Texas and Republican-governed states like Georgia and Iowa are building the most renewable energy despite not prioritizing climate change, showing that market freedom without NIMBY politics produces more progressive outcomes than blue-state climate policies.

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Derek Thompson

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It is Texas that is building the most renewable and it is often places like Georgia and Iowa... that are building the most renewable energy... if you allow a market to work without the interference of NIMBY politics, you sometimes, ironically, end up with more progressive outcomes.

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Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson - Abundance Is the Key to Fixing America | Prof G ConversationsThe Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:10:40 AM

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