Rapidcreek ,

The power companies, Duke and FPL, have the Florida legislature in their pocket. No way to get renewables without their piece of the pie.

NekoRogue ,
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I unfortunately live in Florida. Florida Power and Light took over, and everyone hates it. People are getting power bills for thousands of dollars. They sent out a newsletter right after the takeover saying that prices would go up temporarily and then be lower than they were before. Still waiting for that price drop. I try to tell the MAGAs that FPL is one of DeSantis's major campaign contributors, but the most reasonable reply I got is "well it would probably be even worse if the democrats were doing it." I'm so tired of everything.

manucode ,

Are US energy providers allowed to offer different prices in different states, e.g. lower prices in states where they can produce lots of cheap wind energy?

iamericandre ,

Fucking hell, what reason is there to ban wind power. It’s like if a thing is remotely positive these idiots go straight to banning it.

SuperIce ,

Yeah, it's cheap, doesn't produce air pollution, and doesn't need fuel. Even if you don't believe that global warming is a thing, it has a lot of benefits.

herrcaptain ,

Gee, let's ban one of the forms of power that can keep coastal states from going the way of Atlantis. Let's see how that plays out.

SuperIce ,

Republicans don't believe that global warming is a thing.

AdamEatsAss ,

Just feels like a bad business decision that limits potential job growth.

Viking_Hippie ,

Yeah, the GOP has long since stopped caring about fiscal responsibility, if they ever actually did. It's all about regressive vice signaling now, consequences be damned!

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