Well, some group tried to get us ready, and another group bitched and moaned.
But then again some group keeps wanting to cut bulk power generation down to nothing in the hopes that sunshine and wind will generate everything we need.
Sunshine and wind make hot air.
Been powering my house exclusively for 3 years.
But this discussion isn't about that. It's about how the US does not incentivize the future like it used to, now we incentivize being Gordon Gekko. These are machines that can use dirty power, we didn't incentivize making them here.
"Wanting to cut bulk power generation" Unless the government is going to power plants and forcing them to shutdown for no good reason, this isn't true.
The government doesn't go to fossil and nuclear plants directly and shut them down, but instead regulates them out of use by applying overly ambitious controls on what they can release into the environment, and by making permits for new plants bogged down in red tape. Big coal started a steep decline with the Obama administration's changes to the industry - that in part is why I don't work in that industry any more.
Been powering my house exclusively for 3 years.
Now let's hook all your neighbors up to that and charge two electric cars a night.
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