Are we sure it wasn't niggers?
Niggers, hurricanes, is there a difference? They're both dangerous.
At least the hurricane goes away.
I've said it for decades. "Green" energy has a place. Solar in the southwest or Colorado? GREAT idea. Wind in Wyoming or the great lakes? Super.
The issue is taking it nationwide. I am not against "thing" on general principal. I'm against "thing" when "thing" isn't ready for fulltime useage. Solar is useless without battery tech. Wind is dogshit until we can find a longer term design that doesn't need huge costly replacement every 4-5 years, in addition to battery tech. Nuclear needs to mature a great deal to bring costs down. Geothermal has problems with the thermal medium gumming up and hampering efficiency. Biomass processing has issues with efficiency and raw goods support.
Right now, there's literally only 2 sources electricity that are 100% reliable: fossil fuels and (to a lesser degree) hydro. Coal can be made 99% clean, gas is already basically there, and oil has many uses outside of electrical generation. Communists in the US have just managed to turn the US on fossil fuels via several avenues, making people think they're the devil. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I'm not against a state like Arizona or Colorado running 100% solar, ASSUMING they had a cheap, reliable way to bank the energy.
ASSUMING they had a cheap, reliable way to bank the energy.
That's the problem. Wind and solar are energy in the moment. Coal and natural gas are their own storage media.
Well, battery tech is getting there, slowly. Sand and brick storage are...primitive but effective if you have the space for it. Iron flow and newer calcium based batteries can be good also, but the tech isn't tested yet. Lithium Ion is NOT the answer. Sodium batteries could be a good stop gap for most consumer applications.
Regardless, doesn't change the fact that most of these techs are still 10 years off
