stumu415@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoUS strikes $1.2bn deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projectswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down12 cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipeurope@feddit.org
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minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·17 days agoThat $1.2B could have been spent on any number of things that would have made normal people happier, healthier, smarter, etc. Instead, we are paying $1.2B to do literally nothing.
minus-squaregarbagebagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·17 days agoNot literally nothing but active harm. Those projects likely would have brought clean energy to hundreds of thousands if not millions.
That $1.2B could have been spent on any number of things that would have made normal people happier, healthier, smarter, etc. Instead, we are paying $1.2B to do literally nothing.
Not literally nothing but active harm. Those projects likely would have brought clean energy to hundreds of thousands if not millions.