The time for repositioning our renewables stance and grid was the 70s-00s. Now, it’s renewables at any cost, since a considerable portion of the country didn’t feel like climate change was a big deal until it was upon us.
Priority #1 is now reducing our carbon output by any means necessary, and we are still gonna get hit decently by climate change even if we meet our commitments (assuming 100% democratic wins/no undoing of policy through 2050)
The time for repositioning our renewables stance and grid was the 70s-00s. Now, it’s renewables at any cost, since a considerable portion of the country didn’t feel like climate change was a big deal until it was upon us.
Priority #1 is now reducing our carbon output by any means necessary, and we are still gonna get hit decently by climate change even if we meet our commitments (assuming 100% democratic wins/no undoing of policy through 2050)
Oh hey it’s my favorite big energy talking point, “it’s too late to decentralize the grid and rob us of our monopoly!”
We can do both, both is the fastest option. Both is the best way to deal with the inevitable effects of climate change.
I don’t care if there’s a nice shiny nuclear plant a state over if the lines have been shredded by massive storms.