created by cnbc_official on 10/03/2025 at 14:14 UTC
199 upvotes, 92 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by Pierson230 at 10/03/2025 at 14:51 UTC
47 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Saudi Arabia, the very definition of a totalitarian petro state that clearly has no quasi-religious preference for renewables, is investing tens of billions of dollars into solar. Which will all be provided by China.
Let that sink in, for any of the people still out there who think renewables don’t demand investment.
Comment by anonononnnnnaaan at 10/03/2025 at 14:58 UTC
24 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Weird that the dude who works for an oil and gas company wants to get rid of renewable energy.
It’s almost like the lobbyists control the government
Comment by Anonanomenon at 10/03/2025 at 19:04 UTC
24 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Wow so all of a sudden the folks who have been crying “let the free market decide - the government should not be picking winners and losers” are going to put their thumb firmly on the scale in favor of oil and gas?
One might be tempted to conclude that they haven’t been arguing in good faith this whole time after all!!
Comment by ThePopDaddy at 10/03/2025 at 15:24 UTC
24 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I remember asking someone who said renewable/alternate fuel wasn't as good as natural/fossil fuels. I asked "What happens when it runs out" I was met with "I assume that we'll find some alternative" like that's what we're trying to do!
Comment by THedman07 at 10/03/2025 at 15:38 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by right_bank_cafe at 10/03/2025 at 16:52 UTC
20 upvotes, 1 direct replies
MAGA is literally destroying any long term goals that will insure future stability for all, to gain immediate profits and benefits to the very few at the top. MAGA mist be dismantled and destroyed.
Comment by 00caoimhin at 10/03/2025 at 14:20 UTC
19 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is illiterate and innumerate, but has shares in fossil fuels, and screw everybody and everything if he's not going to see a return on that investment. The idiot is beyond his eyeballs, beyond his means, in sunk cost.
Comment by mafco at 10/03/2025 at 15:06 UTC
20 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Renewables are replacing natural gas all over the world. That's the "national energy emergency" that Trump and his cabinet of imbeciles are fighting.
Comment by quintthesharkhunter at 10/03/2025 at 14:37 UTC
17 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Seriously, how stupid can you be? This is a painfully stupid take.
Comment by kevendo at 10/03/2025 at 16:29 UTC
18 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Boomers would take the planet with them to their deaths if they could manage, dooming their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren to an unlivable planet without a single thought, just to keep getting paid.
Comment by Due_Satisfaction2167 at 10/03/2025 at 16:41 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Trump appointed an energy secretary who knows nothing about energy.
What a shock.
Comment by Extreme_Parsley1558 at 10/03/2025 at 14:43 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
“Can’t”, or they won’t let renewables replace natural gas?
Comment by VictorianAuthor at 10/03/2025 at 14:49 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Trump and his administration is setting the stage to ensure China is the major world power for the foreseeable future.
Comment by Billionaire_Treason at 10/03/2025 at 15:34 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
That's not what the free market and private investors say with their investments.
Comment by Falcon3492 at 10/03/2025 at 16:56 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What he's not saying is he could lose $ millions if renewables replace natural gas.
Comment by ThMogget at 10/03/2025 at 18:36 UTC*
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Did I miss Congress passing a new energy act? Wasn’t the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act like done through democratic means?
What policies did the Biden administration implement that were not ordered by Congress? What power does this unelected bureaucrat have to take things in his new direction?
Comment by sfbiker999 at 10/03/2025 at 16:03 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Just like public healthcare, where most of the rest of the world has figured out how to provide public healthcare, soon the USA will be the only country becoming *more* reliant on fossil fuels as the rest of the world moves to renewables -- and China will be making most of the money from the shift.
Comment by phutch54 at 10/03/2025 at 19:38 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Well, he's an idiot,so there's that.
Comment by bjnelson at 10/03/2025 at 14:25 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Cool.. cool… great start to the week! /s
Comment by idontlikeanyofyou at 10/03/2025 at 15:04 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Renewables are already replacing natural gas. Solar is the cheapest way to generate energy.
New technologies like iron flow batteries will provide grid level storage for days.
Companies will choose the correct technology, irrespective of what this bozo tells them to.
Comment by sigristl at 10/03/2025 at 15:25 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This Chris Wright guy sounds dumber than a bag of hammers.
Comment by needlestack at 10/03/2025 at 20:11 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What is he talking about? I already replaced my natural gas with renewables. It took some investment, sure, but the ROI isn't that bad now that I get all my power from rooftop solar.
This path is so obviously the better one, it's just amazing to watch people hem and haw about it.
Comment by Rude-Proposal-9600 at 10/03/2025 at 20:11 UTC
11 upvotes, 2 direct replies
China says hold my beer
Comment by neoexileee at 10/03/2025 at 14:40 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So we have basically surrendered to China. GOOD JOB
Comment by DMC1001 at 10/03/2025 at 14:46 UTC
11 upvotes, 2 direct replies
“Vows to reverse Biden’s … policies.” That’s basically what Trump has been doing.