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Re:the US solar market is projected to triple in size by 2028 by pyrale on Thursday June 08, 2023 @07:53AM (#36240331)
I'd be curious to know how the points about pumped storage and more generally the lack of effort in solving grid-level storage issues are disingenuous.

To date, the rebuttal to these points has been weak, and there is little investment in solving them, compared to investment in renewable production.

> to compete with unsubsidized solar/wind/storage solutions.

In Europe, there is no electricity production that isn't subsidized. That's pretty justified, since energy is the lifeblood of a modern society, and energy sectors can't be allowed to fail. I don't know as much about the US, but it seems to be the same [1].

To claim that any actor in this sector is not subsidized just shows that you don't understand the way electricity is funded.

[1]: https://www.epa.gov/green-power-markets/policies-and-regulat...

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Re:the US solar market is projected to triple in size by 2028 by pydry on Friday June 09, 2023 @10:34AM (#36258415)
>To date, the rebuttal to these points has been weak,

About once a week I post a link to the study that demonstrated that the geography for pumped storage is very plentiful.

For some reason when people complain that it's not (which happens constantly), they "heard it somewhere" or cite what is essentially pro-nuke/carbon-lobby propaganda.

So, I would say that the rebuttal to the rebuttal highlights the anti environmentalist credentials at the core of this propaganda talking point.

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