Here's Why Kansas GOP Might Flip-Flop On Clean Energy Tech

Money.

The call its "markets" but it basically means money . . . Along with lobbyist influence and all of the cash that comes with supporting this emerging tech.

Check-it . . .

Although decision-makers in GOP-led states have withdrawn their support for clean energy, the authors found the same states are among the biggest producers of renewables nationwide. About 38 percent of U.S. clean energy is located in the Republican-led states of Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, they noted.

This proliferation of renewables in so-called red states is in part due to the states’ natural wind and solar resources, the authors said. But they assert it could also be a testament to the ability of markets to overcome politics amid the transition to a clean-energy economy.

A peek at the future and money MAYBE moving opinions . . .

GOP officials “have cast their lot with fossil fuels” while using renewables “as a scapegoat for energy-grid vulnerabilities,” they stressed that localized clean-energy booms are shifting the interests of certain firms and their employees.

“They have incentives to direct their ballots, lobbying efforts, and campaign donations to advance climate-related spending, investment, and regulations,” the researchers noted, pointing to the disproportionate impact of extreme weather events in Republican-led states.

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