I wish some reporter would ask these people what the US will do when oil/coal runs out. It may not be tomorrow, but eventually it must happen, as there is no way to force the earth to make more.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” -- Upton Sinclair

So how much does this clown have invested in the fossil fuel industry? There is no end to how stupid these folks think the MAGA base is (and probably correctly).

Oh my goodness!

Likely too sophisticated a topic for one of Trump’s minions.

Burgum is a STOOGE for the fossil fuel industry and everything he says is a CRUDE, CLUMSY, CLOWNISH LIE.

The level of ignorance is hard to fathom.

I have solar and a battery backup - the house runs (mostly) on solar during the day, then the inverter kicks it over to battery at night. In the morning, it switches back over to solar, recharges the battery AND powers the house. Easy-peasy.

Yes. 😏🤡

Or the grid!

Total moron or willful ignorance? The daily question about every member of the Trump Clown Caravan.

Not to mention electricity can be used to separate hydrogen for fuel cells, or to pump water to a holding tank that then generates power using gravity to turn a turbine. It’s only a lack of imagination that has people commenting like this against renewables

Make sure you use pictures. Oh, and use words with few syllables. And you might provide some cookies and milk.

"How Trump’s Policies Crush the American Battery Boom Biden policies put the U.S. in a strong position, but Trump is destroying the American battery industry and good American jobs." #FDT washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/22/t...

Dumb as dirt but that offends my garden.

What’s in it for these people? Don’t they have children and grandchildren?

This is why we need the department of education. How can so many dumb people be in leadership roles?

What a jackass.

Lol

Putting the world's stupidest people in charge may have been a bad idea.

I'ze don't know much about lectricity, but I does believe there be these things they call battries. But I ain't no expert. i ain't gots the knowin' of a lot of things.

This admin. wants to make their base into mushrooms , keep them in the dark and feed them shit ....

He doesn’t seem to understand that the solar energy is stored in cells and has a adequate shelf life. His unqualified opinions are what Americans get for their tax dollars. The under qualified are getting the same salary as the highly qualified and we get the inadequate results for full price 😬

His mind IS blown

Of course, they understand battery storage. Are they pursuing an entirely different agenda? Tell a complete and total lie, but the goal is to persuade their followers to "go along with it," no matter how absurd. It's a way to trick the simple-minded MAGA folks into believing they're in on it too.

Ok, Todd, but what if the sun never comes back on!?!

Touche, my friend. Maybe we can harness the wind from all the talking-head maga blowhards. With Hannity, Carlson, Levin, and Rogan alone, we could generate endless power from their constant stream of hot air for a millennia.

That would seem to be a boundless resource.

My utility bill for the current month with AC running all day all month long was a refund of $150 because my solar panels covered my use and let out leftover power to the grid. No better bill than when the power company owes you! 😉

No, this is just climate change denial and support for the fossil fuel industry. Nature doesn't care about GOP climate change denial. MAGA voters, and other Americans, will continue to suffer from the new norm of extreme weather events.

When there is no more oil and the rest of the world has lights the MAGA morons will be able to say we still own the libs!

How in God's name do these people survive daily existence being this stupid.

He is as dumb as a rock.

You can’t fix stupid.

It's all been super long extension cords this whole time.

He is still in renewable energy 101. Batteries come in the second year.

Why do these people lie all the time. Why does the media not call them on it when they do?

The people they are appealing to are too stupid to know the difference. That's how they keep getting by with constant lieing.

Recharge the dadgum batteries you toad

😂

I often wonder if they’re pretending to be as stupid as they sound

Was is Jeff Flake that said this years ago, as well? I remember some politician saying that before…

He said “nucular”. That irritates the hell out of me. If you can’t say the word, you don’t get to make decisions about it. That’s my policy. He’s a based load.

Maybe Donald could tell him about how they melt when wet or have to be so large that a military vehicle needs a battery of an equivalent size. Then there’s the old chestnut, “Your on an electric boat with a battery, there’s a shark…”

They’re not sending their best. Oh I’m sorry, was that too elite?

Burgum is definitely one dumb MF!

How can you power your car with dinosaurs when they’ve been dead for a million years? CHECKMATE

This is the dumbest bunch of liars and thieves than has ever been assembled in an authoritarian regime. 🤦‍♀️

Solar base load is basically arriving this year

Idiot.

He knows; he’s lying.

Or that electricity demand drops at night, or that it's windier at night so wind turbines kick in, or nukes essentially run 90% of the time, or natural-gas fired generation can be started-up quickly...

Oh, MY ... just WHAT are this man's qualifications to hold down such a strategic - to the whole World - position?!?

MAMA - Make America Moronic Again

What mind?

Wonder how many of homeowners in various states have battery backup for their solar panels?

He's making a feeble attempt at a type of word salad 🥗 😂 😂

Yes, someone needs to invent a battery

We are trying to compete on the global stage with advanced economies like China, which is building a lead in battery production, by playing stupid. No need to guess who will win this contest

Is this billionaire that out of touch or just gaslighting the Pedo47 crowd

Or just a diversified energy supply. Solar is a part, not all. Wind, geothermal, tidal, hydroelectric even nuclear and yes a sliver of fossil fuels.

Fully agree, but that “diversified mix” needs firm power too.

But according to his Hair Fuher, batteries don't work under water, which if I remember correctly, that includes rain or melting snow. Oh wait, that was magnets. Carry on.

It’s absolutely fine, because the Chinese certainly know what a battery is and they’ll be happy to sell them to you when you realise the catastrophic error you’ve made.

Unbelievable ignorance.

My 2023 home with MANDATED California law solar energy system is a TOTALLY CARBON-FREE 9.2 kW gen/10 kWh storage (Enphase). Since my SES was activated, electric bills of $300-500 per month have stopped. My SES payoff likely to be within few years as others pay enormous bills

Oscar Wilde said. "There is no sin except stupidity." Mr. Burgum's got a whole lotta repenting in his future.

He's just straight up lying. I never get the this MAGA trade off where they accept the trade off that intentionally looking like an idiot is the best option for them: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum Recognizes Clean Energy Week 2024 - National Clean Energy Week share.google/TgFWFzs0LLfF...

The stupidest part of this is that even if batteries *didn't* exist solar would still provide free, renewable, eco-friendly power for *part* of the day. Even his idiocy is nonsensical.

Their arguments are always, "all or nothing." It's like climate change. Even if you didn't believe it, wouldn't you want clean air and water? Why not save money on gas with an EV or hybrid?

This is where I ask them if they wear a seatbelt. They usually respond “Yes” to which I reply “So you DO understand incrementalism! News flash: your seatbelt doesn’t guarantee your survival in a crash, but it sure as heck increases your chances”.

As a child, pre-seatbelts, I saw an accident where someone went through the windshield.

I was a young 16 year old myself and two friends were coming home from movies one night on a curve outside town a car speeding lot control woman was thrown out of car landed in barb wired fence cut her almost in half, we all knew her and was friends with her two children. No seatbelt,I can’t forget

I’m sorry you had to go through that. When I was in high school some of my peers cut school, got some beer (the drinking age was 18 then) and proceeded to wrap their car around a tree. The speedometer was stuck at 107 mph. Only one survivor…

I’m sorry to hear that. I hope it doesn’t haunt you still. I’ve seen a number of things I truly wish I could un-see.

Thanks, it was about 70 years ago.

My father drove very fast past it.

I want one of his gas tanks that never runs empty.

These people should not be given air time.

Dude--his mind has been blown for a long time, like a small amp fuse for a large appliance. Maybe fried is a better word.

Knowing shit is a fucking curse.

I hate to say this but... "where's Elon?"

Dreaming of his nazi empire

WTF the interviewer CAN'T SAY "WHAT ABOUT THE BATTERIES USED TO STORE ENERGY"????

It's Fox News.

I know, but batteries were invented in the Year of Our Lord 1800. I got so aggravated when I watched this clip I had to look it up.

Holy cow. I didn't realize this. How do plants survive!?!? they are so willfully ignorant.

Plants die every night and are resurrected every morning. DUH

The Luddites have taken over America & we are going to lose BIGLY Feb 2023 Saudi Arabia launches world’s largest solar-power plant www.eiu.com/n/saudi-arab...

Green technology firm Envision Energy has secured a contract for Saudi developer ACWA Power. The contract is for its 1.1GW onshore wind farm in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez region, set to become one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy...

You should send these to the White House. I bet he didn't know his buddies in the Middle East are all in on Green energy. America is hot right now, because we are LITERALLY on fire and the orangetan in the WH has dismantled our agencies abilities to fight them, because climate change is a hoax. 🤯

BIGLY we are going to be left in the dust bin of history The Green Saudi Initiative is a national initiative and a bold, ambitious step by Saudi Arabia toward a more sustainable future. scavo.sa/content-hub/...

amazing. ;)

How does one explain to these ignoramuses how all this works? I have a feeling that they know but are just towing the party line of this anti-woke shit. Somehow renewable energy is woke.

But David, what if the sun goes out for good? Checkmate!

Endless sunset you say?

Wait until someone explains the grid to you.

It’s not that he’s an idiot. He just believes that the Fox viewers are and considering how many MAGAts parrot these asinine statements it’s hard to disagree with his assessment.

Mere facts don't stop Nazi propaganda.

Is he really that stupid - - - don’t answer that!🤪🤪🤡

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How are billionaires so dumb?

they really must think we are stupid. Or else they are?

Good lord.

His entire understanding of renewable energy seems based on billboards along the PA turnpike.

What a dumb shit.

In Advanced Countries in Europe - The Solar Power is actually Converted and goes directly into the Electrical Grid. Imagine what this Technology could do for States like Texas with regular "Brown Outs".

I wonder if he knows that people use significantly less energy when they're asleep?

He’s trying to fatten his pockets from oil and gas. Follow the money!

Golf carts run on gas? 🤔