r/technology • u/Wagamaga • 4d ago

Energy Trump halts construction on nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island

https://thepublicsradio.org/environment/trump-halts-construction-on-nearly-complete-wind-farm-off-rhode-island/
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u/Notgreygoddess 4d ago

So, private companies be warned; if your Dear Leader doesn’t like you, he can shut you down. So much freedom, eh?

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u/OrderlyPanic 4d ago

The action itself is illegal but Trump has realized you can just do things. If it costs tens of millions in legal fees and years of delay in court to prevail then that will ruin the economics of almost all renewable energy projects. This isn't a one off either, he's even gone so far as to instruct the FAA to scrutinize proposed wind farms on private land due height (previously a routine matter of informing the FAA so they can make where the wind turbines are).

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u/stadchic 4d ago

This is how he ran all of his businesses. He would do things like, have different companies work on different floors of a hotel to break up the contract amounts. Then, he wouldn’t pay and mostly got away with it because the legal fees would be too costly for the smaller companies.

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u/IntelligentStyle402 3d ago

Really was heartbreaking to watch his evil cons on 60 minutes, decades ago. He ruined so many lives, because of corruption, dishonesty and greed.