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by nl
1220 days ago
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I'm 100% in the "let's make clean energy too cheap to meter" camp. Get rid of anti-dumping legislation and let China subsidise as much solar panel production as they can! Build wind farms everywhere! Long distance HV transmission between climate zone should be so common that people don't keep thinking it isn't in use now! (And yes, it would be great if we can get fusion working) But we aren't there yet. Until we are we need to both increase efficiency and increase renewables. Google in particular should be praised for their work in subsidizing renewable energy generation[1] by guaranteeing energy purchases from renewable projects[3]. This guaranteed income stream is often what gets them off the ground, and the higher carbon-free energy usage from Google's data centers than the energy markets they are in is great to see[1]. However, that shouldn't preclude journalists from keeping that energy usage in people's minds. [1] https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/5-years-... [2] https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/2021-carbon-f... [3] https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/clean-en... |
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