[ExI] Sell your Bitcoins!

[Keith Henson]

"Why why why do you defend this insanity?"

Easy answer, trapped in cult thinking. Like other cults, the leader
can do no wrong.
Keith


Best wishes,

Keith

On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM John Clark via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 11:06 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
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>>> >> Projects built on federal land are always subject to the risk that is absent in power projects built on private land with private money.
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> Why not change that!!
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>>> >>…Solar and wind farms need large amounts of land, and they can't be in cities or on valuable farmland…
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>> >Agree with both.  The southwestern USA is the answer to that.  Fly over it or view it on Google Earth, see vast stretches open land, no farming or cattle ranches, not federal land.
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> Nope. 32% of the land in New Mexico is controlled by the federal government, and in Arizona it's even higher at 39%, and the vast majority of private land is already being used for other things, and the small amount that isn't is too mountainous for wind or solar.
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> Oh and I almost forgot, 10% of the land in New Mexico and 27% in Arizona is Native American tribal land, and anybody wishing to build a solar or wind farm on them would need federal approval, and they will not get that approval from our senile and massively corrupt president.  So I repeat again, where the hell are they supposed to build these much needed solar and wind farms?
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>>> >>…He won't even allow them to be built offshore….
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>> > So don’t build them there.
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> Do you honestly believe we can beat the Chinese in the AI race with an attitude like that?!  Do you think Xi would have that attitude towards a Chinese company wanting to build a solar or wind farm on land owned by the Chinese government?
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> Why why why do you defend this insanity? I've been asking that question since 2016 and I still haven't received an answer that makes any sense.
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> John K Clark
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