[vegetablepotpie]

You got to wonder if this is the PR component of a campaign to stop new energy development in the US. Another component is the political theater. Some municipalities are passing ordinances preventing Solar, for example, Eloy AZ would remove water rights to farmers who install solar on their property [1].

[1] https://www.pinalcentral.com/eloy_enterprise/commentary-tell...

[barbazoo]

Is this all part of the current "culture war" or why would you shoot yourself in the foot like this?

[lazide]

who is the ‘you’ in your question?

[barbazoo]

I mean jurisdictions that ban use of what could be considered "green" technology

[lazide]

Ah, well they do that because of dependence on or influence of some key politician or industry in my experience.

A county where all the jobs are based on Coal mining better have a pretty good and realistic plan (and good leadership) if they want to try to move away from Coal after all. And those are expensive and hard to find, even if it’s possible.

Easier to ban other options and hope it works out. Not that it usually does, but it’s the natural reaction in many cases. Denial is a natural protective response.

[pugworthy]

An almost billion dollar PR campaign?

[pc86]

If you stand to make several multiples of that, even over decades, it seems like a decent investment.