Trump Propping Up Dying Coal Industry With Your Money
Swampers want more swamp money, and Trump's going to give it to them. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Josh Fox, and Joe Sandberg, hosts of The Young Turks, ...
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FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS ARE HAVING AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TIME COMPETING WITH RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES BUT DON'T EXPECT THAT TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS WILL JUST LET THEM DIE OFF, THEY HAVE A NEW PLAN -- WE WANT TO READ A COUPLE SECTIONS FROM THIS PLAN -- AND THE PLAN IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR TWO YEARS -- SO BASICALLY THESE GRID OPERATORS ARE GOING TO BUY ELECTRICITY FROM THE SOURCE THAT CAN SELL TO THEM THE CHEAPEST -- THAT ISN'T COAL, BUT WHATEVER, WHO CARES, MAYBE SOLAR IS INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE OR CHEAPER, WE WON'T ACCEPT THAT, WE DON'T HAVE A FREE MARKET, WE WILL FORCE YOU BY LAW IN REFERENCE -- WE ARE GOING TO USE TWO MEASURES, ONE I THINK WAS LAST USED BY TRUMAN, TO REQUIRE YOU FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE, NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES, YOU HAVE TO BUY ELECTRICITY FROM THESE ...
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FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS ARE HAVING AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TIME COMPETING WITH RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES BUT DON'T EXPECT THAT TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS WILL JUST LET THEM DIE OFF, THEY HAVE A NEW PLAN -- WE WANT TO READ A COUPLE SECTIONS FROM THIS PLAN -- AND THE PLAN IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR TWO YEARS -- SO BASICALLY THESE GRID OPERATORS ARE GOING TO BUY ELECTRICITY FROM THE SOURCE THAT CAN SELL TO THEM THE CHEAPEST -- THAT ISN'T COAL, BUT WHATEVER, WHO CARES, MAYBE SOLAR IS INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE OR CHEAPER, WE WON'T ACCEPT THAT, WE DON'T HAVE A FREE MARKET, WE WILL FORCE YOU BY LAW IN REFERENCE -- WE ARE GOING TO USE TWO MEASURES, ONE I THINK WAS LAST USED BY TRUMAN, TO REQUIRE YOU FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE, NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES, YOU HAVE TO BUY ELECTRICITY FROM THESE ...
