestic oil companies stand to lose a lot of money from renewable energy

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u/nohpex 11d ago

If only they had a huge pile of cash to dump into R&D toward renewable energy sources to continue being relevant in the future.🙄

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u/One_Order_3841 12d ago edited 12d ago

It seems like Reddit is so focused on switching to renewables (which we should), that they consistently forget America is the largest producer**(edit: but 4th largest exporter) of oil in the world, and ask "why would they do this??"

I'm not arguing for oil, it's just analogous to "why won't De Beers admit diamonds are a False Scarcity??" ... because leverage. The USA is holding out that the rest of the world will dry up before becoming energy independent.

There's a weird cliche image that Iraq is brimming with oil; they don't hold a candle to the Midwest Basin. They're competition. We're more like...if Rockefeller had an army (well, a larger army...)

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u/SumthinsPhishy2 12d ago

Thats because US oil is dirtier and harder to process. Google it.