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applegrove

(132,378 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:56 PM Apr 2

Energy Markets Start Tuning Trump Out

Energy Markets Start Tuning Trump Out

April 2, 2026 at 5:15 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 40 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/02/energy-markets-start-tuning-trump-out/


“President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to tamp down the surging price of oil by telling investors what they’re eager to hear: The war in Iran is almost over,” CNN reports.

“But after hearing that message for weeks, with fighting ongoing and no plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, they’re increasingly tuning him out.”
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thought crime

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3. That's the big lesson to be learned.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:33 PM
Apr 2

We absolutely know which direction to go for energy. The vision is there along with the much ballyhooed and now totally possible Hydrogen Economy. All countries need to push this as far as they possibly can.

applegrove

(132,378 posts)
4. You can now get solar "mats", put them on your deck/patio,
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:01 PM
Apr 2

and hook them up to your electricity outlet. There is no better place to put solar panels than a school roof. There are so many possibilities.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,242 posts)
6. I have 16 panels on my garage. With 3 Enphase batteries doing back-up in my basement.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 09:44 PM
Friday

I export 500K watts of energy on the Central Maine Power grid, monthly. For that privilege, I pay $35.00/mo to supply this energy to CMP.

Heck of a power utility system.

applegrove

(132,378 posts)
7. You pay? The school that has the solar panels makes enough
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:06 PM
Friday

money to buy major schooling supplies.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,242 posts)
8. Yeah, I'm not a school.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:15 PM
Friday

I'm just helping CMP stockholders avoid paying for more centralized power investments,

OAITW r.2.0

(32,242 posts)
12. Republicans are married to oil energy money.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:43 PM
Friday

What's best for them, is not in our national interests. Jimmy Carter knew this. 50 years later, we haven't figured this out.....

OAITW r.2.0

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10. Trump is sending them to certain death.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:24 PM
Friday

I imagine that institutional military know this and are starting to make their voice heard, outside of this administration.

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