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

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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

The big pickup trucks and large SUVs dont help either.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

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