The Texas Drill

In a sign of the insanity of our political times, the solar and wind-mill crowd in Texas has decided to advance its clean-energy cause by getting behind an oil-and-gas guy for attorney general.

I know, that makes about as much sense as anything in this political season, which means it makes no sense at all.

Here are the basics...

There are two candidates in the Republican primary to win the nomination for Attorney General--tantamount to victory in Texas.

There's Mayes Middleton, an oil and gas executive. And there's Congressman Chip Roy, and oil-and-gas lover with a sociopathic-like hatred for clean energy. As such, he's tag teamed with Trump to eradicate almost every federal incentive to promote and/or develop cleaner forms of energy, like solar panels, electric cars and wind mills. 

Making our country even more dependent on gasoline as Trump bombs Iran, which prompted Iran to effectively close the Strait of Hormuz. Forcing gas prices hire. And making it more expensive to feed our addiction.

I can't say Trump's position on oil is a surprise. He's doing exactly what he said he'd do--minus, the bombing of Iran. I believe he said he would never do anything remotely like that. But he definitely advocated drill, baby, drill.

Not sure why Trump loves fossil fuels and hates clean energy so much. Though it may have something to do with this tidbit I recently saw in the New York Times...

"Oil and gas interests donated $75 million to elect Mr. Trump in the 2024 election, and the fossil fuel industry spent a total of $450 million on a combination of donations, lobbying and advertising.

"The renewable energy industry, by comparison, donated about $2.4 million in the 2024 cycle.

Never mind--I think I figured it out. Call it pay to play--Donnie style.

That’s Mayes on the left and Chip on the right—or maybe it’s the other way around. I mean, really--what's the difference?

Back to Texas...

The renewable crowd is flummoxed cause the positives outweigh the negatives when it comes to fossil fuels versus clean energy in Texas.

It's a growing industry. Providing jobs and taxes and economic development. But as one public relations guy put it...

"I think it's a realization of the raw politics in Washington these days, where a logical argument doesn't necessarily win the day in a policy fight."

Which just may be the understatement of the century.

The clean-energy crowd may eventually get behind a Democrat in the general election. Or they may not.

Apparently, they're afraid of being labeled as liberal elites or radical Marxists. So they're going to pretend they can get what they want from Republicans. Even though there's not a Republican in the land willing to break from Trump on drill, baby, drill.

Here's their strategy...

They're supporting Middleton in a roundabout way. Instead of outright endorsing him, they've been running negative ads against Roy as "not MAGA enough for Texas."

They must have a low estimation of MAGA voters if they think they'd be dumb enough to reject the most conservative men in America for not being conservative enough. But that's where we are.

In summation...

As clean-energy advocates, they should be opposing Roy for his part in destroying the planet. Instead, they're opposing him for not destroying it enough. 

I'd be tempted to laugh it off, except we're, you know...destroying the planet! 

Other than that have a nice day, everybody.