For the first time, renewable energy generation beat out coal in the US

Re:For the first time, renewable energy generation beat out ... by agentgumshoe on Sunday April 02, 2023 @08:00AM (#35409655)

And wind requires immense use of rare metals that are often acquired through slave labour and create massive radioactive pools of waste.

It is interesting to see the responses to Nuclear of 'too much up front/takes too long' while simultaneously patiently waiting out solar/wind 'it's getting there.'

Interesting they also included biomass here as it is certainly not a carbon friendly process nor renewable.

Too much 'we've picked our winners and won't hear a negative word' in this space now, and it's getting worse.

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Re:For the first time, renewable energy generation beat out ... by thehappypm on Sunday April 02, 2023 @08:41AM (#35409929)

Wind turbines are mostly aluminum, no? And the magnets in the turbines are not required to be rare earth.

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Re:For the first time, renewable energy generation beat out ... by agentgumshoe on Sunday April 02, 2023 @09:43AM (#35410393)

They're not, with the trade-off of being expensive and requiring expensive ongoing maintenance instead (or even an external power source!)

That's not including the ongoing gearbox maintenance requirements.

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