Wind and solar power are expanding across the world’s major economies, as fossil-fuel consumption stagnates. Meanwhile, the US president derides wind turbines as ‘those damn things’
This is a reassuring one. In the last few years, I became more and more convinced that solar and wind will be the future - as the signs were already there. This is no longer an ideal of the “tree hugging hippies” (sic), but it is actually a path to energy resilience of each state going forward. You can only source coal, gas and oil from a bunch of countries. Meanwhile, sunlight and wind is practically everywhere. Add some storage units in the mix, and you’ve got a system that can be very resilient and provide a constant flow of electricity to the grid. This is pretty much the most affordable and resilient system out there, and anyone that is not a total lunatic (like Trump) will see it to its true value. It’s sad that a repressive state such as China takes the lead into that race, but at least it brings renewable energy on a solid path forward.
This is a reassuring one. In the last few years, I became more and more convinced that solar and wind will be the future - as the signs were already there. This is no longer an ideal of the “tree hugging hippies” (sic), but it is actually a path to energy resilience of each state going forward. You can only source coal, gas and oil from a bunch of countries. Meanwhile, sunlight and wind is practically everywhere. Add some storage units in the mix, and you’ve got a system that can be very resilient and provide a constant flow of electricity to the grid. This is pretty much the most affordable and resilient system out there, and anyone that is not a total lunatic (like Trump) will see it to its true value. It’s sad that a repressive state such as China takes the lead into that race, but at least it brings renewable energy on a solid path forward.