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Who are you talking to? All of the citizens of the US? The federal government? This is a state of Wyoming bill. Here's an analogy: You're basically directing criticism towards the European Union for something a member nation has done; the whole is not any individual part. You seem to have some legitimate criticisms of the US government or the country as a whole but this comment section is not the place for it.

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That's fair. But I do, and can, direct criticism towards the EU for one of its member states as well (however shaky the EU might be at this moment). It might not particularly effective, given, but in my book it's still valid criticism. Maybe it's my upbringing, I don't know, but I'd like to think about 'citizens of the world'. Pollution, innovations, technology and energy know, and should not, know boundries. While this particular bit was about Wyoming there have been similar stances in other states about taxing or otherwise limiting renewable energy. At some point it's necessary to abstract. To find the "general" in the particulars. It's a touchy subject, but maybe it's time to abstract this to the federal level or even higher?

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