Trump's genius plan to power the energy-hungry AI bubble is to deliberately avoid using the cheapest, fastest-to-build power sources. You can't make this level of economic self-sabotage up.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects.html
The long-term value for oil is in chemical products. It's a lot harder to retool the whole world of synthetic materials than switch out a power plant.
If we saved our supply for chemical use, it could sustain high-margin products for decades to come.
But no, let's pump it all today trying to outcompete ever-cheaper renewables because an old man literally tilted at a windmill.
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