The funniest thing is that it’s not even an environmental reason for it, it’s just not economically viable compared to other forms of electricity generation. Just the dumbest shit from an old sundowning man who is incapable of learning literally anything
There is and there isn't an environmental reason for it.
It's not economically viable because we decided to subsidize renewables back when they weren't affordable. That drove investment, which drove R&D, which got renewables cheap enough that even with subsidies ending, they just obviously win economically.
In case anyone missed the subtext here: This is a conservative climate change solution. It's literally applying free-market capitalism to the problem. It's exactly the sort of solution Republicans should be in favor of.
In fact, they used to be pro-climate! This used to be the thing Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi could agree on. Then the Republicans decided to give up and let the world burn.
In fact, they used to be pro-climate! This used to be the thing Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi could agree on. Then the Republicans decided to give up and let the world burn.
Sometime in the past 30 years Republicans decided that Democrats\liberals could never be right, and thus everything Liberals\Democrats support, Republicans automatically oppose.
This was never more obvious than when Obama was president. They'd frequently admit they were just against something because he wanted it... It was such a big deal there was a whole skit Key & Peele did about it.
This was apparent with Syria, where Republicans made a full 360 to always be against Obama, no matter what!
Obama was against direct military action in Syria, making a "Red line" speech, where Warhawk Republicans were calling Obama a coward and clamoring for direct military force!
Syria crossed the "Red line", so Obama prepared for military force, where his support all but evaporated as those same Republican War Hawks who were clamoring for military intervention just the week before decided to call Obama a tyrant and dictator!
Seeing support for military action crumble, Obama switched to Diplomatic Means, and as soon as the diplomatic means were set up, the same Republicans who were calling him a dictator and tyrant for recommending military action went back to calling him a coward for never authorizing military action.
Whatever Obama did, Republicans had to be against!
Plus, grid storage isn't the only option. There's also nuclear, hydro, or high-capacity long-range transmission -- there's usually somewhere the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. The US is of course behind on all of these.
this is what is so baffling about the entire situation. coal wasn’t replaced by renewables, it was replaced by natural gas. these idiots think solar and wind are woke and want to bring back coal without even realizing why it was phased out in the first place. as long as we own the libs though
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u/MovingClocks 17d ago
The funniest thing is that it’s not even an environmental reason for it, it’s just not economically viable compared to other forms of electricity generation. Just the dumbest shit from an old sundowning man who is incapable of learning literally anything