President Donald Trump's war against Iran -- along with the resulting blockade imposed by both Tehran and Washington -- has sparked fear among experts that the supply of the world's "most-consumed chemical" may soon reach a "critical" shortage, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
The Iran war is now hurting the clean energy markets, as many byproducts of the oil and gas industry are essential for making solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries, including plastics like ethylene and polypropylene, and sulfuric acid (used to process copper). www.semafor.com/article/05/0 ...
-- Semafor (@semafor.com) May 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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The Trump administration has effectively frozen 165 new onshore wind farm developments in the US, leaving the projects on private land in limbo, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Combined, they represent around 30 gigawatts of electric generating capacity.
The Financial Times, citing the American Clean Power Association and other sources, reports that the Pentagon is holding up approvals* across a wide swath of projects " including some that were close to final sign-off, others still under negotiation, and even projects that wouldn't normally fall under Pentagon review.
electrek.co
We have about 1250 gigawatts installed capacity so 30 GW is about 2.4 percent growth, which is desperately needed for all those AI datacenters that are springing up like mushrooms. Or just for normal AC use seeing as each year is a new hottest year on record.
But NoooooooOOOOoooooo.
Because Trump hates windmills.
This is what I voted for.
--Boaz
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