Die USA zahlen TotalEnergies 1 Milliarde US-Dollar, um die Entwicklung von Offshore-Windenergie in den USA einzustellen
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-latest-anti-wind-effort-pay-companies-to-abandon-offshore-leases/
Die USA zahlen TotalEnergies 1 Milliarde US-Dollar, um die Entwicklung von Offshore-Windenergie in den USA einzustellen
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-latest-anti-wind-effort-pay-companies-to-abandon-offshore-leases/
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Worst fucking timeline. I hate this so fucking much. Let them finish the build.
„The Trump administration will pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to abandon its plans to build wind farms off the East Coast, the Interior Department said on Monday at an energy conference in Houston.
Under the unusual deal, TotalEnergies would forfeit its leases in federal waters for two wind farms, which would have been built off New York and North Carolina. The Justice Department would then reimburse TotalEnergies $928 million, the amount it paid for the leases during the Biden administration.
The deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars to a foreign company for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, a main driver of climate change, while throttling offshore wind power. “
Ladies and Gentlemen „America First“
The reasoning: „The announcement claims, however, that the deal will be ‚Lowering costs for American families,‘ and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said, ‚We welcome TotalEnergies commitment to developing projects that produce dependable, affordable power to lower Americans’ monthly bills.'“
I love the author’s comment: „The rhetoric that accompanied the announcement reads as if it were crafted by people with only a tenuous grip on reality.“
Because, you know, spending $1 billion on say — food for poverty-stricken Americas — counts as a government handout.
I’ll never forgive a republican as long as I live
spending taxpayers‘ money like a drunk sailor on leave for first time in a year
So. Fing. Stupid.
What a bunch of BS
TotalEnergies shouldn’t budge. And neither should red states which benefited from green energy plans.
This is an incontinent Don Quixote problem.
Are we winning yet fam??
They’ll take the money
I fucking hate it here. The sheer insane logic and blatant corruption is disgusting.
using taxpayer money to make sure taxpayers pay more for energy. genuinely impressive levels of corruption
These are the dumbest motherfuckers to ever have lived
People are genuinely hurting, and he’s just giving our fucking taxes away. Taxes we pay in good faith that they’ll be used in our interest.
Can I have a job where the government pays me $1b not to work?
Trump sucks ass
I think they could get $2 billion
That makes sense, what’s Trumps kick back ?
I really hope they say no
Middle of an energy crises. Paying other people to not build energy generation infrastructure. Madness
Just. Keep. Winning.
God we’re fucked.
Trump making sure to consume all oil first and then switch to renewables after lmao
Another day, another dumbest thing you’ve ever read.
Drill baby drill!
It’s okay. It’s just a billion. Barely the golfing budget of this administration for their tenure /s