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Solar and batteries let you burn less gas and serve more air conditioning demand.
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Jesse Peltan
@JessePeltan
Replying to @ENERGY
fun fact: demand is higher when the Sun is out
bonus fact: batteries can store energy
Solar is still on track to beat wind, and then gas, despite efforts to the contrary.
Lots of batteries coming too.
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Jesse Peltan
@JessePeltan
What do you think Texas's electricity generation is going to look like in 2028? x.com/JessePeltan/st…
Solar and wind don't generate electricity, never has, never will.
Soar and wind "energy" reduce the amount of Natural Gas used in power plants, nothing more.
They capture kinetic energy, input it into the grid and that lowers the amount of gas needed to run the power plant.
Texas is simply showing the inevitability of the second law of thermodynamics ( that drives the markets too by the way).
The biggest lie or illusion is thinking that anything In the known universe can beat or even tie with it.
My prediction is that Texas may become the first
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Facts.
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My Beatrice Letters
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Quick and Small Thematic Synthesis of the @ENERGY for 2025 via Tropical Astrology.
2025’s sky suggests the DOE will be fighting for narrative control in the first half of the year, then anchoring its policies in a “protect the homeland” frame as Jupiter moves into Cancer.
Jesse, Texas wind and solar have received a total of $160 BILLION DOLLARS in taxpayer subsidies … and you think they're a good deal?
That works out to $0.13 per kWh in subsidies alone, and you think they're cheap? That's twice as much in just subsidies than gas plants sell
This is why the legacy fossil industry is lobbying so hard to maintain fossil fuel use.
They know that the trillions $ worth of fossil fuel still in the ground will become worthless. They are minimizing this loss by slowing down the transition.
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Do you remember what we saw regarding solar energy in Japan?
It’s cheaper to produce natural gas, so the volume isn’t as critical as the cost, is it?
This isn’t a flex. It’s a show of how much money has been poured into inefficient renewables.
And only a couple of winters ago, what happened with your over reliance on bird choppers during an unseasonably cold winter……? It didn’t end well did it?
Wow, this chart is eye-opening! It’s awesome to see wind and solar making up a huge chunk—25.3% and 13.5%—and even passing coal in Texas. The shift to renewables is real, and it’s cool to see gas dropping below 2% for some types. Big changes ahead! 
More dishonesty. Why are you comparing the first half of 2025 against the entire 2025. Are you trying to hide seasonal effects?
Everyone knows that VRE varies over the year with the spring being typically higher.
But not to worry. Some of us put out honest assessments that show
This is the reason the legacy fossil industry is pushing to slow this down. They are trying to squeeze every dollar out of every drop of fossil fuel. Slowing down this transition brings in billions for more years.