Trump to Cut Solar, Wind Subsidies on July 4th

Saturday, July 04, 2026

The Trump administration is set to cut subsidies for new solar and wind power projects on Saturday.

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Solar and wind are currently meeting 90% of Britain's electricity demand. grid.iamkate.com

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If wind and solar so profitable the companies do not need subsidies by the taxpayers.

#1 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-07-04 12:52 PM | Reply | Funny: 2 | Newsworthy 1

If fossil fuels are so profitable then those companies do not need subsidies by the taxpayers.

Annual explicit subsidies for the U.S. fossil fuel industry are estimated between $30 billion and $35 billion, including direct government spending and targeted tax breaks. When factoring in indirect supports like leasing public lands and unaccounted costs of pollution, estimates surpass $700 billion annually.

And I don't think the costs of "military protection" and war are even included in this estimate.

#2 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-04 01:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

And I don't think the costs of "military protection" and war are even included in this estimate.

#2 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-04 01:34 PM | Reply | Flag

You mean you don't actually know.

Not even addressing military, governments from Federal all the way down to local government depends heavily on gas and diesel for everything from transportation to power generation and heating. And it is an issue of national security. Subsidies make sure the governments are the first ones in line. Subsidies also ensure oil companies who boost production at the government's asking will recoup their investments.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-04 01:47 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

Energy? You don't need no stinking energy.

But asking folks to set the thermostat to 78 is "TYRANNY"

------- clowns.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-04 02:01 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

If ~~wind and solar~~ fossil fuels are so profitable the companies do not need subsidies by the taxpayers.
#1 | POSTED BY MSG

You really are dumber than the average Trumper.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-04 02:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Our dependence on oil is why we've spent the past 26 years at war in the Middle East.

It's why Iran is winning this war.

What stupid, greedy people conservatives are.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-04 02:11 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

It's why Iran is winning this war.

No Iran won the war because the US back in the second Obama term, the trump and Biden terms didn't invest in drone technology.

All those $$$$ went to big ticket items. American military has forgotten why it won WWII.

Its a good defeat though, its inconsequential in the big picture. It exposed the military to a good lesson, hopefully they learn fast enough, but I think they are behind.

#7 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-04 02:47 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

And I don't think the costs of "military protection" and war are even included in this estimate.

The military is a cost you must bear to have the reserve currency. The size of the US debt only exists for that reason.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-04 02:48 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Iran won the war because everything the noxious orange chomo touches dies.

Ftfy

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-07-04 03:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Trump is to ensh#ttification as Midas was to the "golden touch."

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-04 03:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Felon47's gift to the fossil fuel fossils.

#11 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-04 07:24 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Iran won the war because ~~the US back in the second Obama term, the trump and Biden terms didn't invest in drone technology.~~

They shut down the strait and the world supply of fuel and fertilizer got choked.

American military has forgotten why it won WWII.

They were the only country with a nuclear bomb.

Its a good defeat though,
#7 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

If America wasn't dependent on oil, the Middle East would be meaningless to us.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-05 05:18 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

The military is a cost you must bear ... to have your economy be so completely reliant on fossil fuels from the Middle East.

#13 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-05 11:43 AM | Reply

Our dependence on oil is why we've spent the past 26 years at war in the Middle East.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-04 02:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

Y2K? Let me tell you about this guy we call The Shah. He looked like Phil Leotardo from the Sopranos.

but in general, it's best to start off with the Allied invasion of Persia in 1941. A joint military operation by the UK and Russia to force regime change and secure the oil fields away from Nazi reach.

#14 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-07-05 11:53 AM | Reply

Unless we want to go further back to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company around 1910. Oil discovered there in 1908, occupied by 1914 in WW1. Then it's some major crisis every 15-20 years to now.

#15 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-07-05 11:55 AM | Reply