10/06/2025
🚨 $625 million.
That’s how much the Department of Energy just announced for so-called “beautiful, clean coal” and gas — a phrase that’s as ridiculous today as it was when politicians first started using it to lull Americans back to sleep.
Let’s be crystal clear: there is nothing clean about coal or gas. The industry’s favorite talking point is that we can “pump the emissions into the ground.” But anyone with a brain and a basic understanding of geology knows the truth — one major storm dumping 15 inches of water, or one earthquake above magnitude 8, and those stored gases can escape back into the atmosphere.
They call that “carbon capture.” I call it a time bomb.
And here’s the sick joke: while we’re busy playing make-believe with 20th-century fuel sources, the rest of the world is investing in 21st-century solutions. Solar, wind, battery storage, and distributed energy are not science fiction — they’re proven, scalable, and more cost-effective. Yet our government is still cutting checks to industries that have been poisoning our planet — and our politics — for over a century.
❓ Are we really this naïve?
❓ Are we going to let lobbyists and fossil fuel giants write the future while we foot the bill?
❓ Or are we finally going to say, “Enough.”
Because here’s the truth: the fossil fuel era is ending. But instead of leading, America is choosing to delay the inevitable — clinging to dirty, outdated energy sources while pretending they’re clean. And the longer we wait to pivot, the more expensive and destructive that delay will be.
It’s not just about the climate — it’s about national security, economic survival, and public health. Clean energy is the future, and every dollar we waste on propping up coal and gas is a dollar stolen from that future.
The question is: how much longer are we willing to be played?
The U.S. Department of Energy did not immediately respond to questions about the structure of the funding, including whether it would be made available as loans or grants.
