11 pointsby ndr425 hours ago3 comments
  • jacquesm2 hours ago
    Which is obviously complete bullshit. National Security is the 'trump' card played to explain almost every inexplicable policy. It comes with the added advantage that if someone doesn't want to play the game you get to label them as 'not a patriot'.
    • ndr422 hours ago
      I don't get the why.

      If you are a government against renewable energy (for whatever reason) you should have enough ways to stop or slow down the process in general. Why are these specific projects so important that you are risking to get sued and lose?

      • jacquesm2 hours ago
        Because they get to make a little bit more money in the short term. It's funny though: they're tilting at windmills in the most literal sense of the world. Or, it would be funny if not for the consequences.
        • deflator2 hours ago
          It's still kind of funny. Good catch. I love it when things are both literal and figurative at the same time.
          • jacquesm2 hours ago
            More funny when you realize they were both called Don...
  • AnimalMuppet2 hours ago
    Can anyone steelman this in any way that makes sense?

    The best I could come up with is that windfarms might clutter up radar images for low-level (cruise missile or similar) attacks. Is that a realistic concern?

    Can anyone come up with a real reason that would make sense?

    And, of course, if you say "baloney, in what possible way does this affect national security?", the administration can respond, "we can't tell you because of national security". So you can't definitively say that it's baloney, because they won't tell you what their alleged reasoning is.

  • tcp_handshaker4 hours ago
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