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Seems like you're looking for reasons to complain.

"Total U.S. solar module manufacturing capacity grows by 71% in Q1 2024" https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/06/06/total-u-s-solar-modul...

"The U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2024 report says 11 GW of new solar module manufacturing capacity came online in the United States during Q1 2024, the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in American history."

"Renewable Energy Is Now The Cheapest Option - Even Without Subsidies" https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/renewa...

There you go. Economics will handle it. No stopping it.

> we could've solved climate change 50 years ago with nuclear

Next time you fire up that time machine, let me know. I've got a sports almanac packed and ready. On this timeline it never happened. Meanwhile, solar pv production capacity has doubled reliably every couple years for decades. And is only a few doublings away from providing all the power the world needs.



It doesn't matter about all of that if we're still burning fossil fuels, do you see what I mean ? You're saying it's cheaper, yet there is no storage solution possible for. that much renewables to keep everything running all the time, night time, winter etc.

I like renewbles, you seem to be getting aggressive as if I'm a climate denier, i'm the opposite, but I just don't think it's as easy as you think politically. To ignore politics is perilous.

We could've eradicated the use of fossil fuels 50 years ago with Nuclear, we didn't.


> there is no storage solution possible for. that much renewables to keep everything running all the time, night time, winter etc.

"U.S. Installed Battery Storage Capacity Increased More Than Tenfold Over the Last Decade: EIA": https://enerknol.com/u-s-installed-battery-storage-capacity-...

> you seem to be getting aggressive

Listen, if you don't like my time travel jokes, just say so. :)

> To ignore politics is perilous.

I'm not ignoring politics. I simply believe self-interest is a fundamentally more powerful force.

I also think doomerism is self-defeating and to be resisted. We fixed the ozone layer, we can tackle renewable energy.




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