Paul Krugman looks at Trump's decimation of renewable energy enterprises, electricity generated by wind and solar power"

“'The Crazy' is my personal term for the escalating barrage of destructive actions and statements coming from the madman-in-chief and his minions."

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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-crazy-comes-for-clean-energy

The #WindPower industry acknowledges that the disposal of #WindTurbine blades is an issue. Danish #wind #energy developer Ørsted committed in 2021 to never sending turbine blades to landfill, instead reusing, recycling or otherwise recovering them.

#TrumpLies: “The birds are dying all over the place.”

#FactCheck: Turbines, like all infrastructure, can pose a risk to #birds. However, the National Audubon Society, which is dedicated to the #conservation of birds, thinks developers can manage these risks & #ClimateChange is a far greater threat. An #Audubon report found that ⅔ of North American bird species could face extinction due to rising #temperatures.

Michael Gerrard, dir of the Sabin Center for #ClimateChange #Law at Columbia University, disputed the idea that smart countries don’t use #WindPower. #China is soaring ahead in building a massive amount of #wind power while Germany, the UK, Finland, Spain, Sweden, France & many other countries in Europe have large programs of #wind construction, he said.

“By cutting back on wind power development, the #US is ceding the lead to China in this important #technology, & killing a lot of US #jobs.”

#TrumpLies: “If you look at smart countries, they don’t use it.”

#FactCheck: At least 136 countries & territories around the world use #WindPower to generate #electricity, acc/to the #EIA, with many countries growing the amount they produce. The top 5 markets for #wind power in 2024 were China, the US, Brazil, India & Germany, while Uzbekistan, Egypt & Saudi Arabia represent the next wave of wind #energy growth, acc/to the Global Wind Energy Council.
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For example, the share of #electricity generated from #wind in Iowa increased from 15% in 2010 to nearly 60% of the state’s electricity generation in 2023, while the state’s electricity rates grew at a rate slower than that of 42 other states, Pierpont’s research found.

#WindPower can be expensive if it’s built where winds are weaker, but the #US is adding it in places with strong wind resources, he added.

While #electricity rates have risen nationwide over the past decade, states that have added a significant amount of onshore #WindPower, such as Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma & New Mexico, have kept rates from rising as fast as other states, said Brendan Pierpont, director of electricity modeling at the nonpartisan think tank #Energy Innovation.