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by greenglass 1494 days ago
Ev are only part of a solution. The energy must come from somewhere and it’s not going to be wind/solar unless something miraculous happens in renewable energy. Europe like California is ditching nuclear while paying lip service to climate change. They are either dishonest or falling into magical thinking.
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Honestly, the miracle in wind and solar has already happened, or is happening right now, depending upon your perspective. There are literally hundreds of utility-scale wind and solar projects up for approval in the US right now, including solar in places well outside the sun belt. And rooftop solar is still rare in most places, largely because the utilities have successfully lobbied against net metering. I still think we'll need nuclear for at least another generation, but I see fossil fuels getting largely priced out of the generation market before this decade is out.