{"id":283236,"date":"2023-10-14T11:35:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T09:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283236"},"modified":"2023-10-14T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T09:35:22","slug":"wind-and-solar-bribes-the-taxpayer-pays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283236","title":{"rendered":"Wind and Solar Bribes: The Taxpayer Pays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"494\" data-attachment-id=\"283239\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=283239\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C1748&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1748\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0tax-money-scaled-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?fit=723%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?resize=723%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C699&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?resize=768%2C524&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1049&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?resize=2048%2C1398&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey. Taxpayer bring your money for green pipe dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"507\" data-attachment-id=\"283237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=283237\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?fit=2048%2C1435&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1435\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-353\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?fit=723%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?resize=723%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?resize=1024%2C718&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?resize=1536%2C1076&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?resize=1200%2C841&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-353.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey. Taxpayer bring your money for green pipe dreams. From\u00a0Master Resource By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":283239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Hey. Taxpayer bring your money for green pipe dreams.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691823611,691822627],"class_list":{"0":"post-283236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bribes","9":"tag-taxpayer","11":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0tax-money-scaled-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C1748&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1bGk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":381228,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=381228","url_meta":{"origin":283236,"position":0},"title":"Carbon Management Demotion (\u201cBig Oil\u2019s\u201d failed political bet)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/03\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cLet the lesson be clear. Avoid political bribes intended to get a company to do what consumers do not want done. Respect taxpayer neutrality. Value economic freedom. Pursue good profit, not bad.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"Big Oil\"","block_context":{"text":"Big Oil","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=big-oil"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-15_42_25.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-15_42_25.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-15_42_25.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-15_42_25.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":333268,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=333268","url_meta":{"origin":283236,"position":1},"title":"EDF Loves Political Capitalism (an exchange)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/19\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cEDF is all-in with the political capitalism bribe game, the we-all-can-make-money-so-join-in. But some of us actually respect consumers, taxpayers, and freedom. And intellectual argumentation.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate change\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate change","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5f3c4f30cb34dc2ac325aab70c566517.jpeg?fit=1200%2C673&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5f3c4f30cb34dc2ac325aab70c566517.jpeg?fit=1200%2C673&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5f3c4f30cb34dc2ac325aab70c566517.jpeg?fit=1200%2C673&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5f3c4f30cb34dc2ac325aab70c566517.jpeg?fit=1200%2C673&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5f3c4f30cb34dc2ac325aab70c566517.jpeg?fit=1200%2C673&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":411249,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=411249","url_meta":{"origin":283236,"position":2},"title":"The Road to Nowhere\u2013 Paid for by UK Climate\u00a0Aid!","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/01\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"What our billions in \u201cclimate aid\u201d are funding!","rel":"","context":"In \"climate projects\"","block_context":{"text":"climate projects","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-projects"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQOmiX_NTkg9lwb-2Ld9etDyaF50Iv2GjSO3QexwD5MIE4nTukjs1TuqZYaDjdqR-9gpsVMTLloAkq5Tq9fHGy4ClxvzF4UndktqBj2K_pMyICOFrVWF7SMHG4QSzNBO-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQOmiX_NTkg9lwb-2Ld9etDyaF50Iv2GjSO3QexwD5MIE4nTukjs1TuqZYaDjdqR-9gpsVMTLloAkq5Tq9fHGy4ClxvzF4UndktqBj2K_pMyICOFrVWF7SMHG4QSzNBO-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQOmiX_NTkg9lwb-2Ld9etDyaF50Iv2GjSO3QexwD5MIE4nTukjs1TuqZYaDjdqR-9gpsVMTLloAkq5Tq9fHGy4ClxvzF4UndktqBj2K_pMyICOFrVWF7SMHG4QSzNBO-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQOmiX_NTkg9lwb-2Ld9etDyaF50Iv2GjSO3QexwD5MIE4nTukjs1TuqZYaDjdqR-9gpsVMTLloAkq5Tq9fHGy4ClxvzF4UndktqBj2K_pMyICOFrVWF7SMHG4QSzNBO-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQOmiX_NTkg9lwb-2Ld9etDyaF50Iv2GjSO3QexwD5MIE4nTukjs1TuqZYaDjdqR-9gpsVMTLloAkq5Tq9fHGy4ClxvzF4UndktqBj2K_pMyICOFrVWF7SMHG4QSzNBO-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":345406,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=345406","url_meta":{"origin":283236,"position":3},"title":"Rule of Law vs. Eco-obstruction","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/04\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The activist climate fringe finds their cause in trouble. Their termite cause is losing to consumers who want the best energies in terms of price and reliability; losing with taxpayers who are on the hook for \u2018energy transition\u2019 bribes; losing with the public that is tired of the rhetoric, exaggeration,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"activist climate fringe\"","block_context":{"text":"activist climate fringe","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=activist-climate-fringe"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/000Screenshot-2024-10-04-143305-1.png?fit=1200%2C665&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":309563,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=309563","url_meta":{"origin":283236,"position":4},"title":"Offshore Wind Bribe Falls Short","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/17\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The $2 million bribe was turned down\u2013flatly, by the mayor of Ocean City, Rick Meehan. This \u201copportunity\u201d spread out over 20 years came with this request from US Wind: \u201clocal government officials\u2026 [refraining] from making any negative comments or objections.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"Maryland\"","block_context":{"text":"Maryland","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=maryland"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1067200.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1067200.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1067200.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1067200.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1067200.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":259559,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259559","url_meta":{"origin":283236,"position":5},"title":"Taxpayers to cop higher power prices if foreign bid for wind farm succeeds","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/29\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThey get all the taxpayer subsidies of course we\u2019d cop all the extra prices for the power and all the profits then head offshore, that\u2019s not a great deal.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"Belgian\"","block_context":{"text":"Belgian","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=belgian"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?fit=897%2C504&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?fit=897%2C504&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?fit=897%2C504&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0Screenshot-2023-05-29-123613.png?fit=897%2C504&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283241,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283236\/revisions\/283241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/283239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}