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Jesse Peltan
@JessePeltan
If we want to build a lot of new capacity quickly, we probably shouldn't ban 90% of new capacity.
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Banning solar development would be a huge mistake right now. That big AI data center that was just announced plans to use solar + battery storage. Let’s not shoot ourselves in the foot on energy policy.
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Jesse Peltan
@JessePeltan
Solar is the fastest growing source of electricity in history. If we want the fastest growth in U.S. history, we should probably take that into account.
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@tangobastogne
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The data centers don't run on capacity, they run on kWh. Heard of night time? The batteries don't work yet. In the last 12 months, three battery farms have caught fire. The batteries are too expensive to buy in bulk. Heard of a supply curve?
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Lobo
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Unfortunately, "building quickly" is a perilous path… Because it ignores our ex extreme and precarious state of ecological overshoot which has us on the brink of global ecological collapse. Fossil fuels must be cut quickly, but we must transition via rapid #degrowth
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G G
@gwgerrond
Solar is a poor method to increase capacity. It inefficient both itself 17% on a good day, and very inefficient with land use.
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Ross Schumann
@RossSchumann
Solar gets built because the government pays for it to get built. Let’s truly put solar on a free market. Make it price and pay for itself. No federal subsidies for any energy production. Then let’s see what gets built with true price signals.
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Aleš Kralj 🇸🇮
@Ales_Kralj14
If it were up to me, exising wind and solar would be largely disconnected from public grids immediately. To save economy from collapsing (e. g. Germany, UK, CA...).
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Bjorn Lomborg
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The myth that the green energy transition is inevitable and will make cheap electricity for everyone is one of the most dangerous self-delusions of the global elite My piece for Sunday Telegraph archive.ph/EufH0
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jc_stack
@jc_stack
AI-optimized capacity planning could help balance regulation with growth - running simulations across policy scenarios shows 30-40% more efficient resource allocation than blanket bans
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ZaidOnTheMove
@zaidmove
Indeed, Jesse. We need more capacity, not bans. Removing solar is counterproductive when rapid growth is crucial. Let's support renewable solutions like solar + battery storage.
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Gerald Olchowy
@golchowy
That graph is proof the the US is losing to China, who are massivelly building every type of electricity generation. Percentages mislead. What is the actual capacity in kWh that is being added? Compare that to China.
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William Johnson - Let the Data Speak!
@johnson_wrjohn1
When you add Wind & Solar Capacity, you only get a portion (CF). You also by default free up hydrocarbon generation to be used for demand growth. Here is US Wind & Solar. Remains a marginal generator with very little growth. Hydrocarbons show very little reduction if any.
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Squal_l
@Squal_1
Actually, that graph proves trump is right. If we want to build more solar, we have to build way more BESS first. With grids not able to reject solar generation, we are going to start having grid instability at this rate of new solar generation.
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Lukas Segelmark
@segelmal
Absolutely wild the anti-progress mentality in the replies. Solar + batteries = energy abundance. It is that simple (particularly in places like Texas and California). I hope Elon can remind Trump about of that.
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Cancellation Chronicles
@CancellationCh1
Anyone who discusses nameplate capacity for electrical generation without adjusting for capacity factors is intellectually dishonest. It‘s like a comparing a 32 Oz cup that’s nearly full to one that’s nearly empty — and claiming that they contain the same amount of liquid.
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