We tried to get him out 3 years ago and it ended with the closest Senate race in decades, but Mike Lee still won by 10%.
Fuck Mike Lee.
Don't let your dreams be dreams.
I do Nazi it happening.
The most based admin ever.
I agree with you and I think she was taken somewhat out of context, though it's not exactly fake or making things up either. My interpretation is that she is agreeing with specific parts of Sec. Burgum's statements. The headline of the article (calls Trump admin's climate denialism "fantastic") is sensationalization. They do link to the source video though and to Google's whitepaper.
Her remarks are at around 9hr 5m. She says "fantastic" and then talks specifically about nuclear, grid permitting & modernization. She focuses on the "AI arms race" and the need to act quickly on energy policy. She does not make any statement on Burgum's climate denialism.
Most of what she is saying is in line with what's in the whitepaper (of which she is an author). And in my view, the whitepaper outlines an energy policy that both achievable in the current administration and reduces emissions. It is certainly not perfect, and I wish the conversation was different, but there's some good stuff in there.
I have been a volunteer advocating for climate policies at the federal level for the past few years, and we have had a lot of conversations around nuclear, geothermal, clean energy tax credits, permitting reform (NEPA exemptions, transmission). I was happy to see mention of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 in Google's whitepaper -- we lobbied pretty hard for that. It definitely would have reduced emissions.
I don't personally like that Google is advocating for natural gas, even if they talk about carbon sequestration and satellite based emissions monitoring in the same breath. Natural gas is definitely part of the current state of climate / energy policy conversation, and we'd rather have natural gas than coal. In my advocacy work, I don't demonize natural gas, but I try to shift towards talking more about geothermal and nuclear to cover base load power needs.
Burgum's comments are around 47m and there is definitely a lot of denialism in there. But he also talks about decarbonization, sequestration, cleaner sources of base load power (hydro). A few years ago, Republicans were not using any of this sort of language, and we've been part of helping to change that. Our strategy has included a strong focus on common ground around energy, and side-stepping the climate change debate entirely.
If the end result is a reduction in emissions then personally I don't really care as much about ideological purity. The article to me seems more focused on purity and less on the full context.
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I agree with you in spirit, but I think at this point AI uses less global energy than video games, and the internet generally seems to think video games good, AI bad.
7-8k is fine. There are many towns in the U.S. at or above that elevation.
I think it's pretty cool, but I just love train stations.
Is this due to root rot? Temps? Or something else? Leaves have been curling down due a few weeks, and now they are starting to droop and dieback quickly over the last few days. There is some new growth still though. Do I need to uproot it and check / cut roots?
I notice the difference with an ABX test. Spent about $700 or so on my audio equipment, so I guess it is "budget" in the audiophile world.