alt Hacker News> The market does not fix the administration paying wind projects billions of dollars to stop development.
This would be the politicians I mentioned.
> The market does not fix the administration forcing coal plants to stay open even when they are losing money.
This would be the politicians I mentioned.
> The market does not fix the administration cancelling grants for clean energy projects and subsidies for electric cars, and adding tariffs to solar panel imports.
This would be the politicians I mentioned.
> And US car manufacturers are enthusiastically moving away from their efficiency goals.
I was unaware car makers were part of the energy supply industry.
> That market is not moving quickly to renewables.
Most car makers are creating more and more electric cars, some makers are committing to 100% electric soon. Increasingly energy efficient ICE cars take engineering time and money to make, money they'd rather not spend. By not making them spend it, they won't. They'd do the same for safety features if we let them.
And none of that results my core statement which is the energy supply market (and you knew that's what I was talking about because that's literally the topic) is still moving to renewables. More renewables come online every month.
The politicians are not "making noise", they have actual power and are making a real difference. (Except for the coal plants, so far, that hasn't held up in court.)
I know you were talking about energy industry, but I think mypalmike was being broader. That's why I called out that I was switching to talking about a different industry.
Efficiency goals are for the whole fleet of cars and don't just include making efficient ICE vehicles. They are moving the target average from 50 MPG to 35 MPG by 2031. That means fewer electric cars. “The standards finalized under the previous administration effectively required a switchover to electric vehicles that was out of step with market realities and customer demand. Today’s final rule is an appropriate course correction” --John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. https://abcnews.com/Business/trump-administration-rolls-back...