TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Oh shit, I saw we were talking about renewable energy and energy storage!
Ok first off, there was a study published on Nature, with current technology and storage methods/tech, the US could generate ~60% of it's energy from renewable energy.
Almost every single renewable projection of the last decade has been horribly wrong and conservative. We're already at the point where half of all new capacity in the world is now renewable, in the US we're seeing our new energy capacity be renewable in a similar rate, last year was 70%, this year should increase over that due to the uncertainty in the ITC extension over the last few years (which Dems got extended to 2021 by giving Republicans the removal of the ban on gas exports).
We're already passed the tipping point for renewable energy, we passed that point a few years ago when prices started to crash. Unlike conventional energy where you need prices to become higher to break even, solar/wind are only going one direction, down.
There are a few posts that I think anyone interested should read, he's done articles in the past for other sites on the subject, his posts are backed up by numbers and plenty of citations. He's done posts on Wind, Solar, Storage, Renewables vs. Conventional, EV's
(It's the same guy who made the chart pigeon posted)
As for my opinion on nuclear. I am totally in favor for getting as many plants built as you can, however basing your carbon reduction on it with the insane amount of political drama, cost overrides, constant delays is not something I would be in favor for. In the same breath, France decommissioning their plants and replacing them with renewables is stupid, there are zero natural hazards for their reactors.
Ok first off, there was a study published on Nature, with current technology and storage methods/tech, the US could generate ~60% of it's energy from renewable energy.
Almost every single renewable projection of the last decade has been horribly wrong and conservative. We're already at the point where half of all new capacity in the world is now renewable, in the US we're seeing our new energy capacity be renewable in a similar rate, last year was 70%, this year should increase over that due to the uncertainty in the ITC extension over the last few years (which Dems got extended to 2021 by giving Republicans the removal of the ban on gas exports).
We're already passed the tipping point for renewable energy, we passed that point a few years ago when prices started to crash. Unlike conventional energy where you need prices to become higher to break even, solar/wind are only going one direction, down.
There are a few posts that I think anyone interested should read, he's done articles in the past for other sites on the subject, his posts are backed up by numbers and plenty of citations. He's done posts on Wind, Solar, Storage, Renewables vs. Conventional, EV's
(It's the same guy who made the chart pigeon posted)
As for my opinion on nuclear. I am totally in favor for getting as many plants built as you can, however basing your carbon reduction on it with the insane amount of political drama, cost overrides, constant delays is not something I would be in favor for. In the same breath, France decommissioning their plants and replacing them with renewables is stupid, there are zero natural hazards for their reactors.
I mean, she's down 4 without trying yet. Didn't she just started moving resources into the state, right? We got time. We got time to take it!
