It is amazing that the press can tell such bald-face lies without consequences.
According to EnergySage, the cancellation comes as millions of Americans struggle with rising energy bills due to increased air conditioning use — linked to rising global temperatures — and the surge in data center growth.
[SIZE=4]Truth. The average number of days above 100 F have DECREASED since the 1950s. The average number of days above 90 F have DECREASED. True enough people are using more AC - bigger houses and the lack of insulation beyond that required by code and more and more homes are air-conditioning their garages and enclosed patios. The median size of a new single-family house in 1970 was approximately 1,500 square feet, while the median size in 2024 was around 2,150 to 2,210 square feet. You have 33% more house to cool. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=4]The program was going to guarantee billions to build a transmission line across states with not only no access to the carried electricity but would force thousands of acres of farmland to be compromised with huge right of ways that would destroy the value of many places for eons not to mention the visual problem. And would it actually reduce electricity costs? Probably not. Electricity by wind and solar promised to be cheaper but in reality, with subsidies figured in, the cost is about 3x that of electricity generated by coal or gas.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=4]So, if the electricity is needed on the east coast, why build windfarms in Kansas and Oklahoma and ship the electricity east? Build the solar and wind farms where the electricity is needed.[/SIZE]