/r/Energy: News & Discussion

r/energy • u/mafco • Jan 06 '25

Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean, making a Trump reversal difficult. The ban will prevent new drilling along the entire East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California, and portions of Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea.

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r/energy • u/mafco • Jan 05 '25

In Norway, only rental companies buy gas cars, because tourists don't 'get' EVs. In 2024, 88.9% of cars sold in Norway were all-electric. There have not been any widespread problems. The grid is fine, the cars work in the cold and everyone is happier with quieter roads and cleaner air.

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r/energy • u/s506977 • Jun 22 '22

Biden calls for three-month federal gas tax "holiday"

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r/energy • u/mafco • May 31 '26

Trump Admin Renames Iran’s $300 Billion Reparations Demand an ‘Investment Fund’ to Avoid a Political Firestorm at Home. The man who spent a decade calling Obama a traitor for sending Iran $400 million is now floating a fund four hundred times that size, just with a friendlier name on it.

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r/energy • u/mafco • Feb 26 '25

Electricity prices are spiking. That’s a problem for Trump. Trump vowed to cut energy costs in half. They’re now approaching levels not seen since the 1990s. Critics say Trump should embrace low-cost wind and solar and continue rebates for home upgrades to bring down energy costs.

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r/energy • u/mafco • Apr 19 '25

Trump brags gas is down to $1.98 a gallon in some states. It isn’t — anywhere. Trump attacks ‘fake news’ when questioned on rising prices. The White House was unable to substantiate Trump’s figures. Trump also claimed that the price of eggs plummeted 92 percent, which is also untrue.

the-independent.com

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r/energy • u/inno_brew • Aug 11 '22

“Many young people are depressed because they feel climate change cannot be stopped. We want to offer them hope." - Researchers of 15 leading universities agree: the world can reach a 100% renewable energy system by or even before 2050.

innovationorigins.com

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r/energy • u/kamjaxx • Feb 04 '23

Global power generation (capacity factor corrected) wind and solar has surpassed nuclear

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r/energy • u/mafco • Jan 08 '25

China Is Ready to Take Advantage of Trump Trashing Clean Energy. “China is positioned to take over as the global leader in climate politics." Trump is effectively abdicating America’s role as a leader in the global fight against the climate crisis.

rollingstone.com

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r/energy • u/mafco • Feb 17 '25

Insiders at Tesla Concerned That Musk Is Damaging Company, Saying It Would Be Better If He Just Resigned. These concerns come after a lackluster year, with faltering sales, plunging profits, and stagnating revenue. "He has inflicted a massive amount of damage on the perception of that company."

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r/energy • u/JustWhatAmI • Mar 09 '23

Wind and Solar Leaders by State

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r/energy • u/HandyMan131 • Jun 09 '25

Imagine that

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r/energy • u/mafco • Mar 14 '25

Trump’s oil triumphalism will end in American tears. The US is taking a big risk by doubling down on fossils and combustion cars. It may find in the 2030s that it has achieved the worst of all worlds: left on the sidelines of the global clean-tech economy, while still dependent on imported oil.

telegraph.co.uk

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r/energy • u/mafco • Mar 13 '25

Trump whines about who signed deal to allow Canada to supply energy to the US – it was him. “Why would our Country allow another Country to supply us with electricity, even for a small area?” The decision was part of the USMCA negotiated by Trump.

independent.co.uk

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r/energy • u/lubricate_my_anus • Mar 07 '23

Wind and solar are now producing more electricity globally than nuclear. (despite wind and solar receiving lower subsidies and R&D spending)

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r/energy • u/realdippah • Sep 04 '25

The current U.S. Secretary of Energy...

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r/energy • u/mafco • Jul 04 '26

Mamdani mocked by GOP for telling New Yorkers to set thermostats to 78 as they brace for triple digit temperatures. “Proof that communism is alive and well.” “This is Communism at work." “This is the future that WOKE Democrats want." Republicans and Trump's DOE have issued the same recommendation.

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r/energy • u/mafco • Aug 02 '26

CNN rolls tape of Trump energy secretary appearing to lie to Congress. Wright lied about the role politics played in cancelling energy grants specifically to Democratic states. Wright insisted “our project review process did not take into account any politics in the evaluation of these projects"

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r/energy • u/mafco • Jul 28 '25

Trump: ’We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They're killing us.’ US President further embarrasses the country in front of European leaders with idiotic rant against "windmills".

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r/energy • u/Glinren • Jan 16 '23

Germany just hit 92% renewables - whole day average.

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r/energy • u/mafco • Oct 19 '24

Trump gets record donations from big oil but far less than $1bn he wanted. A surge of fossil fuel funding has come since he directly requested $1bn from oil executives and promised he would scrap environmental rules if elected. Democrats have called this deal “the definition of corruption."

theguardian.com

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r/energy • u/V2O5 • Sep 11 '24

Germany hammers Trump: “Like it or not: Germany’s energy system is fully operational, with more than 50 percent renewables... And we are shutting down — not building — coal and nuclear plants. Coal will be off the grid by 2038 at the latest.”

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r/energy • u/FreeHugs23 • May 11 '26

Panic ensues as ‘largest energy crisis in modern history’ appears imminent

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r/energy • u/mafco • Dec 06 '24

Biden’s $1 trillion investment in clean energy, semiconductors and infrastructure is a model for economic growth. It is stunning that the most successful private-public collaboration in history — one that is transforming cities, states and regions — has gotten so little coverage in the media.

washingtonpost.com

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