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President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 52 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Most of that is because we truck everything and trains only get used for extreme bulk like coal

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 41 points 6 months ago

We can thank the US oil and auto industries (the same ones dictating these green energy tariffs to their political puppets), for that too.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

The big pickup trucks and large SUVs dont help either.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Don't forget overloading them with hazardous materials, only to eventually inevitably crash and cause another social, economic, and climate disaster!