Re:Oil System Collapsing So Fast It May Derail Renewables
by Spooky23 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:40PM
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When I was working in the utility space, the duration from identifying a need to commissioning a natural gas power plant was 11 years.
The state government subsidized efficiency and other measures to reduce peak demand just to slow growth and control price escalation.
Nuclear is a shitshow to build and realistically requires federal action. Similar to how the FCC declared 5G a national security priority and took away local government oversight of infrastructure siting, the Feds could do something similar.
Unfortunately, since the US has a political party that believes that political consent comes from control of geography, the coal mines and gas wells are better represented in Congress than people. The US will not be leading this transition, and we’ll be second fiddle to those who do, likely in Asia and Africa — as there is no alternative for them other than persistent poverty.
The state government subsidized efficiency and other measures to reduce peak demand just to slow growth and control price escalation.
Nuclear is a shitshow to build and realistically requires federal action. Similar to how the FCC declared 5G a national security priority and took away local government oversight of infrastructure siting, the Feds could do something similar.
Unfortunately, since the US has a political party that believes that political consent comes from control of geography, the coal mines and gas wells are better represented in Congress than people. The US will not be leading this transition, and we’ll be second fiddle to those who do, likely in Asia and Africa — as there is no alternative for them other than persistent poverty.