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Re:In a first, wind and solar generated more power than gas ... by cryptopian on Thursday June 04, 2026 @01:34PM (#48401892)
For those who don't have the time to watch, the biggest point he hammers home: fossil fuels are a single use energy source; renewables keep producing energy.

So long as you've built the infrastructure and kept it maintained, the energy continues to come. With fossil fuels, you have to build turbines, then you have to remove it from the earth, then you have to ship it to said turbines, then you burn it and it's gone.

Re:In a first, wind and solar generated more power than gas ... by antonvs on Thursday June 04, 2026 @02:54PM (#48403036)
> then you burn it and it's gone.

It's not just gone. It becomes a debt that everyone has to pay.

Re:In a first, wind and solar generated more power than gas ... by HerbManic on Thursday June 04, 2026 @05:02PM (#48404605)
Accountants call them 'externalities'. Things they can take off the books if they treat the atmosphere like an open air sewer system.