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"even with Trump in the white house(sic)" - can we put this to bed yet? Trump isn't an oilman, he's a business man.

cheriot 10y ago
When has he expressed support for renewable energy? http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Energy_+_Oil.htm http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Energy_+_Oil.ht... Or even business like consideration for technology that's rapidly dropping in price? Since the election, he's been making promises to coal workers: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602853/trumps-empty-promise-to-coal-country/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602853/trumps-empty-promi...
wheelerwj 10y ago
He's not really much of a businessman either, is he?
mcv 10y ago
He's not a businessman, he's a salesman. On green energy, I'm getting the impression that some threshold is finally being passed where clean energy is picking up momentum, and won't be so easily stopped anymore. Trump may have promised coal to the former coal miners, but coal is getting too expensive, so that's unlikely to happen. On oil, with some luck, he may want to make the US less dependent on Saudi oil. So despite his denialism, he might turn out to be okay here. Of course you can never be sure with him.
st3v3r 10y ago
No. Look at his picks to head government agencies. His pick for the EPA is a climate change denier.
nindalf 10y ago
This reminds me of something that Dijkstra used to do and was criticised for. He used to use [sic] a lot to point out tiny errors that others used to make, implying that the other person wasn't competent. In the words of John Backus, "this guy's arrogance takes your breath away" [1]. In Dijkstra's defense, he might have been arrogant but he had much to be arrogant about. Perhaps when your bona fides aren't so well established as Edsger Dijkstra, randomguy23, you would refrain from doing the same. We all understood what that person meant. Discuss it and move on without resorting to pettiness. [1] - https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your-breath-away-5b903624ca5f#.9180wblcb https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your...

When has he expressed support for renewable energy? http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Energy_+_Oil.htm http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Energy_+_Oil.ht... Or even business like consideration for technology that's rapidly dropping in price? Since the election, he's been making promises to coal workers: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602853/trumps-empty-promise-to-coal-country/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602853/trumps-empty-promi...

wheelerwj 10y ago

He's not really much of a businessman either, is he?

mcv 10y ago

He's not a businessman, he's a salesman. On green energy, I'm getting the impression that some threshold is finally being passed where clean energy is picking up momentum, and won't be so easily stopped anymore. Trump may have promised coal to the former coal miners, but coal is getting too expensive, so that's unlikely to happen. On oil, with some luck, he may want to make the US less dependent on Saudi oil. So despite his denialism, he might turn out to be okay here. Of course you can never be sure with him.

st3v3r 10y ago

No. Look at his picks to head government agencies. His pick for the EPA is a climate change denier.

nindalf 10y ago

This reminds me of something that Dijkstra used to do and was criticised for. He used to use [sic] a lot to point out tiny errors that others used to make, implying that the other person wasn't competent. In the words of John Backus, "this guy's arrogance takes your breath away" [1]. In Dijkstra's defense, he might have been arrogant but he had much to be arrogant about. Perhaps when your bona fides aren't so well established as Edsger Dijkstra, randomguy23, you would refrain from doing the same. We all understood what that person meant. Discuss it and move on without resorting to pettiness. [1] - https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your-breath-away-5b903624ca5f#.9180wblcb https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your...