https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/climate/africa-chris-wright-energy-fossil-fuels-electricity.html
created by mafco on 08/03/2025 at 14:59 UTC
1126 upvotes, 448 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by Spudmiester at 08/03/2025 at 15:07 UTC
62 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Meanwhile the West is largely transitioning to a renewable+gas power system because it is dramatically cheaper and cleaner.
Comment by For_All_Humanity at 08/03/2025 at 15:38 UTC*
54 upvotes, 1 direct replies
These people are actually evil. They know the havoc fossil fuels are causing but are lying for money. They know they’ll be dead before the effects impact them.
Comment by FKMTzawazawa at 08/03/2025 at 16:07 UTC
42 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Coal is no longer economical in most cases and that's that.
Comment by Thedarkpersona at 08/03/2025 at 16:58 UTC
31 upvotes, 2 direct replies
My hypothesis with all of this regressive dumb fuckwits is that:
A) China is outcompeting them in the green energy market, so they try to revive an old industry (which will fail)
B) green energy is essentially free to produce and it is way easier to have in homes (solar generators in roofs of houses/flats) and that makes the commonfolk have more relative power, and the oligarchs cant have that
Comment by Sufficient_Ad3790 at 08/03/2025 at 15:19 UTC
28 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Chinese are exporting solar to Africa.
Comment by InsanelyAverageFella at 09/03/2025 at 04:51 UTC
27 upvotes, 1 direct replies
For everyone who voted Trump, screw you! You put this guy in this position and are compromising and risking the future of our country and the world.
Comment by robot_jeans at 08/03/2025 at 15:17 UTC
49 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Why stop at coal, go backwards to whale oil. Fuck it all team rich /s
Comment by Puzzleheaded_Ad_3507 at 08/03/2025 at 15:20 UTC
24 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Kissing Charles Koch’s ass.
Comment by smokeyfantastico at 08/03/2025 at 18:14 UTC
21 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We also use to burn whale oil, times change bruv
Comment by Belzebutt at 09/03/2025 at 03:12 UTC
23 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Now you know what kind of people were in charge when Easter Island cut down its last trees and its civilization collapsed
Comment by MoistureManagerGuy at 09/03/2025 at 04:38 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So did horses and wheels at the dawn of human civilization. These people are fucking brain dead.
Comment by bruhaha88 at 08/03/2025 at 15:20 UTC
41 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Thankfully, China already has the lock down on most of Africa with their “belt and road” initiative and are building utility scale solar and wind power projects all over Africa.
America ceded its position as global leader 25 years ago, Trump is just the cherry on the top for China.
Comment by Ok-Prompt-59 at 08/03/2025 at 16:01 UTC
19 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So did whale oil.
Comment by krichard-21 at 08/03/2025 at 16:45 UTC
18 upvotes, 1 direct replies
And why did we even build cars and trucks?
When horses did such a magnificent job!
Black Lung? That's only a rumor pushed by Democrats.
Soot equals FREEDOM! / s
Comment by Nannyphone7 at 08/03/2025 at 20:23 UTC
19 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Coal transformed our world is about the PAST not the future.
Horses transformed our world. Stone tools transformed our world.
Trump is a moron who surrounds himself with other morons.
Comment by qejfjfiemd at 09/03/2025 at 06:38 UTC
18 upvotes, 0 direct replies
We are so fucked.
Comment by One-Salamander9685 at 08/03/2025 at 15:06 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Here in Ontario or provincial government shut down the coal burning power plants about fifteen years ago. We don't really get smog days anymore. The change in air quality has been wonderful.
Comment by Mawgac at 08/03/2025 at 16:00 UTC
16 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Says the man comfortable being dead in 15 years.
Comment by Rude-Independence421 at 09/03/2025 at 04:00 UTC
17 upvotes, 1 direct replies
These people really are stuck in the past. This administration will be the one that sets us back in renewable energy, the future of energy.
Comment by Interesting_Stress73 at 09/03/2025 at 13:48 UTC
16 upvotes, 2 direct replies
These people are genuinely evil beyond belief... what the actual fuck is wrong with these people?
Comment by greaper007 at 08/03/2025 at 16:36 UTC
16 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What about whale oil? Why isn't he screaming about bringing that back? Or human sacrifices?
Comment by Qcconfidential at 08/03/2025 at 19:19 UTC
17 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It’s incredible that he can say that considering what’s happening in the entire rest of the world where renewables are outpacing fossil fuels by a lot at this point
Also incredible that he can say that considering we’ve already possibly hit peak fossil fuels.
Comment by Numerous_Photograph9 at 08/03/2025 at 17:39 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If the market demand for coal was still there, there would still be coal mines operating. It's not about if it's a clean or useful source of energy, it's that everyone has moved on to cleaner, not to mention more efficient means of production.
Trying to sell this crap to African nations is to make some extra profit, with no interest in these countries long term well being. He's trying to create demand, because it's waned everywhere else.
Comment by Dylanator13 at 09/03/2025 at 01:47 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Coal in fact did transform the world. But now we have advanced enough to stop using it.
Comment by Open_Mortgage_4645 at 09/03/2025 at 04:06 UTC
16 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Pay no attention to the horrific environmental destruction behind the curtain!