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Biden administration announces more than $2 billion in grants to boost US power grid (grist.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Compare this to the 3.5B grant to.bomb Gaza

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Texas: Nah we good

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Tldr "Though the new projects take on a variety of flavors, they are all ultimately chasing after a singular goal: bolstering a power grid that is central to the effort to stop using fossil fuels."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And in compensation for the investment, the federal government will get a share of the profits made from that electricity, right?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The compensation is access to electricity. And this project is specifically tied to greener sources of energy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Like the access rural Americans got from billions of dollars in federal investment in telecoms?