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Republicans Used to Love Wind and Solar. That Romance Has Cooled. (www.nytimes.com)
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It's almost like the fact that they became practical meant that they could no longer be waved about as a delay tactic, so the right-wing press started bashing renewables.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don’t remember them ever backing wind and solar . . .

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

I don't remember them backing it publicly either. However, there are plenty of farmers in TX that absolutely love wind power and all the extra income.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's about the voters' views, not the elected officials.

[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Not nowadays…

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

mostly among those 65 and older

Well at least it won't be that way for much longer then

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

The few outspoken conservatives I know hate solar and wind because China is doing solar and wind. It is also their chief reason for not liking rail, or building ports, or TikTok.

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

No shit Sherlock