Alan Zibel
alanzibel.bsky.social
Alan Zibel
@alanzibel.bsky.social
Personal account. Trying to do the right thing and make the occasional joke. Former WSJ, AP & more. Now at @publiccitizen.bsky.social. (No, I don't actually have a mohawk).
the amount of just utter bullshitting on this topic is quite remarkable. given who is in charge here how can anyone take "bipartisan permitting" talk seriously. www.citizen.org/article/trum...
Trump's Polluter Playground: Fossil Fuel Insiders & Ideologues Prop Up Dirty Energy & Derail Clean Power - Public Citizen
www.citizen.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
i'm sure the neutered, generic term "all of the above" phrasing polls great and "subsidies to fossil fuel companies" polls terribly. all about how the question is framed. this was a pretty interesting result from Searchlight.
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
even when there's no evidence that it resonates with real-world Dem *voters* !
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
gotcha. don't know the history there!
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Why in the world would Dems & the renewables industry play ball with Trump at this point. All of the above is dead. Why pretend it's a thing.
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
if Big Tech wants to take the risk of boondogles like this, great. But it should not be foisted upon ratepayers.

www.live5news.com/2025/07/10/s...
SC leaders hope failed, multi-billion-dollar nuclear project could get new life
A failed, multi-billion-dollar nuclear project just north of Columbia nearly a decade ago left lasting impacts on South Carolinians and their wallets.
www.live5news.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
but not permanently sound given what cheap natgas did to the industry. How nukes will compete with cheap renewables & battery storage is very much not solved!
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
ah yes, blame enviros for an industry that consistently has no business model
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Sometimes I think about how easily snowed Yglesias is
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
it’s a winner take all game with far fewer jobs than in the past. so if you climb to the top you feel self important
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
why bother doing journalism or try to learn a technical topic when you can post on social media
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Alan Zibel
"Don't listen to the pod I'm linking to, which addresses this. Don't examine the details of utility dynamics shaping the grid, the physical characteristics of data centers, or any of the actual on-the-ground questions. Instead, retreat to this tired ideological frame I use for everything."
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Alan Zibel
You’re about to hear many in the commentariat claim a permitting bill, the SPEED Act, will help all energy sources.

The thing folks like Matt Yglesias don’t mention is that SPEED would fail to do anything for renewables without addressing Trump’s bottleneck.

That’s not “sources say” — it is fact.
i have a story coming today that explains how this tweet is… unacceptable levels of weirdly inaccurate
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM