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Re:Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, f... by BeetleB on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:27AM (#38265444)
My electricity is 99% green (wind + solar).
Re:Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, f... by abeppu on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:36AM (#38265621)
So is mine, supposedly, but overall we have a long way to go in switching the grid to renewables. The states that have the lowest dependence on fossil fuels for generation all have a significant amount of hydro power, which is probably not going to expand, and which can have its own environmental issues.
Re:Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, f... by landemva on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:49AM (#38265831)
Some locations have a great mix of wind + sun, so minimal backup storage may be required. What is the plan/cost for offsetting solar cell production and recycling?
Re:Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, f... by Aachen on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @12:15PM (#38266231)
Solar electricity, including panel production and disposal, is so much less emissive than even the cleanest gas generator (let alone coal or such), that I honestly find that a worry for later. Let's get the world on low emissions before nitpicking about how to get it fully circular (likely, that's near-impossible and we'll eventually need to mine other bodies in the solar/star system, but that, too, I find to be a worry for later). It comes across as though you're asking a vegetarian if they've ever killed a mosquito. Perfect is the enemy of good

If it's a serious question, then this is where carbon capture will have to come in, if our emissions aren't already low enough to be workable for the earth's natural carbon cycles