He'll try, but Trump can't stop the clean energy revolution

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨solo@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨energy@slrpnk.net⁩

https://grist.org/economics/hell-try-but-trump-cant-stop-the-clean-energy-revolution/

The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling like crazy, and red states are raking in cash from the IRA. There’s no stopping the inevitable.

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dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
AI boom and Cryptocoin mining will eat up all the spare energy.

We are fucked.

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- benjhm@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Some sense to this - global emissions probably just peaked because China’s housing bubble burst - responsible for much more CO2 than AI/crypto, and even a communist government can’t effectively control such crashes. So no, we are not f****d, but not always saved for noble reasons.
  Also regarding crypto - how much of that was sustained by russians evading sanctions - which new team in US is likely to remove ?
  
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  - dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    So no, we are not f****d, but not always saved for noble reasons.
    
    Yeah, this statement here is likely closer to the truth than what I wrote earlier.
    
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HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The issue is NOT cleaner energies. The issue is less consumption. That’s no other way.

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- solo@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I would argue that the issue is the model of endless growth of capitalism because this is what drives energy consumption.
  
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benjhm@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Indeed there is huge momentum in renewable costs. I recall 20 years ago climate economists starting to model endogenous technological change, but they just had to invent ’ learning curves’ with magic numbers. Now it has happened.
On the other hand, I still wish heat pumps were cheaper. Where I live, the cost is inflated by the requirement for installation by people qualified with refrigerant gases.

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