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applegrove

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Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:56 PM Thursday

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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Energy Markets Start Tuning Trump Out (Original Post) applegrove Thursday OP
Wind/solar is the solution to oil wars. OAITW r.2.0 Thursday #1
That's the big lesson to be learned. thought crime Thursday #3
You can now get solar "mats", put them on your deck/patio, applegrove Thursday #4
I have 16 panels on my garage. With 3 Enphase batteries doing back-up in my basement. OAITW r.2.0 2 hrs ago #6
You pay? The school that has the solar panels makes enough applegrove 2 hrs ago #7
Yeah, I'm not a school. OAITW r.2.0 1 hr ago #8
That is so disappointing. applegrove 1 hr ago #9
Never giving Republicans power again is a tandem solution Jack Valentino 1 hr ago #11
Republicans are married to oil energy money. OAITW r.2.0 1 hr ago #12
"We're sending tens of thousands of soldiers because we have no plans to escalate!" struggle4progress Thursday #2
Trump is sending them to certain death. OAITW r.2.0 1 hr ago #10
When insider trading is this rampant ThoughtCriminal 23 hrs ago #5

thought crime

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

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

(132,267 posts)
4. You can now get solar "mats", put them on your deck/patio,
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:01 PM
Thursday

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

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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
2 hrs ago

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

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7. You pay? The school that has the solar panels makes enough
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:06 PM
2 hrs ago

money to buy major schooling supplies.

OAITW r.2.0

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8. Yeah, I'm not a school.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:15 PM
1 hr ago

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

OAITW r.2.0

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12. Republicans are married to oil energy money.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:43 PM
1 hr ago

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
1 hr ago

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

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