Could you buy an existing house, demo it, then classify the land as vacant? And if so, does it need to be a two-step process, or can the demo/build applications be consolidated?

To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.

We are seeing a very clear pattern of banning things that make Trumpists and their kids feel bad:

- Books about colonialism, slavery and segregation
- Challenging ideas about gender
- Protests against genocide
- Science generally

It's a blanket ban on hard feelings. They called us snowflakes.

That obvious reality as much as the fact the decision seems bad is why Democrats have lost all confidence in Schumer and other Dem leaders. Just no sign they are thinking strategically at all instead of just reacting haphazardly, and with cowardice